History Characters / NiNoKuni

* SkilledButNaive: Even Drippy gets annoyed with just how simple-minded Oliver can be. Although this seems to be more from him being naive rather than an full-blown idiot.

The titular villain who harbors great hatred towards Oliver due to him being the world's "Savior", and will do everything in her power to kill him. [[spoiler: Was in fact daughter of the Wizard King, and after his death became the queen of Nazcaa at a very young age and spent most of it sheltered while the corrupt Zodiarch council run the kingdom. When she got older and saw the state of her kingdom, she created the spell of manna to try and save Nazcaa, but it ended up turning everyone but her into monsters that murdered each other, destroying Nazcaa and leaving her all alone. She now seeks to destroy the world and make it anew.]]

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:All the many, many tragedies in her life have driven her into believing that the world isn't fixable and should be remade into something that wouldn't have the cataclysm of Nazcaa happen again.]]

* MeaningfulName: [[PokeMon Gives you the first]] {{Mon}} of the game.
* TheMentor: Gives Oliver his first spells, as well as his first Familiar.
* WiseTree

Two faeries who are friends with Drippy. They put on a comedy routine in the Fairygrounds. [[spoiler:They are also Drippy's informants, providing important news to him while he was dormant as a doll.]]

* RedOniBlueOni
* ThoseTwoGuys

* JerkAssWithAHeartOfGold: shows a bit of a mean side from teasing Oliver and "Starey Mary", but he genuinely means well.
* TheMechanic

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: [[spoiler:It's reveal that she's actually a queen late in the game.]]

* ItWasMyFault: [[spoiler:He feels that leaving Cassiopeia behind and ignoring her for the sake of revenge against the Council is what started this whole mess, and that being force to wander the world as a ghost, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia blissfully unaware of his actions in life]] for the longest time, is apt punishment for what he did. When his sidequest is finally over, he gives Oliver the plans for a powerful wand, and simply asks him to save his queen.]]

* AntiHero: Type II with some qualities of Type III. He starts off as a bit of a jerk, but once Esther and Oliver really get to know him, Swaine becomes very friendly, if a bit snarky.

* ThePollyanna: Moreso than Oliver even!

* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:After Cassiopeia's evil intentions disappeared, they were formed from the remnants of it. [[FridgeBrilliance She is the Wizard King's daughter and a powerful sorceress capable of forming the Zodiarch council through ''sheer imagination''.]] On a deeper level (explained late in the post-game), they're essentially the Council of Twelve from Cassiopeia's past, the ones who drove the kingdom into ruin by taking advantage of the girl after her father's death. Their evil was apparently ''so'' pronounced, that they ended up leaving a mark on Cassiopeia's psyche, and they were able to be "reborn" as the Witch's Zodiarchs.]]

[[spoiler: In actuality, she is the Great Sage Alicia. As a small girl native to the Other World, she was saved by Shadar before he became evil. When he did, she spent years to become a sage, traveled back (forward?) in time, crossed dimensions to Earth and absorbed Shadar's other self's soul that he had cast off (Oliver) and gave birth to him as part of a plan to save Shadar.]]

* ActionMom

* HeroicSacrifice: Saves Oliver from drowning in the river, but suffers a heart attack afterwards and dies in the hospital.]]
* KilledOffForReal
* RetiredBadass

* WalkingSpoiler

The Cat King of Ding Dong Dell. He assists Oliver in his journey after restoring a piece of heart he was missing. [[spoiler: He, along with everyone else in his kingdom, is later turned into a monster by the manna, but is saved with the help of Pea.]]

* AdiposeRex

* CatsAreMean: Completley [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. [[spoiler: But played straight when affected by manna.]]

* MegaNeko
* NeatFreak

* StockAnimalName

* BadassBaritone
* CoolOldGuy

The queen of Al Mamoon.

* [[AdiposeRex Adipose Regina]]
* ALoadOfBull: She has bovine horns.
* BigBeautifulWoman: The CatGirl who runs the inn descibes her as beautiful.
* BigEater

** AchillesHeel: [[spoiler:The 'Burden' spell.]]
** TurnsRed: [[spoiler:See his entry.]]

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cheese.
* VillainousGlutton: She acts this way when heartbroken

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Well, we never see him in action. Regardless, if what everyone says is true, he should be pretty powerful.

