History Characters / PunishingGrayRavenSquads

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Similar to Bianca's Veritas suit, Vera's Garnet variation was her first and more powerful body. It also has a dark reputation of being built specifically to destroy other Constructs.

* DoubleWeapon: Player equipped katana will be mounted under the hilt of her flipped left-handed sword during certain moves.

* LeaningOnTheFurniture: Her idle animation for her Garnet variation has her stab her spear in the ground in order to lean against it, highlighting her maverick nature.
* NobleDemon: She's a bitch to a lot of people, but she's not heartless. When No.21 was put in her care, she became the former's SternTeacher, teaching her to become more independent and probably was one of the few people at that point of No.21's life who valued her as an individual. It is indicated that her questionable behaviors are not out of mere malice, but are either not serious, justified or even has goodwill behind them, and she becomes bitter partly because she never let goes of all the misfortunes she witnessed. As per the comment of her colleagues, she is just a pragmatist that cares more about goals than niceties. And since this is a CrapsackWorld, she considers that being harsh is indeed a responsible choice both for others (to make them have better grasp on reality) and herself (to vent out her sorrow). Still, it seems she has somewhat BecomingTheMask.
** In the personal story of Rozen, she once used an illegal drug to amplify the pain of a dying construct, as this was the only way to keep the latter's will to live.
** In the personal story of Garnet, she encouraged a dying girl to live while operating on her, albeit in a harsh tone. While she used Commandant as a bait to draw out the Corrupted, this was because she was confident that she could keep Commandant alive, and she immediately dropped it when she discovered stronger enemies.

* ShockAndAwe: Her Garnet variation focuses on Lightning-type damage and debuffs, with her three-orb combos converting her physical damage into elemental damage.

* SquareRaceRoundClass: Rozen is supposed to be a Support character, but in reality her damage output means she's really an Attacker in practice (though in a full team, its best she's relegated to actually doing her class role).

* BeYourself: Her main inner conflict during ''Chaos Unsnarled'' is her desire to be more human, and to be accepted by people, something she feels she's incapable of with her unstable and animalistic M.I.N.D. While the Hetero-Creature Fenrir tempts her to join its MindHive, the Commandant tells No.21 that all humans are different, while Vera tells her that rather than acting like an obedient dog to gain the approval of others, No.21 should make people accept her for who she is. Ultimately, No.21 accepts her "inhumanity", but also that she is a member of Cerberus.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: She develops a very strong bond with the other members of Cerberus because, in their own way, they were far nicer to her than most humans and treated her with their own rough form of respect. She develops a similar bond with the Commandant when they ended up linked together, as the Commandant shows concern and respect toward her. [[WhatIsThisFeeling No. 21 doesn't completely get the emotions she feels around them]], but if the Commandant, Vera, or Noctis are hurt (or she ''thinks'' they're hurt) she gets ''[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge upset.]]''

* CloudCuckooLander: Because of her isolated upbringing, she doesn't have a many examples to compare knowledge with. In her birthday video, she decides showing her affection to the Commandant means ''eating'' them, since that's what she saw a pack of wolves do in a video she watched the day before. Moreover, the "eating" suggestion was first made by Vera as an obvious DoubleEntendre, but it wound up confusing No. 21, [[EntendreFailure who took it literally]].

* EarlyBirdCameo: She has a portraitless presence during ''Kowloong Metropolis'', long before her playable appearance in ''Inscription of Labyrinth''.

** The nature of her Haywire ability means that No. 21 ''benefits'' from periodically getting hit, as it lets her counterattack and generate shields off of those hits if she dodges immediately afterward. She also uses dodge charges immediately when pinging three red orbs to inflict extra damage.

-->'''Garnet's Secret 4:'''No. 21 seems to think of Vera's banner spear as some sort of "magic prop" that can create a banner out of nowhere. She often asks Vera to show it to her.

* GlassCannon: Her Veritas frame in particular is an absolute monster in lightning damage, but her meager health means that she can actually get killed in a single blow if the player isn't careful keeping her out of trouble.

* ShockAndAwe: Her Veritas variation focuses on Lightning-type damage, with her LimitBreak involving an arrow shot upwards that rains down a series of thunderbolts.

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Bianca's Interlude "Faith on the Snow" and Watanabe's, "Fostered by Blade" wind up both taking place at the same incident at Snow Plain Church, the events of which profoundly impacted them.

