History Characters / BreathOfFireIV

* {{Gonk}}: the quintessential Geezer Gonk. Stick legs, round body, his nose looks like a potato, and the impression one gets is of ''Franchise/AnpanMan'' gone terribly wrong and evil.

* TheBeastmaster: He [[SummonMagic summons mystical creatures to do the dirty job.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Knows that Ryu is their only hope of stopping Fou-lu, and also apologizes for any and all atrocities (Yuna and Rasso's acts in particular) that gave the heroes grief.

* BackstabBackfire: [[spoiler:He loses his head after attempting to [[BackStab backstab]] Fou-lu. It's ''especially'' explicit in the manga.]]
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:He cowers and sucks up to Fou-lu before [[BackStab stabbing]] the God-Emperor with the [[ImmortalBreaker Dragonslayer]] the moment his guard is down. Soniel then takes a moment to gloat to Fou-lu's face, [[EvilGloating bragging about killing a god and calling the Fou Empire's promise to him worthless]]. Unfortunately for him, Fou-lu is only wounded, [[FromBadToWorse aggravating him even further]].]]

* NiceHat: [[spoiler: At least your decapitated head is stylin', Soniel.]]
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: The result for Soniel of the BackStab. A victim of {{Bowdlerisation}} in English, and treated to a Crowning Moment of TakeThat in the BloodierAndGorier manga adaptation.]]
* {{Pride}}: Especially apparent [[spoiler: when he pulls the BackStab on Fou-Lu bragging that he'd killed a ''god''.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: He has a grand total of about two scenes before Fou-Lu slices his head off.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Soniel's ultimate decapitation was censored from non-Japanese versions of the game, thus resulting in this happening in European and American versions.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Seriously, this is pretty much ''contractually obligated'' for a Ryu in a Franchise/BreathOfFire game. ''Any'' Ryu. [[spoiler: Should he perform his SplitPersonalityMerge wth Fou-Lu, his character sprite gains a green hair.]]

* WhiteMagicianGirl: She's the healer of the party, compared to Breath of Fire 3's Nina being the BlackMage.
* WingedHumanoid: She's a Wyndian, which is a race of birdhumans.

%%* DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments.

** He faced a LOT of chewing out from the Ludian court for [[spoiler: his illegal entry into TheEmpire and his loss of a priceless heirloom and symbol of the kingdom.]] His response was to throw it right back.
** Ursula and Ershin also bluntly call him on bad leadership decisions.

* TookALevelInBadass: Becomes much more useful after an event which occurs about halfway through the game; specifically, [[spoiler: unsealing Deis' power allows Ershin to learn a greater variety of skills, including all four level three elemental spells.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: He entered the party in the employ of Ludia to spy on the party, but he reneges and returns the money.]]
* HiddenHeartOfGold: He tries to project the image of a Badass mercenary, but his campfire conversation and certain other events reveal that he's not nearly as devoid of conscience as he pretends.

* PowerupLetDown: Ursula's Electrifier weapon is, according to its attack power, her best weapon; however, it has terrible accuracy. Most players would probably settle for the Culverin: it is only a few points behind the Electrifier, but it has no accuracy drop, ''and'' is a HerdHittingAttack weapon.

* MoralityPet: Nina, in the beginning. One suspects that [[spoiler: the only reason the party got to six members at all is because Nina kept telling Cray to give them a chance.]] He outgrows the need for one eventually.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Finding Cray and Co. illegally across borders, assaulting Imperial soldiers nearly broke the ceasefire TheEmpire had with the Western Alliance, and by manufacturing a copy of the weapon that Cray also stole (and gave away to Nina, who gave it to Ryu, who ''broke it,''), TheEmpire was able to modify the treaty between the countries so that they could seize more land on the border, so that they could more easily search for Ryu. A ''great deal'' of trouble the TrueCompanions face in the later Acts could have been avoided entirely if Cray had been capable of ''any'' degree of subtlety -- though [[JerkassHasAPoint he IS right]] in that Elina couldn't be found through proper channels, given what the Empire had done to her.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Feels like this most times, mostly in regards to recruiting Scias and Ursula since they were former enemies briefly. He's also, for the most part, a lot more level-headed than the rest of his tribe (including the supposedly-wise elders).

