History Characters / BreathOfFireII

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:A belief of some fans thanks to a mistranslation in the ending which "implies" he's a dragon. There's no such implication in the Japanese script.]]

* BlindIdiotTranslation: According to the end credits, he's a "[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Ramberjack]]".

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: This guy needs a break. He's spelt '''Aruhameru''' in the dialogue, '''Aruhamel''' in the BossBattle and '''Alheimer''' in the credits.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: At times (and during the BossFight), his name appears misspelled as ''Babaruku''.

* ChickMagnet: Katt, Nina, Bleu, the three harpies boss and Nimufu all comment/fawn on him.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The bittersweet ending if you don't get [=TownShip=] flying.]]

** [[spoiler:The test he must undergo to obtain the ultimate power Anfini finds him forced to choose one of his allies to sacrifice in exchange. [[SecretTestOfCharacter He selects to choose no one]] and wins.]]

* TimeMaster: In a small scale. He naturally gains the ability to fast-forward the day/night cycle (though in the retranslation the skill is called "Rest" and they're simply waiting out until the next night/day).

* CantCatchUp: He's locked out of the party for so long to remain in hiding, that when you ''do'' get him back, he might be behind in levels up to the double digits.

* CombatMedic: The best healer in the game and he can kick a fair amount of ass as well.

* CombatMedic: Rand is well balanced between fighting strength and healing magic. Sometimes he uses both at once with his "Wake" skill where he punches a fallen ally with a chance to revive them.

* EmptyLevels: Inverted for Rand who uses near-worthless equipment and gains almost ALL of his combat strength through leveling. He will always be slow but early grinding at Monster Island can turn Rand into TheJuggernaut. Played straight, however, for everyone but the secret character after about level 50.

* GentleGiant: Very, very imposing but he climbs on board the hero's band wagon without hesitation when he learns of Augus's plan for the coliseum duel.

* JackOfAllTrades: Rand's search for work probably made him this in the "traditional" sense but he can also double as this in the combat sense. He is a good fighter with equal skill as a healer and even has a few attack spells on his list that when supplemented with spells from Barose make Rand the closest thing to TheRedMage the party can have.

* RollingAttack: Only used a couple times and never in an actual fight but this is how Rand smashes through walls in the Grand Church.

* ActionGirl: Katt starts the game working as a gladiator, her main solution to problems is to hit them with her staff and she's one of the strongest physical fighters in the game.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Katt adds three of the most powerful spells in the game to her spell list many levels before Nina does. However, without her shaman fusions which only become available at the very end of the game it takes a great amount of level grinding to even be able to cast the cheapest of the three a single time.
* BadassAdorable: She's cute, she's funny and she can pulverize monsters several times bigger and heavier than her.

** This is played with when you consider her spell casting abilities. She learns some of the most powerful spells very early in the game, but her maximum AP is way to low to actually cast any of these spells even once until late into the game without serious level grinding.
* FieryRedhead Obvious in her red hair and characteristic quick temper. Incidentally, Fireball is the first spell she "learns" and the Fire Shaman is generally the best compliment to her Devil Shaman fusion for further capitalization on her strength.
* FragileSpeedster: While she's one of the fastest and hardest hitting characters in the game, her HP and defense stats tend to be low. Unlocking the Devil Shaman causes her to become even more powerful offensively, with Devil/Fire and her InfinityPlusOneSword allowing her to reach the cap on the Attack stat. Said combination also replaces her taunt with a ChargeAttack that deals up to triple normal damage.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Katt romps around ''bottomless''.

** So few that when Ryu and her arrive at the monster hunters's place, they ask Ryu to sell her to them.

* RequiredPartyMember: To enter [=CotLnd=] / Kott Fortress, and (rather [[GuideDangIt troublesome]]) to proceed into the whale.

* DamselOutOfDistress: Is definitely this in comparison to other incarnations of Nina in the series who in some cases rely on Ryu for saving so many times, other party members begin calling them a liability. This Nina on the other hand is the sort who even just out of training will barbecue a criminal organization and its demon-possessed boss almost to a crisp before Ryu lifts a finger.
* {{Determinator}}: Looking at backstory she arguably has the hardest life out of anyone in the main cast, but never once angsts about it or gives in to despair. Even [[spoiler: Nina the First]] tells her that her will is adamant. Also note that her special ability is called "Will" and in spite of her low defense scores, only Ryu gets back up after lethal attacks more often than she does.
* DuelBoss: Against the Guardian of the Wings [[spoiler: who ends up being the ghost of the first game's Nina, ancestor of the current]].

* FeatherFlechettes: Her attacks animation becomes this when transformed via shamans.

** Also a case of LogicalWeakness as WordOfGod states that Windians, like birds, have hollow bones to make flight easier.