* TheAlcoholic: Downplayed, but she's pretty much the only character who explicitly enjoys the Construct equivalent of alcohol (as compared to Vera, whose secrets reveals she thinks the electrolyte-based "sim-liquor" tastes like dog water). It's also mentioned she's part of a liquor-tasting organization who are commonly just known as alcoholics.

!!Other
[[folder:'''Alisa (UPC-15)''']]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Aya (Chinese), Creator/ChikaAnzai (Japanese), Ashely Biski (English)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coating_echo_genericfinal.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Unknown Amplifier-class Construct]]

* Psychological Age: 16
* Vital Fluid Type: AB
* Activation Date: March 22

* Weight: 41kg
* Height: 159cm

->''"Justice... it shouldn't be like this... I need... I need to see it for myself!"''

Accompanied by her "sister", a special "weapon armor" named Cecilie whose consciousness is connected to hers, Alisa now wanders the land so she can truly understand the concept of justice.

Alisa's frame is ''Echo''.

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:She was adopted by a scientist named Pickman, who was actually Kurono Kurokawa, but in reality he merely singled her out for her potential for a M.I.N.D. fusion experiment, and developed her rigid sense of justice in preparation to sync her to hundreds of minds. Ultimately, Alisa gets her revenge and kills Pickman before he can repeat his crimes all over again.]]
* AssistCharacter: Cecilie attacks alongside Alisa, but isn't directly controlled.
* ChargedAttack: Triggering several Mantra Orbs in a row allows Alisa to charge up her Penance Arrow attack: when fully charged, it triggers the next stage of her passive on top of doing more damage.
* CombatMedic: As an Amplifier, she buffs critical damage and provides healing for Physical teams.
* CowboyCop: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment in ''Renaissance du Fantastique'' is hunting down Teasell, a defector to the Ascendants, before getting warned that she ''will'' join her next mission, or ''she'' will be the one who gets hunted down by the Purifying Force. Unsurprisingly, her strong values eventually makes her go rogue, anyways.
* CombinationAttack: One of Alisa and Cecilie's specialties, and a crucial part of their moveset.
* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Everglowing Justice'' stars her and Cecilie, as they team up with the Commandant to rescue their comrade Lena and stop the Kurono-aligned Utopia facility, which is engaged in horrific experiments she escaped from.
* EnergyBow: Shares her weapon class with Bianca.
* ForGreatJustice: She's driven by a strong, but rigid sense of justice instilled into her in her youth. Eventually, though, she undergoes character development, and she goes WalkingTheEarth in order to understand what she's fighting for.
* FugitiveArc: As Alisa is on the run during ''Everglowing Justice'', she has to avoid Babylonia, and is wary of the Commandant at first. She eventually exonerates herself, and gets the arrest warrant removed, thanks to Asimov.
* IHaveManyNames: Alisa takes on a few different aliases over her story, first going by "Lena" in ''Renaissance du Fantastique'', before calling herself "Echo" when she connects to Cecilie. The later she considers a MeaningfulRename, first identifying herself as an echo of the grudges and victims within the armor, before resolving to become an "echo of justice" in memory of her sister figure.
* LongRangeFighter: All her attacks are projectile based, including those from Cecilie, and some of her skills move her around and create space, so she's never within arms reach of an enemy if she can help it.
* MindHive: Cecilie has the collective M.I.N.Ds of at least 246 constructs, [[spoiler:including Alisa's sister figure, the original namesake, and Lena, Alisa's comrade]]. Because Alisa is connected to it, she's part of this group too. The fusion initially overwhelmed her, causing her to become the final boss of ''Renaissance du Fantastique'', though by ''Everglowing Justice'', she's regained enough sense of self to become independent again, even if she still hears the voices within. In fact, the fusion of M.I.N.Ds was part of the Cthylla Project, to create a M.I.N.D. capable of turning into an Ascendant, and indeed Teasell notes that Alisa can become a Transcendant.
* PromotedToPlayable: Initially the boss of ''Renaissance du Fantastique'', who was later added to the playable roster in ''Everglowing Justice''.
* PuppetFighter: Alisa's gimmick is that Cecilie has its own set of skill orbs. By holding down the attack button, these orbs become accessible, allowing the player to continue attacking in the interim while Alisa charges her own.
* ScalesOfJustice: One of Alisa's main motifs, alongside the gavel.
* SwordBeam: Cecilie will unleash these every time Alisa uses a Mantra Orb.
* {{Synchronization}}: Alisa and Cecilie are noted to have an interconnected consciousness, allowing them to better fight in tandem.

