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Holy State of Hyzante

Exharme Marcial

Exharme Marcial, Minister of the Army

Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa (Japanese), Bryan Porter (English)

Class: Swordfighter

A knight newly appointed to the Saintly Seven in Hyzante.

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• Asskicking Leads to Leadership: He's a high-ranking minister of Hyzante which he got to by proving his worth across his campaigns as seen in his description.
• A Lighter Shade of Black: Along with Lyla and Kamsell to an extent, compared to the other half of the Saintly Seven, Exharme is relatively benign towards Serenoa's group and makes it clear that he has his own misgivings regarding certain teachings of the Goddess of Salt—namely the Rosellans' treatment, but he still sticks to his guns and enables the other less savory individuals of the group. He ultimately proves less moral and more self-serving than both Lyla and Kamsell.
• Beneath the Mask: While he’s constantly respectful and polite, even eager to interact with Serenoa after being impressed by him, he’s not without his flaws. He is cold and unsympathetic towards anyone he deems a heretic (as Plinius experiences firsthand in Chapter III), has animosity with his colleague Lord Sorsley (if not without reason as he suspects him of corruption), still tries to follow through with his nation’s demands of seizing the Roselle living in the Wolffort demesne despite his own personal feelings on it, and is driven greatly by his own pride and ambition to the point of denying Serenoa's attempts to get him to switch sides in both the Liberty and Golden ending routes to create a better world for Norzelia since he desires to be the one to bring about the change.
• Damage-Increasing Debuff: His Sandstorm ability can lower the physical attack and defense of any unit it hits, making them easy pickings for any allied units.
• Disappointed by the Motive: Serenoa loses all respect for him on the Conviction route since, despite agreeing that Serenoa's plan will help everyone in Norzelia, he refuses to step aside for the extremely petty reason that he needs to avenge his defeat against Benedict in the previous chapter. Similarly, in the Liberty route, Serenoa is disappointed by Exharme refusing to join him because Exharme will only change things if he gets all of the credit for it.
• Dual Boss: With Sorsley in Chapter II.
• Fantastic Racism: Towards the Roselle, like most of Hyzante. Given his disagreements with how Hyzante is run, however, how much of it is genuine and how much is performative is unclear.
• Fatal Flaw: His Glory Hound tendencies. Exharme understands moral righteousness, but he's ultimately in it for himself, not his country or his ideals. This frequently bites him in the butt throughout the entire game depending on the routes chosen, since he's too busy making himself look good with temporary victories over others that leave his enemies dead to rights but ultimately none the worse for wear to actually go through with eliminating any threats to himself and Hyzante. If Wolffort bends the knee to Aesfrost, he's ultimately the reason Wolffort regains any autonomy, even if he was seconds from securing the demense in the name of Hyzante, all because he wants to continually set Wolffort up to make him look better down the line by eliminating Sorsley and contributing to his ambitions. This gets him killed in any route where he's combatted, as he outright refuses amnesty and an alliance with the winning side in the Liberty and Convinction endgames, because it means capitualing to someone else and letting them make their marks in the history books. He doesn't even agree with his nation's actions; he just wants to do whatever he can that will make him look good, and that ultimately costs him his life.
• Glory Hound: For all his virtues, he ultimately prioritizes his personal glory above all. In the Liberty endgame route, he admits that he has disagreements with how Hyzante is currently managed but wants to enact change with his own ambition and fight back Serenoa's invasion rather than work together for a common good. And in the Conviction route, he's willing to fight Serenoa's forces to the death just because Benedict bested him earlier and struck a blow to his reputation even if he agrees that Serenoa's path would be a righteous one indeed.
• Guest-Star Party Member: Should you visit Hyzante in Chapter III, he helps you rout Plinius’ escape from the Ministry of Medicine. Choosing Roland's route also sees him on the battlefield when fighting Aesfrost's forces for the last remaining chapters.
• It's All About Me: In two separate ending paths, Serenoa bids for Exharme to join him so they can bring change to Norzelia together, and both times he turns Serenoa down. In Benedict's route, he openly states that he only cares about bringing change to the land if he is the one to do it. And in the Conviction route, he is too angry about being outwitted by Benedict and puts his pride ahead of any chance for cooperation.
• Mounted Combat: His battle sprite has him mounted on a horse, from which he fights effectively.
• Pre-Final Boss: He's the penultimate opponent of the Liberty ending.
• Pretentious Pronunciation: It’s “Ecks-HAM”, with the “h” itself being nearly silent, and the "r" completely so.
• Principles Zealot: He is a devout follower of Hyzante’s goddess, and while he doesn’t disparage Serenoa’s party outright for showing skepticism about their methods he’s firmly convinced in the Holy State’s righteousness and positive effects on the citizenry.
• Recurring Boss: He's one of the bosses in Chapter II and is fought as the boss of Chapter XIX in the Liberty ending, as well as being the first boss of Chapter XVIII and the boss of Chapter XIX in the Conviction ending route. The latter makes him one of few that can be fought thrice in one playthrough alongside Travis, Trish, Sycras and Rufus.
• Redemption Rejection: A few members of Serenoa's retinue, like Serenoa himself, Benedict, Milo, and Hossabara all try and offer him the chance to lay down his weapon and join them, as they think he has a chance to do a lot of good. He rejects their offers out of his toxic levels of pride and glory.
• Spanner in the Works: If Chapter VII’s Utility route was taken, come the next chapter and the Wolffort army is forced to side with either Hyzante or Aesfrost against the other. Regardless of which is chosen, the battle abruptly ends when Exharme’s intervention throws off both Avlora and Sorsley.
• Worthy Opponent: He's glad to find Serenoa and his party as such after you best him and his forces in the tourney. He also regards Lord Symon as such, as he's initially disappointed that he won't get to fight Symon at the tournament. During the tourney, he even refers to having a worthy opponent as a blessing of the Goddess, causing Sorsley to remark that Exharme finds the Goddess in odd places.
• Young and in Charge: As Serenoa visits Hyzante, the Saintly Seven elaborate that he is very young to come to their position. In Chapter III, he confides in Serenoa that it is the duty of the young to safeguard the world and lead it to a better place. This is eventually deconstructed to be a very bad character trait for Exharme as he is driven by glory and ambition that—while not dissimilar to Dragan's drive to rise to the top—is more self-centered and focused on personal pride.

