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In S.1204, former Chief Inspector Sergei hoped to respond to various complications by founding an additional branch of the Crossbell Police named the Special Support Section. Their role would be to take a more down-to-earth and subtle approach to resolve cases, not unlike bracers, to help restore the public's trust in the police. The main characters of the Crossbell Arc belong to this new group, with additional members added later.

Warning! Due to the nature of Trails being an ongoing series with a continuing story arc, unmarked spoilers abound for certain story elements reaching up to Trails into Reverie.

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In General

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The SSS during Zero

^{The SSS during Azure}

10-Minute Retirement: The team was temporarily broken up between the two-month Time Skip between Zero and Azure with the members going their separate ways for a bit (Lloyd going through training with the First Division, Elie assisting her grandfather and learning more about politics, Tio getting recalled to Leman at Epstein Headquarters, and Randy participating in the Bellguard Gate troops' recovery). They all come back by Chapter 2 of Azure.
Badass Crew: This seemingly-motley group accomplished quite a list of feats.
Dead Alternate Counterpart: As revealed late in Azure, the original SSS members were all killed by Joachim in the original timeline, prompting KeA to affect reality to prevent their demise.
Evil Knockoff: In Reverie, Hollow copies of the SSS members can be fought within the True Reverie Corridor.
Fair Cop: The group is officially part of the Crossbell Police Department, even if most of its members aren't precisely orthodox members of the force, and none have below-average looks.
Family of Choice: Since most of them have either complicated relations with their relatives or almost none at all, they eventually become as close as they can be; this is especially true for the core members (Lloyd, Elie, Tio, Randy, and KeA), as they are often referred to as a family numerous times.
The Fellowship Has Ended: The team members end up going their separate ways for a bit after the Erebonian annexation of Crossbell at the end of Azure only to reunite during the end of Cold Steel IV.
From Zero to Hero: Considering how everyone looked down on them as a joke at the beginning, it's amazing how beloved they end up becoming.
Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: With the exception of Rixia who fights with a BFS, most of the female members fight from a distance via firearms (Elie and Noel) or an orbal staff (Tio) while the male members predominantly fight up close and personal.
Hope Bringer: Deconstructed in Reverie: the fact that SSS always rises up to face Crossbell's challenges had the side-effect of turning them into the symbols of Crossbell's various struggles, with Crossbellans eventually viewing them as symbols of independence from Erebonia. As such, when Crossbell is occupied and the SSS are utterly defeated at the start of Reverie, the people's hopes were shattered twice over, making them easy prey to the simulated curse. Most of Lloyd's Character Development during Reverie is about him coming to terms with how the perception of the SSS had become unintentionally warped and what the SSS really mean to Crossbell.
Hypocrite: An unwitting case of this in Azure, as a major motivation for them opposing the Crois family's plans is their desire to have KeA live a normal life and not be burdened by her Reality Warper powers. As Mariabell is all too happy to rub in their faces, the entire reason they even survived the events of Zero was because, unbeknownst to them, KeA altered the timeline to prevent their original deaths.
Legendary in the Sequel: Later games show just how much of a name they've made for themselves, to the point that Crossbell's citizens have come to see the group as the city's heroes.
Leitmotif: Zero gives the group as a whole the aptly named "Special Support Section" as their theme.
Loved by All: Become this in Crossbell over time as they tackle more and more high profile cases and eventually play a hand in delivering the city's independence.
Mr. Exposition: Fittingly enough, each members have their own field of expertise which allows them to serve as one for different subjects:
- Lloyd, as the group's only qualified detective, is always the first to piece together all the available clues and figure out whatever is going on - including some Plot Twist - provided that the player actually gathered all the relevant clues for him to figure things out.
- Elie, having studied abroad in many countries and being the granddaughter of the mayor, knows a lot about history, politics and economics. She even managed to figure out Arianrhod's true identity if the player managed to defeat her in her boss battle.
- Tio, being a researcher at the Epstein Foundation, is the most tech-savvy of the group. If it has anything to do with orbments or the orbal net, then Tio will always pull through for the team.
- Randy, as a former CGF member and former jaeger, naturally knows all about combat, survival, and weaponry.
- For everything vehicle-related, Noel is your girl, being able to drive not only a car, but a boat as well; she even taught the other members how to.
- Wazy, being a Dominion, knows a lot about magic and everything church-related, though his personality means he rarely share about what he knows with the others.
Multinational Team: Though part of the Crossbell Police Department, only about half the members (Lloyd, Elie, Noel, and Sergei) are originally from Crossbell, and the former two had spent some time living abroad prior to the start of the series. Tio is from Remiferia, Rixia is from Calvard, and Randy and Wazy both come from Parts Unknown.
Pretender Diss: Early on, they're disparaged as copycats of the Bracer Guild, which dies down as they go From Zero to Hero.
Rag Tag Bunch Of Misfits: The members consist of a rookie detective, the granddaughter of the mayor who spent years traveling around the continent, a Handsome Lech dropout from the Guardian Force who is secretly a former jaeger, a Teen Genius from the Epstein Foundation who is also a huge Mishy Fangirl,the ace rookie of the Guardian Force who is obsessed with cars, a dancer from Arc-en-Ciel who is actually a Professional Killer with ties to Heiyue, a Holy Beast, and the leader of a delinquent gang who is secretly a Church Militant.
Shoddy Knockoff Product: They are viewed as this trope In-Universe at the beginning of Zero, due to both the Bracer Guild and the First Division viewing them as rookies copying the bracers' M.O. in order to earn good points with Crossbellans, and the public having the same opinion of them as the other divisions of the police. It isn't until a few months of work and the thwarting of the mayor's assassination that they people start to take them seriously.
Super Cop: Over the course of the series, the SSS go from dealing with the local community to saving the city from a cult and eventually being among the heroes who fight a dark god from plunging the continent into a world war.
True Companions: By the end of Zero, the original members have essentially become family, ready to stick with each other to the bitter end. Azure adds Noel, Wazy, and Rixia to the list.

Party Members

Lloyd Bannings

Lloyd during Zero and Azure

^{Lloyd as depicted in Cold Steel II}

^{Lloyd as of Cold Steel IV}

Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara (Japanese), Robbie Daymond (English)

The main protagonist of the Zero/Azure duology. He's a rookie police detective who gets effectively placed in charge of the newly-formed Special Support Section. He believes strongly in justice and has faith that he and his companions can make a real difference in the troubled city of Crossbell. He's also driven to solve the mystery of his brother's death, which happened three years before the events of Zero.