[[folder:Harley Jo]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harryjoe.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"I deem the vibe in the camp extremely unhealthy. I shall remedy that."]]

The commandant of Woodcock squad.

* ArcherArchetype: She exclusively fights with projectiles shot from her EnergyBow, and can rack up combos extremely quickly with it given her ludicrous fire rate. True to the trope, Bianca is a very professional executor and her combat style is among the more methodical ones in the playable cast. Her ''Stigmata'' frame moves away from this somewhat by providing her with powerful melee options.

* DropTheHammer: Her weapon class for her ''Scire'' variation is a massive hammer that [[MixAndMatchWeapon doubles as a gravity manipulating cannon]].

* HighHeelPower: While many female Constucts have CombatStilletos, particular emphasis is drawn to Vera's. After the Gray Ravens foil her attempt at "hunting" [[spoiler: Kamui]] in the early chapters, the sharp echoes of hers is emphasized as she exits in a slight huff. At the start of a fight, her ''Garnet'' frame drops feet-first and an event she stars in sees her stomping on enemies to get them off a boat. It's really meant to highlight her {{Dominatrix}}-esque personality.

* HighHeelPower: While many female Constucts have them, particular emphasis is drawn to Vera's. After the Gray Ravens foil her attempt at "hunting" [[spoiler: Kamui]] in the early chapters, the sharp echoes of hers is emphasized as she exits in a slight huff. At the start of a fight, her ''Garnet'' frame drops feet-first and an event she stars in sees her stomping on enemies to get them off a boat. It's really meant to highlight her {{Dominatix}}-esque personality.

* WideEyesShrunkenIrises: Vera takes her BloodKnight nature to the limit in ''Garnet'''s special, where you get a shot of her utterly manic smile and shrunken irises.

* WideEyeShrunkenIrises: Vera takes her BloodKnight nature to the limit in ''Garnet'''s special, where you get a shot of her utterly manic smile and shruken irises.

* CombatStilettos: While many female Constucts have them, particular emphasis is drawn to Vera's. After the Gray Ravens foil her attempt at "hunting" in the early chapters, the sharp echoes of hers is emphasized as she exits in a slight huff. At the start of a fight, her ''Garnet'' frame drops feet-first and an event she stars in sees her stomping on enemies to get them off a boat.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: In bright red.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: PlayedWith. ''Garnet'''s official weapon is a ''flag'' a la [[Literature/FateApocrypha Jeanne d'Arc]], but in practice, it's a spear through-and-through.

* CombatStilletos: While many female Constucts have them, particular emphasis is drawn to Vera's. After the Gray Ravens foil her attempt at "hunting" in the early chapters, the sharp echoes of hers is emphasized as she exits in a slight huff. At the start of a fight, her ''Garnet'' frame drops feet-first and an event she stars in sees her stomping on enemies to get them off a boat.

* {{Domanatrix}}: She loves giving as much as she gets, and that includes teasing people, including the Commandant, with a sadistic bent beneath her words. Then, there's all the stepping and kicking and blade-brandishing. Safe to say, Vera was designed with this in mind.

-->'''Rozen (Signature)''': Feed me more pain!\\

* BigBeautifulWoman: Downplayed. While Ayla still has a narrow waist, compared to a lot of the slim, waifish, or hourglass-figured playable female characters, her overall figure is fuller than theirs. This is especially noticeable in her base ''Brilliance'' frame, or its alternate Coating "Lost Butterfly," which shows her thicker... well, frame. ''Kaleido'' is slightly more conventionally curvy a la Hanying.

* {{Bowlderise}}: See the main picture of Ayla up there? That's the censored Chinese version. The original, which is still available in international versions, showed a ''lot'' more cleavage.

* NonIdleRich: She's a Construct and active participant in fights despite being a RichGenius who could wile away on Babylonia and live a much safer, more content life. She become a Construct exactly because she couldn't turn a blind eye to war on Earth.

* ThePopularOne: Thanks to her charm and personality, Ayla is "welcomed like a superstar" whenever she goes. She apparently goes on interviews a lot and has a sizeable fan club on Babylonia.

