History Characters / PhantasyStarOnline

The commander of the Pioneer I Hunters, and mentor to Red Ring Rico. He disappeared under suspicious circumstances while investigating abnormalities in the native wildlife of Ragol.

* BFS: If the replicas you can get of his sword are any indication, Flowen preferred these. [[spoiler: He also uses one as the Olga Flow.]]

* MissionControl: Serves as this to the player in Episode 2. She communicates with them through her Calus-II robot, allowing them to gather information on enemies and listen to ApocalypticLogs from Heathcliff Flowen.
%%*{Robosexual}: When talking about her new Calus-II she asks the player if they think the design is "sexy". There's also how her interactions in her online quests with [[Calus as he's trying to become human]] could be construed as romantic.

* CoolOldGuy

* NoKillLikeOverkill: When you first meet Kireek, he's overleveled to the point where he'll kill anything in Forest 1 three times over with a single swing of his scythe.

* ActionGirl

* {{Meganekko}}

A newman first encountered in Episode 1's sidequests. The player helps her track down a pen pal that she had been communicating with from Pioneer 1 named Calus. Upon losing contact after the explosion and venturing down to the surface to find Calus herself, Elly discovers that Calus is actually an AI and not a human like she had once though. Elly rescues Calus by creating a backup of him.

* CostumeEvolution: In Episode 1 her character model is based off of a FO wearl, using the ingame customization options for her design just like every other NPC sidekick for the Hunter's Guild missions, since it was easier to do it this way rather than create unique character models for the field. In Episode 2, Elly gets a completely unique design since she is now a NPC that doesn't go on missions. At least until her online missions were rel3eased and she kept her Episode 2 appearance in the field.

A newman first encountered in Episode 1's sidequests. Returns as your MissionControl in Episode II, accessible through data terminals.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Her appearance in Episode 1 is as a companion NPC in a single mission. She returns, and plays a much larger role, in Episode II.
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Technique users, Forces support the party with [[SupportPartyMember buffs, healing, and revives]], though they can also handle crowd control as well.

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Specialists in melee combat, Hunters mix it up and can take and deal out the most raw damage. Hunter is also the title used for all the classes as a whole, as well as the specific melee-focused subclasses.

Gun-users, Rangers can fight either from all the way across the room, or just out of arm's reach.

* MagicKnight: The most adept technique-user of the Rangers. While their attack techniques will never beat out the power and range of a good gunshot, they still have powerful heals, buffs, and debuffs, and can substitute for a Force when one isn't available.
* NiceHat

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* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Floor-length gown? Long tailed coat? GiantPoofySleeves? Not a problem!

* TierInducedScrappy: Thanks to having the worst stats out of the Forces and lacking much in terms of redeeming special character abilities, the [=FOmarl=] is generally the least popular of the Forces and is considered by some players to be the worst class in the game.

* CastingAShadow: The Megid OneHitKill technique penetrates when cast by a [=FOnewearl=], and is 30% more powerful to boot.

* GangstaStyle

* StoneWall: She suprisingly has the highest defense in the game, second highest HP, and a fairly good evasion stat. Couple that to Android immunity to a number of status effects, and Android trap vision, and she can make a good tank.

* GlassCannon

* LightEmUp: Her sole offensive spell boost is the extremely-high-damage dealing Grants light technique.

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* SquishyWizard: [=FOnewearls=] have the worst HP and ATP of all the classes by far. However, they receive more and more varied innate class boosts than any other Force, as well as the highest mental strength.

** VideohameFlamthrowersSuck: ... the Flame Visit is awful for a weapon of its rarity.

* Fembot <-> RobotGirl: Most of her colors and head options are unmistakably robotic. Only a few look human.

* VideoGameFlamthrowersSuck: ... the Flame Visit is awful for a weapon of its rarity.

* RobotGirl <-> Fembot: A number of colors and head options make her look like a girl with robotic joints. The others are far more obviously robotic.

* DetachedSleeves
* FashionableAsymmetry
* MissionControl
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
* WhoWearsShortShorts

* PoorJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler:He entrusted his infected body to the scientists of Pioneer I for research purposes. Not only would the scientists exploit his condition for bioweapon research, they would not even honour his final requests]].

A veteran Hunter who once worked alongside Red Ring Rico. He disappeared under suspicious circumstances while investigating abnormalities in the native wildlife of Ragol. [[spoiler:He was wounded during a skirmish with Dark-type creatures and infected with their D-cells. Rather than treat him, the {{Mad Scientist}}s in charge of Pioneer-1's illegal experiments chose to exploit his unique circumstance by transforming him into a WetwareCPU for the supercomputer "Olga", hoping this would allow them to control their artificially-created D-cell bioweapons. Unfortunately, the experiment proved to be a disaster when both Flowen and Olga were overcome by the D-cell infection, and he was discarded into a disposal site at the very bottom of the Lower Seabed lab]].

* WeAreAsMayflies: According to in-game lore, Newmans have very short lifespans.

A renowned Pioneer 1 hunter, nicknamed "Red Ring Rico" because of the iconic red armlet she wears. She sets off on her own expedition before you, and you follow the breadcrumbs of her audio logs for the majority of the game.

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A famous hunter on Pioneer 1, nicknamed Red Ring Rico because of the red armlet she wears. She also happens to be the Principal's daughter.
* ApocalypticLog: Sets those glowing message beacons you see all around the place. Most of them are hints on the special attacks of enemies, or information on traps, but some of them fill in the backstory. As you progress further into the game, Rico's messages go from the cheery girl from the message pack in Forest 1 to much more gloomy and depressing.

! Hunters

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[[folder: Tropes that apply to Kireek]]

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! Rangers

[[folder: Tropes that apply to Bernie]]

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[[folder: Tropes that apply to Karen]]
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[[folder: Tropes that apply to Gilliam]]
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[[folder: Tropes that apply to Elenor]]

! Forces

[[folder: Tropes that apply to Alicia]]
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[[folder: Tropes that apply to Rupika]]

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The markup to use:

!! Heathcliff Flowen

* InvulnerableCivilians: Said cake shop is in the middle of the Caves dungeon.

* TheMedic: She receives an innate range boost to all her healing and support techniques. Combined with some range boosting items, a high-level FOmarl can heal from well behind the front lines.