Lyla Viscraft

Lyla Viscraft, Minister of Medicine

Voiced by: Nanako Mori (Japanese), Cristina Vee (English)

Class: Master Caster

Another member of the Saintly Seven in Hyzante, in charge of the Ministry of Medicine, greeting Serenoa and company in the festivities leading up to his marriage to Frederica and the joint mining venture in Norzelia.

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• A Lighter Shade of Black: Along with Exharme and Kamsell to an extent, compared to the other half of the Saintly Seven, Lyla is relatively benign towards Serenoa's group and makes it clear that she has her own misgivings regarding certain teachings of the Goddess of Salt — namely the way salt is handled across Norzelia — but she sticks with the teachings because the Goddess's word is absolute. Compared to both Exharme and Kamsell, Lyla's very clear discontent with the way Hyzante has been running things and how her life had gone down makes her more willing to surrender and reason with the heroes.
• Absurdly Youthful Mother: To Quahaug. Whether it's thanks to her mastery of time powers, her access to highly advanced medical knowledge, having him at an early age, or something else is never explained.
• Broken Tears: In the Conviction route, after she is beaten, Serenoa asks Geela to heal her wounds. She initially rejects his mercy, claiming that all she ever did was to bring suffering around her. Frederica chimes in, pointing out that her medicine skills are invaluable, that she can put them to good use in the new world they are building, and thus atone for her crimes that way. Lyla, defeated and broken, drops to her knees and begins to cry.
• Death Seeker: In the Conviction route, she fights the party right before the final battle against Idore despite knowing Hyzante is finished as she feels responsible for Hyzante's cruel regime and therefore does not deserve to be in the new world. Serenoa spares her, persuading her to use her talents and help people as atonement.
• The Dragon: She's ultimately the one person who knows the truth behind Idore's actions and the true nature of the Hierophant, and on the Conviction route is the last person standing between them and House Wolffort.
• Fantastic Racism: Towards the Roselle. Her decision to order Medina to leave a Rosellan to die to prioritize the survival of the faithful is what sets off Medina's exodus from Hyzante and decision to join House Wolffort. Like with Exharme, however, how much of it is genuine and how much of it is performative is unclear.
• Gadgeteer Genius: She creates many powerful weapons for Hyzante during the story, such as the Aelfric burst crystals, and the Hierophant. She also created Decimal.
• Good Parents: She feared what Idore would do with the baby Quahaug, so she put him up for adoption to a family in the Wolffort demesne, with a large sum of money to give him a good life and a promise to return for him someday.
• Heel–Face Turn: In the Conviction Ending, Serenoa's party spares her after defeating her, and gives her a chance to atone for her crimes by having her lead Hyzante in the right path after Idore's defeat, joining Roland, Svarog, and Serenoa in helping usher in a more peaceful era in Norzelia. She's even seen attending Serenoa and Frederica's wedding in the ending CG with her estranged child, Quahaug.
• I Want My Mommy!: An inverted example in the Morality ending, where she begs to see her child one last time before dying.
• Mama Bear: She gave up Quahaug when he was an infant to keep Idore from getting his hands on the child and abusing his special future sight and spacetime powers.
• Meaningful Name: Her first name sounds a bit like the word "lie" which could be about her dubious nature, and her family name has the word "craft" in it, referencing her ingenuity in crafting tools for the Saintly Seven and Hyzante — especially her masterpiece the Hierophant herself.
• Pre-Final Boss: She's the final Saint standing between House Wolffort and Idore on the Conviction route.
• Route Boss: She's the boss of the Morality route's Chapter XVIII and the Conviction route's Chapter XX. Unlike the Golden Route, she meets her end in the Morality ending route followed by Kamsell and Idore when Serenoa's company infiltrates her Ministry of Medicine, dying in battle against Serenoa's party (of note is that it is the only route where the true nature of Aelfric is divulged in full).
• The Smurfette Principle: She is the only female member of the Saintly Seven of Hyzante, unless one counts the Hierophant.
• Sole Survivor: Of the Saintly Seven in the Conviction route. Serenoa offers mercy to multiple members of the Seven if they surrender, but Lyla is the only one who takes him up on it.
• Time Master: As a boss, Lyla specializes in time magic. Her spells focus on slowing down your units or, worse, stopping time entirely for a number of turns, which is the one status effect that can't be cleansed, and she can hit several units with it. She can also cast a powerful delayed explosion spell, which will damage every unit surrounding the one who is hit initially once it goes off.
• The Unfought: In the Liberty ending, she and Kamsell have to deal with the Aesfrosti while Serenoa's forces invade Hyzante's capital. Afterwards, she's merely taken as a prisoner following the defeat of the Hierophant, and confesses to her involvement in Idore's plans.

Kamsell Pharant

Kamsell Pharant, Minister of Domestic Affairs

Voiced by: Yu Maeda (Japanese), Cavin Cornwall (English)

Class: Master Lancer

A member of the Saintly Seven who is in charge of Domestic Affairs.