* RichGenius: Her paintings are so good that people pay a fortune for them. She designs Coatings for Babylonia Constructs, and she's booked to the teeth. Simply put, her finances blew up because she's good at what she does.
->''Ayla releases her stress by painting. She once painted 37 oil paintings, 86 sketches, and 3 120-page manga in one month—the record still stands to this day.''

* AreaOfEffect: Her burst puts down a large field of paint that buffs her teammates and can cause damage on demand, though it's better to fill her gauge before that.

* BigBeautifulWoman: Downplayed. While Ayla still has a narrow waist, compared to a lot of the slim, waifish, or hourglass-figured playable female characters, her overall figure is fuller than theirs. This is especially noticeable in her base ''Brilliance'' frame, which shows her thicker... well, frame. ''Kaleido'' is more conventionally curvy a la Hanying.

* CheeryPink: Her pink hair and [[CurtainMatchesTheWindow pink eyes]] reflect her upbeat, cheery, aristic, and determined personality.
* BigBeautifulWoman: Compared to a lot of the slim, waifish, or hourglass-figured playable female characters, Ayla's figure is noticebly fuller than them. This is especially noticeable in her base ''Brilliance'' frame, which shows her thicker... well, frame. ''Kaleido'' is more conventionally curvy a la Hanying.

* MsFanservice: Her ''Kaleido'' frame is easily the most eye-catching, as she is basically wearing a leotard with a ShowgirlSkirt, which shows off her much of her bare skin.

* SinisterScythe: Her ''Brilliance'' frame has the same weapon class as Chrome and Haicma.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Ayla is one of the main characters for ''Fallen Star'', with its Hidden Chapters following her search for Selena. Much later, she returns as a leading protagonist in ''Renaissant le Fantastique'', which specifically concerns the Arts Association and its members.

* IWillFindYou: She will stop at nothing to bring Selena back home. [[spoiler:In ''Renaissant le Fantastique'' she actually manages to reunite with Selena for a moment, and though she begs her to stay, Selena chooses to depart to deal with her own unfinished business, satisfied that she now knows she has a home waiting for her.]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Liu Zhixiao (Chinese) Creator/SatomiSato (Japanese), Judy Alice Lee (English)

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:In ''Renaissant le Fantastique'', Selena and Ayla momentarily reunite, and though the latter begs her to stay, Selena chooses to depart while Ayla is unconscious, knowing the time isn't right. Selena, however, is satisfied in knowing that she has a "home" that she can return to one day.]]

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:She was adopted by a scientist named Pickman, who was actually Kurono Kukawa, but in reality he merely singled her out for her potential for a M.I.N.D. fusion experiment, and developed her rigid sense of justice in preparation to sync her to hundreds of minds. Ultimately, Alisa gets her revenge and kills Pickman before he can repeat his crimes all over again.]]

* CowboyCop: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment in ''Renassaint le Fantastique'' is hunting down Teasell, a defector to the Ascendants, before getting warned that she ''will'' join her next mission, or ''she'' will be the one who gets hunted down by the Purifying Force. Unsurprisingly, her strong values eventually makes her go rogue, anyways.

* IHaveManyNames: Alisa takes on a few different aliases over her story, first going by "Lena" in ''Renassaint le Fantastique'', before calling herself "Echo" when she connects to Cecilie. The later she considers a MeaningfulRename, first identifying herself as an echo of the grudges and victims within the armor, before resolving to become an "echo of justice" in memory of her sister figure.