* ItsAllMyFault: Blames herself for the fall of Xanadu. Oliver and [[spoiler: Kublai]] mention that this is not the case.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething

* BadassBeard

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold

* SkyPirate

[[spoiler: A sidequest reveals that he was a part of the Nazcaan Council of Twelve, dubbed Gallus. He left the Council when he realized their true intentions.]]

* BadassBeard: The older version of him has one.
* ChildMage: The younger version appears as such.
* DeadpanSnarker: He lets out a few snarks towards Oliver and Drippy, mostly towards the latter.
* ItsAllMyFault / NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: He firmly believes that it was his resignation from the Council/Zodiarchs is what doomed Nazcaa to ruin, and what set Cassiopeia on her StartOfDarkness.]]
* OurGhostsAreDifferent

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: To make sure no one stands up against him, such as the standard JRPG LaResistance, he steals pieces of the hearts before they can even form a resistance.
** He also ''destroys'' the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One Wand]] capable of defeating him at the first chance he gets. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him, he had a [[TheStarscream Starscream]] who could TimeTravel.]]

* DespairEventHorizon -> JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope -> StartOfDarkness
* DoomedHometown: Unlike examples of this trope, his ''own superiors'' did this to him as a ''punishment!'' All for letting an innocent child live.
* ElementalPowers:
** PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler: Which looks somewhat similar to Oliver's Burning Heart, only blue.]]
** AnIcePerson
** BlowYouAway
** CastingAShadow
* EvilCounterpart: To [[spoiler: Oliver]]. Literally.
** His [[CastingAShadow Evenstar]] spell to Oliver's [[LightEmUp Mornstar]]. [[spoiler: Which Oliver himself can use after defeating him.]]

* [[spoiler: EvilMakesYouUgly: He looked like a normal teenager in the past, but when you finally see him unhooded in the present his face is aged and withered. Once he reunites with Alicia's spirit, who convinces him there's still some good in him, he returns to his younger look.]]

* EvilSorcerer
* EvilSoundsDeep

* FallenHero
* FromNobodyToNightmare

* [[LukeIAmYourFather Oliver, I Am Your]] [[spoiler:[[AlternateSelf Soul-Mate]]]]

* TeleportSpam: He has a habit of teleporting out of the way whenever you get close to him when you fight him.

* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:After Cassiopeia's evil intentions disappeared, they were formed from the remnants of it. [[FridgeBrilliance She is the Wizard King's daughter and a powerful sorceress capable of forming the Zodiarch council through ''sheer imagination''.]]]]
* FinalBoss

* StaffOfAuthority: They all have one.

* VoiceOfTheLegion

[[spoiler: He turns out to be both the spirit of Cassiopeia's father, and hence the Wizard King himself, as well as the spirit of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One Wand]] Astra. He's also the reason Oliver met Pea, making him the catalyst of most events in the game.]]

* AffectionateNickname: Pea calls him "Doodle-Doo". [[spoiler: Becomes hilarious when you find you ''he's her father''.]]

* BonusBoss: In the DS version. The PS3 version gave him a more prominent role in the main story... [[spoiler: and the fight with him is mandatory this time. But don't worry, he's been heavily [[{{Nerf}} Nerfed.]]]]
** BarrierChangeBoss: He also used different attacks depending on what barrier he has up.
** ElementalPowers:
*** PlayingWithFire
*** AnIcePerson
*** ShockAndAwe
*** DishingOutDirt (He doesn't need a barrier up to use this one)

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Heroic version.]]
* DeadAllAlong
** SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler:Of the StealthMentor variety.]]
* DragonWithAnAgenda: To the White Witch. [[spoiler: His agenda being to ''[[HeelFaceTurn save her.]]'']]
* EnigmaticMinion
* GoodAllAlong
* LivingWeapon
** [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One Wand]]
* ReverseMole

* SpannerInTheWorks: Shadar destroyed Mornstar in the present, but Gallus was able to send the heroes back in time to retrieve it in the past. [[spoiler: Also, he set up Pea's meeting with Oliver. Without that, he would never have been able to go to the Otherworld in the first place!]]

* NamesTheSame: He's named after Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China. His soulmate in the other world, [[spoiler: Genghis]], is named after the founder of Mongol Empire.

A traveling thief who causes a few problems for Oliver until he joins his side. For some reason, he's concerned about reaching Hamelin and having a talk with the sage... [[spoiler:He's in a personal turmoil about his younger brother not being himself. After a few hurdles, the two finally make peace once more.]]