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: His attitude concerning his search for Elena. He learns to grow out of it, though.

* AchillesHeel: As he is the [[spoiler: LiteralSplitPersonality of Fou-Lu and a God dragon]], both share the same weakness against weapons created specifically to kill beings such as themselves. On top of that, since Ryu is considered to be a Fire dragon, he has an innate weakness to water / ice.

* AGodAmI: Well, he is. Not as pompous about it as other examples, but when first seeing men trying to kill him, [[BadassBoast he derides their attempts and says they might as well be trying to kill a part of nature itself]].
* AnIcePerson: His main dragon form is ice / water-type. He's also weak against fire in general.

* SealedBadassInACan: After uniting the world's nations into an empire, Fou-Lu went into slumber in a tomb, only to be summoned years and years later.

%%* CoolOldGuy

* LadyOfWar: A high-ranking Imperial officer, and rather proper and defined.

* LargeHam
* {{Leimotif}}: Has a very catching one that later cues the player about him being close.

** Reflect has Ursula fire a laser through one enemy which then rebounds to hit another.

* OnlySaneMan: Feels like this most times, mostly in regards to recruiting Scias and Ursula since they were former enemies briefly.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He sobers up/drop the stuttering when something really takes him for surprise. The best example is when Ryu and co. go to the Golden Plains to gets some help for Clay. Scias is genuinely confused as to why would anyone do anything without expecting to be recompensed in return, specially something that might not work at all. He's a mercenary to the core; the very concept of Altruism is so alien to him that he simply doesn't understand it at all. [[spoiler:Nina's kindness is heavily implied to be one of the reasons of why he decided to leave his original mission.]]
%%* ShellShockedVeteran

%%* ArbitraryGunPower

%%* TheGunslinger

%%* LadyOfWar

%%* WhenSheSmiles

* MythologyGag: This time, the translators even picked it up and carried out the DubNameChange from ''III''.

* Fartillery: One of his skills (Flex) is a long farting sound that tintes the screen yellow and has a chance to inflict poison status to everyone. (It can be learned from him once he becomes a Master)

* Leimotif: Has a very catching one that later cues the player about him being close.

* ThisIsUnforgivable: In the manga version, [[spoiler: Ryu screams: "I won't forgive you" during his HeroicBSOD... Right before unleashing '''''THE KAISER DRAGON'''''.]]

* IKnowYourTrueName: It is explained that the mere act of saying his name causes ripples in time and alerts magic-sensitive people to his presence. Fou-Lu himself ends up a ''victim'' of this... '''Twice over'''. [[spoiler: Once during the botched summoning that called him to the world (and split him in half), the other via Yohm having a bit too much knowledge of name magic. It doesn't help that he tells Mami his story, mentioning his name several times in the process]].

* BishonenLine: For the FinalBoss battle, his first form is the Tyrant, the black-colored counterpart to Ryu's Kaiser form. The second battle is against his Astral form, which, instead of its usual appearance, is a humanoid giant that resembles Fou-lu like it was a FusionDance of his human and Aura forms.

%%* LargeHam

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: TRied to kill Fou-lu with the Dragonslayer...only for Fou-lu to decapitate him with the very same weapon.

* MoralityPet: Serves as one for Cray, in the beginning. One suspects that [[spoiler: the only reason the party got to six members at all is because Nina kept telling Cray to give them a chance.]] Cray outgrows the need for one eventually.

* AlcoholHic: Unfortunately, {{Bowdlerised}} in the English version to a stuttering issue.

* AccidentalPervert: In two of the {{Bowdlerised}} scenes.

* BigDamnHeroes: Subverted at the start of the game. Nina falls down a cliff side and Ryu jumps heroically to her aid... And just then notices Nina has ''wings''. Cue Ryu's smacking the ground face-first.