* MindHive: Cecilie has the collective M.I.N.Ds of at least 246 constructs, [[spoiler:including Alisa's sister figure, the original namesake, and Lena, Alisa's comrade]]. Because Alisa is connected to it, she's part of this group too. The fusion initially overwhelmed her, causing her to become the final boss of ''Renassaint le Fantastique'', though by ''Everglowing Justice'', she's regained enough sense of self to become independent again, even if she still hears the voices within. In fact, the fusion of M.I.N.Ds was part of the Cthylla Project, to create a M.I.N.D. capable of turning into an Ascendant, and indeed Teasell notes that Alisa can become a Transcendant.
* PromotedToPlayable: Initially the boss of ''Renassaint le Fantastique'', who was later added to the playable roster in ''Everglowing Justice''.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In ''The Survival Lucem,'' her and Lucia are driving two overloaded ambulances with 40+ refugees and the comatose Commandant to escape the incoming wave of hetero-creatures. Calculating that their current speed is too slow, Vanessa gets out and says to reduce to 15 refugees per vehicle or [[TheNeedsOfTheMany they will all die]], in effect abandoning 10+ people. Lucia, Liv, and Lee cannot abide by this and propose a different plan, Gray Raven squad acts as decoys, and buy time for everyone to retreat. The answer infuriates Vanessa, who views it as utter arrogance and suicide that Gray Raven believes they can win while tired and their Commandant out of action. She then argues that the reason the Commandant is comatose is because he overestimated himself saving his team (and Vanessa), to which Lee retorts none of them would be there without his idiocy. Finally she asks if they would squander their own lives that the Commandant saved for worthless refugees, to which Liv answers no life is worthless. "We will stand united, overcome all obstacles, and never retreat out of fear nor hardship!" Having recently lost Teasell, Vanessa realizes that the unconscious Commandant commands more authority than she ever has, even if they are actions she disagrees with. Whether out of pride or pettiness, Vanessa decides she has something to prove, and orders Gray Raven to drive onwards with the refugees while she and Bambinata stay behind to deal with the hetero-creatures their own way.]]

* WeHaveReserves: During the mission depicted in ''Echo Aria'''s Hidden story, she fired artillery to flatten a Corrupted factory, even though Gray Raven was in the blast radius. Afterwards, she accused them of wasting her precious resourcs to cover for their supposed shortcomings. Given a flashback to Liv's time with Egret, this isn't the first time she's fired on her own troops or destroyed infrastructure in the process; as far as she's concerned, it protects more troops down the line and the Engineering Force can handle reconstruction, so she doesn't have to care about it.

* ClassReunion: The end of ''Across the Ruined Sea'' has the Commandant, Simon, and Harley Jo all visit her in the hospital.

* SoleSurvivor: Unlike Gray Raven squad, the Egret squad has an unfortunate habit of losing members. By the time ''Left Unsaid'' starts, Bambinata is literally the only soldier in it.

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!!Other
[[folder:'''Alisa (UPC-15)''']]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Aya (Chinese), Creator/ChikaAnzai (Japanese), Ashely Biski (English)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coating_echo_genericfinal.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Unknown Amplifier-class Construct]]

* Psychological Age: 16

* Activation Date: March 22

* Weight: 41kg
* Height: 159cm

->''"Justice... it shouldn't be like this... I need... I need to see it for myself!"''

Accompanied by her "sister", a special "weapon armor" named Cecilie whose consciousness is connected to hers, Alisa now wanders the land so she can truly understand the concept of justice.

Alisa's frame is ''Echo''.