The prince of Hamelin. Marcassin is at a complete loss due to his heart being deprived of its belief. Oliver and company aid him to recover his lost belief, and from there, he aids them in their adventure.

** BadassAdorable

* {{Bishonen}}

* CutscenePowerToTheMax: In cutscenes, he's great and everything. [[spoiler: As a playable character, he's an inferior version of Oliver and since the other three party members already have roles (Esther for taming, Swaine for stealing, and [[CantDropTheHero you can't get rid of Oliver]], he's usually TheLoad.]]
* DudeLooksLikeALady

* MeaningfulName: His name is a little used word for a young wild boar, fitting as he is the young [[RedBaron Porcine Prince]] of [[FullBoarAction Hamelin]].
** It may also refer to the obscure FairyTale Prince Marcassin which is about a prince who is cursed with a boar's head.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* SixthRanger

A mysterious girl whom only Oliver can see and speak too. She appears occasionally to warn him and give him assistance on his journey. [[spoiler: She is actually a part of the White Witch.]]

* BuffySpeak
* CheerfulChild: She's always so damn happy.
* GenkiGirl

* MysteriousWaif

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* ThePollyanna
* TokenMiniMoe

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope

* LightIsNotGood
** DarkIsEvil: A lot of her abilities seem to be dark-based, in a bit of contrast.
** DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler: She uses those same dark-based attacks to help you fight the final boss.]]

* OrcusOnHisThrone
* PhysicalGod: She's easily the strongest thing in the setting. Considering she's immortal, can snap her fingers and affect things from across dimensions, [[spoiler: cause worldwide zombie apocalypses singlehandedly in mere seconds and give figments of her imagination life and godlike power of their own without even intending it,]] it may not be too much of a stretch to call her this.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld

* VoiceOfTheLegion

* BadassBaritone
* ClimaxBoss
** SequentialBoss: In a game with relatively few of them. He has ''three'' phases!

* OneWingedAngel

!!Tropes related to all except Drippy:

* AChildShallLeadThem

* BadassAdorable
* BadassCape

* ChildMage

* ElementalPowers: Over the course of the game, he gains:
** PlayingWithFire: Fireball and his LimitBreak, Burning Heart.
** AnIcePerson: Frostbite
** ShockAndAwe: Thunderstorm (counts as wind in this game though)
** LightEmUp: Arrow of Light, Mornstar and Astra
** CastingAShadow: Evenstar
** RandomEffectSpell: The Fortune's Fool spell, which can aid your party in a variety of ways, or absolutely fail.

** HeartIsAnAwesomePower
* TheHero
** IdiotHero: Even Drippy gets annoyed with just how simple-minded Oliver can be. Although this seems to be more from him being naive rather than an full-blown idiot.
** KidHero: A polite and mild-mannered one.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After finding out that his mom and Alicia were one and the same.]]
** [[spoiler: HeroicRROD: As a result, he spends the next several days in a coma. Esther and Swaine beat themselves up over it.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Upon confronting Shadar, he learns that they are Soul-Mates, which means killing Shadar will kill him too. Oliver decides to go through it anyway... until it's Subverted by Shadar himself, who severs the connection between their souls so Oliver can go on living.]]

* PintSizedPowerhouse

* TheWatson: Drippy has to tell him everything many times, it drives the doll crazy. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] that Oliver is new to the other world.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: He introduces himself as the "Lord high lord" of the fairies.

* TheLancer

* PluckyComicRelief

* SealedGoodInACan

* KingIncognito
* LoveableRogue

* RichesToRags: [[spoiler:Purposely left his kingdom as a teen in order to find a purpose.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* TheSmartGuy
* VideoGameStealing

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes

The prince [[spoiler:and therefore a Great Sage]] of Hamelin. Marcassin is at a complete loss due to his heart being deprived of its belief. Oliver and company aid him to recover his lost belief, and from there, he aids them in their adventure. [[spoiler:He only joins them for real during the White Witch portion of the game.]]

* TheBeastmaster: Needs "familiars" to fight together in battle.

* DeadpanSnarker
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: He introduces himself as the "Lord high lord" of the fairies

* GoshDangItToHeck: He says "flipping" a lot.

* PintsizedPowerhouse: Though he doesn't fight alongside you, he did ''throw a boss' shield bigger than he is ten times over''.

