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->'''Appears in Missions:''' Bastok, Rise of the Zilart, Rhapsodies of Vana'diel.\\

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->'''Appears in Missions:''' Bastok, Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, Rhapsodies of Vana'diel.\\



* {{BFS}}: His weapon of choice.

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* {{BFS}}: His weapon of choice.choice is a massive black greatsword.



* FinalBoss: Of the Bastok mission line.

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* FinalBoss: Of He is the final boss of the Bastok mission line.



* OnlyOneName - As is standard for true Galka names. His Hume-assigned name, on the other hand, is War Cloud.

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* OnlyOneName - OnlyOneName: As is standard for true Galka names. His Hume-assigned name, on the other hand, is War Cloud.



* ThePowerOfHate: One of the sources for his battle style.

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* ThePowerOfHate: One of the sources for his battle style.style is to focus his hatred and wrath upon his enemies.



* WalkingTheEarth: Why he is never around Bastok; he is seeking atonement in his own way.

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* WalkingTheEarth: Why he is never around Bastok; he is seeking atonement in his own way.way by traveling around and battling the forces of darkness. His tendency for this is part of the reason why he becomes involved in so many story arcs.

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Upon rewatching all Bastok (S) cutscenes, there is no confirmed indication of any feelings on her part. It's just Ship Tease at most


* UndyingLoyalty: He is unfailingly loyal towards Klara, never questioning her even when [[spoiler:she turns her blade on the very president they are meant to protect. It is this trust in her that Marquis Amon meant to exploit to get Zeid on his side as well]]. His loyalty to her is because she saved him from when he was lost in the depths of his darkness as the Darksteel Hurricane.



* AllAmazonsWantHercules: She has a crush on Zeid.

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* %%* AllAmazonsWantHercules: She has a crush on Zeid.



* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Zeid; [[spoiler:their romance is never resolved]].

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* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Zeid; [[spoiler:their romance is never resolved]].resolved]] and all it ever amounts to is ShipTease at most.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Volker is angry and devastated to learn that everyone seemed to know about his uncle Ulrich's role in the rise of the Shadow Lord except for him, especially Cid, who he trusts and admires deeply. Karst kept it from him fully because he expected this outburst and did not have the patience for it.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: LockedOutOfTheLoop:
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Volker is angry and devastated to learn that everyone seemed to know about his uncle Ulrich's role in the rise of the Shadow Lord except for him, especially Cid, who he trusts and admires deeply. Karst kept it from him fully because he expected this outburst and did not have the patience for it.it.
** He is also upset to learn that [[spoiler:Zeid is the Darksteel Hurricane, because the two joined the Mythril Musketeers together and Volker thought they were close enough to share these things to each other. For his credit, despite his initial shock his opinion of Zeid never changes]].



* ScarsAreForever: The scar he receives during The ''Wing of The Goddess'' is still around in the present day 20 years later.

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* ScarsAreForever: The scar he receives during The ''Wing of The Goddess'' is still around in the present day 20 years later. It was given to him when he tried to foil the president's assassination by [[spoiler:Klara, his former captain, while she was possessed]].

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* TwentyFourHourArmor - Then again, we practically never see him in a relaxing situation where he'd actually take it off -- that includes a secret meeting between high Bastokan officials in WotG cutscenes, where even President Prien himself is always seen wearing armor.



* ThePowerofHate: One of the sources for his battle style.

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* ThePowerofHate: ThePowerOfHate: One of the sources for his battle style.



* TwentyFourHourArmor - Then again, we practically never see him in a relaxing situation where he'd actually take it off -- that includes a secret meeting between high Bastokan officials in WotG cutscenes, where even President Prien himself is always seen wearing armor.
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* DramaticUnmask: He unmasks himself to his fellow Mythril Musketeers to reveal the [[spoiler: "XIII" scar on his forehead, indicating that he is the true Darksteel Hurricane. He carved it there himself as a reminder of the revenge he sought against the Humes for how a Hume patrol abandoned the Thirteenth Legion to their fate at the hands of the Beastmen]].


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* NoSell: Zeid [[spoiler:hands himself over to Marquis Amon and the Shadow Lord in order to save Klara. When the Shadow Lord binds him in servitude and floods him with power, Zeid is expected to fully be under the MindControl of Marquis Amon... but when Amon orders him to slay the Adventurer, he turns his blade on Amon instead - saying that he promised himself he would never come under Amon's control again]].


