History Characters / LiveALiveMiddleAgesAndSpoilerCharacters

** "I will", exclusive to the remake's English script. Originally Hasshe's last words as he muses on being a hero and how he would always agree to save people in need even after they cast him aside, it receives a CallBack at the end of the game when Oersted says it as he does exactly that and frees himself to save the heroes from [[TrueFinalBoss Sin of Odio]].

* GloryHound: Dialogue in the remake implies Oersted might have partially been driven by a [[SecretlySelfish want for fame]] and "just reward". A small blemish on his otherwise [[KnightInShiningArmor shining image]] but one which could've provided enough of a catalyst to fuel Streibough's jealousy of him, as well as foreshadow Oersted's [[FaceHeelTurn fall into darkness]] when such glory was [[TraumaCongaLine brutally]] denied him. Considering he turns out to be the [[FatalFlaw most emotionally fragile]] of the heroes, this might be more a side effect of his InferioritySuperiorityComplex than clear cut Egotism though. However, this dialogue was not present in the Aeon Genesis fan translation.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: Beating him at the top of the mountain reveals that he isn't the real Lord of Dark. He comes back as a darker PaletteSwap, though hitting him destroys him instantly and reveals him to be the King of Lucrece under an illusion spell. The game is quite subtle about it, too, at first. By the time you get to him the chapter has gone about the length of the previous chapters, the room right before him contains statues of the seven incarnations of Odio, suggesting him to be the villain of not just the chapter, but the entire game, and he gets Megalomania as his boss theme, a track up until this point reserved only for end of chapter bosses and {{superboss}}es.

* HistoryRepeats: Was (seemingly) responsible for the incident Hasshe solved where he kidnaps the previous Queen of Lucrece, now (definitely) returning in the present to kidnap the soon-to-be Queen; Princess Alethea.

* MaouTheDemonKing: "Lord of Dark" was "Maou" in the original Japanese (and "Demon King" in the Fan Translation), and he fits the role quite neatly in every respect.

* AngelicAbomination: In his purest form, the Eyes and Maw have a multitude of grapevines and angel wings sticking out of them, with only Purity of Odio having wings that at all fit in the right place.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Happens thrice between Ou Di Wan Lee's sprite, 1994 art and 2022 art. Ou Di Wan Lee's sprite (both SNES/SFC and Nintendo Switch) gives him light purple hair and the upper part of his shirt being purple, the 1994 art colours his hair and same area of shirt black while the 2022 artwork of the Imperial China characters keeps his shirt black but gives his hair a vaguely dark blue colouring. [[https://control.gamefever.co/uploads/content/2022021411424316a758225eece72145452236cffdb9a5.jpg An official art from 1994 also gives Ou Di Wan Lee a dark blue hair colouring.]]

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She saw Streibough as her prince and Oersted as the man who took too long to save her...she dooms her kingdom, multiple other people across time, and potentially ''reality itself'' because of it.

* PaletteSwap: Averted. It’s one of the few Dominion of Hate enemies as a whole which has a unique sprite.

* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: While she was the last straw to Oersted's sanity, she's also the only one who realizes that she caused Oersted's descent into madness and actively tries to fix things by begging the heroes to free Oersted and even summoning a portal to warp out of the Trial of Heart/the people of Lucrece's prison. Compared to Streibough, who is incapable of admitting that '''everything''' he did caused his best friend to become a Demon Lord -- nor does he even try to ''fix'' the stuff he broke -- and she's a total saint (pun unintended) by comparison.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the remake, her voice actor is notably rather subdued when talking to and/or referring to Oersted and their impending marriage for the most part, and she mainly talks about how the marriage will be good for guiding the kingdom into a new age. She talks about Oersted combat skill highly, but never ''once'' does she actually elaborate how she truly feels about Oersted himself. This is the player's first hint that Oersted's feelings for her might not be entirely mutual on her part.

* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Even after becoming the new Lord of Dark, it's clear Oersted still has a deep respect for Hasshe. While he vindictively renamed much of the kingdom's areas after what they did to him, the place where Hasshe is buried is simply called Last Hero's Grave. Further still, it's implied he is the one who placed [[LegendaryWeapon Brion]] upon his grave even though he could have only done it after becoming the Lord of Dark, when it would have made more sense to destroy the weapon that slayed the last Lord of Dark so it couldn't be used against him. This is some of the few hints to the player that Oersted may not be ''completely'' gone after becoming Odio.

* SuddenlySpeaking: He spends most of his chapter as a HeroicMime, but starts speaking during his FaceHeelTurn and remains talkative for the rest of the game.

* ClimaxBoss: Of the Middle Ages chapter, and possibly the whole game. Until his boss battle, the chapter played like the most stereotypical medieval fantasy RPG; however, once you beat him, rather than the heroes rescuing Aeltheia and going home to celebrate their victory while she and Oersted live happily ever after, it's revealed that he wasn't the real Lord of Dark to begin with and Aeltheia is nowhere to be found, which is then quickly followed by the deaths of Hasse and Streibough[[note]]though he actually faked his death[[/note]] and Oersted and Uranus have to return home empty handed. From that point onwards, things only get worse and worse for the heroes until the chapter's end.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: How he meets his end; Shifu correctly guesses that Ou Di's plan is to wear him and the Disciple down with his CoDragons before finishing them off himself. He also realizes that while Ou Di has some respect for Shifu, he considers the Disciple a no name weakling. Which is why Shifu suggests to take on the bodyguards himself while the Disciple fights Ou Di, who not only underestimates the Disciple, but is unaware that they know the Earthen Heart's ultimate technique, the Heavenly Peaks Descent. This is further underscored by his last words, expressing utter disbelief over losing to a "weakling".

[[caption-width-right:3333:''"My hate is yours, and yours is mine! To share, a history, so long as men yet live!"'']]

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* GloryHound: Dialogue in the remake implies Oersted might have partially been driven by a [[SecretlySelfish want for fame]] and "just reward". A small blemish on his otherwise [[KnightInShiningArmor shining image]] but one which could've provided enough of a catalyst to fuel Streibough's jealousy of him, as well as foreshadow Oersted's [[FaceHeelTurn fall into darkness]] when such glory was [[TraumaCongaLine brutally]] denied him. Considering he turns out to be the [[FatalFlaw most emotionally fragile]] of the heroes, this might be more a side effect of his InferioritySuperiorityComplex then clear cut Egotism though. However, this dialogue was not present in the Aeon Genesis fan translation.

** More blatantly, he's this to the {{Sidekick}} and TheLancer tropes. Streibough has been Oersteds NumberTwo since long before the events of the game... And absolutely ''despises'' it. His frustrations at [[CantCatchUp not being able to overtake Oersted in physical, social, or strategical capabilities]] eventually boils over when Oersted beats him in the tournament for Alethea's hand in marriage; the single woman he is absolutely smitten with. It's this that ends up [[RageBreakingPoint pushing him over the edge]], and he starts making his plan to completely ruin Oersted's life.

** In a similar event in OCTO-A-LIVE, he brings the party through a series of battles against phantoms in illusory realms, ending with an illusory Archon's Roost where he makes Alethea look like a horrifying monster and pegs it as the culprit behind the black flames they've been chasing. However, Alethea manages to say Oersted's name through the illusion, prompting him to sheathe his sword before he can make the same mistake he did with the King and ask The Chosen One to dispel it. Streibough, shocked at being seen through, spills the truth that he was behind it all then and there for all three of them to hear.
** Lastly, as Odio-S in OCTO-A-LIVE, he sends The Chosen One to a black void and murders Alethea when she tries one last time to convince him to stand down, in order to get Oersted to snap and become Odio-O. However, it turns out Alethea's spirit was trapped in that same void all along, and the one who's been with them the whole time, the one he killed, was an illusory being controlling her body at the will of Odio.