* BareYourMidriff
* TheBeastmaster: Just like Oliver. Though, she's the only one who can tame familiars.
* TheChick

* GirlyRun

* MusicalAssassin: Her attacks involve using the harp a lot.
** MusicMagic

* [[SkirtOverSlacks Skirt Over]] [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jasmine Pants]]

* SquishyWizard
* WhiteMage
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Swaine.

* TheBeastmaster

* ButtMonkey

* DeadpanSnarker

* ImpossibleThief: Taken UpToEleven with his [[LimitBreak Miracle Move]] that allows him to ''steal from any enemy 100% of the time''.
* TheGunslinger
* {{Hypocrite}}: Gets called out as one by Esther for [[spoiler: chastizing Pea about abandoning her kingdom. She points out that ''he's'' not exactly one to comment.]] "Ouch..."

* RichesToRags

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Esther.

* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:She looks about as old as Oliver, but according to the backstory, she's really ten thousand years old!]]

* DoomedHometown: Unlike examples of this trope, his ''own superiors'' did this to him as a ''punishment!'' All for letting an innocent child live.]]

* [TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Heroic version.]]

A boy from the peaceful town of Motorville. Oliver led a simple life until he mischievously sneaked out at night to test his car with his friend, which in turn resulted in him falling into the river due to the White Witch's intervention. His mother luckily rescued him, but she suffered a heart attack right after.

* [[spoiler: ADarkerMe: Shadar]]

* [[spoiler:BigDamnHeroes: When he snaps out of his HeroicBSOD, Oliver saves Esther and Swaine from being nearly killed by Vileheart with [[LightEmUp Mornstar]].]]

* [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie: When Shadar reveals the truth about his mother, he goes into HeroicBSOD mode and spends several days in bed without waking up (though he's put in an AngstComa for grabbing the sphere holding her "soul"). He reveals to Pea that he feels that his journey was all for nothing since his mother is well and truly dead. It takes a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming montage to get him back on his feet.]]

* [[spoiler:FlyingBroomStick: In the ending, he's seen flying around Motorville with one while looking down at all his friends doing their daily routines.]]

* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: After finding out that his mom and Alicia were one and the same.]]

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Upon confronting Shadar, he learns that they are Soul-Mates, which means killing Shadar will kill him too. Oliver decides to go through it anyway... until it's Subverted by Shadar himself, who severs the connection between their souls so Oliver can go on living.]]
* [[spoiler: InstantExpert: No wonder his [[ActionMom talent in magic]] is incredibly innate...]]

* [[spoiler: {{Reincarnation}}: As Shadar's Soul-Mate, it's implied he has been reincarnated repeatedly due to the latter's {{Immortality}}. He doesn't remember anything of it, though.]]

* [[spoiler: SummonMagic: After bringing back the Mornstar to its full power, he can [[JustForPun Unleash]] this.]]

* [[spoiler: AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Very briefly playable when Oliver's in his coma.]]

* [[spoiler:BigBrotherInstinct: To Marcassin, his younger brother.]]
* [[spoiler:BigNo: When he sees his father dying fifteen years in the past, only in person this time. Ouch...]]

* [[spoiler: KingIncognito]]

* [[spoiler: MuggleBornOfMages: This is the main reason Gascon became Swaine, since the emperor of Hamelin also ''has'' to be a great sage Marcassin would end up getting the throne regardless of what he did and also caused him to believe that he was his father's [[TheUnfavorite unfavorite]] so he left home to find his own path.]]
* [[spoiler:TheNthDoctor: This is the present-day Gascon. It's incredible what a life of poverty away from your castle can do to you.]]
* [[spoiler:RichesToRags]]
* [[spoiler:RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething]]

* [[spoiler:WarriorPrince: Well, he's already renounced it but it still counts.]]

* [[spoiler:WellDoneSonGuy: "I just wanted to make you proud..."]]
* [[spoiler:YouKilledMyFather: Shadar kills the Emperor while they were off getting Mornstar.]]

* [[spoiler:AdorablyPrecociousChild: When you meet him fifteen years ago in the past.]]
** [[spoiler:BadassAdorable]]

* [[spoiler:YouKilledMyFather: Shadar is the cause why he doesn't have him anymore.]]

* [[spoiler: GuestStarPartyMember: Well, since she's a part of Cassiopeia during the final battle, it counts. Also, she does travel with the party for a substantial amount of time, but doesn't fight.]]