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* SoleSurvivor: He was the only one to survive the failed expedition of the Thirteenth Legion - an all-Galka regiment of troops - into Beastman territory. [[spoiler:It was this event that led him on a murderous rampage as the "Darksteel Hurricane" in revenge against the Humes who abandoned them to their fate]].

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* KnightInShiningArmour: His attire in ''Wings of The Goddess" consists of golden armor.

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* KnightInShiningArmour: His attire in ''Wings of The Goddess" consists of golden shining silver armor.



* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: For the men he killed while being manipulated by one of the Shadow Lords demons]]
* BlackKnight

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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: For the men he killed while being manipulated by one of the Shadow Lords demons]]
Lord's demons]]. However, only [[spoiler:Klara]] knew it was him; everyone else attributes the deed to the mysterious "Darksteel Hurricane."
* BlackKnightBlackKnight: He is a Dark Knight wearing all black armor.



* DangerousDeserter: [[spoiler:He seemingly turns on Bastok at the end of the original story. It turns out to be SecretTestOfCharacter]].

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* BridalCarry: He does this to [[spoiler:Klara after freeing her from Marquis Amon's control at the end of the Bastok (S) storyline]].
* DangerousDeserter: [[spoiler:He seemingly turns on Bastok at the end of the original story. It turns out to be SecretTestOfCharacter]]. He also does this at one point in the ''Wings of the Goddess'' Bastok storyline, after [[spoiler:a possessed Klara goes rogue as well]], mostly so he can get to the bottom of the issue.



* OnlyOneName - As is standard for true Galka names.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler: Sets one up for Volker at the end of the Bastok mission]]

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* OnlyOneName - As is standard for true Galka names.
names. His Hume-assigned name, on the other hand, is War Cloud.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler: Sets one up for Volker at the end of the Bastok mission]]mission]].
* TheStoic: He would much rather keep to himself and rarely emotes, but it is all to cover up how he is really a NotSoStoic knight full of wrath for all those who have wronged the Galka.



* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: He always tries to tackle his foes on his own, telling anyone who tries to help him that ItsPersonal, but he learns to lean on his fellow Mythril Musketeers in the Bastok (S) storyline in order to [[spoiler:rescue their captain, Klara]].



* WalkingTheEarth: Why he is never around Bastok.

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* WalkingTheEarth: Why he is never around Bastok.Bastok; he is seeking atonement in his own way.



* {{Ambadassador}}: Prior to being inducted into the Mythril Musketeers, she mentions that she was once an envoy for Bastok. She puts these skills on display to negotiate with the Darksteel Hurricane who has renewed his murder spree, after they find him and ambush him. [[spoiler:Though it was all a ploy; the "Darksteel Hurricane" was really an Ahriman using an illusion, and Klara, possessed by Marquis Amon, knew this. It was entirely to sow discord and suspicion among Bastok's ranks, and when the negotiation goes south she "kills" him]].



* GoodIsNotSoft: Klara resolves to do whatever they must to ensure peace in Bastok and the safety of its citizens - no matter how suspicious or underhanded their actions may seem.



* AMotherToHerMen: She is willing to see the best in all of her fellow Mythril Musketeers, regardless of Zeid's past or the recent attempt by Five Moons to lead the Galka in revolution against the Humes. She states that they need to have "a bond as strong as mythril" in order to support Bastok and defeat its enemies.



* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:She alone knows that Zeid is Darksteel Hurricane.]]

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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:She alone knows that Zeid is Darksteel Hurricane.]]Hurricane, at least until the truth is revealed to Volker, Nicolaus, Five Moons, and President Prien as well]].



* UnwittingPawn: In trying to save Zeid, [[spoiler:she gets possessed by Marquis Amon.]]

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* UnwittingPawn: In trying to save Zeid, Zeid seven years ago, [[spoiler:she gets possessed by Marquis Amon.]]
Amon when a piece of the Thrallstone gets lodged in her]].

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* BigDamnHeroes: How she rescues Zeid from [[spoiler:Marquis Amon.]]
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:By Marquis Amon in his plot to kill the president of Bastok]]

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* BigDamnHeroes: How she rescues Zeid from [[spoiler:Marquis Amon.]]
Amon]] in a flashback.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:By Marquis Amon in his plot to kill the president of Bastok]]Bastok]].
* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:During her first assassination attempt on the president, the real Klara gives a cryptic hint to Zeid that not all is as it seems, leading him to question and investigate whether or not she is really a traitor. Later, she fights the possession more directly - right before she is about to deal the killing blow to Zeid himself, she fights back against Amon's control long enough for Zeid to break the Thrallstone binding her]].
* LadyOfWar: Captain of the Mythril Musketeers and highly respected for her swordsmanship, which she puts to great use in service of Bastok.
* ThePunishmentIsTheCrime: [[spoiler:Seven years ago, when Klara found Zeid after his murderous rampage and freed him from Amon, she offered him mercy as long as he would serve her and fight for Bastok to gain his redemption. He accepts]].



* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Zeid

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* WillTheyOrWontThey: With ZeidZeid; [[spoiler:their romance is never resolved]].



* GeniusBruiser: As well as being a member of the Mythril Musketeers, he is also one of Professor Schultz most gifted students.
* SatelliteCharacter: His main purpose in the story is to complete the ranks of the Mythril Musketeers
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Five Moons
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While he's not the only character to disappear between ''Wings of the Goddess'' and the main game without explanation, Professor Schultz's revelations during the end of the scholar quest that [[spoiler:members of the school either fled or where arrested on suspicious charges makes his vanishing all the most sinister.]]

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* ByTheBookCop: He is more by the book than his comrades, and typically follows the rules. He does not take it well when the Mythril Musketeers get dissolved after the conspiracy of [[spoiler:Klara's attempted murder of the president]], and he is the one that takes the reveal of [[spoiler:Zeid being the Darksteel Hurricane]] the hardest.
* GeniusBruiser: As well as being a member of the Mythril Musketeers, he is also one of Professor Schultz Schultz's most gifted students.
* %%* SatelliteCharacter: His main purpose in the story is to complete the ranks of the Mythril Musketeers
* TheSmartGuy: Among the Mythril Musketeers during the Crystal War, he is most keen on digging to the bottom of the mystery, laying out the facts and using logic to arrive to his conclusions. Fittingly, he is the only mage of their ranks.
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ThoseTwoGuys: With Five Moons
Moons, later in the storyline.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While he's not the only character to disappear between ''Wings of the Goddess'' and the main game without explanation, Professor Schultz's revelations during the end of the scholar quest that [[spoiler:members of the school either fled or where arrested on suspicious charges makes his vanishing all the most sinister.]]
]] It is implied that he [[spoiler:resigned from the Mythril Musketeers because he could not reconcile working alongside the Darksteel Hurricane, a vicious murderer]].

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The current leader of Bastoks Mythril Musketeers. He traveled out with a small unit to attack The Shadow Lord during the final days of the war. There, Volkers good friend Zeid killed the Shadow Lord, but since tensions between Humes and Galka where tense at the time, Volker got all the credit.

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The current leader of Bastoks Mythril Musketeers. He traveled out with a small unit to attack The Shadow Lord during the final days of the war. There, Volkers Volker's good friend Zeid killed the Shadow Lord, but since tensions between Humes and Galka where were tense at the time, Volker got all the credit.



* KnightInShiningArmour: His attire in ''Wings of The Goddess.''
* TheLeader: Of the Mythril Musketeers in the current day.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Despite being seen as the hero who ended the war, Volker feels completely over shadowed by Zeid.

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* KnightInShiningArmour: His attire in ''Wings of The Goddess.''
Goddess" consists of golden armor.
* TheLeader: Of Volker is the leader and captain of the Mythril Musketeers in the current day.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Volker is angry and devastated to learn that everyone seemed to know about his uncle Ulrich's role in the rise of the Shadow Lord except for him, especially Cid, who he trusts and admires deeply. Karst kept it from him fully because he expected this outburst and did not have the patience for it.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Despite being seen as the hero who ended the war, Volker feels completely over shadowed overshadowed by Zeid.

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The fourth ranked member of the Mythril Musketeers. She originally trained as a samurai in Norg, before being inspired to Cid to serve Bastok by joining The Mythirl Musketeers

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The fourth ranked member of the Mythril Musketeers. She originally trained as a samurai in Norg, before being inspired to Cid to serve Bastok by joining The Mythirl Musketeers Mythril Musketeers.



* {{Ambadassador}}: Being both one of Bastoks most commonly use.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Her weapon of choice.

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* {{Ambadassador}}: Being both one of Bastoks most She is commonly use.
used as an ambassador to other nations.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Her weapon of choice.choice, as a Samurai who trained in Norg.



** SamuraiPonytail

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** SamuraiPonytailSamuraiPonytail: She has her hair tied up, befitting a Samurai like herself.



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