* InformedAbility: It is revealed in conversation during the Tunlan chapter that Nina plays piano. This is never used anywhere in the game. Flutes are much easier to carry around than pianos after all.
* {{Irony}}: Windians think black wings are the sign of an ApocalypseMaiden. [[spoiler: They're actually a relic of having a ''hero'' in her ancestry]].
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Graceful, elegant, composed and having the party's widest selection of damage-dealing spells? Check, check, check and check. She's not an IceQueen by any stretch but her past has made her a bit slow to open up her otherwise big heart.

* ModestRoyalty: Although it fuzzy whether she has a claim to the throne, [[spoiler: being next in line (especially after her sister's HeroicSacrifice) but ignored by her parents for her own safety]].

* RoyalBlood: Though her parents ignore her existence, due to her wings [[spoiler: and one prediction stating that once a black-winged Wyndian is born in the royal family, misfortune would strike the country]].

%%* WingedHumanoid
* WingsDoNothing: Flying enemies in Breath of Fire II are unaffected by Rand's earth-shaking magic attack. The same spell used against Nina by an enemy however, deals damage normally. Her shamanized form also gives her StationaryWings during combat, though they flap very slightly while moving.

* TheCasanova: He ''attempts'' to play this trope with Nina and Katt. Nina gets disturbed, and Katt gives him a savage off-screen beating. Much later, we discover he fits perfectly the trope among his people, and his ''princess'' loves him dearly.
* ConMan: What he attempted to do to the player when you first meet him.

* ExtendableArms: His field skill is to cross over chasms by extending his arms.
* FakingTheDead: He did this with his fellow Highlanders; they believed he had died in a previous battle before his return.

* JackOfAllStats: He's reasonably strong, but not as much as Ryu, Katt or Rand. Ryu, Rand and Jean all surpass him in defence. And he has a small pool of offensive magic, but not as much as Nina or [[spoiler: Bleu]], and nowhere near as much AP or Wisdom.
* PlayingPossum: His special skill is feigning being K.O. so that enemies ignore him when attacking.

* ShellShockedVeteran: [[spoiler:Sten's backstory is that he was the commander of Highfort that was in a war with another country, Gulfheim, it was so traumatizing for him that he took the decision of doing a [[HeroicSacrifice heroic sacrifice]] by doing a very risky maneuver, he survived, but he faked his own death, then fled from his own country, in which he was reported as AWOL. The shock was so much that he was reluctant to return to his own country in order to get the Master's Flute, so he wouldn't find neither Trubo/Turvoe or the princess again and facing his own past.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: Very little is more satisfying then seeing a score of 9's across the screen when you attack your enemies which Jean's late-game, transformed special ability "Chop" MIGHT do. In minor battles. After the enemies get two free turns of damaging your party while you wait for the very slow Jean to charge up and use it. (Unless you fed him a heap of dinkers in which case, still one).

* ChefOfIron: Slightly subverted in that he's a good cook ''for his race only'', considering most of their meals consists of roaches, flies and worms. Otherwise, he was such a well-known chef that a CookingDuel was set up to demonstrate he was the true prince.
* ContinuityNod: Appears as a NPC In ''III''.

* SpotTheImposter: The focus of his whole arc.

* SupremeChef: Double subverted. He's an excellent cook, but his preferred ingredients are roaches, flies and worms, the kind of food only the Creeping Clan could love. His cooking makes Ryu sick, but it's due more to the ingredients rather than anything Jean did. While the judges pan Jean's entries in the cooking contest, [[https://lparchive.org/Breath-of-Fire-II/Update%2033/ it's heavily implied that they're actually delicious.]] They reveal that the fake prince threatened to kill their families unless they declared him the winner.

* AmbiguousGender: Aspara's gender is uncertain due to them being from the grassman species. It doesn't help matters that they have a "mushroom girl" Shaman form that's considered female overall.
* CrutchCharacter: A mild example, as they can get their first form-changing fusion (which raise all of the fused character's stats by a large percentage) far earlier than any other character since they have one with just the Water Shaman to [[GenderBender turn them into a cute mushroom girl]]. This makes them very strong in all categories and trades the GeoEffects for a more reliable [[StatusEffects sleep spell]], but eventually Aspara's weak stats and unimpressive weapons will cause the other characters to surpass them.
* GeoEffects: The effect of the skill depends on the environment during the battle: While a forest background calls forth trees, a desert one will have exploding cacti.

* LateCharacterSyndrome: Spar is the last party member to join, and is a low leveled CrutchCharacter. The game forces you into using them to talk to bypass forests and talk to the Wise Trees.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Their Sana/Shin fusion is a anthropomorphic [[VisualPun snapdragon]]. Sadly, said fusion still uses their normal GeoEffects special.

* PunnyName: Now check their full name. Just don't [[FacePalm hit your face too hard]].