Accidental Pervert: Gets a handful of Sully's nearly non-existent chest while trying to restrain her, thinking she's a boy.
Action Dad: He officially adopts KeA as his daughter by the time of Cold Steel III.
Almost Kiss: This happens if you go for Elie's Bonding Events at the end of both games. In their final event in Zero, they nearly kiss until a Moment Killer stops them, and in Azure, they finally kiss with an added Love Confession.
Ancestral Weapon: He gets his late brother Guy's tonfas near the end of Azure.
Animal Battle Aura: He has a tiger-shaped one that appears during his first S-Craft Tiger Charge. He gets a dragon shaped one along with Rixia during their Combo Craft in Azure.
Arc Words: Some variation of "getting over a barrier".
Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving: Pulls this off towards Rufus at the climax of Reverie while rescuing him, where he "arrests" him, claiming that Rufus' worst crime is "not understanding just how damn loved [he] really [is]".
Asleep for Days: Happens to him in Reverie where he and the SSS get curbstomped by Rufus at the end of Chapter 1. He wakes up two days later in Chapter 2 with only Rixia as the rest of the team gets separated.
Back-to-Back Badass: With Juna in the Prologue of Reverie after they and the SSS break into Orchis Tower by crashing into one of its windows via a flying Soldat.
Badass Boast: In the climax of Chapter 3 of Reverie when facing Simulacrum McBurn (though both parties don't realize he's a fake), he drops this gem.
McBurn: Unbelievable. You got no Stigma, no showy magic, and you ain't mixed like the Ashen kid, either. You're as normal as they come and you can still keep up with me!
Lloyd: Yep. I'm just an ordinary detective. Maybe a little more stubborn than the average one.
Badass Normal: Shares with Estelle the distinction of being the only Trails protagonists personally unrelated to the more paranormal aspects of Zemuria.
Battle Aura: Gains a prominent orange aura when using Burning Heart.
Big Brother Worship: Lloyd thinks his brother is the model detective and man he should always strive to be.
Big Damn Heroes: At the end of Chapter 1 in Cold Steel IV, he, Elie, Estelle, and Joshua intervene before Rufus and the Imperial Defense Force can go any further against Class VII.
Big "WHAT?!": On a few occasions, such as when Cecile tearfully asks when he got married and had a kid after seeing KeA for the first time, and again when Cecile asks him to apply sunscreen on the girls during the Beach Episode of Azure.
Birds of a Feather: When he's finally able to meet Rean on friendly terms, the two pretty much instantly hit it off by having near-identical roles among their respective teams, common hobbies, and similar personalities.
Bookends: In Reverie, he's the first character onscreen when the player first controls him during the Prologue chapter. He's the final character by default onscreen that players control to go save Rufus.
Break Meter: His Brave Order Raging Hammer in Cold Steel IV and Revere increases break damage.
Clueless Chick-Magnet: Much like his brother Guy who was both popular and dense, Lloyd's shown to be as much of a hit with the ladies, as Elie, Tio, Noel, and Rixia are all confirmed to have developed feelings for him, but he generally fails to notice.
Combination Attack: He has more Combo Crafts than any other character (as the two at the bottom of the following list only have one with him):
- With Elie: Star Blast
- With Tio: Omega Strike
- With Randy: Burning Rage
- With Noel: Brave Hearts
- With Wazy: Strike Heaven
- With Rixia: Twin Dragon Strike
- With Dudley: Hearts of Iron
Continuity Cameo:
- In Cold Steel III, he briefly appears when he watches the Derfflinger going away from Crossbell alongside Arios and KeA. He fist bumps the air, and Rean responds in kind.
- He and Rixia have a short scene together in episode 11 of Northern War.
Contrasting Sequel Protagonist: Estelle from the Sky trilogy was a female staff user who was Book Dumb and flighty at times and had known Joshua for a while before the two became an Official Couple, and was in the dark about her father's Living Legend status and joined the non-government aligned Bracer Guild. Lloyd, meanwhile, is a male tonfa user, never met any of his possible love interests before the Crossbell arc started, and is part of the Crossbell Police Department. His defining feature and trait is his talent as a detective, showing him to be quite intelligent. He also initially sees himself stuck in the shadow of his late brother Guy, who was known as an exceptionally talented detective.
Costume Evolution: From Cold Steel III onwards, he begins leaving his police jacket open instead of having it zipped up, trades his yellow shirt in previous games with a new red shirt, and has a new pair of pants that lack the tear on the left leg the original set did.
Covert Pervert: Implied at several points, such as being unable to deny having enjoyed it when Ilya hugged him while dressed in her Stripperific stage costume when they first met or not trying too hard to clear the misunderstanding with the Seeker sisters that resulted in him having A Lady on Each Arm. Further emphasized during Azure's Intermission, where he's unable to keep himself from commenting on the girls' figures, especially when applying sunscreen on them.
Curtains Match the Windows: He has brown eyes and hair.
Damage Reduction: His second Brave Order in Reverie, Toughness Shield, reduces any damage the party takes by 50% for a few turns.
Dead Alternate Counterpart: As revealed late in Azure, the SSS were killed by Joachim in the original timeline, prompting KeA to affect reality to prevent their demise.
Deadly Upgrade: Downplayed; Burning Heart inflicts a turn of Faint when the buffs run out. This drawback is not present from Cold Steel IV onwards, making it more of straight-up Super Mode.
Death from Above: His third S-Craft, Meteor Breaker, has him leap high into the air before delivering a devastating Rolling Attack on the enemy.
Deceased Parents Are the Best: We don't even get a hint of his parents until the middle of Azure. They died in an airship crash due to the intelligence war between Erebonia and Calvard.
Delayed Reaction: Has this during Chapter 2 of Zero upon first meeting Elie's grandfather, taking a few minutes to react towards realizing that a) he had just met the mayor of Crossbell, and b) his co-worker Elie was in fact the mayor's granddaughter.
Deliberate Injury Gambit: In order to escape from prison near the end of Azure, he has Garcia beat him up to trick some guards into opening their cell when they try to break up the fight. He's shown coughing up blood from it, and remarks that he may have lost some molars, but doesn't let it stop him from fighting his way out.
Determinator: One of his most notable qualities. Even when faced with impossible odds regarding his or Crossbell's situation, he keeps striving forward; this is something that even Rean admires about Lloyd.
Dishing Out Dirt: Earth became his primary element from Cold Steel II onwards.
Dual Wielding: Fitting for a police officer in this sort of setting, Lloyd's preferred method of fighting (which he inherited from Guy) is to use a tonfa in each hand.
Dueling Player Characters: In Cold Steel II where he and Rixia return and end up fighting Rean and Altina within the Geofront.
Enemy Mine: He teams up with Garcia in order to break out of prison, and with Cao as part of the resistance.
Fantastic Fighting Style: While not a practitioner of the Eight Leaves, Lloyd was taught some basics of the first form Helix by Lynn, which he incorporates into his Axle Rush Craft to turn it into Raging Spin.
The Final Temptation: During his trip in the World of Zero after Azure's Final Boss, he encounters his brother Guy and understands that should the Azure-Zero Project be allowed to continue, he would be able to live with his brother again. Nonetheless, both Lloyd and Guy come to the conclusion that as much as they would love it, it would be at the cost of everything Lloyd lived through since his brother's death and decide to relent.
Fishing Minigame: Wouldn't be a Trails protagonist otherwise.
Flat "What": Did this a few times during Zero when dealing with new surprises, such as Sergei appointing him leader of the SSS.
Forgiveness: He ultimately holds no grudge towards both Arios and Ian for their part in Guy's murder.
- He also doesn't hold Rean's role in Crossbell's annexation or starting the Great Twilight against him, chiefly because he had a good enough read on his character to tell he only did so for reasons that were out of his control.
Fugitive Arc: Gets one in Azure when he and Garcia break out of prison. After the events of Cold Steel II and Crossbell's annexation by Erebonia, he ends up going on another one after being branded as a wanted criminal by Rufus and the Imperial government and thus is forced to go on the run together with KeA, Arios, and Rixia.
Genius Bruiser: A sharp and capable detective and while not the strongest in his group or among all the protagonists, is more than capable in a fight.
Goofy Suit: One sidequest in Azure has him fill in as Mishy when the usual actor is out sick. He found the suit uncomfortable but managed to do rather well, mainly due to Tio tailing him in a Mishette costume to gauge his progress and threatening to break his shins if he messed up.
Great Detective: Despite being young and green at the job, Lloyd is incredibly sharp and good at reasoning, to the point that he is able to uncover the masterminds of the two different conspiracies of the Crossbell arc with only circumstantial evidence. In Reverie, he figures out quickly that Rufus is the one assisting him in the Reinford Factory, despite him disguising his voice based only on his manner of speaking, and is the one who figures out the true identity and origin of the Eight Awakeners.
Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: He fights up close and personal with tonfas while (with the exception of Rixia) all the other female SSS members he can be paired with primarily fight from a distance with firearms (Elie and Noel) or a Magic Staff (Tio).
Handshake Substitute: A few of his linked victory quotes has him bump fists with the other person. Most notable in Reverie where he fist bumps Ishmelga Rean before he disappears at the end of the game.
The Heart: He serves as the moral center of the SSS, and he actively assists his teammates in dealing with their issues.
Heroic BSoD: Not even his status of The Determinator makes him immune, though he usually breaks out of them rather quickly:
- Shortly after the end of Chapter 4 of Azure, he's shown down in his cell, depressed at his inability to prevent KeA from going along with the Azure Zero project or preventing Crois' illegal takeover which has turned Crossbell into a police state, and him and the rest of the SSS into fugitives. He gets over it from a brief pep talk from Garcia who pointed out that his older brother Guy never quit no matter what.
- A near example happens at the start of Act 3 of his route in Reverie. Hearing some citizens affected by the curse going on about how Crossbell's hopes for independence were doomed from the start and the SSS' efforts all amounted to nothing nearly shatters his spirit, until Wazy calls them all out on their pessimism and reminds Lloyd of what the SSS is supposed to fight for.
Heroic Self-Deprecation: Lloyd tends to downplay his achievements, especially when he compares himself to Guy, despite other characters (Guy included) thinking he has the potential to be even better than his brother.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: Eventually develops this relationship with Randy once Randy finally opens up about his past.
History Repeats: To an extent. His and Rean's brief fight with each other in Cold Steel II's intermission chapter has a lot of similarities to Guy and Arios' clash over the latter's involvement with the Azure-Zero Project, with their similar weapons, fighting styles, and both being otherwise heroic individuals who are only fighting each other because of a larger situation outside of the sword wielder's full control, and him feeling that he has to uphold the responsibilities given to him whilst Lloyd/Guy is fighting for more personal reasons in line with his moral code. Thankfully no one ended up dying from the fight unlike when Guy and Arios fought.
- The relationship in general between mirrors the one between Guy and Arios but in reverse. Lloyd ended up forming his own bond with a Divine Blade like his brother before him but avoiding Guy's tragedy, with the clash in ideologies coming first instead and then begining a close friendship later as they work together closely to resolve a crisis in subsequent games like Cold Steel IV and Reverie.
Hot-Blooded: Despite his calm demeanor, Lloyd isn't afraid to risk himself in the pursuit of his goal, revealing a temperament not unlike his brother.
Hypocritical Humor: In Cold Steel IV, after Randy compares Lloyd to Rean as two dense guys who are both popular with women, Lloyd states that he at least has self-awareness. However, talking to him a while later when he hangs out with Elie, KeA, and Cecile shows that he's still very much quite dense. This is only taken further in Reverie when he interacts with the SSS girls and Rixia.
If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: Late in Azure when he allies himself with the Gralsritter, he makes it very clear that should the Septian Church ever make one move on KeA, he will fight them, whatever it takes.
Improvised Weapon: During the prison break segment of Azure, Lloyd's inventory is confiscated. Instead of a proper set, he fashions some pipes he found into tonfas.
In-Series Nickname: Ilya calls Lloyd "my favorite little guy"^note.
It's Personal: Averted. Even after learning the truth of Guy's death, he can't bring himself to hate Arios or Ian.
A Lady on Each Arm: At the start of Zero Chapter 3, the Seeker sisters mistakenly assume that he got stood up on a date during the Anniversary Festival, so they grab him by his arms to go to a concert near the Harbor District.
The Leader: As the only member of the SSS who has complete police training, he reluctantly has to accept this role.
Lead Police Detective: Lloyd was trained as a police detective and appropriately enough is elected as leader of the SSS. Because of this, he is notably able to discern clues and hints that others might miss out on. In Reverie, he was even the first person to deduce who Ishmelga Rean truly was.
Life Drain: His default Master Quartz in Reverie, Brave, restores some of his HP after attacking the enemy.
Limit Break: His S-Crafts in Zero are Tiger Charge and Rising Sun, with Azure also giving him Meteor Breaker. In the Cold Steel games, as well as Reverie, he keeps Rising Sun. The latter game also turns Tiger Charge into a regular Craft while also allowing you to upgrade his S-Craft into Rising Nova by completing his and Kurt's Trial Door challenge.
Living Legend: His accomplishments as part of the SSS have ultimately helped him achieve this status to the people of Crossbell, to the point of making a speech during Crossbell's formal independence ceremony at the end of Reverie.
My Sister Is Off-Limits: He expresses some discomfort whenever the idea of Cecile (who helped raise him and would have been his sister-in-law already if Guy were still alive) dating or having a relationship is brought up.
Nephewism: He was raised by his brother and the Neues family, who the siblings were very close to, considering Cecile's parents as his uncle and aunt. He also lived with an unnamed uncle in Calvard during the three years between Guy's death and the start of Zero.
Never Got to Say Goodbye: He's been grieving Guy's death for three years. Solving the mystery of his death and meeting him in the World of Zero late in Azure finally gives him some closure.
Nice Guy: He's a pretty stand-up guy, which helps explain some of his popularity.
Noble Male, Roguish Male: The noble male to Randy's roguish. While both are Chick Magnets in their own right, Lloyd is mostly clueless, does it accidentally, and tries to act as a By-the-Book Cop and inexperienced gentleman. Meanwhile, Randy is a flirtatious Chivalrous Pervert who actively goes after any attractive woman he sees and is also a laid-back troublemaker who frequents the city's Entertainment District to gamble. If Randy gets chosen as his partner for the Schwarze Auction, the two invoke this, claiming to be a sheltered rich kid and his delinquent friend.
Non-Elemental: He was this in the Crossbell Arc, with his Enigma lacking any element-restricted slots. This is no longer the case in Cold Steel II, where he has the elements of earth and fire.
Open Mouth, Insert Foot: He can sometimes make careless remarks, usually while denying romantic feelings for some of his female co-workers. Case in point, in Chapter 2 of Zero, after Randy and Tio tease him for helping cheer up Elie after her Heroic BSoD and suggest if anything spicy happened, he denies it while claiming a relationship between them is impossible, and the two are utterly incompatible. Understandably, Elie was unhappy and even Randy and Tio wince at him digging his grave.
Papa Wolf: Don't touch KeA. Part of his reason for opposing the conspiracy in Azure is that they are manipulating the person he considers his daughter.
Paper-Thin Disguise: When Lloyd infiltrates the Schwarze Auction during Zero's third chapter, he dresses accordingly to blend in with the masses but calls himself Guy. He certainly wasn't expecting that using the name of one of the former ace detectives of the CPD in a house full of mafia members could risk it ringing a few bells.
Parental Abandonment: His and Guy's parents died in an airship accident when he was three, resulting in them getting effectively raised by the Neues family. Azure reveals that it was no accident and that they were collateral for the intelligence war between Calvard & Erebonia.
Parental Substitute: He effectively becomes KeA's father figure, with her taking his surname by Cold Steel III and him outright calling her his daughter.
Playing with Fire: Several of his S-Crafts produce flames, such as Tiger Charge and Rising Sun. Fittingly, his secondary element becomes fire after getting an ARCUS from Cold Steel II onwards.
Practically Different Generations: His brother Guy was at least ten years older than him.
Previous Player-Character Cameo: After his stint as the protagonist of the Crossbell duology, Lloyd reappears as a significant character in the Erebonia arc, starting with Cold Steel II. He also returns to being a protagonist in Reverie alongside Rean and the mysterious C.
Promotion to Parent: Ends up adopting KeA with the rest of the SSS.
A Protagonist Shall Lead Them: The main protagonist of the Crossbell Arc, and was made leader of the SSS due to being the only one who had completed detective training.
Purely Aesthetic Glasses: Wears a pair as part of his disguise to enter the Schwarze Auction. The girls of the SSS remark that they fit rather well on him and suggest he keep them, though he declines.
Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory: During Azure, he begins to remember events from the original timeline in the form of dreams.
Rolling Attack: His third S-Craft, Meteor Breaker has him barrel down on the enemies by jumping high into the air and rolling into a ball at them at high speed.
Romance Sidequest: He and Elie are attracted to one another, but whether they act on it depends on the player picking her for the final Bonding Events in Zero and Azure.
Rookie Red Ranger: Was effectively put in charge of the SSS on his first day on the job by being the only one who completed detective training and is an official member of the police department.
Rousing Speech: Gives a few of these throughout the Crossbell Arc.
Save the Villain: Does this to Ernest, who is going through a similar Super-Power Meltdown as Joachim during the prologue of Azure.
Saying Too Much: Following the encounter with Arianrhod in Azure, Lloyd is tricked by Cao into confirming his suspicions that Yin is a woman, allowing him to be completely sure that Rixia is the one under the mask.
Shared Family Quirks: Several people remark that he is just as Hot-Blooded as older brother Guy.
She Is Not My Girlfriend: Poor Lloyd has to say this a lot, mainly to Cecile.
Shock Stick: His Stun Break Craft from the Crossbell duology has him electrocute a single enemy with his tonfas to impede arts and inflict Seal.
Spin Attack: His Axle Rush Craft, and its upgraded variants Raging Spin (from Cold Steel II) and Zero Breaker (Cold Steel IV and Reverie) have him spin in place to suck the enemies in before striking them with his tonfas.
Stay in the Kitchen: Downplayed, as he doesn't have much of an issue with Elie and Tio being on the team and only had initial problems with Tio being on the team because of her age, not her gender, but in Zero, he regularly had to be reminded by the rest of the group, especially the girls in question, that they aren't Damsel in Distress types and are fully capable of taking care of themselves. He eventually gets over it.
Super Mode: Burning Heart raises his STR, DEF, and SPD but will cause Faint if he doesn't recast it before the effect expires. It got reworked starting in Cold Steel IV, however, as it loses the Faint risk and gives the party one Brave Point.
Supporting Protagonist: While Lloyd can be considered the main protagonist of Reverie,^noteC and Lapis are ultimately the ones driving the plot, while Rean is the one most directly related to the main antagonist, Ishmelga Rean.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: At the end of Zero, he lays one into Joachim, confronting him about all of Lloyd's remaining questions regarding the plot and making him face the fact that he is not as much in control as he thinks he is.
A Taste of Power: In Cold Steel IV, he, Elie, Estelle, Joshua, and Renne start off at Level 88, their Master Quartz at Level 5,^note and have mid-game tier Quartz equipped. As soon as their prologue chapter ends, players are stuck with Juna, Kurt, and Altina with barely any starting equipment. Randy is also at a lower level than the prologue party members but is more of a Crutch Character when he first joins.
Teleport Spam: His Rising Sun S-Craft has him teleporting around and hitting his enemies at various angles.
Teen Genius: While not as prominent as Tio or KeA, other policemen mention it's spectacular for him to obtain a detective license at only eighteen years old. Furthermore, he's good enough to work with the First Division barely a year after starting his career, to the point they are confused about his decision to stay with the SSS.
You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Towards Rean in Cold Steel IV after he initially refuses Lloyd's handshake due to his guilt over causing the Great Twilight to happen. Lloyd cheers him up, reminding Rean that it's not his fault and that they will solve this problem together.
You Are Not Alone:
- When Elie was suffering a Heroic BSoD in Chapter 2 of Zero over being reminded of the heavy corruption in Crossbell's government, resulting in her parents' divorce, Lloyd reassured her that he and the rest of the SSS would help her every step of the way to make Crossbell a better place.
- When Randy unloads about how he felt like he didn't deserve to be with the SSS in chapter 3 of Azure due to his bloody past, Lloyd tells him that the SSS will not hold his past against him and will support him with whatever burdens he has to deal with. He ends up repeating it to Randy in Reverie when the latter seems ready to go on a self-destructive rage on the Ebon Defense Force over their takeover of Crossbell.
- During the ending of Reverie he calls out Rufus, for pulling off his Zero-Approval Gambit, telling him that he shouldn't be so ready to sacrifice himself as he's got to go back to his new friends in Lapis, Swin, and Nadia.
You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: In "Zero", during Chapter 1 Day 2, he has this reaction to learning that not only is Estelle a powerful Bracer, but also an expert fisher.
Lloyd: She already was one BEFORE this revelation… (Are you kidding me? She fishes, too?)
You Remind Me of X: Randy admits that Lloyd reminds him of the friend he ended up accidentally killing during his breakdown in Chapter 3 of Azure.

Elie MacDowell

Elie during Zero and Azure

^{Elie as of Cold Steel IV}

Voiced by: Aya Endo (Japanese), Erica Mendez (English)

Appearances: Zero | Azure | Cold Steel IV | Reverie

The granddaughter of Mayor MacDowell who dreams of reforming Crossbell's corrupt political system. She joins the SSS believing it can be a force for change.