* [[spoiler: OlderThanTheyLook: She looks about as old as Oliver, but according to the backstory, she's really ten thousand years old!]]
* [[spoiler: RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething]]

* [[spoiler: TheAtoner: At the end of the game, she is horrified by all the evil acts she's done to the other world, and promises to make amends to everyone.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: A very dark, unfunny variant. She spends most of the game talking to what turn out to figments of her imagination made real by her magic. Turns out to be a subversion, she's actually aware the things she's talking, outside of Shadar, aren't real, but spending hundreds of years alone took such a toll on her that she'll settle for having nearly anybody around as long she isn't alone.]]
* [[spoiler: GuestStarPartyMember: She will join you for the final boss battle.]]
* [[spoiler: JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope]]

* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: After Pea joins back with her she realize the error of her ways.]]
* [[spoiler: OlderThanTheyLook: When she reverts back to her true self, she's still as young as she was ten thousand years ago.]]
* [[spoiler: OneWingedAngel: During the final battle, she turns into a leopard-type creature.]]

* RedOniBlueOni: Although she doesn't have a twin as the trope suggests, her clothes change color depending on her emotion: Red for anger and Blue for calmness.
* [[spoiler: RealityWarper: Apus, the Zodiarch council, even Pea, are all figments of her imagination made real.]]
* [[spoiler: ReallySevenHundredYearsOld]]
* [[spoiler: RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: With terrible results on her part.]]
* [[spoiler: SequentialBoss: Technically, two forms out of three are her.]]
* [[spoiler: SympathyForTheDevil: All of the misery in the game can be traced back to her, and she was personally responsible for the death of Allie. But after the Manna catastrophe that she personally unleashed left her all alone, it's hard not to feel bad for her. It gets even harder when she ''[[TearJerker breaks down crying]]'' after her OneWingedAngel form is defeated, and the face under her mask wears a broken, utterly helpless expression. It's easily one of the most pathetic, heartwrenching sights in the game, considering what she was like during 90 percent of the story.]]

* [[spoiler: UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Believes that the world should be destroyed because its flawed.]]
* [[spoiler: VillainousBreakdown: When the party reveals that she can't just remake the world just because she doesn't like it, she goes berserk. After she is defeated in her OneWingedAngel form, she loses all composure and collapses into a sobbing wreck.]]

* [[spoiler:WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: All the many, many tragedies in her life have driven her into believing that the world isn't fixable and should be remade into something that wouldn't have the cataclysm of Nazcaa happen again.]]

* [[spoiler: AntiVillain: In his final moments, its revealed that Shadar wanted to bring peace to the world, knows that many of his actions are wrong but feels he must do commit, and it's possible that he was doing it while he was the Dark Djinn. Alicia says that the other world was a much better place while Shadar was in power than how it was when she was a child.]]

* [[spoiler: CynicismCatalyst: One you get to see in flashback after his defeat. Put simply, he used to be a WideEyedIdealist, until he was forced to take part in a horrifying war. He refused to kill innocent civilians and helped a young girl (who turned out to be Alicia) escape, and his superiors had ''his entire hometown burned'' as punishment. Needless to say he crossed the DespairEventHorizon after that.]]

* [[spoiler: DiscOneFinalBoss: In the DS version, he was the actual final boss. However, the game continues in the PS3 version to reveal himself as TheDragon towards the White Witch.]]

* [[spoiler: DespairEventHorizon -> JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope -> StartOfDarkness]]
* [[spoiler: DoomedHometown: Unlike examples of this trope, his ''own superiors'' did this to him as a ''punishment!'' All for letting an innocent child live.]]

* EvilCounterpart: To [[spoiler: Oliver.]] Literally.

* [[spoiler: EvilRedhead: Though he wasn't always evil...]]

* [[spoiler: FallenHero]]

* [[spoiler: IntergenerationalFriendship: A very, [[MindScrew VERY]] weird case with Alicia. When they first met she was a child, but as an adult she ends up traveling forward in time and becoming the mother of his AlternateSelf. She reunites with him in child form after his defeat.]]
* [[spoiler:MyRevengeIsMercy: When Oliver defeats him, he decides to sever the connection that exists between the two of them so Oliver will not die with him.]]
* [[spoiler: [[LukeIAmYourFather Oliver, I Am Your]] [[AlternateSelf Soul-Mate]]]]

* [[spoiler: OneWingedAngel]]

* [[spoiler: TogetherInDeath: Platonic example, with Alicia.]]
* [[spoiler: UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Wanted to rid the world of war. Ironically through becoming TheDreaded, he pretty much succeeded. An interesting case of a villain invoking this trope without really meaning to.]]
* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist: Alicia suggests he may have been one all along without even realizing it.]]