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:She was adopted by a scientist named Pickman, who was actually Kurono Kukawa, but in reality he merely singled her out for her potential for a M.I.N.D. fusion experiment, and developed her rigid sense of justice in preparation to sync her to hundreds of minds. Ultimately, Alisa gets her revenge and kills Pickman before he can repeat his crimes all over again.]]
* AssistCharacter: Cecilie attacks alongside Alisa, but isn't directly controlled.
* ChargedAttack: Triggering several Mantra Orbs in a row allows Alisa to charge up her Penance Arrow attack: when fully charged, it triggers the next stage of her passive on top of doing more damage.
* CombatMedic: As an Amplifier, she buffs critical damage and provides healing for Physical teams.
* CowboyCop: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment in ''Renassaint le Fantastique'' is hunting down Teasell, a defector to the Ascendants, before getting warned that she ''will'' join her next mission, or ''she'' will be the one who gets hunted down by the Purifying Force. Unsurprisingly, her strong values eventually makes her go rogue, anyways.
* CombinationAttack: One of Alisa and Cecilie's specialties, and a crucial part of their moveset.
* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Everglowing Justice'' stars her and Cecilie, as they team up with the Commandant to rescue their comrade Lena and stop the Kurono-aligned Utopia facility, which is engaged in horrific experiments she escaped from.
* EnergyBow: Shares her weapon class with Bianca.
* ForGreatJustice: She's driven by a strong, but rigid sense of justice instilled into her in her youth. Eventually, though, she undergoes character development, and she goes WalkingTheEarth in order to understand what she's fighting for.
* FugitiveArc: As Alisa is on the run during ''Everglowing Justice'', she has to avoid Babylonia, and is wary of the Commandant at first. She eventually exonerates herself, and gets the arrest warrant removed, thanks to Asimov.
* IHaveManyNames: Alisa takes on a few different aliases over her story, first going by "Lena" in ''Renassaint le Fantastique'', before calling herself "Echo" when she connects to Cecilie. The later she considers a MeaningfulRename, first identifying herself as an echo of the grudges and victims within the armor, before resolving to become an "echo of justice" in memory of her sister figure.
* LongRangeFighter: All her attacks are projectile based, including those from Cecilie, and some of her skills move her around and create space, so she's never within arms reach of an enemy if she can help it.
* MindHive: Cecilie has the collective M.I.N.Ds of at least 246 constructs, [[spoiler:including Alisa's sister figure, the original namesake, and Lena, Alisa's comrade]]. Because Alisa is connected to it, she's part of this group too. The fusion initially overwhelmed her, causing her to become the final boss of ''Renassaint le Fantastique'', though by ''Everglowing Justice'', she's regained enough sense of self to become independent again, even if she still hears the voices within. In fact, the fusion of M.I.N.Ds was part of the Cthylla Project, to create a M.I.N.D. capable of turning into an Ascendant, and indeed Teasell notes that Alisa can become a Transcendant.
* PromotedToPlayable: Initially the boss of ''Renassaint le Fantastique'', who was later added to the playable roster in ''Everglowing Justice''.
* PuppetFighter: Alisa's gimmick is that Cecilie has its own set of skill orbs. By holding down the attack button, these orbs become accessible, allowing the player to continue attacking in the interim while Alisa charges her own.
* ScalesOfJustice: One of Alisa's main motifs, alongside the gavel.
* SwordBeam: Cecilie will unleash these every time Alisa uses a Mantra Orb.
* {{Synchronization}}: Alisa and Cecilie are noted to have an interconnected consciousness, allowing them to better fight in tandem.

[[folder:Harley Jo]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harryjoe.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"I deem the vibe in the camp extremely unhealthy. I shall remedy that."]]

The commandant of Woodcock squad.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Zicheng Shaozu (Chinese) Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (Japanese) Bill Butts (English)

* ADayInTheLimelight: While a recurring presence throughout the story, she becomes one of the focal characters of ''The Last Spark''. She later returns as a major character in ''Left Unsaid'', accompanying Bombinata and Vanessa in their mission.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite everything, Bombinata will always be Vanessa's doll [[spoiler:and sister. When Vanessa returned home from the academy it was only to take Bombinata with her via a requisition order. But when she saw Bombinata trying to remember Vanessa with her drawings, that was when Vanessa decided to take her with her, no matter what condition she was in. The events of ''Left Unsaid'' also shows that Vanessa deeply cares about Bombinata, to Vera's amusement.]]
* BadBoss: She's cruel to her Constructs, whom she sees as "dolls" who are only useful so long as they obey her. In a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, she's extremely unpopular with troops as a result, who all have left her squad in one way or another, eventually leaving only her most loyal sycophant, Bombinata.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Vanessa had a stressful childhood, constantly browbeat by her two EducationMama parents. It didn't get better when they decided to adopt Bombinata, who she had a complicated familial love-hate relationship with, which created her need to control people.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Left Unsaid'' finally delves into her backstory, which is tied with Bombinata's.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In ''The Survival Lucem,'' her and Lucia are driving two overloaded ambulances with 40+ refugees and the comatose Commandant to escape the incoming wave of hetero-creatures. Calculating that their current speed is too slow, Vanessa gets out and says to reduce to 15 refugees per vehicle or [[TheNeedsOfTheMany they will all die]], in effect abandoning 10+ people. Lucia, Liv, and Lee cannot abide by this and propose a different plan, Gray Raven squad acts as decoys, and buy time for everyone to retreat. The answer infuriates Vanessa, who views it as utter arrogance and suicide that Gray Raven believes they can win while tired and their Commandant out of action. She then argues that the reason the Commandant is comatose is because he overestimated himself saving his team (and Vanessa), to which Lee retorts none of them would be there without his idiocy. Finally she asks if they would squander their own lives that the Commandant saved for worthless refugees, to which Liv answers no life is worthless. "We will stand united, overcome all obstacles, and never retreat out of fear nor hardship!" Having recently lost Teasell, Vanessa realizes that the unconscious Commandant commands more authority than she ever has, even if they are actions she disagrees with. Whether out of pride or pettiness, Vanessa decides she has something to prove, and orders Gray Raven to drive onwards with the refugees while she and Bombinata stay behind to deal with the hetero-creatures their own way.]]