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• A Lighter Shade of Black: Not to the same degree of Exharm and Lyla, but he suspects that Sorsley is up to no good and would rather look into the matter himself to sniff out any abject corruption coming from the Minister of Salt, but as he cannot do anything himself without gaining express approval from the Hierophant his hands are tied. Also, he is genuinely dedicated to maintaining order in Hyzante and dislikes Idore for abusing his position as the mouthpiece for the Hierophant. Ultimately, he turns out more moral and less self-interested than Exharme, but unyielding in his faith in the Holy State; as a result he dies in three of the four endings.
• Baritone of Strength: His voice is as deep as he is imposing.
• Beard of Barbarism: His beard is braided up toward the bottom, and he has the imposing figure to match it.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He is repeatedly demonstrated throughout most of the story to be the most level-headed, honest, and justice-minded member of the Saintly Seven. If you thought this translated into even the slightest modicum of doubt about the justice of the Goddess's Teachings and the enslavement of the Roselle therein, the Morality and Conviction routes will very, very swiftly disabuse you of this notion.
• Fantastic Racism: Towards the Roselle, as the Goddess's Teachings mandate. While he doesn't show it for most of the game, the Morality and Conviction routes make it clear he's one of the most proudly and outspokenly racist members of the Saintly Seven, only behind Idore and Sorsley.
• In a Single Bound: He possesses a deadly attack where he leaps into the air and lands back down with his spear, causing great damage to nearby enemies.
• Knight Templar: A classic case. He actually has strong convictions and genuinely thinks Hyzante's supremacy is best for the world, and will fight against anyone who threatens that. Interestingly, he is also probably the one member of the Saintly Seven whose devout belief in the Goddess is the most genuine.
• Killed Offscreen: In the Liberty ending, unlike Lyla (who is taken prisoner), Gustadolph's forces kill him in battle while Serenoa's busy dealing with the Hierophant.
• No-Sell : Absorbs lightning attacks.
• Obliviously Evil: Kamsell's folly is not one of deliberate malevolence, but misplaced belief. He's the only one of the Saintly Seven who genuinely buys into the Goddess of Salt's teachings, and is devoutly reverent towards Her will. His racism against the Roselle isn't apparent to Kamsell himself because, as he reveals to Frederica if the two come to blows during the Convinction endgame, he doesn't see the Roselle as slaves; he genuinely thinks their toil at the Source is mandated by the Goddess, and that the Roselle are simply doing their part to cleanse their souls. He's lived his entire life following the Goddess's teachings; from his perspective, any endgame other than Utility is simply the result of evil forces trying to conquer the home he loves.
• Pre-Final Boss: He's the penultimate opponent of the Morality route.
• Religious Bruiser: He's probably the one member of the Saintly Seven who's most bought into the convictions of the faith. Unfortunately, that misplaced faith includes punishing the Roselle for their supposed sins. He proves a lethal opponent to Frederica (and Serenoa) when she leads the charge against him in the Morality and Conviction stories.
• Route Boss: He's the boss of Chapter XIX's Morality route and the third boss of Chapter XVIII's Conviction ending route.
• The Unfought: In the Liberty ending, he and Lyla try to intercept Serenoa when Hyzante is attacked, but end up dealing with the Aesfrosti instead.
  • He will always be this to Benedict, either because he refuses to take part of the Morality ending, or because he'll be focused on defending the Wolffort Castle against the Hyzantian army.
  • It's inverted with Frederica, as she is a mandatory deployment in the two battles where you fight him.

Sorsley Ende

Sorsley Ende, Saintly Seven, Guardian of Salt

Voiced by: Daichi Hayashi (Japanese), Joplin Sibtain (English)

Class: Shortsword

A high-ranking politician of the Holy State of Hyzante, which has so far remained neutral in the conflict between Glenbrook and Aesfrost. As Minister of Salt, he maintains order over the finances of the Holy State.

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• Badass Decay: In-Universe: He complains that his fighting strength is not what it once was when Serenoa's party battles him in Chapter II's tourney and notes his “old wounds” are flaring up when you’ve depleted his health to zero. Given his age, he’s likely a Saltiron War veteran who has gone to seed in the intervening decades.
• Bald of Evil: Lacks any sort of hair on his head and is quite evil to boot.
• Character Death: He never survives the events of Chapter X, being either slain by House Wolffort during the Trial by Combat, executed if they have enough evidence of his crimes, or killed by Exharme if you choose to deliver his salt to Aesfrost.
• Dual Boss: With Exharme in Chapter II.
• Fantastic Racism: Towards the Roselle. During a visit to the Source in one cutscene, he casually orders a Rosellan executed for simply begging for water, and chides their overseer to be stricter with them lest they start thinking they're entitled to better treatment.
• Fat Bastard: His portliness is only matched by his intense greed, as he's running an illicit salt trade to fill up his own coffers and increase his power within the Saintly Seven, heartlessly having Booker kill off a Rosellan who simply cannot work any longer without water.
• Forced Sleep: As a boss in Chapter II, a dagger technique of his can put your units to sleep.
• "It" Is Dehumanizing: When he has Booker kill the Rosellan slave who needed water, he says that Booker should "put the poor thing out of its misery."
• Opportunistic Bastard: When he hears Booker's ideas to benefit from the invasion of Glenbrook, he immediately follows along and demands Booker further the idea by sending a message to Sorsley's superiors.
• Recurring Boss: In addition to the mandatory Chapter II fight, if Liberty was chosen in Chapter IX, Sorsley will also be fought in Chapter X (on one of two different maps).
• Route Boss: He's only fought in Chapter X if Liberty was chosen in Chapter IX and Serenoa is unable to find proof of his involvement in the illicit salt trade.
• Spanner in the Works: He falls under this if all the steps for the Golden Ending are achieved. By having House Wolffort smuggle his salt to Aesfrost, they're able to gain Svarog as an ally, which not only results in them teaming up to kill Gustadolph, but also the fall of Hyzante, as they're able to use the Deathsknell to break through the Goddess's Shield, therefore bringing an end to Idore's tyranny.
• Starter Villain: He is the first major antagonist to be dealt with in the story and dies in Chapter X regardless of whether you agree to smuggle his salt or work to bring him down.
• This Cannot Be!: If he's killed^note (slowly), his last words are of his refusal to die. And then he dies.
• Trial by Combat: How he might meet his end. If you decide to investigate Sorsley for salt smuggling immediately instead of conducting sting operations, Hyzante will find Sorsley guilty of something, but not enough to warrant a full execution. Therefore, they offer House Wolffort the opportunity to take their revenge or Sorsley to redeem himself in a public deathmatch.