%%* CarryABigStick
%%* DaChief

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the beginning, he's really something of a bully. [[spoiler: He all but forcibly conscripts Ryu into the party because of his prophetic dreams leading to Elina, and when they don't pan out, considers ditching him. He also beats up Marlok's bodyguard, forces his way into his house, and demands that he give information about Elina while offering nothing in return. His behavior toward the other members of the party, especially Ursula, isn't that great either, and he often ignores their needs entirely unless [[MoralityPet Nina speaks up for them]]. And that's not going into his illegal entry into TheEmpire, which caused a lot of people a lot of problems which he never apologized for.]] Despite all this, he really does care for Nina and is protective of both her and the party in his own way. And, through the wonders of CharacterDevelopment ([[spoiler: and a few rounds of BreakTheCutie]]) he pretty much drops the "jerk" part completely by the end.
* KangarooCourt: The Ludian court isn't exactly on his side when he's on trial. To be fair, [[StrawmanHasAPoint they aren't entirely wrong, either.]]

* ShoutOut: His ultimate combination magic is named "Weretiger" in reference to Rei's feral form.
** Also, at one point, he says Rei's [[MemeticMutation infamous]] {{catchphrase}}.

* WhatTheHellHero: He faced a LOT of chewing out from the Ludian court for [[spoiler: his illegal entry into TheEmpire and his loss of a priceless heirloom and symbol of the kingdom.]] His response was to throw it right back.

%%* BadassCape

* MasterOfAll: There is a reason for MeaningfulName.

%%* RobotBuddy
* RocketPunch: His basic attack has him shooting his fist to the enemies.

* AnIcePerson[=/=]HealingHands: He's the secondary healer and he has ice magic (all three levels of ice spells), but he can learn other elemental magic from the customizable skills.

* CombatMedic: And he is no slouch in both departments.

* GlassCannon: When [[DesperationAttack Rakhasa]] activates (when his HP has fallen into the yellow): it adds his Defense to his Power and then drops his Defense to zero.

* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: By General Rhun, it turns out.]]

%%* PlayingWithFire

[[folder:Elina]]

* AllLovingHero: Elina is a beloved public figure throughout the Eastern Continent. [[spoiler:This was the biggest reason why Yuna captured her in order to eventually use her as [[LoveHurts an everlasting sacrifice for the Carronade]].]]

* AstralProjection: [[spoiler:In the depths of Yuna's underground laboratory at Astana, she projects an image of herself to tell Ryu and his friends that only the Dragonslayer will allow them to eventually find her.]]
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:Everything beneath her waist is a mass of giant bones and internal organs that has integrated itself with Yuna's underground laboratory in Astana. [[EyesDoNotBelongThere Some of the organs even have eyes]] that follow anything that moves on them.]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Despite her traumatic experiences during Yuna's cruel experiments, Elina [[HeroicWillpower retained her kind, loving personality through it all]].]]
* CompleteImmortality: [[spoiler:As an Endless, only [[ImmortalBreaker weapons that can kill a deity]], such as the Dragonslayer, can kill her.]]
* DamselInDistress: Her disappearance results in Nina and Cray searching for her. [[spoiler:By the time Elina is found, it's too late to rescue her.]]
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: [[spoiler:As a result of Yuna's experiment to give her an immortal body GoneHorriblyRight.]]

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:She accepts her death with grace, a serene smile on her face when Cray ends her suffering.]]
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:We never actually see Cray kill Elina. In the game, the scene cuts to outside Elina's room just as Cray takes the Dragonslayer. The player may not re-enter the room afterwards. In the manga, the scene changes just before Cray stabs Elina. After this, it is shown that [[NoBodyLeftBehind Elina's body has disappeared]].]]

* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:[[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Yuna originally planned to use Elina as a sacrifice for the Carronade due to her strong emotional ties to many people on the Eastern Continent. However, the Carronade required its victims to be [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured to near-death]] in order to properly utilize their negative thoughts and emotions as ammunition. Yuna conducted experiments to give Elina an immortal body in order to give the Carronade [[BottomlessMagazines infinite ammunition]]. In the process, he accidentally turned Elina into an Endless.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite being missing for most of the story, Elina is the biggest reason why Nina and Cray push forward and endure many perils during their search for her. During this search, they encounter Ryu, which takes their quest to a new level of drama.
* SuperpowerDisability: [[spoiler:As a side effect of becoming an Endless, Elina's bones and internal organs have grown to the point of permanently immobilizing her.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:To Cray, after he kills her with the Dragonslayer.]]
* TheOmniscient: [[spoiler:As an Endless, she is able to know things beyond human perception. For example, she knew Ryu's name even though he never introduced himself to her, she knew about Fou-lu's existence and she fully understood that the meeting between Ryu and Fou-lu [[BecauseDestinySaysSo will decide the world's destiny]]. She also knew that Cray loved her enough to end her suffering.]]
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:She is the most unambiguously good person in the game's story, making her death all the more tragic.]]
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Having no wish to live and suffer for all eternity, Elina's last request is for Cray to give her a MercyKill using the Dragonslayer.]]

%%* TheBigGuy
%%* CoolOldGuy
%%* GentleGiant

%%* MightyLumberjack

%%* ShellShockedVeteran
%%** ZenSurvivor

%%* CountryMouse
* HappilyEverAfter: What Mami was essentially hoping for. [[spoiler: Subverted.]]

* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Possibly for Fou-Lu, who kept her bell ornaments after her death in the manga. Also possibly for her [[GreenEyedMonster landlord]], who was suspicious of Fou-lu partly out of jealousy and [[ItsAllMyFault blamed himself for her death]] despite trying to convince himself otherwise.]]

%%* AffablyEvil

%%* IneffectualSympatheticVillain

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler: Fou-Lu gives one that is more of a "The Reason Humans Suck Speech"; this is actually how you start the decision path on which of the MultipleEndings to go with.]]
** [[spoiler: The manga (in its TakeAThirdOption Ending) starts with Fou-Lu going into his "The Reason Humans Suck Speech", and Ryu agreeing and choosing to go with what ''appears'' to be the Bad End. He gets better, though.]]

%%* BreakTheCutie: His ''other'' specialty.

* TheUnfought: he successfully escaped of every scene where he might have ended in a battle by abusing VillainTeleportation to previously unseen levels.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In his short screentime. Didn't deter the fandom, though.

%%* HoistByHisOwnPetard

%%* RoyalWe

* DummiedOut: Scias naturally-gained "Analyse" spell was removed from the English version. It can still be assigned to any character with a VideoGame/GameShark, though in a buggy state.

%%* RocketPunch

%%* BadassBeard

%%* DumbMuscle

%%* WalkingShirtlessScene

%%* DirtyCoward

%%* NiceHat

%%* TheUnfought

%%* {{Gonk}}

* {{Narrator}}: Each chapter ends with a short narration from her.

* MarionetteMaster: He never fights, letting his summoned {{Animated Armor}}s to do the chore.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Soniel's ultimate decapitation was, as noted, censored from non-Japanese versions of the game, thus resulting in this happening re his storyline in English versions.]]
** [[spoiler: We're not shown how it happens, but it's made pretty obvious that Fou-Lu kills .]]

** [[spoiler: We're not shown how it happens, but it's made pretty obvious that Fou-Lu kills

* RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Fou-Lu's Blue.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Seriously, this is pretty much ''contractually obligated'' for a Ryu in a Franchise/BreathOfFire game. ''Any'' Ryu.

* AchillesHeel: As he is the [[spoiler: LiteralSplitPersonality of Ryu and a God dragon]], both share the same weakness against weapons created specifically to kill beings such as themselves. On top of that, since Fou-Lu is considered to be an Ice dragon, he has an innate weakness to fire, something that the Empire is well aware of. General Yohm first move upon Fou-Lu revival was to set the forest on fire, and each creatures he summons specialize in fire attacks.