A-Cup Angst: Downplayed; it gets noted on multiple occasions that Elie's chest is well-endowed, to the point of others expressing this sentiment towards her. Nonetheless, when Cecile compliments her figure during Azure's Beach Episode, Elie can only comment awkwardly...
Elie: Hehehe... that doesn't mean much coming from you.
Almost Kiss: During her final Bonding Event with Lloyd, the two seemed poised to kiss until a timely IBC announcement echoes throughout the building, which makes them pause.
Back-to-Back Badasses: Her respective Combo Crafts with Tio and Noel have them back-to-back while attacking the enemy.
Badass Longcoat: Quite capable in a fight and primarily wears one.
Beam Spam: Her Aerial Cannon and Divine Crusade S-Crafts both have her launching numerous blasts of orbal energy at her opponents, with the latter adding Roboteching and Yin-Yang Bomb for extra awesomeness.
Beware the Nice Ones: Is a well-mannered and polite Proper Lady most of the time. That said, pressing her buttons is not recommended, as even her fellow SSS members are cowed by her wrath.
Big Damn Heroes: She and Estelle rescue Class VII twice in Cold Steel IV: first against Heiyue and later again with Lloyd and Joshua against the Imperial Defense Force.
Big Fancy House: Unsurprisingly of the granddaughter of the city's wealthy mayor, her family home in the Residential District is rather sizable and lavish.
Birds of a Feather: Cold Steel IV shows her getting along swimmingly with Alisa, whom she's noted as being quite similar to.
Blow You Away: Her primary element is wind, making her decent for attack and support.
Blue Blood: As revealed in Cold Steel IV, it turns out that Elie has noble blood running through her veins thanks to her mother, whose lineage can be traced back to the LeGuin family from Erebonia. Meaning that Elie is distantly related to Aurelia.
Boobs-and-Butt Pose: Not as often as Rixia, but she has been in this pose at certain times, such as the game cover of Zero.
The Bus Came Back: After last appearing in person during the events of Azure over three games prior, Elie finally returns in Cold Steel IV working alongside Lloyd and KeA.
Buxom Beauty Standard: Her ample bosom is a source of A-Cup Angst for Tio and Shirley.
Child of Two Worlds: Her father is from Calvard, while her mother's side of the family is Erebonian nobility. It was part of the reason why her parents eventually divorced.
Classy Cravat: Wore one as part of her first outfit during the Crossbell Arc, fitting as the wealthy granddaughter of the mayor.
Clingy Jealous Girl: Shows the most annoyance with Lloyd's Chick Magnet tendencies, giving him the stink eye whenever he gets too close to another woman.
Combat Stilettos: Her outfit includes a pair of heeled boots that she wears even into battle.
Combination Attack: She has the following Combo Crafts:
- With Lloyd: Star Blast
- With Tio: Cold Gehenna
- With Randy: Riot Star
- With Noel: Southern Cross
- With Wazy: Akashic Star
Connected All Along: Cold Steel IV reveals that she's distantly related to Aurelia on Elie's mother's side. The clue is in their silver hair.
Cool Big Sis: She has this relationship with Tio and is the one to give her some needed comfort when her past comes back to haunt her.
Cooldown Hug: Gives one to Tio in Chapter 4 of Zero after Tio shares her Dark and Troubled Past and her struggles with Survivor's Guilt.
Costume Evolution: Elie's outfit as of Cold Steel IV has the same general color scheme as her old one, so the most notable differences are how she keeps her coat open, revealing a black shirt underneath, as well as replacing the teal cravat with a teal tie.
Cry into Chest: Upon being reunited with Lloyd in Act 2 of Reverie, she immediately hugs him and buries her face to his chest while crying in relief at seeing he's alright after seeing him getting cut down by Supreme Leader Rufus back at the end of Act 1.
Damage-Increasing Debuff: In Reverie, her Divine Crusade Craft can inflict the Weakness debuff on enemies for two turns, which makes them take more damage from orbal arts.
Dead Alternate Counterpart: As revealed late in Azure, the SSS were killed by Joachim in the original timeline, prompting KeA to affect reality slightly to prevent their demise.
Developers' Desired Date: The games really want Elie to be Lloyd's official love interest instead of a potential option.
Dude Magnet: Several characters show interest in her. Raymond from the Second Division had tried asking her out a few times, Wald and a few Saber Viper members remark on her looks, Xin gains an enormous crush on her, to say nothing of her being Lloyd's Implied Love Interest, and not even Randy is above complimenting her for her looks.
Elemental Eye Colors: She has green eyes, the same as her primary orbal element, wind.
Et Tu, Brute?:
- When Ernest tries to kill her grandfather, Elie is absolutely shocked that the man who had tutored her in politics and who she saw as a family friend would do such a thing.
- Having considered Dieter and Mariabell as a father figure and her best friend respectively, Elie is quite hurt by the reveal of them being Evil All Along in Azure.
Extra Turn: Her Strike Bell Craft allows her teammates to each the next turns immediately, with her Brave Order from Cold Steel IV and Reverie, Cross Strike having the same effect.
Fanservice Pack: Elie has always been well-endowed, but by Cold Steel IV, it's gotten ridiculously huge as seen on her in-game model. It gets lampshaded by Randy, who questions whether or not she grew again when they finally meet up during the game, much to her annoyance. Tio also complains about struggling to breathe when Elie decides to hug her, too.
First Girl Wins: If romanced, as despite Lloyd meeting her about the same time as he does Tio, Elie is the first one he gets close to and overall has the most Ship Tease with him throughout the story.
Foreign Exchange Student: She spent some time studying abroad before the events of Zero. Reverie reveals that one such school was St. Astraia Girls' School in Erebonia, where she spent at least two months studying there before leaving.
Friend to All Children: She is shown to be quite decent with children, starting as soon as the prologue of Zero where she comforts a distressed little boy who got lost in the Geofront, to getting Xin to (temporarily) behave, and acting as KeA's mother figure.
Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Wears a purple evening dress as part of her disguise if selected to go to the Schwarze Auction, fitting for the Proper Lady of the group.
The Gunslinger: Her weapon of choice is an orbal gun, so she automatically qualifies for this trope.
- Gun Fu: Her Wild Swan/Mirage Swan Craft has her shoot the targets up close before finishing with a somersault kick.
- Guns Akimbo: Brings out a second gun in her other hand during her Wild Swan and Call to Surrender Crafts, her and Noel's Combination Attack Southern Cross, and in her third S-Craft Divine Crusade.
- Gun Twirling: She twirls her gun before using Aura Rain.
Healing Shiv: Her Holy Bullet Craft allows her to restore her allies' HP and CP. The same goes for her first S-Craft Aura Rain while removing status effects and restoring EP by Cold Steel IV.
Heroic BSoD: She has one during Chapter 2 of Zero: the SSS get taunted by Heiyue and Revache over how little the group can do to stop their ongoing criminal activities thanks to their connections and are later talked down to by Dudley, pushing her close to a breakdown. This blatant reminder of how deeply entrenched the corruption and political issues in Crossbell, which resulted in her parents' divorce, is what caused her to briefly consider quitting the SSS due to how little change they could feasibly make. Thankfully, a heartfelt talk with Lloyd on the roof later that night helped her get over it and reaffirm her resolve to stay and do her part to change Crossbell for the better in her way.
Implied Love Interest: In a fashion similar to Alisa later on, she is officially labeled as the "main heroine" of the Crossbell Arc, and tends to have the most Ship Tease with Lloyd, with her final Bonding Events being much more straightforwardly romantic compared to her competition. She also acts as the mom to Lloyd's dad when it comes to KeA. Further solidifying this, in Sen no Kiseki Character Maniacs, a material book released by Falcom for its 15th Anniversary, Elie's relationship segment features an arrow between her and Lloyd that mutually points to them both and states love.
Impossibly Cool Clothes: Both of her coats stand out nicely. Also, she goes around in heeled cowboy boots.
Inconsistent Dub: Strike Bell is a Craft in Zero and Azure and a Brave Order in Cold Steel IV and Reverie. The Brave Order's name was changed to Cross Strike in the English releases of Cold Steel IV and Reverie, but the Craft's name was left untouched.
Instant Runes: Aerial Cannon creates one of these at the end of her gun, which she then uses to rapid-fire a lot of energy beams at the enemy.
Internal Reformist: Her dream is to help reform Crossbell's political system to help the people living in it and to ensure the same chaotic situation that resulted in her parents' divorce will never happen again.
Ironic Fear: While ghosts are dangerous enemies in the series, and she has a point in fearing them, Elie's orbment has a long main line, and she has high ATS, making her suited to exploiting their weakness to higher element arts.
Kick Chick: Her Wild Swan Craft ends with her kicking the enemy away with a backflip kick.
Kimono Fanservice: In Reverie, one of the DLC costumes she can wear a white yukata.
Light Is Good: Silver hair, dresses in bright colors, later receives space as a secondary element, and is an all-around Nice Girl and heroic individual.
Limit Break: Her S-Crafts in Zero are Aura Rain and Aerial Cannon, with Azure adding in Divine Crusade. Cold Steel IV and Reverie opt to have Aura Rain as her sole S-Craft. The latter game also turns Divine Crusade into a regular Craft while allowing you to upgrade her S-Craft into Celestia Rain by completing her and Juna's Trial Door challenge.
Long Hair Is Feminine: The closest to a Proper Lady amongst the SSS' female members with the longest hair.
Mage Marksman: Fights with a gun as her weapon and has a very high ATS stat with a sizable EP pool, making her excellent for dealing arts damage or as a Support Party Member.
Magic Missile Storm: Her Divine Crusade S-Craft (which became a regular Craft in Reverie) has her fire numerous bolts of magic from her pistols.
The Medic: She's the SSS' designated healer, with her Holy Bullet Craft and her first S-Craft being able to restore a decent amount of HP.
Nerf:
- In the transition from Azure to Cold Steel IV, Strike Bell went from being a Craft to a Brave Order, making it harder to use.
- Her Holy Bullet Craft was a practical Game-Breaker in Zero, as, for the low price of 40 CP, Elie could cast an AoE buff that heals everyone in range and gives them 20 CP each, including herself (meaning the Craft effectively costs 20 CP, so long as Elie is within its area of effect). It was nerfed from Azure onwards by increasing its CP cost up to 60 and making it so that it doesn't affect Elie herself. It was reverted back to the allowing her to be healed as well in Reverie, as well as restoring more HP and CP after being upgraded, though it still costs 60 CP.
Nice Girl: Elie is the nicest among the SSS girls, always polite and well-meaning to those around her.
Ojou: Notably, even before everyone found out her grandfather was the mayor, the Japanese script has Randy calling her "Ojou-san" (This becomes "Mademois-Elie" in the English localization).
Older Is Better: Played with; her handgun looks old, but it's modified with the latest technology.
One Degree of Separation: When visiting the Crossbell Cathedral and discussing Sunday School, she notes that she and Lloyd were both living in surprisingly nearby neighborhoods and that their Sunday School shifts happened in rather odd alternation. During her final Bonding Event with Lloyd in Zero, she discusses how the two could have met and gotten to know each other much sooner, possibly even developing into a Childhood Friend Romance.
Out of Focus: Despite her status as the "main heroine" of Zero and Azure, as well as a founding member of the SSS, Elie is kept out of the spotlight during the arc, leaving Tio and Randy to shine in Zero and Azure respectively, and sharing the confrontation with Dieter with Lloyd.
Parental Abandonment: Her parents left when she was little, leaving her in the care of her grandfather and Ernest. One of the sidequests for Cold Steel IV's Final Chapter has her reunite with her mother Diana.
Parental Substitute: She and Lloyd are KeA's de-facto mom and dad.
Raised by Grandparents: Her parents divorced, departed from Crossbell, and left Elie with her grandfather Henry.
Recognition Failure: The other members of the SSS didn't recognize her relationship with Mayor MacDowell until Lloyd recognized the latter when they met her grandfather by chance during an investigation.
Reduced Mana Cost: Her Brave Order Cross Strike cuts down the EP cost of the party's arts for a few turns in addition to letting the other team members get the next turn.
Secretly Wealthy: She kept her relationship with her grandfather, who's Crossbell's mayor and a wealthy Blue Blood, a secret until the end of Chapter 2 of Zero.
Secret-Keeper: She knows the Gralsritter exists and knows Ries is a member. When the two meet again for the first time in Azure, Ries asks Elie to keep quiet.
Silk Hiding Steel: Elie would like to remind you that just because she comes from a wealthy family, is polite, and wears pink, doesn't mean she's not every bit as capable as anyone else in the SSS. If necessary, she'll be happy to remind you at gunpoint.
Shaping Your Attacks: Her second S-Craft (which becomes a regular Craft in Reverie) Divine Crusade, ends with her firing two magic bolts from her pistols which then fuse together into the shape of a giant flying bird.
Shared Family Quirks: Like her grandfather, she is fond of bitter food, though not to the same extent as she's shown to find the bitter Acerbic Shake he takes on a daily basis as too much to handle.
Shipper on Deck: Downplayed; she seemed interested in Lechter and Kloe's conversation during the West Zemuria Trade Conference.
Space Master: She gains space as her secondary element in Cold Steel IV and Reverie.
Sphere of Power: Her Aura Rain S-Craft has her project a large magical sphere to heal the party.
Spoiled Sweet: She's the granddaughter of Crossbell's wealthy mayor and is the most well-off of all the SSS' members, but remains a Nice Girl.
Static Character: Elie starts the Crossbell duology already shaped by her experiences and already knowing what she wants to do in life, and aside from an Heroic BSoD early in Zero, she never really takes the spotlight during the plot, contenting herself to support the SSS, however she can.
Stripperiffic: While her default outfits are all very conservative, "Crossbell Queen," one of her DLC costumes for Reverie, clearly focuses on Fanservice over practicality, featuring shorts, a top that, barring the sleeves, covers little more than a bra, and a nice hat for extra flavor.
Time Master: Her Strike Bell Craft from Zero and Azure has all her allies within its vicinity move to the top of the turn count. Despite converting to a Brave Order in Cold Steel IV and Reverie, it maintained this same effect.
Undercover as Lovers: If selected as Lloyd's partner to infiltrate the Schwarze Auction, the two will claim to be a pair of young lovers enjoying the evening. The rest comment that the two pull it off naturally.
Uptown Girl: She is the granddaughter of Crossbell's wealthy mayor descended from Erebonian nobility and is the Implied Love Interest of Lloyd, who's from a humble middle-class upbringing. The two invoke this if Elie is chosen as Lloyd's partner to infiltrate the Schwarze Auction, claiming they were part of an Inter-Class Romance with her Dating What Daddy Hates.
White Mage: Her Holy Bullet Craft, as well as her first S-Craft Aura Rain, can heal party members while restoring some CP, and her Strike Bell Craft (later on Brave Order) allows her to move the turn count in the party's favor. Additionally, her elements of wind and space give her access to some of the best healing arts and buffs in the game.
White Magician Girl: Elie is the kindest and most traditionally feminine member of the SSS, and her character build generally favors support over offense.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Elie is afraid of ghosts and is less than thrilled when an investigation into strange happenings at an old ruin turns into Ghostbusting 101. Granted, being terrified of them isn't unreasonable when they are the real deal and want to kill you.

Tio Plato

Tio during Zero and Azure

^{Tio without the cat ears and armor during Zero and Azure}

^{Eidolon Gear}

^{Tio as of Cold Steel III}

Voiced by: Kaori Mizuhashi (Japanese), Kayli Mills (English)

Appearances: Zero | Azure | Cold Steel III | Cold Steel IV | Reverie

A very young researcher for the Epstein Foundation, assigned to the newly formed Special Support Section of the CSPD to perform field tests on the new Enigma-model tactical orbment and the orbal staff. She remains officially a member of the Foundation and is supposed to stay out of harm's way as much as possible. She doesn't.