Booker Peynorth

Booker Peynorth, Attendant to the Ende Family

Voiced by: Shimono Matsumoto (Japanese), Gavin Hammon (English)

Class: Poisoner

A servant of Minister Sorsley.

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• Arc Villain: He appears only in Chapters VII-IX, advising Sorsley on how to take advantage of the war, and either dies or becomes a non-entity by the end of Sorsley’s role in the story.
• Evil Counterpart: To both Benedict and Anna. Much like Benedict, he serves as the intelligent right hand of a more powerful figure and carries out deeds that their leader cannot or won't do themselves (or at least advocate for more utilitarian measures in the case of Benedict towards Serenoa), and like Anna he is the spy who can move twice in a turn and is a potent poisoner who specializes in using knives as his main weapon. Fittingly, he is killed by Anna when he tries to book it after suffering defeat for his failed ambush.
• Fantastic Racism: Towards the Roselle. Has no issues working for the man who directly oversees their brutal treatment, and kills one without a second thought when Sorsley orders it.
• Guest-Star Party Member: On Chapter VIII’s Liberty route (by way of Chapter VII’s Utility branch), he and House Wolffort join forces in fighting Avlora’s forces.
• I Surrender, Suckers: If he's fought in Chapter IX, he begs the party to spare him in exchange for him testifying against Sorsley. The moment they agree, Booker makes a run for it and Anna kills him.
• Killed Midsentence: By Anna, mid-rant about how he’ll expose the part’s plot to Sorsley.
• Opportunistic Bastard: Upon hearing of Aesfrost's invasion and seizure of Whiteholm, Booker lets Minister Sorsley of his ideas to gain from the situation.
• Poisonous Person: Poisoner is his class, and his AI gears him towards using his poison throw as often as he can so that he can inflict even more damage on anyone poisoned (he deals extra damage towards those who are suffering status ailments).
• Recurring Boss: Both his fights can be undertaken on one playthrough.
• Route Boss: He's fought in the Utility route of Chapter VIII and the Liberty route of Chapter IX.
• Undying Loyalty: He is devoted to serving House Ende, even falsely claiming he’ll turn on Sorsley so he can try to flee and warn him.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: He dies on Chapter IX’s Liberty route, but if Utility was chosen his ultimate fate isn’t clarified after Sorsley’s death beyond House Ende being disgraced.

Tenebris Mistel

Tenebris Mistel, Vice-Minister of Religion

Voiced by: Kento Fujinama (Japanese), Keith Silverstein (English)

A member of the Saintly Seven of the Holy State of Hyzante, and the Vice-Minister of Religion. With Idore's help, he spreads the goddess' message throughout all of Norzelia.