%%* AntiVillain
%%* {{Bishonen}}

* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Ryu's Red Oni.

* IKnowYourTrueName: Fou-Lu ends up a ''victim'' of this... '''Twice over'''. [[spoiler: Once during the botched summoning that called him to the world (and split him in half), the other via Yohm having a bit too much knowledge re name magic.]]

* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: And combined with the RoyalWe, at that.
** Likely Capcom USA's attempt to deal with the original {{Keigo}}, though rather more exaggerated in English.

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!! Fou-Lu
->Voiced by: Creator/IsshinChiba

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* AchillesHeel: As he is the [[spoiler: LiteralSplitPersonality of Ryu and a God dragon]], both share the same weakness against weapons created specifically to kill beings such as themselves. On top of that, since Fou-Lu is considered to be an Ice dragon, he has an innate weakness to fire, something that the Empire is well aware of. General Yohm first move upon Fou-Lu revival was to set the forest on fire, and each creatures he summons specialize in fire attacks.
* AGodAmI: Well, he is. Not as pompous about it as other examples, but when first seeing men trying to kill him, [[BadassBoast he derides their attempts and says they might as well be trying to kill a part of nature itself]].
* AnIcePerson: His main dragon form is ice / water-type. He's also weak against fire in general.
%%* AntiVillain
%%* {{Bishonen}}
* BishonenLine: For the FinalBoss battle, his first form is the Tyrant, the black-colored counterpart to Ryu's Kaiser form. The second battle is against his Astral form, which, instead of its usual appearance, is a humanoid giant that resembles Fou-lu like it was a FusionDance of his human and Aura forms.
* [[RedOniBlueOni The Blue Oni to Ryu's Red Oni]]
* TheCameo: Appears as a card in the ''Heroes and Heralds'' mode of ''Ultimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''.
* CrutchCharacter: You only control him during his segments of the story, and he's all you'll need. Fou-Lu starts off with a very powerful dragon form, and is at such a high level that despite soloing battles he isn't likely to gain any levels, nor does he even need to.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Losing Mami pushes him so far past it that he enters full-on LaughingMad territory.]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: His role in the story and viewpoint are as important to the plot as Ryu's journey.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: TheEmpire doesn't want him around and makes repeated attempts to kill him, which in the end drives his mad and causes him to burn the empire's capital to the ground, in addition to of course, killing nearly everyone sent after him.
* DrivenToVillainy: At first he's a fairly decent warrior god, but then TheEmpire that he built keeps trying to kill him after he awakens and puts him through so many traumatic experiences until he snaps and decides to kill everyone.
* DualWielding: During the final fight.
* ElementalPowers: He gets ice over Ryu's fire, but otherwise he gets similar forms [[note]] He can also use all of Ryu's other forms, but outside of Behemoth it's only possible through cheating devices. [[/note]]
** AnIcePerson[=/=]MakingASplash: Serpent/Peist.
** DishingOutDirt: Behemoth/Mammoth.
** NonElemental: Astral & Tyrant, [[spoiler: plus the event-only Infini]]
* EnergyWeapon: He conjures a sword of PureEnergy for his standard attacks.
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: To Ryu. Turns out he's not really evil at all, though.]]
* GodEmperor: One of the few cases where the GodEmperor [[spoiler: started out as a god ''first''.]]
* GodIsGood: [[GoodIsNotSoft While not soft]] [[GoodIsNotNice and sometimes not that nice]], it's clear that Fou-Lu does genuinely care about humanity and that he first intended to rule them only as a benevolent emperor. However, because HumansAreBastards, they dick him over enough times that he crosses the DespairEventHorizon and [[spoiler: decides to KillEmAll.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: In the manga ending and ''arguably'' in the [[MultipleEndings Good End]] of the game. He was well on his way there anyway, but then someone thought it'd be a good idea to kill his MoralityPet.]]
** SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: In the manga ending, Fou-Lu is shown to be alive in the manga adaptation and lives with Ryu travelling the world. The manga ends with the two heading towards Wyndia, Fou-Lu wishing to learn what Ryu sees in humanity.]]
** SplitPersonalityMerge: After the final battle in the game's [[MultipleEndings Good End]], he admits that whilst HumansAreTheRealMonsters they are also "magnificent" and is absorbed into Ryu.
* HellishPupils: In the manga version. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as the manga in ''general'' uses cat-like eyes to denote someone is a dragon.