* RedemptionQuest: After being missing for months since [[spoiler:her HeroicSacrifice]] in ''The Survival Lucem'', shows up heavily injured at the temporary HQ on the coast during ''Across the Ruined Sea''; goes briefly comatose due to infection of her eye, and promptly returns to the [[BigDamnHeroes final battle]] with Bombinata as soon as she regains consciousness. Then gets her own event in ''Left Unsaid''.

[[folder:'''Bombinata (BPM-11)''']]

-> ''"By master's order, Bombinata is here to help you. Bombinata will be under your command when in mission, Commandant."''

Bombinata's frame is ''Vitrum''.

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:She was adopted by Vanessa's parents, and while it appeared they put all their attention on her at Vanessa's expense, in reality they were not good parents to either of them: Bombinata was just another experimental subject who they cared for while researching her memory problems, and saw her as "just" a construct, not even expecting her to have dinner with them since constructs don't need to eat. In the end, it was Vanessa who wound up bonding with her, despite their rocky start.]]

* BodyHorror: Playing into her doll/marionette motif, Bombinata has one of the most dramatic displays of mechanisation next to Rosetta, with her torso being ''hollowed out'' with a visible gap in the front and back to reveal her machinery in the center.

* DanceBattler: Her moves are inspired by ballet, with her leaping, kicking and pirouetting like a ballerina with knives. [[spoiler:In the past, it was Vanessa who inspired Bombinata to practice ballet, and it seemed to be something she was talented in and genuinely liked.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: Bombinata, along with her commandant Vanessa, are the central figures of ''Left Unsaid'', which explores their shared past while embarking on a vital mission for Babylonia.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Bombinata makes her first visible appearance in ''Across the Ruined Sea'', though her first speaking role is while accompanying Vanessa during ''Echo Aria'''s Hidden story.
* {{Expy}}: Not Bombinata herself, but her Mantis Blades are pretty clearly inspired by the weapons of the same name and make that appear in ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077''
* ForgetfulJones: Bombinata suffers from serious memory issues, and regularly forgets people. This actually translates to her in-game mechanic, where doing a 3-ping skill from her Thread Pull state causes her to "forget" that orb, leaving the orb queue to fill with the remaining ones. If she can completely forget all her orb skills before doing her LimitBreak, it will do more damage. Some of her animations also show her momentarily blanking out mid-attack, before rousing herself as if just waking up.

* KnowsTheRopes: Following her doll/marionette motif, some of Bombinata's attacks have a string theme, most notably her passive skills, where she pulls herself through the air on a set of strings, as if a puppet master is dragging her around. Another attack from exiting Thread Pull lets her pull in enemies attached to her via a string.

* MeaningfulName: If one renders her name as the Global version does, "Bambinata" is Italian for "a childish action", which is appropriate for the youngest playable character in the game.
* NiceGuy: Bombinata is a naturally kind girl. [[spoiler:In the past, despite Vanessa's initial hatred of her, Bombinata wholeheartedly believed that becoming her "younger sister" meant supporting Vanessa, no matter what.]] Today, she's become more like an ExtremeDoormat, loyally obeying her "master" Vanessa, despite the latter's coldness to her.

* SoleSurvivor: Unlike Gray Raven squad, the Egret squad has an unfortunate habit of losing members. By the time ''Left Unsaid'' starts, Bombinata is literally the only soldier in it.
* InconsistentSpelling: The Global version of the game renders her name as "Bambinata".
* UndyingLoyalty: She has steadfastly remained at Vanessa's side. [[spoiler: At the climax of ''Left Unsaid'' Bombinata finally realizes that she truly wishes to be with Vanessa and support her as an equal.]]
* WistfulAmnesia: Despite her memory issues, many still linger in her subconscious. [[spoiler: At the end of ''Left Unsaid'', after Madeira tries to hack her, Bombinata finally dreams of her childhood memories with Vanessa.]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Global version of the game renders her name as "Bambinata".

* MysteriousPast: Her and Palma have connections to Kurono and [[spoilers: Lamia]].

* MysteriousPast: Her and Palma have connections to Kurono.