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• Ambition Is Evil: He's planning to replace Idore as the new Minister of Religion. He's also complicit in Sorsley's salt trade and the underground arena, and in the Liberty ending route, often worries that the other Saints will punish him for his scheming if he doesn't prove his worth quickly.
• Dub Name Change: He's named "Enigma" in Japanese.
• Fantastic Racism: Towards the Roselle, natch.
• The Heavy: While Idore is still above him, Tenebris is the more immediate antagonist of the Liberty route.
• In the Hood: Wears a robe with the hood up unlike other members of the Saintly Seven.
• Lean and Mean: Sharp of face and stringy of build.
• Meaningful Name: Both "Tenebris" (from the Latin tenebrae meaning "shadow") and "Enigma" are suited to a man whose actions and motivations are especially hidden from other characters, and to an extent even from the player.
• Out of Focus: Outside of the Liberty endgame route, he has the least screentime and presence of the Saintly Seven; notably, Chapter III’s Hyzante route gives every other member some dialogue or focus, but none to Tenebris who appears as a silent figure.
• Sinister Minister: Along with Idore, he spreads the word of the Goddess of Salt through Hyzante.
• The Unfought: Regardless of what ending you pick, Tenebris is never fought. He survives to wage a civil war against Exharme on Morality, is killed by the Hierophant for trying to order her around on Liberty, is executed and replaced with Roland on Utility, and is killed in a cutscene battle on the Conviction ending route in the aftermath of Frederica's battle against Kamsell in Chapter XVIII.

Idore Delmira - Unmarked Spoilers!

Idore Delmira, Minister of Religion

Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka (Japanese), David Bedella (English)

Class: Priest → Demigod

The spokesman for the Hierophant, who enforces the Goddess' teachings upon Hyzante.