A-Cup Angst: In her special scene in Azure, she apologizes for not being as fun to hug as Elie. Even after growing a little by the time of Cold Steel III, Reverie shows that this hasn't gone away:
Tio: One day, I'll be just like Rixia.
Animal Motifs: Cats. She's snarky, independent, and has an Animal-Eared Headband that resembles cat ears with sharp senses. She's also a massive fan of Mishy, the feline Mascot of Mishelam, and the personalized cover of her Enigma in Zero includes a paw print on it. Her Infinity +1 Sword in "Zero" is even called Chat Noir (Black Cat).
Badass Adorable: The youngest and shortest member of the SSS, and is also quite deadly with her orbal staff and arts.
Badass Bookworm: A Teen Genius programmer who has no problem keeping up with her older teammates thanks to her skill with orbal arts.
Barrier Warrior: Her Zero Field S-Craft and Aeon Shield Brave Order have one form over the entire party, making them immune to damage from a few attacks.
Berserk Button: Do not insult Mishy in earshot of her. She also gets annoyed when someone, usually Lloyd, treats her as Just a Kid, responding with snark or a flat Death Glare.
Big Damn Heroes: Does this during Chapter 2 of Azure where upon returning to Crossbell from Leman, she saves the SSS by releasing the lock on the burning Hacker Cave Campanella locked them in.
Black Magician Girl: The reworked quartz system means that her water alignment leans less severely towards support casting than in the Sky trilogy. In both looks and general role, she's easily this trope, although her personality is atypical for the trope.
Blue Is Calm: Her hair and wardrobe are blue and she's the most composed member of the SSS.
Blue Is Heroic: Her hair and wardrobe are predominantly blue, and she's one of the heroines of the Crossbell Arc.
Blue Means Smart One: Her hair and outfit are blue and she is a Teen Genius who handles most of the SSS's tech-related matters.
Casting a Shadow: Gains time as her secondary element from Cold Steel III onwards.
Catchphrase Insult: What a bother^note"mendokusai desu" in Japanese.
Chainmail Bikini: Her chest armor, which she sometimes forgets she's wearing.
Chainsaw-Grip BFG: Her orbal staff transforms into one during her Absolute Zero Craft and her Ether Buster/Strike S-Craft.
Child Mage: The youngest SSS member at fourteen (sixteen as of Cold Steel III) and the best caster until Wazy joins in Azure. Since she's a field researcher for the Epstein Foundation and magic in the series involves skillful manipulation of tactical orbments, her skill is less a function of age and more experience at handling the prototype technology in question.
Combination Attack: She has the following Combo Crafts:
- With Lloyd: Omega Strike
- With Elie: Cold Gehenna
- With Randy: Haken Storm
- With Noel: Blast Hammer
- With Wazy: Sigma Ascension
Costume Evolution: The most notable change in Tio's new outfit is removing her caped chest armor while giving her a white lab coat.
Crippling Overspecialization: All of her attacks (even her normal attack) are magic-based, making her much less effective against enemies with high ADF and all but useless against enemies that reflect arts.
Cuteness Proximity: Not to the same degree as KeA, but several characters have called her cute, with her adorable looks making her the target of unwanted attention, and Aeolia from the Bracer Guild feels compelled to hug her as soon as they meet. A sidequest from Zero has her dealing with a train car's passengers confusing her for a mascot and repeatedly hugging and snuggling her, leaving her with a Thousand-Yard Stare.
Dark and Troubled Past: She was one of the many children abducted by the D∴G Cult and used in their horrific Gnosis experiments. She was the only surviving child found at the Altair Lodge.
Dead Alternate Counterpart: As revealed late in Azure, the SSS were killed by Joachim in the original timeline, prompting KeA to affect reality to prevent their demise.
Elemental Hair Colors: She has blue hair, and her primary orbal element is water.
Emotionless Girl: Downplayed. The three hellish years she spent as a captive of the D∴G Cult had an extremely adverse effect on her emotions, to the point where she didn't even feel sad when she learned of Guy's death, despite her gratitude for saving her life. She's mostly cold and stoic at the start of Zero, but her time with her companions in the SSS helps to defrost her throughout the Crossbell Arc.
Fangirl: She is a huge one of Mishy, the mascot of Mishelam Wonderland.
Girlish Pigtails: She has a pair of small ones on both sides of her head, though they aren't prominent enough to be called twin tails.
Girls Love Stuffed Animals: As a big Fangirl of Mishy, she collects numerous merchandise, with her room full of Mishy and Kagemaru plushies.
Gratuitous German: In Zero Chapter 3 Day 2, when counting down the race, she uses German numbers instead of Japanese.
Healing Hands: Her Energy Circle Craft restores some of the party members' HP while healing them of status ailments and debuffs.
Heroic BSoD:
- Played for laughs during a sidequest in Azure, where Tio can learn a truth that shakes the foundations of her world: beneath the costume, Mishy is a middle-aged man. She spends the remainder of the sidequest in a state of shock.
- Played straighter during Chapter 4 of Zero where having her Trauma Button of being reminded of her time as a test subject for the D∴G Cult causes her to hide a PTSD episode before collapsing.
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: She's the youngest and shortest member of the SSS and most frequently teams up with Randy, the oldest and tallest member.
An Ice Person: Her Crafts Absolute Zero, Mega Zero Cannon, and Cold Gehenna all reflect her elemental slant towards water.
I Owe You My Life: Sees Guy Bannings as her personal hero and savior for rescuing her from the D∴G Cult five years before the series; part of the reason she came to Crossbell was to meet him again, but unfortunately, he had already died by that point.
Kidnapped for Experimentation: Part of her backstory, by the D∴G Cult. She was the only member of her test group to survive.
Kimono Fanservice: Her DLC costume for Reverie has her wearing a kimono.
Laser Blade: Her Beam Zanber Craft, combining this trope with a shoutout to Nanoha and Crossbone Gundam.
Leitmotif: "Limit Break" serves as her theme when using the Aeon System.
Like Brother and Sister: By the time of Cold Steel III, she's formed a notably close friendship with Randy. It also doubles as an Intergenerational Friendship, as she's 7-8 years younger than him.
Limit Break: Her S-Crafts in Zero are Ether Buster and Zero Field, with Azure also giving her Eidolon Gear. For Cold Steel IV, as well as Reverie, her S-Craft is Ether Strike, with the latter game allowing you to upgrade it into Ether Debuster by completing her, Altina, Lapis, and Emma's Trial Door challenge.
Little Girls Kick Shins: For a given value of "little girl", Tio indulges in a bit of this while trying to let Lloyd know that he's no different from his brother in specific ways.
Little Miss Snarker: She has her moments. Lots of moments.
Magic Is Mental: Her high magic stats and casting ability are a result of her being a Teen Genius with a decent amount of experience handling the series' Magic from Technology.
Magic Staff: She's the first playable character to use an orbal staff as a weapon of choice.
Mission Control: She and Elise support Rean, Class VII, Randy, and Tita in Cold Steel IV, guiding them through Level X in Einhel Keep. She also does this in the epilogue of Cold Steel IV during the liberation of Crossbell.
One Degree of Separation: Lloyd remembers Guy once going on a mission in Remiferia to, in his words, "bring a runaway girl back home." He was shocked to learn his new co-worker Tio is that very same girl, and Tio herself was also shocked when she learned of it.
Parental Abandonment: Tio's parents are alive and well, unlike most members of the SSS. It's only that her relationship with them got strained because of their differences following the D∴G Cult incident. By the time of Zero, they barely exchange letters with their daughter though they are starting to salvage their relationship by the end of Azure.
Previous Player-Character Cameo: She reappears in Cold Steel III, having become business partners-of-sorts with Alisa as representatives of the Epstein Foundation and Reinford Company, respectively. She even joins as a Guest-Star Party Member on two occasions.
Rei Ayanami Expy: Let's see, relatively young (she's fourteen), pale skin, blue hair, golden eyes, emotionally detached but becomes less so over time, and her Dark and Troubled Past explains the eyes and detachment. She certainly fits the bill.
Serious Business: Mishy, the mascot character of Mishelam Wonderland. Her room is full of MWL merchandise (and later some Kagemaru goods), and her room decoration scene is about her love of cat-related things. At one point, she gave Sully a lecture on the importance of Mishy, and the one question she has to ask a fortune-teller is, 'How compatible are Mishy and I?'. When Lloyd accepts a request in Azure to act as a stand-in for Mishy due to the usual actor feeling unwell, she dons a Mishette costume to follow him around to judge his performance while also threatening to kick his knees until they break if she found his performance sub-par.
Shorter Means Smarter: She's The Smart Girl of the group while also being the youngest and shortest member at 150 cm at the start of Zero.
Shut Up, Hannibal!: Having been a victim of the D∴G Cult's experiments, she was quick to shut down Joachim's posturing of them and extolling the virtues of their goals despite them being some of the most despicable characters in the series. It's one of the few times she's ever shown her anger by raising her voice at someone.
Shy Blue-Haired Girl: She has light blue hair and during the Crossbell Arc, she's quiet and reserved. She eventually grows out of it by the Erebonia Arc.
Small Girl, Big Gun: She's the Token Mini-Moe of the group and her Ether Buster S-Craft and Absolute Zero Crafts have her turn her orbal staff into a Chainsaw-Grip BFG.
The Smart Girl: She serves as the most tech-savvy member of the SSS.
Sole Survivor: Was the only one of the children at the D∴G Cult's Altair Lodge who survived the experiments performed on her, leaving her with a case of Survivor's Guilt.
Speaks Fluent Animal: She's capable of understanding Zeit (a big damn wolf) and explaining what he says to the rest of the party.
Squishy Wizard: Has high ATS and a decent EP pool but low strength, defense, and HP. Unsurprising, as she's the smallest and youngest member of the SSS, and is a tech expert.
Stranger in a Familiar Land: Tio originally came from Remiferia before being abducted by the D∴G Cult. After being rescued by Guy and sent back home, she got shunned by other kids and treated coldly by her parents due to the changes she went through, leading her to run away to Crossbell, eventually meeting Roberts and joining the Epstein Foundation.
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: While she may seem impassive and distant, she's kind and considerate.
Summon Magic: Her Holy Call Craft has her summon Zeit to attack the enemy.
Supernatural Gold Eyes: They weren't gold at birth but turned that way after being experimented on by the D∴G Cult.
Super-Hearing: Tio's hearing senses are particularly acute due to her exposure to Gnosis; the headband sensors are more to conceal that she's doing the detecting herself. Unfortunately, it winds up being a disadvantage to her as well. Hearing the sounds of slaughter a room away distresses her greatly (something likely not helped by D∴G Cult-related PTSD), and a person shouting in the same room caused her visible pain.
Super Prototype: The orbal staffs used by Elliot and Emma from the Cold Steel games are less sophisticated than Tio's original model when it comes to variety of function.
Survivor's Guilt: Tio has been wondering why she was the only child who survived the Altair Lodge and how she could spend her life for years. It wasn't until she met the SSS that she started being at peace with these issues.
Swiss-Army Weapon: Her Orbal Staff combines a Magic Staff, laser blade, and multi-mode BFG in one compact package.
Tears of Joy: Played for laughs when the group visited Mishelam Wonderland. It gets played much more seriously in Chapter 4 of Zero, where she cries after receiving wholehearted support from Lloyd, Elie, and Randy.
Teen Genius: She is fourteen in her first appearance and already a highly skilled researcher and programmer for the Epstein Foundation, being the most tech-savvy of the SSS.
Thousand-Yard Stare: Ends up with one during a sidequest in Azure upon discovering that a middle-aged man is under the Mishy costume, with her being utterly silent with a blank expression and remaining that way until the SSS return to Crossbell.
Took a Level in Cheerfulness: She starts loosening up as the games go on until it reaches a head in Reverie, which marks the first time where she smiles in her default portrait.
Trauma Button: Anything to do with the experiments she suffered at the hands of the D∴G Cult. Unfortunately, in Chapter 4 of Zero, she encounters several triggers—starting with the Moon Temple and ending with Gnosis—and spends most of Day 2 hiding a PTSD episode until she collapses.
Unknown Rival: Jona sees her as a rival and puts effort into besting her as a programmer and hacker due to jealousy. For the most part, though, Tio doesn't care and sees him more as an annoyance than anything else.
Vocal Evolution: In Reverie, the voice Kaori Mizuhashi gives Tio is noticeably higher-pitched than in previous games.
Wave-Motion Gun: Tio's Ether Buster is a handheld cannon that shoots a large beam.
When She Smiles: The first time Tio gives off a genuine smile, Lloyd comments that her smile is adorable and that she'd be incredibly popular if she did so more often, flustering Tio greatly.
Wingding Eyes: Anything involving Mishy will get her riled up with her eyes glowing. Even the night before the world war in Cold Steel IV where she watches Mishy alongside several kids.

Randolph "Randy" Orlando

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Randy during Zero and Azure

^{Randy in his CGF uniform during Zero and Azure}

^{Randy as an instructor at Thors Branch Campus}

^{Randy as of Reverie}

Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese), Jonah Scott (English)

Appearances: Zero | Azure | Cold Steel III | Cold Steel IV | Reverie

A former member of the Crossbell Guardian Force, he joins the SSS by request of Vice Commander Sonya.