** OlderThanTheyLook: They look like 16 (and they have that in "human years").

* WeaponizedHeadgear: Their "mushroom girl" form attack animation has her attacking by trowing her hat.

%%%* ElementalPowers:
%%** PlayingWithFire: Sana is the Fire Shaman
%%** MakingASplash: Seso is the Water Shaman
%%** BlowYouAway: Spoo is the Wind Shaman
%%** DishingOutDirt: Solo is the Earth Shaman
%%** LightIsGood: Seny is the Holy Shaman
%%** DarkIsNotEvil: Shin is the Devil Shaman
* FusionDance: They have the ability to fuse with other characters (except Ryu) to increase their stats or even transform them completely.
%%* MsFanservice: Sana, Seso, Spoo, Seny, and Shin
%%** FanDisservice: Solo
%%* ShowSomeLeg: Sana does this with Ryu to bring him over to her granny's fusion lab.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: All of them wear strips of cloth like a bikini.

* TheBigGuy: He's slow, big, and it can hit quite hard.
* BlindIdiotTranslation: According to the end credits, he's a [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Ramberjack]].
* GentleGiant: He really only imposes a fight to Ryu for his spot at the tournament.
* IconicItem: His axe, in-universe. Apparently, all Ryu needs to pose as him, despite the [[PaperThinDisguise clearly difference in build and appearance]].
* MightyLumberjack: He's powerful and carries an axe to

* EverybodyKnewAlready: [[spoiler: Arguably, that she's Ryu's younger sister Yua.]]

* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: She's half-dragon.]]
* IWantMyMommy: [[spoiler:She is pretty good at running away and even sasses Trout while held in his basement, but when she faces certain death at Habaruku's hands, she breaks down like this.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Right after her last major story appearance in the opening of Infinity, she's never heard of again. This became [[AvertedTrope averted]] in the GBA port as she appears in the ending (not the cast roll call, either).]]
* WingedHumanoid: She has bat-like wings. [[spoiler:Except not really. Those are dragon wings, which represents her heritage.]]

* TakenForGranite: Her magic has made people (including the shaman Seso) fall under this type by the time the party arrives at her tower.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Where she ran off to after the [=Simafort=] and Wild Cat incident remains a mystery.

* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Even when he was being outclassed in power against Habaruku, he didn't stop trying to save Claris until the bitter end.]]

* TheInfiltration: Claris infiltrated Evrai posing as a believer. The party and Tiga later do the same.
%%* LaResistance: Tiga is the leader.
%%* LoveAtFirstSight: For Katt/Rinpoo.

* LoveInterests: Katt at first. [[spoiler: Then later, realizes Claris is the one he truly loves. Unfortunately, [[FromBadToWorse things went sour afterwards. Very sour.]]]]

%%* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Him and Claris.]]

* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:He serves as the PowerSource in two occasions: unwittingly as prisoner in Evrai, and willingly to power up [=TownShip=].]]

* AntiVillain: He was rather helpful during the adventure, helping the people of Capitan being one of his most noble actions, however, [[spoiler:when he crossed paths against Ryu by Habaruku's orders, he decided to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice himself]] in order to teach Ryu to do the Great Dragon / Kaiser Dragon transformation.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Turns out he's a member of the Dragon clan, as well.]]

* BarrierMaiden: Turns into a dragon to protect the seal.
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: That dragon on Gate's back bushes? One guess on ''her'' identity...]]
** ConvenientComa: [[spoiler:She's on a deep slumber until after Habaruku's attempt to kill her.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Before the game events, she turned into a dragon to seal the entrance of Infinity. Later, she reopens it for Ryu and others to confront Deathevan.]]

* MamaBear: [[spoiler: She finally awakens in force once Habaruku threatens Patty/Yua.]]
* WingedHumanoid: A side effect of her race's continued contact with [[spoiler: Deathevan's]] aura.

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: After Ryu hits him, it all goes downhill for him.]]
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: [[spoiler:Deathevan feeds off human darkness. Also, Ganer explicitly states in the good ending that, if Ryu can eliminate hate and despair on the world, he'd never be able to return.]]

* BreakThemByTalking: Will give everyone you bring to the last fight a very pointed lecture about their "sins". [[spoiler: Except Deis, who he rants at for helping to kill his mother Myria in the first game.]]
* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler: He's the spawn of Tyr (Myria) from the first game.]]
%%* CrystalDragonJesus

* EarlyBirdCameo: He shows up in a few instances prior to the climax of the game, represented as a gigantic eye.
* EldritchAbomination: His true TRUE form. Making [[spoiler: mommy]] so proud!
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Deathevan's presence causes the forests surrounding [[spoiler: Gate]] to wither and die.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: His Ice Breath attack, not to mention his whole [[spoiler: freezing the party schtick]].
%%* EvilOldFolks: In his human form.

* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Essentially says so in the first scene of the game. [[spoiler: He doesn't actually need them, but they give him power and he'd be able to break out of his prison sooner.]]
* HopelessBossFight: Subverted, it's only impossible to defeat him if you din't learned Anfini.
* LightIsNotGood: He's a horrifically evil demon, but invokes this trope when he masquerades as [[spoiler: Evans/St.Eva]].

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:As Ryu later discovers, Deathevan only lost his physical form after his final defeat. He decides to perform an HeroicSacrifice to take his mother's place as the guardian of the mountain... Or if you get the best ending, your father will take your place and crush the whole mountain with the [=TownShip=]!]]

* VillainousBreakdown: He does ''not'' react well when [[spoiler: Ryu breaks free of his sealing power, runs up to him and [[CutscenePowerToTheMax slashes him across his face]], cutting his left eye in an UnstoppableRage.]]

* DuelBoss: He offers Ryu to fight one-on-one midway through his BossBattle. It's up to the player if he accepts or not. If you win he gives a [[GuideDangIt vague hint where the ultimate armor accessory is]].

* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler:He's staying within [[TheWorldTree Gandaroof]]'s mind, making a mess out of his mind so he's neutered as an obstacle.]]
* EasyAmnesia: He uses amnesia as a ''weapon'', being capable of making the characters forget any number of spells from their spell list.
* MeaningfulName: It's rather obvious in the Japanese version.

* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Remember that slightly goofy priest from the prologue, Father Hulk?]]

* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler: After abducting Father Ganer, he attaches him to a machine in the facility beneath the Grand Church and uses his life force to power Deathevan. If this doesn't sound bad enough, he tortures him like this for ''ten years''.]]

* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler: He appears as Father Hulk ''long'' before his formal introduction near the end of the game.]]

* LightIsNotGood: It comes into the territory of being the face of the Church of Evrai, and despicably evil to top.
* NotEvenHuman: Turns into a Cthulhu-esque monster when fought.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Some of the servants engaged into this to serve their purposes. Joker attempted to do this to Nina, in order to make heer into submitting towards him as he had Mina as a bargain chip, and Kuwadora threatened the families of some of the servants in Simafort if they didn't comply with his orders.

* NotEvenHuman: Though it's Not Even Humanoid for Shupkay and Kuwadora.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: ''Shupkay'' in the dialogue becomes ''Shup'''u'''kay'' in the boss battle.

* TheHero

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:At the Cathedral, he spend most of his time running away from the party, and instead have Ray and deadly traps do the work for him.]]

* DuelBoss: He offers Ryu to fight one-on-one midway through his BossBattle. It's up to the player if he accepts or not. If you win he gives a [[GuideDangIt vague hint where the ultimate armor is]].

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: He's one of the Dragons to the Big Bad, but he's a noble being, seeing Ryu's potential and letting him live at the beginning of the game, even offering him a solo duel for the purpose of making Ryu conquering his fear towards him.

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:At the Cathedral, he spend most of his time running away from the party, and instead have Ray and deadly traps to the work for him.]]

* LightIsNotGood: It comes into the territory of being the face of the Church of Evrai, and despically evil to top.

* AMinorKidroduction: Is introduced as a kid during the prologue.

* WhipItGood: Fight with a whip.

* KnifeNut: Sten's favored weapons are daggers.

* BareYourMidriff: How her outfit looks.

* BareYourMidriff: All of them
* ElementalPowers:
** PlayingWithFire: Sana is the Fire Shaman
** MakingASplash: Seso is the Water Shaman
** BlowYouAway: Spoo is the Wind Shaman
** DishingOutDirt: Solo is the Earth Shaman
** LightIsGood: Seny is the Holy Shaman
** DarkIsNotEvil: Shin is the Devil Shaman

* MsFanservice: Sana, Seso, Spoo, Seny, and Shin
** FanDisservice: Solo
* ShowSomeLeg: Sana does this with Ryu to bring him over to her granny's fusion lab.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Does his name rhyme with "ow" (he's a dog,) or with "oh" (he's an archer)?

* NecessaryPartyMember: For the quest in Highfort to get the Master's Flute. Not only are his extending limbs needed to get into the place, it's implied the Highlanders wouldn't let the party in unless Sten was with them.

* NecessaryPartyMember: For the quest to save Gandaroof's memories. They're the only one who can communicate with Gandaroof, not to mention leading the party through the heavy forests to reach him.

%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Don't mess with momma! The Church of Evrai learned this the hard way.

%%* ActionGirl

* AnAxeToGrind: His main weapon is an axe.

* ActionGirl

* DanceBattler: The game literally describes her as this.

* WingedHumanoid