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• A God Am I: He lets the power of Aelfric get to his head in the final battle during the Conviction route.
• Ambiguously Human: Imbuing himself with the power of the Aelfric grants him abilities seen nowhere else in Norzelia, chief among them his immortality and the ability to assume a massive One-Winged Angel form in the Conviction route. The fact that his body dissolves at the end of said route further muddies the waters as to what exactly Idore has become.
• An Ice Person: His Priest class grants him the ability Icy Impediment which lets him conjure ice obstacles on the map, which he will use to block off the Roselle's path in the final battle of the Morality ending.
• The Bad Guy Wins: The Utility route, in which Serenoa and Roland side with him, easily has the bleakest outcome for Norzelia.
• Big Bad Ensemble: He shares the role with Gustadolph.
• Blow You Away: In the final battle of the Morality route he comes with the Raging Winds ability, which deals wind damage and changes the direction its targets are facing.
• Contractual Boss Immunity: He's immune to all status ailments in both of his final battles.
• Dirty Coward: Bails when the Aesfrosti army shows on his doorstep in the Liberty route but has no issue pursuing the unarmed Roselle fleeing his despotic regime in the Morality route.
• Dirty Old Man: It is not said outright or anything, but all of the automatons he controls in his boss battles are female/feminine in appearance such as the Hierophant who looks like a young girl and the other pink-haired automatons who both play the barbie doll anatomy trope literally straight and are more obviously "developed" — the pink-haired automatons are obviously reminiscent of Rosellans, which implies a desire on his part to sexually abuse them.
• Enemy Summoner: His Ultimate skill lets him clone the Hierophant.
• Eviler than Thou: Everyone else's villainous ways utterly pale in comparison to the sheer evil this man had wrought upon Norzelia — even the sociopathic Gustadolph has standards and doesn't even come close to this man who has none whatsoever.
• Evil Old Folks: The oldest major character in the story and easily the vilest for how many lives he casually destroys.
• Evil Sounds Deep: His voice becomes much deeper once he taps into the power of Aelfric crystal.
• Evil Stole My Faith: In the Conviction ending, he reveals that he lost his faith long ago when his prayers to save his people went unanswered.
• Faith–Heel Turn: He uses the above and Humans Are Bastards as justification for all the atrocities he committed.
• Fantastic Racism: He is the one primarily responsible for the horrible treatment Rosellans who are living in Hyzante suffer.
• Final Boss: In the Morality and Conviction endings.
  • True Final Boss: The Conviction ending is harder to reach, and the form he takes in it is far more powerful than in the Morality ending.
• Hate Sink: Has literally no redeeming qualities to him, more than any of such characters in the story. Any past wrongs Idore had gone through completely fail to justify any of the horrible things he did to Norzelia. Fittingly, he's the only boss character for whom every member of House Wolffort has dialogue decrying him.
• Hero Killer: In the Morality ending, where he forces Serenoa to give up his life to save his friends and family.
• It's Personal: In the Morality route he decides to go after Frederica himself after she frees the Roselle from the Source and blows up the Goddess Statue, telling a visibly surprised Tenebris that he can't let her blasphemy go unpunished.
• Karma Houdini: In the Liberty ending, he loses his position with the fall of Hyzante, but manages to escape capture despite being the brains behind the Hierophant, and is last seen aligning with Roland, who wants to create a resistance movement to overthrow Serenoa for his negligence to the downtrodden. Even worse in the Utility ending where he becomes the de-facto ruler of the continent due to House Wolffort's working for him.
• The Man in Front of the Man: In the Liberty route, it's revealed that Lyla built the Hierophant under Idore's orders, in order to have a figurehead that can help enforce "the Goddess's word". However, once the Hierophant is destroyed, he has no way to maintain a hold on his own position, leading him to align with Roland.