Ace Custom: Averted; in Cold Steel III, he uses a standard Hector as an opponent and later a playable character in Panzer Soldat training battles. The giant stun halberd doesn't count since there are enormous variations of all the campus' pilots available.
Affectionate Gesture to the Head: He pats Lloyd on the head when the latter refers to him as a Big Brother Mentor after the race event during the Anniversary Festival. He also does this to Mireille while flirting with her during his first appearance in Azure.
Ambiguously Absent Parent: In contrast to his father, his mother hasn't been mentioned at any point in the games.
Anger Born of Worry: He ends up on both the giving and receiving end near the end of Chapter 3 of Azure. When the SSS come to rescue him from his doomed one man attack on the Red Constellation, he angrily shouts at them for trying to get themselves killed, only for Lloyd and the others to fire back they only came because he nearly got himself killed after lying to them to their faces that he wouldn't do anything crazy.
Angry Collar Grab: Does this to Sigmund after watching him and the Red Constellation slaughter the ILF at Orchis Tower during Chapter 2 of Azure. He gets smacked aside and insulted for going soft for his troubles.
- He does it again on Lloyd near the end of Chapter 3 of Azure for coming to Mainz when he had wanted to keep him and the rest of the SSS out of his crusade against the Red Constellation. He then finds himself on the receiving end of one from Lloyd, who proceeds to call him out on running off on his own and nearly getting himself killed.
Awesome, but Impractical: Having a BFS and a BFG combined in a single weapon like Berserker is nice, but it requires day-to-day maintenance to run effectively and requires custom parts and ammunition to function that aren't easy to come by. Subverted in that it was also suffering from wear and tear due to being disassembled for two years while being hastily reassembled in 3-4 hours. The result? He can no longer use it as his primary weapon when Shirley cuts it in half, and he has to stick with his stun halberd.
Badass Boast: A short but punchy one to Sigmund before his final battle against him in Azure.
Randy: It's time I put every trick you and the old man taught me to the test... The 'strongest jaeger alive' is about to get his ass kicked straight into retirement!
Badass in a Nice Suit: Wears a suit as part of his instructor uniform at the Thors Branch Campus and is still just as capable of fighting as ever.
Badass Teacher: He teaches battle tactics in Cold Steel III.
Baritone of Strength: Randy is the physically strongest of the male characters in the SSS, with the lowest voice to match. His voice will also drop an octave or two during specific deadly attacks.
Battle Aura: Sports a purple one when he's truly serious.
Beware the Silly Ones: Randy tends to be an easy-going person most of the time, but hurting the people he loves is a sure way to turn him back into the Red Reaper, in which case he is absolutely vicious.
Bifurcated Weapon: Berserker is Randy's most powerful weapon, consisting of a machine gun with a BFS attached as a bayonet. It's limited to being an S-Craft until Reverie gives him a new Craft, Carnage Raid, that has him use it.
Big Brother Mentor: He's the oldest member of the SSS (21 at the start of Zero), and Lloyd even notes how he acts like a big brother towards the rest of them. He also slowly becomes this for Rean in Cold Steel III (he's 24 by Cold Steel III).
The Big Guy: The biggest and physically strongest member of the SSS. He's also taller than anybody at Thors Branch Campus at 185 cm.
Blade Lock: Ends up in one against Shirley during his attack on the Red Constellation in Chapter 3 of Azure. He loses when she activates Testa-Rossa's chainsaw function to cut through his damaged Berserker.
Brought Down to Badass: Played straight and eventually subverted. When Shirley meets him after he departs from the Red Constellation, she quickly reminds him that he used to be her badass cousin, and she is disappointed in him for letting his skills rust. During the final chapter, it's however revealed by one of his old Red Constellation comrades, Zax, that Randy actually had surpassed his prime in the jaeger corps and that it's likely that Shirley's monstrous growth threw a bias at her previous assumption.
Cast From Hitpoints: He's the resident Wild Rage user of the Crossbell Arc.
Casting a Shadow: Gains time as a secondary orbment element from Cold Steel IV onwards, no doubt to reference his Dark and Troubled Past in the Red Constellation.
Chick Magnet: Shown to be quite the catch with the ladies.
Child Soldier: As a member of the Orlando family, he was inducted into the Red Constellation at a young age, going into battlefields as young as nine.
Chivalrous Pervert: He's not above hitting on every reasonably attractive female he runs into but he's also a genuinely nice guy and you don't want to make any of the ladies cry if he's around to see it. During the 70th anniversary celebration, he works out a schedule so he can spend time with every woman he's flirted with.
- Played with in the Special Collection Book, where his profile section includes in-character comments on a number of female characters.
Color Motif: Heavily associated with the color red, being a Fiery Redhead who was born as part of the Red Constellation jaeger corps where he earned the title of the Red Reaper, his eyes gain a red glow when tapping into his old Red Reaper self when using his Death Storm Craft, as well as his Death Scorpion and Berserker S-Crafts, and his primary element is fire. Some characters also refer to him as Red as well.
Combination Attack: He has the following Combo Crafts:
- With Lloyd: Burning Rage
- With Elie: Riot Star
- With Tio: Haken Storm
- With Noel: Howling Raid
- With Wazy: Last Rebellion
Cool Teacher: In Cold Steel III, he ends up teaching at Thors Branch Campus.
Costume Evolution: Ignoring his Branch Campus instructor uniform, Randy's new clothes keep the orange jacket, but the shirt underneath is new, and he now has a blue tie.
Covered in Scars: His swimsuit portrait and 3D model in the bath scenes in Cold Steel III and IV show his body to be covered in numerous faded scars from his days as a jaeger.
Cross Attack: His new Carnage Raid Craft in Reverie has him deliver a cross slash at his enemies with Berserker before firing a full-auto volley at them.
Crutch Character: In Cold Steel IV, he assumes this position compared to Juna, Kurt, and Altina who lost a lot of levels between Cold Steel III and Cold Steel IV, sleeping for two whole weeks. He ends up being level 50 while the rest start at level 28. Once a week has passed in-game, they have the same level though Randy is still more powerful than any of them especially since his S-Craft is ranked 4S+ compared to everyone else. Not to mention, his Brave Order buff to the entire party only lasts for four turns and the level 3 buffs he gives to the party only lasts one turn rather than the standard two turns. He also leaves the party after players return to Eryn with Ash.
Dark and Troubled Past:
- He's the son of the leader of the most powerful jaeger corps in western Zemuria and has literally grown up on the battlefield and been killing people since the age of nine. Shirley reveals one particular incident has him raid a village full of civilians but he understandably told her to shut up before divulging anymore details.
- It's revealed in Azure during his final bonding event what exactly made him leave the Red Constellation: two years before the start of Zero, he was given an assignment to wipe out two divisions worth of troops belonging to their biggest rival Zephyr with his own division. To cancel out the numerical disadvantage, he resorted to using a nearby village as a killzone for one of the divisions, as he would often frequent the store and bar over there when not on duty and in turn know the terrain inside out. With that plan in motion, he actually did his job successfully. However, he miscalculated how much the fighting would spread and wound up causing the destruction of a nearby house and the general store, resulting in civilian casualties among whom is his local drinking buddy. It's then revealed that the whole assignment was a test which he passed by his father to see if he has what is takes to be his successor by his uncle Sigmund while Shirley congratulates him on a job killing them. This was the last straw and he runs away afterwards.
Dash Attack: Death Storm has him charging the enemy with a Flash Step while slashing them apart along the way. His third S-Craft Berserker ends with him dashing at the enemy to slash them apart with the blade.
Dead Alternate Counterpart: As revealed late in Azure, the SSS were killed by Joachim in the original timeline, prompting KeA to slightly affect reality to prevent their demise. However, it's made unclear if Randy actually died in the fight, as unlike the other members who are explicitly shown lying on the ground, he is shown leaning on his weapon.
"Dear John" Letter: Platonic example; he leaves one in his room for the SSS to find, thanking them for putting up with them while saying goodbye, before heading out on a one-man assault on the Red Constellation.
Doesn't Like Guns: This is what got him booted from the CGF prior to the start of Zero; he refused to train with the rifle and his commander pitched a fit. They remind him uncomfortably of his past.
Don't Call Me "Sir": He doesn't like it when members of the Red Constellation call him "sir", "Commander Randolph", or "young master" with him having left the Corps. He also tells the students of the Branch Campus that he isn't big on formalities and is fine with them calling him Randy.
Dub Name Change:
- The name of his blade rifle, and by extension his 3rd S-Craft, was changed from Berserga to Berserker in the English versions.
- Likewise, his Brave Order was called Loud Warrior in the Japanese script, but was renamed Proud Warrior in the English script.
Everyone Has Standards: As laid back as he could be, he held the previous commander of Bellguard Gate in nothing but contempt for his utter lack of care for his duties.
Excalibur in the Rust: His main weapon from his jaeger days is Berserker, a blade rifle. He first brings it out near the end of Chapter 3 of Azure when fighting the Red Constellation. Unfortunately, since he hadn't used or maintained in two years, and had it hastily refurbished by an engineer, who was on top of being unfamiliar with it's workings and thus lacking the custom parts it required, had also just pulled an all-nighter and was thus likely tired, it ends up falling apart when he ends up using it against Shirley.
Face Framed in Shadow: Anytime he uses Death Scorpion or Death Storm, his face is completely shadowed as to show how he's tapping into his old Red Reaper self. His face also turns dark when speaking with the Red Constellation when Shirley nearly brings up the mission where he inadvertently killed a friend of his that made him quit the Corps.
Fatal Flaw: Self-loathing. Due to his Dark and Troubled Past, Randy believes himself to be an irredeemable murderer despite having people who accept him in Crossbell. When his loved ones are hurt in a few occasions during the series, Randy's response to these events is to lash in a self-destructing rage towards the culprits because he can't forgive himself for letting them be hurt in the first place.
Fiery Redhead: He has bright red hair, and while usually laidback can get pretty passionate when provoked. His primary Element is also fire.
First-Name Basis: For the first chapter of Cold Steel III, he refers to Rean by his last name, but decides to stop in Chapter 2, even giving Rean the okay to call him "Randy." This is the first sign of the two of them becoming friends.
Foreshadowing: His introduction in Azure has him observing a car from faraway and distinguishing the brand and the SSS inside it. It's quite similar to Sigmund's introduction a few scenes prior, hinting at the fact they are related.
Genius Bruiser: His time as a jaeger gives him a strong understanding of combat tactics. He also proves capable in his role as an Instructor at the Branch Campus.
Girl on Girl Is Hot: He seems to be of this opinion, judging by his comments when he sees how Mariabell interacts with Elie. Also has this when Rose performs a Skinship Grope on Juna while in the hot springs of Cold Steel IV.
Green-Eyed Monster: Played for Laughs, but he tends to get very jealous at Lloyd's ability to attract women despite not actively trying it or even being aware of it, especially when seeing him getting doted on by Cecile and getting glomped by Ilya. This also extends to Rean when meeting him at the Branch Campus.
Guest-Star Party Member: He's only available for one Soldat fight in Cold Steel III. He doesn't even get a victory quote nor do both Rean and Randy call each other by names when they execute their Combination Attack, unlike other characters. In Cold Steel IV, he's playable on-foot during the first part of Chapter 1 before leaving, only to return during Chapter 2, and be consistently available afterwards, with the exceptions of Chapter 3's Luna Sanctuary, as well as the final dungeon. You can, however, use him for the final boss, allowing you to finally team him up alongside Agate and Gaius for Wild Rage fun.
Hates Their Parent: He has nothing but contempt towards his father Baldur for raising him up as a Child Soldier. That said, he was slightly upset upon learning about his death from Sigmund at the start of Azure.
Honorary True Companion: He already acted as a secondary mentor to the New Class VII in Cold Steel IV, but he ends up forging a bond with the group as a whole after sticking with them for a decent chunk of the game.
Hot Teacher: He is noted as being attractive by some girls in Class VIII.
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: He's the oldest and biggest member of the SSS, and he most frequently teams up with Tio, the youngest and shortest member.
I Am a Monster: Randy's self-esteem is actually abysmal, as he feels the lives he took during his days as a jaeger make him unfit to stand amongst the SSS. This prompts him to secretly abandon them in Azure after the Red Constellation launches an assault on Mainz, and he goes off to face his old family with no intention of coming back alive.
I Let Gwen Stacy Die: The biggest reason why he left the Red Constellation: he inadvertently killed the one friend he made on his first major operation because he attacked the village where his friend lived and miscalculated the collateral damage that would ensue.
Implied Love Interest: While he tries to deny it, there is more than a few hints at deeper feelings between him and Mireille. During Reverie's ending credits, Randy can be seen proposing to her.
It's All My Fault: When the Red Constellation shows up and starts causing trouble in Crossbell, he feels guilty for the carnage they cause as Sigmund admitted part of the reason they came to Crossbell was so that he could strongarm him to come back to the Corps.
Kill It with Fire: His orbment includes fire-restricted slots and he has several Crafts based around the theme, including Salamander and Crimson Gale, which can set targets on fire as a secondary effect.
Ladykiller in Love: Since his first introduction, he's shown to be quite the ladies man who can't stop flirting with any attractive woman in sight. Despite that, it's heavily implied that Mireille had a special place in his heart which proves true when he ends up proposing to her near the end of Reverie.
Late-Arrival Spoiler: His reason for joining Thors Branch Campus in Cold Steel III is well known by fans because he's spying for the resistance. He never gets much of a chance to do so, however, as Erebonia has so many problems, he ends up becoming a straight-up comrade to the protagonists.
Like Brother and Sister: By the time of Cold Steel III, he's formed a notably close friendship with Tio. It can also double as an Intergenerational Friendship, as he's 7-8 years older than her.
Likes Older Women: As shown with his positive reaction to Cecile being two years older than him. A reaction he shows again when Sharon replies that she's one year older than him in ''Cold Steel III''. Immediately afterwards, Tio notes that Mireille is also one year older than him.
Limit Break:
- His S-Crafts in Zero are Crimson Gale and Death Scorpion, with Azure adding in Berserker.^noteBerserga in the original script Cold Steel IV and Reverie keep Berserker as his S-Craft, with Crimson Gale becoming a regular Craft. The latter game also allows you to upgrade his S-Craft into Berserker Mk. II^noteBerserga Shin in the Japanese version by completing his and Gaius' Trial Door challenge.
- For his one-time playable appearance piloting his Hector Mk.II in Cold Steel III, Crimson Gale is his finisher, while his union attack is the same as Ash's (Riot Combo).
Love Epiphany: While never explicetely stated, it's likely that Mireille's Near-Death Experience during Reverie made him face his true feelings for her, as he propose to her shortly after the events of the game.
Magically Inept Fighter: Randy fulfills the physical powerhouse character archetype so you're encouraged to build him to take advantage of his STR and crafts.
Mix-and-Match Weapon: His Berserker is a mix of what looks like a big submachine gun and a giant blade as an oversized bayonet.
More Dakka: His Berserker S-Craft from Azure onwards has him unload a volley of bullets at his enemies before charging forwards with a mighty slash.
The Nicknamer: He really likes to come up with nicknames, especially for girls. Since the original ones often require a pretty good understanding of the Japanese language, localization was inevitable. They are as follows, ordered from original to localized^noteIf only one name is present, then it currently lacks an English counterpart.
- In Zero and Azure, we have "Ojou"/"Mademoise-Elie" for Elie, "Tiosuke"/"Tio Tot" for Tio, "Ke-bou"^notepronounced like "key bow"/"KeDo" for KeA, and "Jona-ko"/"Jon-ster" for Jona, and "Sully-zo"^notepronounced in Japanese as "Shuri-zo"/"Sulldier" for Sully.
- As of the later Cold Steel games, as well as Reverie, we now have "Ju-bou^notepronounced like "you bow"/"Junie" for Juna, "Alkichi"/"Alteeny" for Altina, "Towa-chan"/"Towee" for Towa, "Ma-chi"^notepronounced like "mak-ki"/"Macchiato" for Machias, and "Rosecchi"/"Rosie" for Roselia (in Cold Steel IV's English localization, he simply calls Roselia "Rose" like nearly everyone else). While the previous characters didn't seem to mind, the new additions have their reservations^note.
Noble Male, Roguish Male: The roguish male to Lloyd's noble male. While both are ChickMagnets in their own right, Lloyd is mostly Clueless and does it accidentally and tries to act as a By-the-Book Cop and inexperienced gentleman, whereas Randy is a flirtatious Chivalrous Pervert who actively goes after any attractive woman he sees and is also a laid back troublemaker who frequents the city's Entertainment District to gamble.
Official Couple: With Mireille as of the end of Reverie.
One-Hit Kill: Death Storm has a chance to inflict instant death.
One-Man Army: When Randy is sufficiently riled up, he use Berserker and will tear through trained soldiers and jaegers like a hot knife through butter.
Playing with Fire: His primary element is fire and Crimson Gale inflicts burn damage as he slices with his halberd while shooting fire.
Poor Communication Kills: Randy tends to keep people at arm's length while hiding behind his playful demeanor. It's one of his main flaws throughout the Crossbell arc, and it nearly led to his demise in Azure. Fittingly, he only opens up fully about his backstory if the player chooses him for the final Bonding Event. This is also one of the main grievances his family has with him, as he simply deserted without bothering to settle anything by explaining himself to his father or uncle.
Previous Player-Character Cameo: In Cold Steel III, serving as an instructor at Thors Branch Campus for Class VIII. He's never playable on foot, but you do use him during a Panzer Soldat training battle. Cold Steel IV finally makes him playable.
Punch a Wall: When Sigmund demands he return to take over the Red Constellation in Chapter 2 of Azure, he punches the wall to punctuate how enraged he is at them for trying to drag him back into the life he tried so hard to get away from.
Red Baron: He's actually known by two titles: The Red Reaper and The Son of the War God.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Anytime he uses Death Scorpion or Death Storm his eyes briefly glow red.
Red Is Heroic: Has bright red hair, and unlike the rest of his family is a mostly heroic individual.
Relationship Upgrade: The ending credits of Reverie features a picture of him proposing to Mireille, and another has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment of him with a ring on his left hand.
La Résistance: He joins up with Mireille and the rest of the Bellguard CGF members who refused to go along with Dieter's plan near the end of Azure. Naturally, he also joins the larger group that forms the resistance against Erebonian occupation following the conclusion of the game.
The Reveal: He is a former jaeger and the son of the late leader of the Red Constellation.
Retractable Weapon: A retractable spike pops out of his halberd for his second S-Craft, Death Scorpion.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge:
- Against the entirety of Red Constellation after they launch the first phase of their attack in Mainz. Unfortunately, Shirley's chainsaw makes short work of Randy's hastily refurbished Berserker.
- Discussed and narrowly defied in Reverie. [[spoiler:Lloyd's near death against Supreme Leader Rufus and Mireille getting badly wounded by EDF troops while evacuating civilians results in him going into a near self-destructive charge at the EDF for payback. When Lloyd reunites with him and hears Randy talk about "making them bleed no matter what it takes", Lloyd angrily snaps him out of it, pointing out that getting Crossbell's freedom isn't worth it if they don't do it the right way and that neither he, Mireille, nor anyone else who knows and cares for him would appreciate him putting himself in danger on their behalf for the sake of revenge.
Sad Clown: All his womanizing and gambling antics along with being a Big Brother Mentor while being constantly aloof? It's to hide his PTSD and his past as a jaeger.
Secret-Keeper: He figures out that Wazy is a member of the Gralsritter based on his interactions with Ries but keeps quiet about it. In exchange, Wazy keeps quiet about his crusade against Red Constellation. He also ends up being one of the first non-Class VII member to find out that Rean is Osborne's son.
She Is Not My Girlfriend: In Cold Steel III, he will always deny that Mireille is his special someone whenever it's brought up. Given how Tio threatening to call her got him to stop hitting on Sharon, it's safe to say he's not all that convincing.
Sins of Our Fathers: Or "uncle and former jaeger corps" technically, as when Sigmund and the rest of the Red Constellation come to cause trouble in Crossbell, he is shown to feel responsible for it, even going on a one man assault on them to try and fix it. The fact that Sigmund admitted that he accepted the job in Crossbell specfically to try and bring him back to the corps doesn't help.
Suicide Mission: After the Red Constellation takes over Mainz, he goes AWOL in a suicidal effort to take them down, leaving the rest of the SSS to stop him from getting himself killed.
These Hands Have Killed: He's shown to have a strong degree of self-loathing for all the lives he took during his time as part of the Red Constellation, thinking he has no place in the SSS or any right to be happy.
This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself: Goes on a one man attack on the Red Constellation on his own when they besiege Mainz, claiming it's a family matter he has to take on his own. The rest of the SSS disagree. Vehemently.
Trauma Button: He had trouble using a rifle while part of the CGF since they reminded him of his past as a jaeger. His extreme reaction to the Red Constellation's execution of the ILF is also all but outright stated to be a result of being reminded of the mission where he got his Only Friend killed.
Uncertain Doom: In the alternate Zero timeline. It's stated that the SSS died, but in flashbacks to the incident he's always shown leaning on his weapon, in contrast to the others who are shown lying on the floor.
Verbal Tic: He's fond of sticking a hard 'ssu' into his sentences, not always at the end in the original Japanese dub.
Weapon Across the Shoulder: Holds Berserker like this at the end of the S-Craft where he uses it.
What the Hell, Hero?: Tries to give one to Lloyd when he and the rest of the SSS follow him to his one man assault on the Red Constellation's occupation of Mainz, claiming he had needlessly risked their lives. Lloyd and the others however quickly fire back and call him out on running out on them to attack the Red Constellation on his own and nearly getting himself killed.
White Sheep: By virtue of being the only member of the Orlando family who is no longer a jaeger.
Willfully Weak: Randy never brings his full might or his weapon of predilection during Zero because he hates using his jaeger skills. In Azure, when he launches himself into a one-man crusade against the Red Constellation and starts using Berserker again, he defeats an entire squadron on his own and is only stopped by Shirley and Berserker breaking during the action.
Wrecked Weapon: He brings his Berserker out of storage and has it refurbished, only for it to be almost immediately destroyed by Shirley. It's fixed (again) in time for the final chapter.
You Are Better Than You Think You Are: On more than one occasion, he's expressed a strong sense of self-loathing over his past as a jaeger, seeing himself as nothing more than a failure good only for violence. His True Companions are quick to rebuke him for it and tell him in no uncertain terms that regardless of his past and flaws, he's still one of them and they all care about him and thus should value himself more.
You Are Not Alone: The SSS tell him as such when the Red Constellation show up. Randy considers dealing with them himself, seeing it as a family matter, but the others make it clear they would assist him with it.
You Shall Not Pass!: When cornered by Garcia after crashing the Schwarze Auction at Mishelam, he tried to fight the Killing Bear himself to buy the others time to escape. Thankfully, Sergei showing up with a speed boat in time meant he didn't have to follow through.

Second Lieutenant Noel Seeker

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Noel in her SSS clothes, as seen in Azure

^{Noel in her CGF uniform, as seen in Zero Evolution}

^{Noel in her Crossbell Defence Force uniform in Azure}

^{Noel in her SSS clothes, as seen in Reverie}

Voiced by: Masumi Asano (Japanese), Abby Trott (English)

Appearances: Zero | Azure | Reverie

Rank: Sergeant Major, Second Lieutenant (Azure)

A rising star of the Crossbell Guardian Force holding the rank of Sergeant Major. She works alongside the SSS during the events of Zero and becomes a member herself in Azure. She acts as the cool big sister to the entire team as well as the driver of their new car.