** Averted in the OCTO-A-LIVE crossover, where circumstances play out ''very'' differently and he profusely apologizes to Oersted as he dies, adding that just saying sorry isn't nearly enough and asking the Chosen One to keep Oersted on the righteous path.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the remake, her voice actor is notably rather subdued when talking to and/or referring to Oersted and their impending marriage for the most part, and she mainly talks about how the marriage will be good for guiding the kingdom into a new age. Never ''once'' does she actually elaborate how she truly feels about Oersted himself. This is the player's first hint that Oersted's feelings for her might not be entirely mutual on her part.

->''"Did I not do all that was asked?! Did I not serve and seek my fair and just reward?! And for my deeds they '''damn''' me. Name me "demon". And who am I to deny it? Demon, then! Renouncing former ties and titles! And in their place, I claim... the Lord of Dark! '''Odio!'''"''

* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: His boss arena when the heroes confront him. Downplayed since it's an illusion.

* ArcWords: The original fan translation and both Japanese scripts has "As long as there is one person who believes in you.", while the remake has "Inherit our cause. Keep the faith. Forgive." as well as "A single soul's enough, when 'gainst the world we stand." Uranus voices this to Oersted, and it becomes his one remaining thread when his life goes to hell, carrying him to the end of his story. And then, the one person he had left in all the world, the woman he dearly loved and believed in, turns out to have never had faith in him, either. [[DespairEventHorizon And then,]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds he has nothing.]] [[FaceHeelTurn Nothing… save the throne and title of the Lord of Dark.]] And in taking its power, Oersted rejects the idea of forgiving anyone who wronged him.

** "I will", exclusive to the remake's English script. Originally Hasshe's last words as he muses on being a hero and how he would always agree to help people in need even after they cast him aside, it receives a CallBack at the end of the game when Oersted says it as he does exactly that and frees himself to save the heroes from [[TrueFinalBoss Sin of Odio]].

** "I will", exclusive to the remake's English script. Originally Hasshe's last words as he muses on being a hero and how he would always help people in need even after they cast him aside, it receives a CallBack at the end of the game when Oersted says it as he frees himself to save the heroes from [[TrueFinalBoss Sin of Odio]].

* ArcVillain: He is the main antagonist of the Middle Ages Chapter.

* ClimaxBoss: Could be considered one for the game as a whole. The fight with him is right after the big reveal for the Middle Ages Chapter and right before the big reveal for the whole game, and it's the last thing you do before the final chapter.

* FinalBoss: Of the Middle Ages Chapter.

->''"It ends this day, O' Lord of Dark!"''

** ...But what sets him apart from them is that when faced with his many failures, betrayals, and injustices, he chose to blame everyone else for his sorrow, condemn all of humanity as irreedemable, and declare war on it throughout time.

** More blatantly, he's this to the {{Sidekick}} and TheLancer tropes. Streibough has been Oersteds NumbeTwo since long before the events of the game... And absolutely ''despises'' it. His frustrations at [[CantCatchUp not being able to overtake Oersted in physical, social, or strategical capabilities]] eventually boils over when Oersted beats him in the tournament for Alethea's hand in marriage; the single woman he is absolutely smitten with. It's this that ends up [[RageBreakingPoint pushing him over the edge]], and he starts making his plan to completely ruin Oersted's life.

** More blatantly, he's this to the {{Sidekick}} and TheLancer tropes. Streibough has been Oersteds number two since long before the events of the game... And absolutely ''dispises'' it. His frustrations at [[CantCatchUp not being able to overtake Oersted in physical, social, or strategical capabilities]] eventually boils over when Oersted beats him in the tournament for Alethea's hand in marriage; the single woman he is absolutely smitten with. It's this that ends up [[RageBreakingPoint pushing him over the edge]], and he starts making his plan to completely ruin Oersted's life.

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality If viewed from Streibough's perspective]], the Middle Ages chapter would be a Shakespearean tragedy: hero driven by a fatal flaw (envy) gets revenge on those who wronged him, falls from grace, dies, and his lover commits suicide so they can be TogetherInDeath. But it's ''not'' from his perspective, the viewpoint character is one of his victims, who was genuinely unaware he'd made Streibough his enemy. And so the TragicHero becomes the villain.