* KingInTheMountain: Technically, Fou-Lu is this to the Fou Empire (what with being summoned as their literal GodEmperor and prophesying his own "resurrection" before going into torpor for 600 years). Unfortunately, TheEmpire that he happens to be the KingInTheMountain ''of'' wants him quite ''dead'' -- thus becoming [[SubvertedTrope a subversion of the trope]].
* IKnowYourTrueName: Fou-Lu ends up a ''victim'' of this... '''Twice over'''. [[spoiler: Once during the botched summoning that called him to the world (and split him in half), the other via Yohm having a bit too much knowledge re name magic.]]
* LaughingMad: [[spoiler: After he finds out poor Mami was used as a [[SacrificialLamb Fantastic Nuclear Warhead]]. The manga's depiction of this is ''especially'' disturbing, in part because ''Ryu also feels Fou-Lu losing his mind via TwinTelepathy after having had his own [[HeroicBSOD Kaiser Dragon Incident]]''.]]
* LoveHurts: Learns this the hard way when [[spoiler: Mami gets used in The Carronade.]]
** Complete with BloodFromTheMouth [[spoiler: and MORE than a bit of going LaughingMad when he finds out Mami was used as a literal human warhead for a FantasticNuke.]]
* LoveRedeems: Once he meets up with Mami, he starts down this path. [[spoiler: Then Yuna brutally tortures her and uses her as a sacrifice for the Carronade. Ouch.]]
* NiceHat: He gets one after he [[spoiler: kills Soniel and becomes emperor again.]]
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Initially [[GodIsGood he is pretty alright]] even if [[GoodIsNotSoft he is not]] [[GoodIsNotNice very nice]]. However, as he progresses, the manhunt on him by TheEmpire eventually makes him more and more wary of the humans. [[HopeSpot Even though his interactions with Bunyan and Mami slightly change his opinion for the better.]] He finally [[DespairEventHorizon snaps]] after [[spoiler: a [[LoveHurts tactical]] [[FantasticNuke Carronade]] strike. He goes full LaughingMad when he learns that [[MoralityPet Mami]] was used as an ammunition for Carronade.]] Probably subverted in [[MultipleEndings Good End]].
* SpeakOfTheDevil: [[spoiler: A ''self inflicted'' version (in order to avoid Yohm's IKnowYourTrueName where he refuses to tell Mami his real name.]]
* SympatheticPOV: The player controls him at several points throughout the game, allowing them to witness various PetTheDog moments and humanizing scenes.
* TechnicallyASmile: [[spoiler: Fou-Lu's character status sprite when he [[OffWithHisHead beheads Soniel]].]]
** In the Comic Blade Avarus manga [[spoiler: the last page of Chapter 19 has another example (which, of note, occurs right after the manga's depiction of the above scene). Fou-Lu is holding Mami's bells, begging Ryu to hurry up and come, whilst giving a positively ''feral'' smile. And this is ''after'' being run through with the Dragonslayer.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler: Fou-Lu gives one that is more of a "The Reason Humans Suck Speech"; this is actually how you start the decision path on which of the MultipleEndings to go with.]]
** [[spoiler: The manga (in its TakeAThirdOption Ending) starts with Fou-Lu going into his "The Reason Humans Suck Speech", and Ryu agreeing and choosing to go with what ''appears'' to be the Bad End. He gets better, though.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: All the way down [[spoiler: to frank WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds by the time all is said and done with.]]
* TwinTelepathy: [[spoiler: With Ryu. Again, closer to Twin Empathy and considerably more explicit in the manga version.]]
* UnwantedRevival: The Fou Empire's leadership in general sees him as this. [[spoiler: This even goes to the point of official propaganda declaring him the "[[SelfFulfillingProphecy Dragon of Doom]]", and Yohm explicitly states his reawakening is an UnwantedRevival.]]
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: And combined with the RoyalWe, at that.
** Likely Capcom USA's attempt to deal with the original {{Keigo}}, though rather more exaggerated in English.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Young with long, white hair; at first, it seems adverted but after [[spoiler: getting nuked, he lives up to this trope.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: Once TheEmpire ''literally'' Dropped a Mami on Him.]]
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!! Lord Yuna