A-Cup Angst: Downplayed; Noel's chest is decently big, but Azure's Intermission has her ruefully claim that she doesn't, er, stack up to the likes of Elie, Rixia, or Cecille.
Affectionate Nickname: The English version has her younger sister Fran refer to her as "Noey".^note
Ascended Extra: She went from a Guest-Star Party Member in Zero to a full-fledged party member in Azure.
Badass Biker: Her new S-Craft in Reverie, Wild Stampede, has her strike the enemies with an Orbal Bike. She later drives a bike into the burning military factory to save Lloyd at the end of his route of Act 3 in Reverie.
Big Damn Heroes:
- During the climax of Zero, the original SSS members are being harassed by a group of Brainwashed and Crazy CGF members who try to ram and shoot their borrowed Cool Car with their armored cars. Cue Noel showing up in an older model armored car to get them off their tail so they can reach the Final Dungeon in one piece.
- At the end of Act 3 of Reverie she shows up on an orbal bike to save Lloyd from the burning military factory when it's about to come down.
Big Sister Instinct: Despite being somewhat exasperated by Fran's constant adoration, Noel will always look out for her sister. Her overreaction to finding out that Fran had "someone she loves" was priceless. Said person was, of course, Noel herself.
Blow You Away: She gains wind as a secondary element in Reverie with her new S-Craft featuring a Tornado Move with her Bike.
Boobs-and-Butt Pose: Her victory pose in Reverie has her back turned while she's facing the camera, pulling off this trope.
Boyish Short Hair: The most tomboyish of the SSS' female members who, fittingly enough, has the shortest hair.
Car Fu:
- During the final chapter of Zero, she saves the party from the Brainwashed and Crazy CGF members' armored cars by ramming them with her own.
- Her S-Craft in Reverie has her spinning her bike in place while the tail of the bike is hitting her enemies.
Combination Attack: She has the following Combo Crafts:
- With Lloyd: Brave Hearts
- With Elie: Southern Cross
- With Tio: Blast Hammer
- With Randy: Howling Raid
- With Wazy: Blue Breaker
Conflicting Loyalty: More than anyone else involved in Dieter's plan, she suffers from this and really doesn't want to fight her True Companions. Which didn't prevent her from arresting you at the end of Chapter 4, though it does convince her to listen to you the next time you meet.
Cool Big Sis: In Fran's eyes, nobody could be cooler than Noel. She's also this to the team as a whole once she joins the SSS, despite being the same age as Lloyd and Elie (18).
Costume Evolution: Rather than join the SSS in her CGF uniform, she opted for a new outfit, with the most noticeable change being the shorts. Noel is the only one of Crossbell's 7 main cast members to not undergo some kind of wardrobe change for Reverie, as even Rixia has a new casual outfit.
Crutch Character: During Azure, Noel is initially quite the asset during battles with crafts combining both range, AoE and ailments. However, owing to Azure crafts damage being overall underwhelming in contrast to arts and late game bosses being resistant if not outright insensible to ailments and stat down, she falls off as the game goes on.
Damage Reduction: Her Assault Guardian Brave Order in Reverie reduces all damage the party takes by 60% along with giving a boost to STR and DEF.
Designated Driver: Not because of the usual reasons but because she's the only member of the team who knows how to drive in the first place. When she returns to the CGF, the characters mention that she taught the rest of them how to drive offscreen.
Disappeared Dad: Her father Ozma was a member of the Crossbell Guardian Force who passed away about 10 years prior the the events of Zero. His cause of death was a stray bullet from a Calvardian military exercise. The details of his death were covered up so that Calvard wouldn't get involved in any scandal surrounding his death.
Dishing Out Dirt: Her primary element is earth.
Dual Wielding: Her primary weapon is a pair of SMGs.
Dub Name Change: Her Rebel Shot craft was called Rebellion Shot in the original Japanese script.
Duel Boss: In the final chapter of Azure, she spots the party infiltrating Bellguard Gate and Lloyd faces her in a duel. Following his win, she comes back to the party.
Drill Sergeant Nasty : When she teaches the party how to drive, Wazy describe her as such. Of course, Wazy's behaviour may have something to do with it.
Easily Forgiven: The rest of the SSS don't begrudge her siding with the rest of the CGF against them and assisting to arrest them during Azure. In fact, the one time Lloyd calls her out is because she's clearly not committed enough to opposing them. Ultimately, they completely understand her reasoning and it's clear that she was genuinely remorseful for what she did.
Evil Costume Switch: Justified, as it's not a personal costume, but the standard clothing of the new Crossbell Defense Force.
Fangirl: She is a massive fan of Julia Schwarz.
Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The responsible to Fran's foolish, being much more even tempered and serious in contrast to her more cheerful sister, even chiding her to act more professionally on the job when she insists on calling her 'Noey' on the clock.
Guest-Star Party Member: In Zero, she temporarily joins the party in investigating Stargazer's Tower and the Moon Temple.
The Gunslinger: Like Elie, she fights primarily with firearms.
Gun Kata: Reverie gives her the Rebel Shot Craft, where she spins around while firing her guns at the enemies surrounding her.
Healing Shiv: Her Energy Missile Craft can recover HP, in a nod to Tita's Vital Cannon.
Insistent Terminology: Tries to make Fran address her more formally after joining the SSS, putting them in the position of interacting on a daily basis while on the job. It doesn't work.
I've Come Too Far: After Dieter provokes Erebonia and Calvard, Noel insists that this trope applies to all of Crossbell. While she doesn't agree with Dieter's actions, she points out that turning on his regime will doom Crossbell's chance of independence because the other countries will retaliate for the Aion attacks. However, she's ultimately convinced to side with the SSS.
Kindhearted Cat Lover: She even wants to pat Celine in their victory quote in Reverie.
Like Brother and Sister: By the time of Reverie, she and Wazy have settled into a close friendship that usually involves her trying to get him to apply himself more.
Limit Break: Zero has Blast Storm as her S-Craft, with Azure adding in Armed Forces. Reverie gives her Wild Stampede.
Magically Inept Fighter: Her arts-based stats and her orbment lineup are even worse than Randy's, making her just about the worst spellcaster in the Crossbell duology. This is a pretty serious downside considering how much more damaging arts are over physical attacks.
Military Brat: Her Disappeared Dad had also been a part of the Guardian Force prior to his death a decade prior to the story. It was from him that she inherited her strong sense of discipline and eventually was inspired to join the CGF as well.
More Dakka: Both of her S-Crafts involve lots of ammunition being used on-screen: Blast Storm has her unload her entire arsenal on the enemy in one go, while Armed Forces has her call in support from a couple of CGF armored cars, complete with a Macross Missile Massacre.
Maybe Ever After: Her last bonding event in Azure implies that she and Lloyd might become a couple without either of them explicitly expressing their feelings.
Mighty Glacier: She has good ATK and DEF along with AOE on her normal attack, but isn't much faster than Randy.
Minion with an F in Evil: Noel's brief tenure as an antagonist clearly shows that she's deeply reluctant and conflicted about her decision to side with the Crois administration. When she imprisons Lloyd, she naively tries to reassure him he'll eventually get acquitted even though he's clearly no longer of any use to the Crois family and would only get in their way. When Lloyd later confronts her at Bellguard gate, he flat-out calls her out as such, as despite figuring out the SSS would come in order to discreetly meet with Commander Sonia, she just confronts them alone and begs them to leave, when she could've brought in an entire squadron and neutralized them then and there.
Nice Girl: Noel is a bright and friendly girl who's always willing to help.
Otaku: She really likes orbal cars, which is somewhat understandable since they're a very new invention and she's one of the first people to get to use one; not that it prevents the rest of the team from remarking on her obsession. She also enjoys motorbike races.
Rank Up: Following the events of Zero, Noel is promoted from the rank of Sergeant Major to Second Lieutenant of the CGF in Azure.
Regretful Traitor: Assists in arresting the SSS along with other Guardian Force members after Dieter's mad takeover and attempt at independence. She's clearly shown to regret it and is clearly reluctant to fight her former comrades. She comes to her senses soon and the rest of the SSS thankfully don't hold it aginst her too bad.
Sixth Ranger: Joins the SSS alongside Wazy in Azure.
Sixth Ranger Traitor: Briefly during Dieter's plan to free Crossbell from all external influence, although in her case it's more Just Following Orders than any actual desire to betray her former True Companions.
Tomboy and Girly Girl: She's the tomboy to Fran's girly girl.
Tornado Move: Her Wild Stampede S-Craft in Reverie ends with her spinning her bike in place fast enough to create a miniature tornado.
Vitriolic Best Buds: During her first encounter with Wazy in Zero, he instantly recognizes the comedic potential of teasing someone as formal as her, which sets their relationship for the entire series. Despite this, it is evident that they respect one another when they start working together in Azure.
Walking Armory: Noel is basically a grown-up version of Tita with even more guns. Aside from her SMGs she has grenades, a missile launcher, an electromagnetic net launcher, and an assault rifle. She unloads all of this on the enemy at once while performing Blast Storm. She even manages to fit a stun halberd into her arsenal somehow, though she doesn't use it that frequently.

Wazy Hemisphere

Wazy's casual outfit during Azure

^{Wazy as leader of the Testaments}

^{Wazy's Gralsritter uniform in Azure}

^{Wazy's Gralsritter uniform in Reverie}

Voiced by: Junko Minagawa (Japanese), Griffin Burns (English)

Appearances: Zero | Azure | Reverie

Wazy is the young leader of the Testaments, one of the two gangs fighting for dominance in Crossbell's Downtown District. He cultivates an air of coolness and mystery which wins him many admirers. He volunteers himself as the newest member of the SSS in Azure.

Ambiguous Gender: Wazy is sometimes mistaken for a girl by people who don't know him. His choice of a two-piece swimsuit which covers his upper torso, his rapid changing off-camera (twice) while the other males are occupied and his strange reaction to Lloyd commenting on the suit do not help quell suspicion that Wazy might actually be a girl trying to pass as a boy. Crossbell Archive even lists his gender as "Male(?)".
Ambiguously Gay: He sometimes acts quite flirty with Lloyd, even calling him his "beloved" at one point. However, given how much Wazy enjoys messing with others to get a reaction, it's hard to tell if he's being serious or just being The Tease.
Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: His Testaments outfit and the suit he wears to the Schwarze Auction expose his navel, and he wears a two-piece swimsuit during the Beach Episode to highlight his feminine looks.
Bare-Fisted Monk: Wazy leads the quasi-religious Testaments street gang and fights barehanded, with special emphasis on his footwork.
Big Brother Mentor: After Gaius became a Dominion prior to the events of Cold Steel III, Wazy and the other Dominions started looking out for him like a little brother. Whether or not Wazy is actually older than Gaius, though, is currently unknown.
Blue Is Heroic: Dresses primarily in blue, which eventually ties into his identity as a Dominion, showing that for his eccentricities, he's still a good guy. His Red Baron title as a Dominion is also the Sapphire Testament.
Brilliant, but Lazy: Potential puns aside, Noel mentions he is quite good at learning whenever he decides not to be The Slacker. Exemplified by their Linked Victory quote in Reverie:
Wazy: I got to take it easy thanks to you, Noel.
Noel: I swear, Wazy, you need to take this seriously.
Chick Magnet: His androgynous looks have made him quite popular with ladies, and he's highlighted as a host, a job which he was noted to be very popular at.
Church Militant: He's really the Ninth Dominion of the Gralsritter, known as the Sapphire Testament.
Combination Attack: He has the following Combo Crafts:
- With Lloyd: Strike Heaven
- With Elie: Akashic Star
- With Tio: Sigma Ascension
- With Randy: Last Rebellion
- With Noel: Blue Breaker
Costume Evolution: He has currently been seen with 4 different outfits:
- His intial blue outfit he wore as the leader of the Testments.
- His black jacket, black black pants, white shirt, and blue scarf combo from when he initially joined the SSS.
- His Gralsritter uniform worn for Azure's final chapter
- His new Gralsritter uniform worn during Reverie.
Death Dealer: Wazy's Trinity Card and several Combo Crafts. Seventh Shot uses pool balls rather than playing cards but fits the same general theme as well. He also has positive card tricks in the form of Draw Joker (mass AT Advance) and Weiss Card (major healing).
Dude Looks Like a Lady: Several minor characters question if Wazy is really a boy, sometimes directly to his face, which he finds amusing. However, he never cross-dresses.
Elemental Eye Colors: He has gold eyes which match his primary element of space.
Energy Ball: His Akashic Arm S-Craft ends with him launching a large golden sphere of magical energy at the enemy.
Foreshadowing: His true identity as the Ninth Dominion of the Gralsritter has hints scattered throughout Zero and Azure.
- His surprisingly huge information network despite being a leader of a delinquent gang. The reason he gave it was due to his supposed dealings in the criminal underworld.
- The theme of his gang. They are called "Testaments" and they refer to their conflicts as "holy wars".
- Being a guest at the Schwarze Auction in Zero. How could a delinquent leader in the squatters get entry to such a high class event?
- His orbment setup is just like Eile's except that his exclusive slot is space instead. His S-Craft is called Deadly Heaven and his Combo Craft with Lloyd is Strike Heaven.
The Gadfly: He enjoys messing with people just to see how they'll react, especially Lloyd, Noel, and Randy. Also, his stated reason for signing up with the SSS in Azure is "It seemed like it would be entertaining."
Guest-Star Party Member: In Zero, he briefly joins the party in their investigation on the Schwarze Auction.
Heal Thyself: His Seventh Shot Craft, upgraded to Septenary Shot in Reverie, can restore some of the party's HP and CP after doing damage.
Heavenly Blue: The majority of his wardrobe is blue, and he is revealed to be a Dominion with the title of Sapphire Testament.
I Am Not Left-Handed: He had been holding back the entire time he fought Wald. He finally ended the long battle by curb-stomping Wald during the first chapter of Azure.
Inconsistent Dub: For unknown reasons, Wazy's Seventh Shot craft was renamed as Septenary Shot for the English release of Reverie.
Kansas City Shuffle: Operates one behind the scenes in Azure. Owing to Archbishop Eralda's refusal to allow the Congregation for the Sacraments into Crossbell, the Gralsritter send Ries undercover as an ordinary sister in Crossbell Cathedral, a ruse Eralda instantly figures out, prompting him to keep an eye on Ries during her stay. This however blinds him to the identity of the real mole: Wazy, who is able to proceed with his investigation without provoking a scandal among the Septian Church.
Kung-Fu Wizard: He has several punch and kick moves, but has higher casting ability than average party members with suitable orbment line. Even his second S-Craft Akashic Arm deals magic damage.
Life Drain: His Seventh Shot Craft both damages enemies and heals allies.
Lightning Bruiser: Magical variant: Wazy is both the fastest character in the games and the best caster. He's also got surprisingly good physical skills to back up his arts (in effects if not damage).
Like Brother and Sister: By the time of Reverie, he and Noel have settled into a close friendship that usually involves her trying to get him to apply himself more.
Limit Break: His S-Craft in Zero is Deadly Heaven, with Azure throwing in Akashic Arm. He still has the latter as his S-Craft in Reverie, while the former becomes a regular Craft.
Magikarp Power: During Azure, Wazy is initially a Jack of All Stats with physical crafts and a line similar to Elie favoring space arts allowing him to fit however you wish in your party composition. Late in the game, he obtains the most powerful S-Craft in the game, Akashic Arm, which scales off his ATS. This, along with the progressively better quartz you have been unlocking as the game goes on, firmly cement him as a magical powerhouse and one of your best damage dealers.
Mythology Gag: His fifth normal craft, Seventh Shot, happens to have the same name as Kevin's ultimate weapon in Sky the 3rd. Coincidentally, both of them are Dominions of the Gralsritter.
No Sense of Personal Space: He has no problems invading Lloyd's personal space in Reverie just to tease him.
Perpetual Smiler: He almost always has a mischeivous smirk on his face.
Power Fist: When he reveals he's a Dominion, Wazy brings out his Akashic Arm, a massive clawed gauntlet that wraps around his entire right arm, materialized from the Artifact that his Stigma absorbed.
Refuge in Audacity: Once the party learns of his secret in Azure, he confides that he intentionally named his gang the "Testaments" and had them adopt blatant religious terminology because nobody would suspect an actual priest of doing that.
Scarf of Asskicking: Wears a scarf as part of his casual attire in Azure.
Sexy Priest: He's an androgynous Pretty Boy who had done work as a popular host, and is revealed to be a Dominion.
Shaming the Mob: During Reverie, Wazy delivers a scathing speech to curse-afflicted townpeople in St. Ursula who are reproaching the SSS for failing to stop Crossbell's takeover, making them realize that the SSS never had the pretention to be heroes, they were just people striving to do their best in Crossbell and so should they. The speech also has the added effect of pulling Lloyd from his starting Heroic BSoD and reminding him what he is fighting for.
Sixth Ranger: He joins the SSS alongside Noel in Azure.
Spam Attack: Some of his attacks, like his Phantom Rush Craft, have him hit the opponent rapidly with either his fists or legs. He still retains said Craft in Reverie.
Spikes of Villainy: Inverted, Wazy's Akashic Arm is very spiky, but he's definitely a good guy.
Status-Buff Dispel: His Akashic Arm S-Craft gains the ability to cancel all enemy buffs before applying damage in Reverie.
Supernatural Gold Eyes: His eyes are gold (and are naturally that color in contrast to Tio and Renne's which were a result of the D∴G Cult's experiment) and he is revealed to be a Dominion, with all the holy abilities that come with the position.
Undercover Cop Reveal: In the final chapter of Azure, he reveals his real status as the Ninth Dominion to the SSS on a mission to Crossbell investigating the actions of the Crois clan.
Vitriolic Best Buds: During his first encounter with Noel in Zero, he instantly recognizes the comedic potential of teasing someone as formal as her, which sets their relationship for the entire series. Despite this, it is evident that they respect one another when they start working together in Azure.

Rixia Mao

Rixia in her second Yin outfit

^{Rixia in her stage outfit, as seen in Zero Evolution}

^{Rixia in a sketch depicting her casual outfit from Zero and Azure}

^{Rixia in her second Yin outfit, as depicted in Cold Steel II}

^{Rixia in her casual clothes from Reverie}

^{Rixia in her second Yin outfit, as depicted in Reverie}

^{Rixia in her stage outfit, as depicted in Reverie}

^{Rixia, unmasked, during Daybreak}

Voiced by: Rina Sato (Japanese), Erica Mendez (English, Cold Steel II), Suzie Yeung (English, Reverie)

A tourist from Calvard who was recruited into Arc en Ciel by an enthusiastic Ilya. As Zero begins, she is preparing to make her debut appearance in the new production Golden Sun, Silver Moon. In reality, though, she is actually the legendary assassin Yin.