* [[spoiler: EnemyWithout: After Cassiopeia's evil intentions disappeared, they were formed from the remnants of it. [[FridgeBrilliance She is the Wizard King's daughter and a powerful sorceress capable of forming the Zodiarch council through ''sheer imagination''.]]]]
* [[spoiler: FinalBoss]]
* [[spoiler: GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: They appear flat out of nowhere for the final battle.]]

* [[spoiler: TheStarscream: They turn on the White Witch at the end, when she lets go of her resentment and hatred.]]

* [[spoiler: TheChessmaster: Heroic version.]]
* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong]]
** [[spoiler: SpiritAdvisor: Of the StealthMentor variety.]]

* [[spoiler: GoodAllAlong]]
* [[spoiler: LivingWeapon]]
** [[spoiler: [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One Wand]]]]
* [[spoiler: ReverseMole]]
* [[spoiler: RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Yes, even though he's ''dead!'']]
* [[spoiler: SaveTheVillain: Justified. She's his ''daughter''.]]

* [[spoiler: ActionMom]]

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Saves Oliver from drowning in the river, but suffers a heart attack afterwards and dies in the hospital.]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* [[spoiler: RetiredBadass]]
* [[spoiler: SaveTheVillain: And she pulls one hell of a plan to do so: going forward in time and ''becoming the mother of his'' ''AlternateSelf''!]]

* [[spoiler: FaceMonsterTurn: Thankfully it was reversable.]]

* [[spoiler: [[PoisonousPerson Poisonous Feline]]: His claw swipes can poison you during his boss fight.]]

* [[spoiler: TurnsRed: His monster form starts the battle on all-fours and doesn't have much in the way of attacks. Until you deplete his HP and he stands up...]]

* [[spoiler: FaceMonsterTurn: Same deal as Tom.]]
** [[spoiler: AchillesHeel: The 'Burden' spell.]]
** [[spoiler: TurnsRed: See his entry.]]

* [[spoiler: AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's a former commander of Xanadu's airborne division. Who knew?]]

* [[spoiler: StarCrossedLovers: With Khulan at first, of the 'commoner loving royalty' type. That is, until she points out that, since her city was destroyed, she's technically not queen anymore...]]

The prince [[spoiler:and therefore a Great Sage]] of Hamelin. Marcassin is at a complete loss due to his heart being deprived of its belief. Oliver and company aid him to recover his lost belief, and from there, he aids them in their adventure. [[spoiler:He only joins them for real after a time has passed.]]

** OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: The reason he fights Oliver. Which means his Barrier Change is actually him [[InvokedTrope Invoking]] FinalExamBoss.

* [[spoiler: InstantExpert: No wonder he's [[ActionMom talent in magic]] is incredibly innate...]]

* BritishAccents: Seems a bit incongruous [[EverytownUSA given the setting]], but not all that unlikely given the historical context of the 1950s. Oliver's about the right age to have been conceived at the end of WorldWarII, when many American GIs got married and brought their wives home with them from overseas. [[spoiler:Of course, she's actually from a medieval fairytale world rather than Britain, but being an English war bride does make a good cover story]].

* TheMessiah

* CastingAShadow: Her Falling Star spell.

* [[spoiler: RealityWarper: The Zodiarch council, even Pea, are all figments of her imagination made real.]]

!!Horace

* BigBad

* [[spoiler: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She spends most of the game talking to what turn out to figments of her imagination made real by her magic. Turns out to be a subversion, she's actually aware the things she's talking, outside of Shadar, aren't real, but spending hundreds of years alone took such a toll on her that she'll settle for having nearly anybody around as long she isn't alone.]]

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent

* [[spoiler: BiggerBad: They were just using the White Witch, being embodiments of her remaining resentment and bitterness towards the world.]]

* TheFaceless: They all look the same, and if that wasn't enough, they all wear masks.

* [[spoiler: TheStarscream: Towards the White Witch in general.]]

* [[spoiler: BiggerBad: They were just using the White Witch.]]

* [[spoiler: GameplayAndStorySegregation: Story-wise, he's supposed to be a Great Sage, one of the most powerful people in the world. Gameplay wise, he's barely as powerful as Oliver, a novice wizard who just started out.]]