• Misanthrope Supreme: The Conviction route reveals that he sees humanity as foolish creatures who are destined to repeat past mistakes.
• Mook Maker: He can summon copies of the Hierophant when fought in the finale of the Conviction ending.
• Mouth of Sauron: His main role in the Saintly Seven is relaying the guidance of the Hierophant to the others. Subverted as the Hierophant is nothing more than a robotic puppet under Idore's control.
• Nightmare Face: On the Morality and Conviction routes, his sprite has his face twist into a hideous snarl once his wise old man facade starts to crumble. He gets an even worse one in his Demigod form.
• No Body Left Behind: At the end of the Convinction route his body dissolves into purple mist after being defeated, leaving only his blood-stained robes behind.
• Non-Standard Character Design: Demigod Idore is the only opponent in the game to have a completely different sprite for battle rather than just taking out a weapon, growing massive and more monstrous.
• Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: Any claims that he's acting for the greater good of humanity (who he sincerely believes are a mass of delusional and self-destructive hypocrites) goes out the window when chooses to spite Serenoa’s mercy toward him in favour of obliterating the palace. Doing so proves that even to the end, he'll never accept he might be wrong and will ensure he makes things as hard for them as he feasibly can. Various members of the party note that he's afraid of the unpredictable nature of his fellow humans which makes him yearn for control over them.
• One-Winged Angel: As the Final Boss of the Conviction route, he uses the power of the Aelfric to turn into a hulking monstrosity called a Demigod.
• Physical God: He becomes this using the power of Aelfric crystal in the Conviction route. His class is even listed as Demigod.
• Power Echoes: His voice echoes heavily after using the Aelfric on the Conviction route.
• Power Floats: Never touches the ground in his Demigod form.
• Redemption Rejection: In the Conviction route, Serenoa offers Idore a chance to start anew after defeating him in the final battle. Idore refuses it and sets his palace to self-destruct while telling Serenoa that he will see him in hell.
• Route Boss: As the Final Boss of both Morality and Conviction.
• Shadow Archetype: To both Serenoa and Roland. In the former case he once wanted to believe in the good of people, but lost his faith long ago and believes that enforcing his own values is the only way for them to live righteous lives. In the latter case they both passionately believe in providing for their people in the most efficient manner and in their lack of self-confidence seek outside inspiration, but Idore stands apart in that he still feels the need to be the saviour and thus manipulated in further.
• Sinister Minister: While all members of the Saintly Seven qualify to certain degree, Idore exemplifies this trope most as he effectively rules Hyzante through a puppet while rewriting scripture to suit his needs and is responsible for many atrocities Hyzante committed to keep its citizens in line.
• Straw Hypocrite: Comes with being a Sinister Minister. In particular, he demands unwavering faith in a religion he stopped believing in long ago.
• Taking You with Me: In the Morality route, Idore attempts to do this after losing to House Wolffort in the final battle. Serenoa ends up sacrificing himself to buy time for others to escape.
  • In the Golden Ending, he sets his palace to self-destruct. This is less to trap House Wolffort inside, and more to force Hyzante to spiral into chaos rather than let Serenoa take over. It doesn't work because Serenoa, Svarog, and Lyla keep the peace.
• We Used to Be Friends: With Archibald. Notably, Archibald is the only one who tries to reason with him during the final battle of the Golden Ending.
• Would Hurt a Child: His abuse of the Roselle aside, he has no issues with attempting to kill Piccoletta or Narve, who are respectively a pre-teen and a teenager.