11th-Hour Ranger: Rixia joins the party at the beginning of Azure Final Chapter, as she was an occasional Guest-Star Party Member during both Zero and Azure.
Affectionate Nickname: Nadia calls her "RX"^note"Ri-chan" in the Japanese script.
Airplane Arms: Runs with her hands behind her while still in disguise in Zero.
Anime Chinese Girl: Or the closest Zemurian equivalent at any rate. She lacks any of the language subtropes but being a trained assassin, she does know martial arts.
Ascended Extra: After spending previous games as either a Guest-Star Party Member or an 11th-Hour Ranger, Reverie officially has her as part of the main cast from the beginning.
Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: Her casual outfit in Zero and Azure left her belly exposed, fitting for the resident Ms. Fanservice.
Batman Gambit: The primary plotline of Zero's Chapter 2 is the result of an elaborate gambit she orchestrates. After receiving a threat letter from someone impersonating her Yin persona, she plays up her concern for Ilya's safety to get the SSS involved in investigating the case. When the First Division throw a wrench in her plans by taking things over, she uses Jona Sacred as a proxy to arrange a meeting with SSS. Showing up as Yin, she reveals that the person behind the threat letter was impersonating her, causing them to deduce that the threat on Ilya's life may have just been a distraction to cover up the culprit's true plans. This sets off a chain of events that culminates in the thwarting of Mayor MacDowell's assassination, which the culprit was planning to frame Yin for.
Becoming the Mask: She started working as a dancer with Arc en Ciel as a cover, but she came to prefer that life over her previous one. She planned to quit the troupe in Azure once the renewal show was finished and Sully could take her place, because she didn't want to drag everyone into her own troubles. In the end, Lloyd ends up convincing her to prioritize Arc en Ciel.
BFS: Her sword is large enough that, when she does a Sword Plant at the end of fights in the full-3D games, the pommel comes up to her nose.
Blow You Away: She gains wind as a secondary element from Cold Steel II onwards.
Boobs-and-Butt Pose: Does this pose a few times in official art and some of her S-Craft portaits, as well as her artwork for the Brave Nine collaboration event.
Bruce Wayne Held Hostage: At the climax of Zero, the cult using brainwashed mafia goons along with the entire garrison of Bellguard Gate manage to take Arc en Ciel hostage. This forces her into inaction to avoid blowing her cover.
Buxom Beauty Standard: Right from her introduction, her chest was one of the biggest in the Trails Series, with it only getting bigger as time went on. And if she and Tio end a battle in Reverie with a Rush, the latter will express thinly-veiled envy at this fact.
Chain Pain: Several of her crafts involve using chains to drag away or incapacitate her enemies.
Clear My Name: Chapter 2 of Zero involves someone, later revealed to be Ernest plotting to cause trouble at Arc-en-Ciel's anniversary performance by sending a threatening note claiming her alternate identity Yin will be the one responsible, which was a ploy to cover an assassination attempt on Mayor MacDowell and frame Yin, and by extension Heiyue, for it. Rixia, as Yin, fills in the SSS with a few hints to let them know she's not the one who sent it letting them be on guard and able to stop Ernest just in time.
Combination Attack: Her Combo Craft with Lloyd is Twin Dragon Strike.
Commonality Connection: When she met Swin & Nadia during Reverie, she was instantly able to relate with them, as they are all former assassins searching for their place in the world.
Compressed Hair: Concept art shows that her hair could reach all the way down to her waist when it isn't tied up.
Connected All Along: She and Judith were already well acquainted with each other for a good 8 years before the start of the first Daybreak game.
Continuity Cameo:
- Despite not being present for most of Kuro II, she does make a surprise appearance during the ending.
- She and Lloyd have a short scene together in episode 11 of Northern War.
Cool Big Sis: Towards Sully, who even refers to her in the Japanese script as "Rixia-nee."
Cool Mask: For most of Daybreak, she wears the old mask from her original Yin outifit.
Corralling Vacuum: Her Dragon Claws Craft has her pull the enemies in a large radius into one spot with her chains before slashing them with her BFS.
Costume Evolution: Though given how the changed costume is her least seen one (her casual clothes), it might not be as immediately noticeable. Nonetheless, she trades out her orange-yellow midriff-exposing sleeveless shirt and her green short-shorts, for a longer orange-yellow shirt and white pants, an outfit she retains in Daybreak.
Curtains Match the Windows: Her hair and eyes are both purple.
Dance Battler: Is a dancer and performer at Arc-en-Ciel and a deadly assassin, her S-craft is Paraselene Dance, and she performs a brief pirouette when activating her Moonlight Butterflies Craft.
Death from Above:
- Her Paraselene Dance S-Craft starts with her leaping into the air and launching several chained claws at the enemy to hold them in place. It's upgraded variant in Reverie, Pearl Moon Dance, begins her throwing some kunais and Paper Talismans at the enemy.
- Her Hien Souzan Craft from the first Daybreak game has leapt upwards, sent her chain-mounted claws down upon her opponents, then dropped down and slashed them herself.
Dual Boss: In Daybreak, she'll fight the party (as Yin) alongside Cao.
Dramatic Unmask: Her identity as Yin is revealed to the rest of the SSS during Chapter 3 of Azure, when her mask was broken apart after narrowly doging an attack from Arianrhod.
Dude Magnet: Has several male admirers and fans due to her looks, curves and status as Arc en Ciel's new rising star.
Easily Forgiven: In Azure, Lloyd is very quick to let Rixia's career as a ruthless assassin slide after he finds out she's actually Yin. Even Ilya, who doesn't explicitly know about Rixia's history, but likely understood it was nothing pleasant after Shirley's assault on Arc en Ciel, wants nothing more than to have her rejoin the troupe and let bygones be bygones. Ironically, it's Rixia herself who struggles the most with forgiving her past actions, and Cao was only too happy to exploit her guilt in order to keep her under his thumb before the SSS intervened.
Et Tu, Brute?: In Reverie, she was absolutely shocked at Ilya, for seemingly Becoming Their Own Antithesis by becoming the Dusken Dancer and brainwashing the people of Crossbell into following the Supreme Leader. Thankfully, upon learning it was a result of her being Brainwashed and Crazy, she immediately did all she could to break her out of it.
Fanservice Pack: Her second Yin outfit is much more revealing than her first one, being fairly form fitting and showing off her legs. There's also the matter of her chest: it was already the franchise's second biggest during her debut game, but her 3D model in Reverie shows that it's gotten even bigger, with the size only increasing by the time of Daybreak.
Fashionable Asymmetry: Her second outfit as Yin has her wear a clawed silver gauntlet on her left hand, which seems to be where she launches her Razor Floss for some of her Crafts.
Foreign Fanservice: She is the only member of the SSS and Arc-en-Ciel to be of Eastern descent and is also the resident Ms. Fanservice, with the second largest recorded chest size in the series at 92cm.
Formal Characters Use Keigo: The Japanese script has her speak politely and formally with almost everyone, which helps to highlight the mild-mannered demeanor she maintains whenever she isn't disguised. The only person she doesn't speak to in this manner is Judith.
Friendless Background: She admits that she had few if any friends growing up due to her father's career until coming to Crossbell and meeting Arc-en-Ciel, the SSS and Shanshan.
Friendly Rivalry: She and Judith both started using their alter-egos at around the same time, with the latter outright saying that they were simaltaneously rivals and comrades.
Futile Hand Reach: At the end of Act 2 of Reverie on Lloyd's route, she reaches her hand out to Ilya, after she reveals her identity as the Dusken Dancer, who has brainwashed most of Crossbell before teleporting away.
Gender-Concealing Voice: She initially spoke with a much deeper voice when disguised as Yin to hide the fact that she was a woman, and that the mantle of Yin was in fact a Legacy Character.
Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Her hair, eyes, sword, and second outfit as Yin are all purple, and she's a deadly Lady of War on the job as Yin, and a graceful dancer and Nice Girl while off the job.
Gratuitous Foreign Language: Her Brave Order Buzhihuo (不知火 literally meaning phosphorescent flames in Mandarin) in Reverie is the only one spoken in a different language from the others.
Guest-Star Party Member: She's playable in the Final Chapter of Zero (as Yin), the Final Chapter of Daybreak (as herself), as well as the Heiyue route of Chapter 5 in Daybreak (again as Yin).
Head-Turning Beauty: Unsurprisingly as the resident Ms. Fanservice, several characters, from certain NPC to the members of the SSS on their first formal meeting, have commented on her looks and figure.
Honorary True Companion: Subverted; while it's never stated in-story that Rixia has become an official member of the Special Support Section, she lent her assistance to them on a daily basis during the Erebonian occupation. Reverie also includes her in the SSS Beach Vacation minigame, and the in-game notebook puts her character note entries in the SSS portion instead of the Crossbell allies portion. In light of all of this, the "honorary" part of the trope is firmly eliminated.
Inadequate Inheritor: Arianrhod specifically notes that Rixia isn't nearly as good as the previous Yin. Incidentally, her father told her to find her own path, implying that he encouraged this. Rixia, for her part, has found meaning to her life outside of continuing the tradition.
Informed Attribute: The Beach Episode of Azure implies that Rixia is an Amazonian Beauty, with Lloyd claiming that she has a decent amount of muscle tone, no doubt from all the practice she did in Arc-en-Ciel and her assassin training. However, none of her character models nor any of her official artwork depicts her with any notable muscle.
Internal Reveal: Her identity as Yin isn't known to the protagonists until halfway through Azure. The players already knew this at the end of Chapter 2 in Zero.
Invisibility Cloak: Her Moonlight Butterflies Craft grants her the Stealth status for 2 turns, which makes her immune to damage and makes any attack she lands a guaranteed Critical Hit.
Lady of War: She is a graceful and deadly assassin, with several of her crafts including dance-like movements.
Late-Arrival Spoiler: Her other identity as Yin is already well-known by fans, though Zero never really bothered hiding it from the players.
Legacy Character: Rixia is the latest person to wear the mask and bear the name Yin, a role that has been passed down from assassin to chosen successor for over a century. Her Episode in Reverie shows her thinking that she'll never truly shed the Yin name, with Swin and Nadia claiming that it might be best that she doesn't; after all, it can allow her to take out guys that "heroes" might not be able to.
Lightning Bruiser: She's one of the fastest and strongest members of the party, and in Reverie, can be made into a decent evasion tank to off-set her average health and defenses. Her Moonlight Butterflies Craft grants her the Stealth status for 2 turns, making her immune to damage and making any attack she lands a guaranteed Critical Hit. It also adds a buff to her STR and SPD for four turns in Reverie, letting her hit harder and faster.
Limit Break: Her S-Craft is Paraselene Dance, which she retains in Cold Steel II and Reverie. The latter game allows the player to upgrade it into Pearl Moon Dance by completing her, Ash, Swin, and Renne's Trial Door.
Lunacy: She has strong lunar motifs to her character. Her first major role in the Arc-en-Ciel play is as the Moon Princess as opposite to Ilya's Sun Princess. Her Crafts all have names based on the moon (Falling/Phoenix Moon, Moonlight Butterflies, Paraselene/Pearl Moon Dance), claims in her identity as Yin that she can reach anywhere the moon shines, is affiliated with the Heiyue (黑月, literally meaning Black Moon in Mandarin) crime syndicate, and her primary element and Master Quartz are of the mirage element. The moon having many phases and appearing at night tie into her dual identities as Yin, the assassin, and Rixia Mao, the dancer of Arc en Ciel.
Missing Mom: She never knew her mother. Not her name, not her face, not even if she's still alive. She suspects that her father deliberately raised her without a mother figure so it would be easier to train her to be the next Yin.
Ms. Fanservice: Rixia's recorded chest size (92cm) is second only to Cecile's (93cm), and everyone who meets her comments on her figure, ranging from Tio being mildly envious to KeA innocently pointing out this trope. Likewise, most of her outfits (specifically her casual clothes in Zero/Azure, her non-masked second Yin outfit, and ''especially'' her stage costume don't leave much to the imagination. This ends up making her conservative casual clothes in Reverie and Daybreak stand out all the more.
Nice Girl: She's a modest and kind girl, in sharp contrast to the cold, professional front she puts on for her Yin persona.
One-Handed Zweihänder: She has no problem wielding (or throwing)) her BFS singlehandedly.
Paper Talisman: Across the series, she's had two Crafts that utilize these: Exploding Talisman from Zero and Azure, which has her throw an exploding one, and Enreifu from Daybreak, where she uses one to self-buff.
Previous Player-Character Cameo: As with Lloyd, she's playable for a section after the main story of Cold Steel II.
Punch-Clock Villain: Mentions that in her assassin days, she felt neither pleasure nor sorrow from killing, it was just a job to her. She notes to herself that if she had come to enjoy the killing, she could have ended up like Shirley.
Purple Is Powerful: A legendary assassin with the combat abilities to match and her hair, BFS, second outfit as Yin, and Battle Aura are all purple in color.
Really Moves Around: During a conversation with the SSS in Azure, she remarks that she had to move around frequently due to her father's career and thus had very few friends growing up until meeting Shanshan, Arc-en-Ciel, and the SSS in Crossbell.
Redemption Demotion: Zigzagged. Both masked as Yin and unmasked as Rixia, she loses her ability to create duplicates of herself when she's playable and she doesn't have her boss stat advantages, mostly likely due to control issues and the fact that it would break the difficulty more than anything. However, when she joins unmasked, many of her Crafts have upgraded damage multipliers and hitboxes, which may be due to her switching to an outfit she can move more naturally in. She also retains all her other abilities, including her spammable instant death attack and a powerful self-buff, Qilingong, which was also used in the Sky trilogy by Cassius.
Required Party Member:
- In Azure, she is required in order to enter Shirley's Domain in the Azure Tree.
- In Reverie, she and Rufus are required in the fight against the Brainwashed and Crazy Ilya and Supreme Leader Rufus during the Final Chapter.
Say My Name: Following Shirley's Falling Chandelier of Doom on Ilya, she shouts her name as she charges at her.
Self-Made Orphan: Defied. Her father asked her to give him a Mercy Kill after he contracted the disease that would eventually kill him, but she couldn't bring herself to do it.
Sexy Slit Dress: Her second outfit as Yin has very high slits that expose most of her legs.
She-Fu: Her fighting style heavily incorporates acrobatics and dance-like movements.
Ship Tease: There was some ambiguity during Zero and Azure, but Reverie all but spells out that she has romantic feelings for Lloyd: she tells him during Chapter 2 that the most important things to her are Arc en Ciel and him, coming just short of a blatant Love Confession.
Stronger Than They Look: While she doesn't exactly look like it, Ilya found out she is quite athletic, and Lloyd notices she has a decent amount of muscle during the Beach Episode of Azure. There is also the matter of her sword. Finally in Reverie, despite the entire team getting curb stomped by Supreme Leader Rufus, she still manages to carry an unconscious Lloyd away by jumping on buildings to escape Crossbell City.
Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Her most consistent Craft among her playable appearances is Falling/Phoenix Moon, in which she throws her BFS at the opponents, hitting them once from the front and once from behind on the return trip back to her hand.
Token Minority: She is the only member of Arc en Ciel and the SSS to be of eastern Zemurian descent.
Tyke-Bomb: Raised from birth to inherit the title and duties of Yin from her father.
Variable-Length Chain: She has several attached to claws hidden on her person, which she uses in different ways:
- In her Dragon Claws Craft, appearing in Azure, Cold Steel II, and Reverie, she uses them to draw her opponents towards her before performing a spinning slash with her sword.
- In her Hien Souzan Craft from Daybreak, she sends them down on the opponents.
The Voiceless: She isn't seen talking during her brief appearance in Kuro II.
Walking Spoiler: Most of her tropes concerns the ending of Zero Chapter 2.

Other Members

Sergei Lou

Voiced by: Unshō Ishizuka (Zero and Azure), Rikiya Koyama (Japanese, Reverie), Brent Mukai (English)

Appearances: Zero | Azure | Reverie

The senior officer in charge of the Special Support Section, Sergei is a highly competent cop who mostly spends his time ignoring his subordinates and smoking.