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* BigBad: The true main villain of the game, manipulating the Empire to suit his ends, and opposed by Ryu and friends, and, less directly, Fou-lu.
* BodyHorror: His specialty. He experiments on people on a regular basis, and [[spoiler:used Elina as his guinea pig, wishing to give her an immortal body in order to turn her into unlimited ammunition for the Carronade. His experience succeeded well beyond what he expected.]]
%%* BreakTheCutie: His ''other'' specialty.
%%* DirtyCoward
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Acts as one to Emperor Soniel. Exactly what he really wants is never made clear in the game, but the manga implies that he has his eyes on the throne.
* EvilIsNotPacifist: Subverted. He claims to be a "pacifist" and a "man of the arts", but this is just an excuse to save his own ass.
* EvilSorcerer: Extra emphasis on the evil.
* FanNickname: "FUCKING YUNA!" seems to be turning into one on this very wiki.
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:He wished to give Elina an immortal body for a nefarious purpose. He accidently turned her into an Endless, whose evergrowing organs and bones completely invaded its laboratory.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Probably one of the most notable examples of this in video games, especially since he pulls it off ''twice.'' [[spoiler: He's directly responsible for nearly every bad thing that happens in the game, and to get the best ending, ''you have to let him get away with it.'' To make it even worse, the epilogue makes it very clear that he's already planning to rebuild his operation and do it all again.]]
* LoveHurts: It will if he has anything to say about it. Suffice it to say, Yuna is the ''last'' person you want to introduce your significant other to.
* MadScientist: He has actually been described as Breath of Fire's answer to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Hojo]], which pretty much hits the nail on the head. To some, Yuna is even more detestable due to being a KarmaHoudini.
* MeaningfulName: Yuna translates to "night", which is a nice reflection on the type of person he is.
%%* NiceHat
* SissyVillain: Mostly in the manga.
* StupidSexyFlanders: While he doesn't exactly look bad in the original game, the manga plays up his appearance and makes him more handsome. Justified since young women are a target audience of the publisher.
%%* TreacherousAdvisor
%%* TheUnfought
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The guy's attempts to kill Fou-Lu nearly cause the end of the world.
* VerbalTic: ''Yaa.''
* VillainTeleportation: If not for this little trick, Cray would have dealt with him and stopped the menace he represents.
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!! General Yohm

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* AffablyEvil: He's very polite with Fou-Lu.
* AntiVillain: Has hints of this in the game proper, and the manga makes rather a better case for this interpretation. Overall, he is just following orders, and does what he thinks is best for his country.
* ArcVillain: He's TheHeavy for most of Fou-lu's side of the story.
* TheBeastmaster: He [[SummonMagic summons mystical creatures to do the dirty job.]]
* TheDragon: To Emperor Soniel.
%%* {{Gonk}}
* IKnowYourTrueName: [[spoiler: Yohm engages in this in a ''very literal'' sense with Fou-Lu -- even explicitly commenting to him that: ''the very act of speaking Fou-Lu's name sends ripples in the world to such an extent Yohm can be inevitably led to wherever he is''. Yes, name magic can be used as essentially ''radar to find Endless'', for values of sufficiently powerful Endless.]]
* JustFollowingOrders: [[spoiler: Yohm even admits as much before committing suicide by immolation.]]
%%* MiniatureSeniorCitizens
%%* MyCountryRightOrWrong
* TheUnfought: Like Rasso and Yuna, he is never actually fought during the course of the game. Given his age and physical state, though, it's probably justified.
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!! Captain Rasso