The Hierophant

The Hierophant, The Holy One, The Goddess' Chosen

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Class: Hierophant

The mysterious ruler of Hyzante, chosen by the Goddess of Salt to speak for Her - or so they say. Only Idore is allowed to speak to them.

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• Artificial Intelligence: To what is clearly seen to be a limited degree compared to her prototype, Decimal, but there are subtle hints that the Hierophant is capable of at least feeling pain to an extent and acting without Idore's commands; the few times the Hierophant emotes is when she or clones of herself are killed—often screaming in a monstrous voice or having spoken "…!" which could indicate shock, and she personally commands the remnants of Hyzante's forces in the Liberty route after Idore has hightailed it out of Hyzante.
• Barbie Doll Anatomy: The Hierophant's minions are a very literal example of this, as they're giant, naked puppets that, despite being "well-developed," do not have visible nipples or genitals.
• Enemy Summoner: The Hierophant can summon puppets that use steel, fire, and frost talons. Said puppets explode.
• Final Boss: Of the Liberty Route. She has access to necromancy, shadow magic, and loves to use explosions.
• No Name Given: The Hierophant is never addressed by anything other than their titles. Given her inhuman status, she doesn't have a name.
• Pent-Up Power Peril: They weaponize this as an in-game skill. Her ultimate spell will target anyone with at least 3 TP stored and cause them to explode.
• Puppet King: A literal case, as she is a robotic puppet created by Idore.
• Real After All: You'd be forgiven for believing Idore was speaking to an empty bedchamber. She's a Robot Girl necromancer with enough unobtainium to summon an army of homunculi.
• Route Boss: As the Final Boss of the Liberty route and as an elite flunky of Demigod Idore in the Conviction route.
• Soul-Powered Engine: The Hierophant is powered by Aelfric which is composed of the dead Roselle slaves who perished at the Source, and a similar purple gem is seen when the pink-haired automatons are summoned which could indicate that they are of the same build.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: In the final chapter of the Liberty Route, Tenebris tries to order the Hierophant around like a puppet instead of fighting the heroes head-on. The Hierophant turn about-face and set him on fire with her strongest spell so he dies screaming.

Plinius Naveste

Plinius Naveste

Class: Cryomancer

A scholar at the Ministry of Medicine. Disgruntled both by his lack of freedom to research as he pleases and not having a right to his own life's work, he schemes to steal it along with some fellow researchers.

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• Anti-Villain: Even as they work to apprehend him, the party is sympathetic to his desires and plight. His colleague Corentin notes that his passion for knowledge simply can't survive in a strict society like Hyzante.
• Carry a Big Stick: He wields an impressive staff in battle.
• Fantastic Racism: Towards the Roselle. He's extremely miffed to discover that Frederica, despite being a Rosellan, has been granted a tour of his workplace.
• "Get Back Here!" Boss: Though starting close by, he initially runs instead of fighting and has to be chased.
• An Ice Person: Specializes in ice magic.
• I Just Want to Be Free: Enough to eventually snap under the authoritarian Holy State and conspire to seize his research by force.
• Motive Rant: "I have poured my blood, sweat and tears into this research! What is so wrong with treating it as my own?!"
• Route Boss: He's the boss of Chapter III if Serenoa chooses to go to Hyzante.
• Shadow Archetype: To Corentin; the one key difference between them is that Plinius outright defies Hyzante to fulfill his desires, while Corentin allows himself to chafe under their yoke until he finally gets an opportunity to leave. He's also openly racist against the Roselle (like most of the country), while Corentin soon reveals he has no such prejudices whatsoever.