Amicably Divorced: He's on pretty good terms with his ex-wife Sonya, though Reverie shows that he'd prefer she not bug him about what he eats.
Badass Driver: Used to teach driving at the Police Academy, and proves himself as this during the climax of Zero where he drove the SSS to the Sun Fort in Dieter's custom bulletproof limousine despite being accosted by Brainwashed and Crazy CGF members trying to ram and shoot him up with their armored cars.
Big Damn Heroes: Shows up on an orbal-powered speedboat to rescue the SSS when they're cornered by Garcia and Revache at Mishelam after crashing the Schwarze Auction.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He is usually The Slacker, but when push comes to shove shows himself as a highly capable detective and combatant.
The Mentor: He serves as a mentor figure to the SSS in the present, and served as one to Guy and Arios in the past when the latter two first joined the police department.
Only a Flesh Wound: While driving the SSS to the Sun Fort dueing the climax of Zero, a Brainwashed and Crazy CGF member shoots the car with a gatling gun with one of the bullets hitting him. Despite the SSS' concerns, he writes it off as a scratch and continues driving. By the cutscene after they reach the destination, he's shown limping with his left leg bandaged up in a make-shift cast.
Red Baron: As revealed during a sidequest in Azure, due to always being The Reliable One while usually being the backup, his title among the Crossbell police is Sergei the Rear. He understandably doesn't use it. He's also known as Sergei the Scrutinous from his detective days.
The Reliable One: No matter his antics, you can always count on him when the chips are down, and during Zero and Azure, he has numerous Big Damn Heroes moments to prove it.
Shotguns Are Just Better: Uses a shotgun whenever he takes part in a fight.
Sink or Swim Mentor: He establishes the SSS with practically no prior warning, puts the rather disoriented original four members in a room together, and then asks them to clear out the Geofront without bothering to elaborate further. The mission nearly costs them their lives after they encounter an unusually strong monster (which Arios thankfully bails them out of), and they endure back-to-back humiliations from Grace Lynn, an opportunistic journalist who exalts Arios' heroism at their expense, and Vice Commissioner Pierre, who tries to convince them to disband. It's only after stumbling through all this that the SSS slowly start to figure out Sergei's true intentions, and once Lloyd convinces the SSS to stay together despite Sergei offering them alternative positions, they begin to have a more amicable dynamic with each other.
The Slacker: Sergei has a very hands-off management style, which is to say, he doesn't have his hands on the wheel at all. He leaves the SSS to their own discretion when it comes to how many support requests to complete, rarely gives them any sort of marching orders, and mostly spends the days in his office with a smoke or calling others.
Smoking Is Cool: During the Crossbell games, his sprite is rarely seen without a cigarette, and his smoking habit is treated as another aspect of his devil-may-care and slacker nature. Reverie averts this, however, as he grumbles about how Sonia's started to wean him off smoking because it's bad for his health.
So Proud of You: He tells the SSS before they head for the final dungeon of Zero how proud he is on how they've matured from a bunch of rookies to capable officers in just four months.

Zeit

Zeit as depicted in Azure

^{Zeit as depicted in Reverie}

Voiced by: Tsuyoshi Takeshita (Japanese, original games-Zero Evolution), Daisuke Hirakawa (Japanese, drama CD), Osamu Ryuutani (Japanese, Azure Evolution onwards), Xander Mobus (English)

Appearances: Zero | Azure | Reverie

A Divine Wolf, a rare species of wolf that was thought to be legendary. He makes himself a part of the SSS after saving them from a group of mafia thugs. He is far more intelligent than a normal wolf, and Tio and KeA both claim to be able to understand him.

Big Damn Heroes: He reveals his true form to save Lloyd from the CGF at the end of Azure's Fragments Chapter.
- He pulls off three of these in Reverie. Once at the climax of Lloyd's 2nd chapter, the second at Rean's 3rd chapter where he saves Gaius' Merkabah No. 8 while Roselia was saving the Courageous II, and another at the climax of Rufus' fourth chapter where he nullifies the Emperor Dogma's out of control Monarch's Regalia.
The Bus Came Back: Reappears in Reverie, talking with fellow Holy Beast Roselia.
Canine Companion: To the SSS, by his own choice. They use him to help find people on occasion and Tio can summon him as one of her Crafts. According to her, Zeit decided to hang out with them because it looked like they couldn't keep out of trouble on their own.
Crutch Character: When he temporarily joins in the final chapter of Azure, he mostly serves to fill out the party until you recover the rest of the SSS, as you'd otherwise be stuck with just Lloyd and Wazy. His lack of an orbment means he quickly falls behind once they return, and by that point he's ready to leave.
Deadpan Snarker: Yes, even the wolf snarks at the SSS. It's not entirely clear if his additional snarking at Lloyd in Azure's Intermission was something he said or an editorial added by Tio.
Guest-Star Party Member: In the final chapter of Azure, he joins the party because he considers the situation dire enough to get directly involved, but leaves after Noel rejoins.
Hero of Another Story: In the final chapter of Cold Steel IV, he is mentioned as being on the frontlines of the World War.
Loophole Abuse: Like Ragnard he was bound by a contract to watch and not interfere. Once the original Demiourgos destroyed itself, he decided his contract no longer held, even over the 1200 year process of recreating the lost treasure. He uses this to justify helping the SSS in Zero, then revealing his true form at the end of Azure.
Mighty Glacier: As a consequence of his locked equipment along with the inability to use an Enigma, his SPD will always be very low while having a very small but potent arts library. His other stats still allow him to hit hard with physical attacks and arts when he does get his turn. However...
- Master of None: Due to said locked equipment, his STR and ATS are relatively inferior to the other more specialized members of the SSS as they cannot be increased in any way as a result. On top of that, he can't use items while lacking Support Crafts and an S-Craft. Given how small his window of playability is, you'd expect him to be Purposefully Overpowered instead as befitting of a Holy Beast.
Noble Wolf: He's big, he's badass and he helps the SSS of his own free will.
Old Friend: To his fellow Holy Beasts Ragnard and Roselia, the latter of whom we see him visiting in Reverie.
Papa Wolf: It comes with the territory of being a badass wolf. Don't threaten the SSS, especially not the little girls who can understand his growls.
Really 700 Years Old: He is a Holy Beast, meaning he was around during the Great Collapse.
Sleepyhead: He spends most of his time dozing around the SSS Building, usually either on the roof or in the main room.
Summon Magic: In an unusual example, he is the summon, as one of Tio's Crafts essentially calls him and turns him into a one-shot support character placed randomly into the current turn order. He will randomly either attack all enemies with Sky Fang or drop their DEF by 25% with Howl. Both moves will also inflict AT Delay. He becomes this again for Tio in Reverie and while it still does inflict AT Delay, for some odd reason, the Craft uses Tio's strength stat rather her arts stat.
Talking Animal: He can communicate but only Tio and KeA can understand what he's saying, everyone else just hears growls. layed entirely straight when he reveals that he is a Divine Beast much like Ragnard and can communicate in human speech just fine when he chooses to. Several characters have trouble getting used to this. By Reverie, only Lapis, Swin, and Nadia are surprised by this thanks to Class VII's experience with Celine and Roselia's true form, Estelle's group with Ragnard, and the SSS with Zeit himself.

KeA (MASSIVE Unmarked Spoilers)

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KeA during Zero and Azure

^{KeA as a Sept-Terrion}

^{KeA as of Cold Steel IV}

Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (Japanese), Lauren Landa (English, Cold Steel IV), Ashlyn Madden (English, Reverie)

Appearances: Zero | Azure | Cold Steel IV | Reverie

A young girl that Lloyd and the others meet under unusual circumstances. Innocent and brimming with curiosity, she quickly becomes a part of their family but there is much more to her than meets the eye...

The Ace: KeA has an uncanny ability to master pretty much everything she put her heart on, be it cooking, orbal science or general lessons at Sunday School. This is Foreshadowing of her true nature as a homunculus created for the purpose of resurrecting the Sept-Terrion of Mirage.
Androids Are People, Too: Lloyd and the rest of the SSS never stop caring for her even after learning of her origins as a homunculus. Mocking her or implying she's less than human because of her origins, as Mariabelle did towards the end of Azure by claiming she's nothing more than a doll to be used, is a good way to get on their bad side.
Artificial Human: A homunculus created over the course of seven centuries, intended to be the vessel for the power of lost Demiourgos.
Assist Character: She can tag along with the party in Cold Steel IV and Reverie. While she can't fight, she can give a Brave Order to help them out.
Calling Parents by Their Name: While Happily Adopted by Lloyd (who comes to outright refer to her as his daughter later on) KeA only ever refers to him by name.
Child Prodigy: She is mentioned to be quite skilled and she has skipped several class at Sunday School.This is thanks to her being linked to Demiourgos. By the later games, she is a full blown Innocent Prodigy.
Children Are Innocent: Even when they're the physical embodiment of enough divine power to make the world tremble.
Clone Jesus: As revealed in Azure, KeA is essentially a clone of Demiourgos, the Sept-Terrion of Mirage who existed a thousand years ago before the Great Collapse.
Constantly Curious: As a side effect of waking up with absolutely no memory, KeA is curious about everything she encounters.
Critical Hit Class: Her Brave Order, Cherubic Smile, in Cold Steel IV and Reverie ensures that every attack the party lands will be a guaranteed Critical Hit for a few turns.
Drama-Preserving Handicap: While KeA gains complete control over causality during Azure, she loses it by the end of the game retaining only the ability to see causality. It was to be expected as it would be hard to write a story where a character can rewrite history unimpeded, and the SSS' entire motivation during the final act of Azure is to stop Mariabell and Ian's plot of using her for that very purpose.
Driven to Suicide: After Azure's Final Boss and as a result of her Heroic BSoD, KeA tries to kill herself by erasing her own causality just like the original Demiourgos did. She only relents after Lloyd followed her into the world she isolated herself into and reaffirms the love the SSS has for her.
Easily Forgiven: The SSS forgive her cooperation with the Azure-Zero Project in the crisis of Crossbell in Azure. Justified in that she is a little girl and was groomed by Ian Grimwood and Mariabell Crois to be a part of their plans. It also helps that the conspirators convinced her that the plan is in the best interests of the SSS.
Girlish Pigtails: She's a young girl whose hair is tied into these in Cold Steel IV. Rean notes the change in her hair when he last saw her at Crossbell in Cold Steel III where she had straight hair.
The Glomp: She delivers lots of these, with Lloyd complimenting her technique at multiple points. In fact, she got an OST Mini cover even though all the other covers involved characters showing off their S-Crafts. Hers read 'KeA Tackle'.
- She's also on the receiving end, especially when she dresses up in her penguin costume and the entire female half of the team glomps her, to her increasing discomfort.
Happily Adopted: By the time of Cold Steel III, she is now known as KeA Bannings.
Healing Hands: After she becomes the Sept-Terrion of Zero, she heals Shizuku's blindness using her newfound power.
Heroic BSoD: After defeating Mariabell in Azure, she verbally breaks KeA by exposing the truth behind her relations with others, leading KeA to consider herself a monster unworthy of love. The breakdown also completes her fusion with the Azure Tree leading to the Final Boss.
I'm Taking Her Home with Me!: Estelle's reaction when she first meets her is "Can I keep her?" KeA says no, because that would mean leaving Lloyd.
Loved by All: Everyone In-Universe likes her on first sight. Even monsters and criminals don't dare to harm her. This gets deconstructed hard in Azure. According to Mariabell, it turns out that due to her ability to affect causality, she is unconsciously making everyone like her. She reveals this in front of the SSS, stating that all of her life is nothing more than a fabrication of her own subconscious desires. Whether she is lying about it or not, KeA finally snaps and merges with the Azure Tree, becoming the core for the Azure Demiourgos.
MacGuffin Turned Human: She's more the vessel than the thing itself but the lost Sept-Terrion that everyone wants? It's KeA. In the end, the MacGuffin is separated from the Girl.
Meaningful Name: According to Crossbell Archive, her name means "Key of A," as in both "Key of Azure" and "the key that is the beginning of everything." She's the "key" to the plans of the D∴G Cult and the conspirators behind the Azure-Zero Project.
Mind Rape: Mariabell attempts to subject her to one after disposing of Ian, though the SSS quickly put a stop to it in the ensuing boss fight. Mariabell then decides to just break KeA by talking, and this time she succeeds.
Ms. Exposition: She does a lot of this in Cold Steel IV, some of them flying over most the older character's faces especially when she starts using Techno Babble.
Mundane Utility: Instinctively uses her power to alter history to ensure that she always performs every step when cooking at the absolute perfect moment.
Mysterious Past: Aside from her name, she doesn't remember anything of her life before Lloyd found her and all attempts to find her family or trace her past come up empty. This is because she literally does not have a past capable of being traced.
Mystical White Hair: Her hair turns white when she accepts her role as the Zero Child and activates her powers as a Sept-Terrion in Azure.
Nerves of Steel: Reverie shows that after having been a Damsel in Distress during the Crossbell arc and being a moral support to the SSS during the occupation, KeA is good at keeping her wits about her when the situation calls for it, as her first reflex after being separated from Elie during the panic of Rufus' takeover is to assist the crowd's evacuation, and after being abducted by Heiyue, she remains calm,knowing that Lloyd will eventually recover and help her.
The Nicknamer: When she doesn't know someone's name or can't remember it, she'll make something up, Played for Laughs.
Parody Sue: A rather dark Played for Drama example. KeA instantly masters anything she sets her mind to despite being a child, and everyone she meets unconditionally loves her. It turns out this is all due to her latent Reality Warper powers, and she's rightfully horrified once she realized she was subconsciously making everyone like her, which leads to a mental breakdown.
The Plan: In Cold Steel IV, she joins the party members to Erebonia to help break Rean out of the Black Workshop alongside Renne and devices a way to find where he's at in just a day, rather than it taking several days. She also comes up with the plan to have the Arc-en-Ciel theater to host a show while Rean and a select few go and disable the machine that's emitting a beam from the Orchis Tower so Rean and his party can go to the next duel with the Divine Knights. And also calm down the citizens as well.
Reality Warper: When using her powers, KeA essentially is Demiourgos, the Sept-Terrion of Mirage, with some of the powers of Time and Space thrown into the mix as well, making her incredibly powerful. The entire purpose of the Azure-Zero Project was for KeA to rewrite the entire history of Crossbell. It’s also revealed that she already pulled this off on a smaller scale by having the SSS meet up with Estelle, Joshua and Renne while solving Renne's familial issue. All these events originally never happened. She did this to ensure that the SSS survives the fight with Joachim (which originally killed them all) courtesy of Pater-Mater's cannons.
Red Baron: To the people who don't know her all that well in Cold Steel IV, she's referred to as the Zero Child.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: When visiting Mishelam Wonderland, she is the Red to Sully's Blue.
Ripple-Proof Memory: As a result of rewriting history to prevent the SSS' deaths against Joachim, she kept the memories of the events due to being the one who made the new timeline. They weigh heavily on her during the events of Azure to the point of being one of her main reasons to join the Crois conspiracy, as she doesn't want her family to come in harm's way again.
Seers: Despite losing the power of the Sept-Terrion of Zero, she kept the ability to visualize causality, allowing her to take a vague peak at past and future events.
Speaks Fluent Animal: She's the only person besides Tio capable of understanding Zeit's growls. Justified as she's revealed to effectively be a clone of the original Sept-Terrion he was assigned to serve.
Supernatural Gold Eyes: She has gold eyes and is revealed to be a homunculus created for the purpose of becoming an artificial Sept-Terrion.
Support Party Member: In Cold Steel IV and Reverie, she doesn't join in battles, but she has a Brave Order called Cherubic Smile, which guarantees a 100% critical hit chance to all characters for a few turns.
Supreme Chef: She instantly masters any recipes the SSS teaches her.
Unstable Powered Child: Her being an artificial Sept-Terrion, one noted to be even more powerful than the original at that, makes her a virtual Reality Warper at her most powerful. Mentally and emotionally however, she's still a little girl who ends up being manipulated by Grimwood and Mariabell to do their bidding thinking it's the best thing for her new family and ends up suffering a breakdown from the pressure near the end of Azure as a result of the unwanted burdens placed on her because of her powers.
Unwanted False Faith: The D∴G Cult propped her up as a deity of worship. She was unaware of this as it happened while she was still in the middle of her Deep Sleep, and considering their reputation and what they've done, she would not have had any positive feelings for them even if they hadn't gone after her family.
Unwanted Rescue: In Azure, she willingly goes along with the Crois family's plans and doesn't actually want the SSS to save her, to the point that she directly asks Arianrhod to stop them. However, this is all-but-outright stated to be because she's an impressionable child at heart who's readily manipulated by Mariabell and Ian into doing their bidding, and she's genuinely afraid of the SSS pushing their luck too far and getting themselves killed should the likes of Arios or Sigmund lose their patience. She doesn't manage to come around until the Final Boss fight is over, mainly because Mariabell has plenty of ugly truths to reveal right till the end, one of which directly causes her to lose it and temporarily merge into the Azure Demiourgos.
Walking Spoiler: Knowing about her circumstances fully pretty much spoils the entire Crossbell arc.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Mariabell Crois and Ian Grimwood convince her that using her powers to rewrite history is the best way to protect both Crossbell and the SSS.
Wise Beyond Their Years: She shows to be surprisingly mature and insightful for her age, such as by Reverie when she along with Wazy succinctly succeed at Shaming the Mob when they're going on about how the SSS' struggles were All for Nothing.

Juna Crawford

A former student at the Crossbell Police Academy, Juna idolized the Special Support Section and wished to one day join them. Later, she not only got to meet them, but they came to recognize her as their up-and-coming-junior. However, as fate would have it, she ended up becoming a member of Class VII at Thors Military Academy's Branch Campus, and due to the bonds she made there, she came to prioritize her role there. As such, further info on her can be found here.

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