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* FanNickname: "Rasshole", for [[KickTheDog obvious reasons]].
* MadeOfIron: He breaks a sword by ''it striking his face''. And it only leaves a scar.
** MinorInjuryOverreaction: It convinced Rasso to hunt Ryu down ''before'' figuring out the latter was the one he was looking for.
* MarionetteMaster: He never fights, letting his summoned {{Animated Armor}}s to do the chore.
* SissyVillain (bordering CampGay): Rasso speaks in a ''very'' effeminate way in Japanese (to the point it can be described as the Japanese equivalent of CampGay) and also has rather effeminate mannerisms. In the 4-komas included in the manga [[spoiler: Ryu even refers to him as "okama" -- which was translated to "THE GIRLY MAN" in the FanTranslation.]]
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Rasso's three robots are named "Joh", "Ymechaf" and "Ight". Put together, they form "VideoGame/JoyMechFight", a NES fighting game.
* TheUnfought: Even though you fight his summons, you never get to battle him directly. [[spoiler: The closest one gets is burnination by Kaiser Dragon, and that's not exactly ''controllable''. Still very satisfying to see him annihilated by Kaiser though.]]
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!! General Rhun

* ParentalSubstitute: Raised Ursula.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In his short screentime. Didn't deter the fandom, though.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In one of the planned endings, [[spoiler: he would have been the one to strangle Yuna.]]
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!! Bunyan/Babadel

%%* BadassBeard
%%* TheBigGuy
%%* CoolOldGuy

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!! Emperor Soniel

* ThirteenIsUnlucky: He is the 13th and the last Emperor of the Fou Empire before its collapse by Fou-lu's hand.
* BackstabBackfire: [[spoiler:He loses his head after attempting to [[BackStab backstab]] Fou-lu. It's ''especially'' explicit in the manga.]]
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:He cowers and sucks up to Fou-lu before [[BackStab stabbing]] the God-Emperor with the [[ImmortalBreaker Dragonslayer]] the moment his guard is down. Soniel then takes a moment to gloat to Fou-lu's face, [[EvilGloating bragging about killing a god and calling the Fou Empire's promise to him worthless]]. Unfortunately for him, Fou-lu is only wounded, [[FromBadToWorse aggravating him even further]].]]
* TheEmperor: One of the ''very'' few examples where a mortal, rather than the GodEmperor, qualifies.
%%* HoistByHisOwnPetard
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The despicable [[DragonWithAnAgenda Yuna]] is one of his most trusted advisors.
* NiceHat: [[spoiler: At least your decapitated head is stylin', Soniel.]]
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: The result for Soniel of the BackStab. A victim of {{Bowdlerisation}} in English, and treated to a Crowning Moment of TakeThat in the BloodierAndGorier manga adaptation.]]
* {{Pride}}: Especially apparent [[spoiler: when he pulls the BackStab on Fou-Lu bragging that he'd killed a ''god''.]]
%%* RoyalWe
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: He has a grand total of about two scenes before Fou-Lu slices his head off.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Soniel's ultimate decapitation was, as noted, censored from non-Japanese versions of the game, thus resulting in this happening re his storyline in English versions.]]
** [[spoiler: We're not shown how it happens, but it's made pretty obvious that Fou-Lu kills him.]]
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* ArchEnemy: Thinks of himself as this in relation to the main party. ''[[UnknownRival Thinks]]'' [[UnknownRival being the operative word here.]]

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** RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: In her case, go in search of her lost sister Elina. And [[spoiler: calm down raging '''''KAISER DRAGON''''' mode Ryu. And in the manga, have an IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight moment that slaps sense into Ryu ''when the latter is in Infini's mind''.]]
* SpoiledSweet: She only wants to do right, but she is ''very'' naive about the world.

* AGodIAm: Well, he is. Not as pompous about it as other examples, but when first seeing men trying to kill him, [[BadassBoast he derides their attempts and says they might as well be trying to kill a part of nature itself]].

%%* PettingZooPeople