History Characters / SuikodenI

* AnimeHair: He sports a very impressive quiff.

* HotWitch: Magic is her speciality. She is always encountered as a rune mistresss.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: He's around 15 - 16 years old.

* BladeOnAStick: Her weapon is a throwing spear
* TheChick: Most overtly in the game's initial FiveManBand character set-up, including the hero, Gremio, Pahn, Ted and herself.

** BadassCape: It makes the blue work very well for him
* {{Bishonen}}: It doesn't get any more blatant...''Fancy Lad Attack'' anyone?

* ChickMagnet: Especially where Kimberley is concerned....

* CoolSword / ICallItVera: He named it after Odessa. This and later, as noted in Hix's entry, is a hint at the origins of a number of very dedicated men. Any man in the main series whose weapon is named in pattern of ''Loved One's Name'' and a '+' was a man who was raised in the Warrior's Village.

* HeartbrokenBadAss: [[spoiler: following Odessa's untimely death]]

* HenpeckedHusband: There are rumors that he's not the real power behind Toran Republic, but rather Eileen, because Lepant just ''can't'' back talk against her. The good thing is, Eileen is a very kind, non-abusive woman.

* BlowYouAway: His speciality - he wields the most powerful wind rune, the Cyclone Rune.
* BrattyHalfPint: He's pretty rude to the party when you first encounter him...

* ShoutOut: Possibly to the feisty love interest of the same name in the movie Conan the Barbarian.

* {{Expy}} - Of SonicTheHedgehog, bordering on CaptainErsatz levels.

* [[spoiler: FamousAncestor: Klift {{the Paladin}}, the man who founded the Warrior's Village. How famous was he? He's just the man who managed to fight a PhysicalGod to a draw.]]

* [[spoiler: FamousAncestor: Klift {{the Paladin}}, the man who founded the Warrior's Village.]]

* ItRunsInTheFamily: He's Mathiu's uncle and a similarly brilliant strategist

* SecretIdentity: Apparently, she has a 'true form' which is not visible to humans, and she wishes to keep it that way. Or so she says...

* HenpeckedHusband: There are rumors that he's not the real power behind Toran Republic, but rather Eileen... because Lepant just ''can't'' back talk against her. The good thing is, Eileen is a very kind, non-abusive woman.

* FutureBadass: As seen in Suikoden 3.....

* SniperRifle: His weapon - incidentally, one of the few gun-users in the Suikoden universe.

* SuperSpeed: His speciality. Once he's in the party, walking speed doubles - making it far easier to traverse the world map.

* HotWitch: Magic is her speciality - she is always encountered as a rune mistresss.

* WarpWhistle: Her speciality - as bearer of the Blinking Rune, she can (most of the time, see below) transport the hero and his party to any destination previously visited.

* GenkiGirl: Suikoden's poster-girl for this trope.

* NotGoodWithPeople: She's pretty grumpy when she finds out the hero has recruited Mathiu..

* InnocentProdigy: He is a genius surveyor and map-maker and set out mapping the world from the age of just ''eleven'', but can still get a little crabby if he needs to update his maps following wars.

* HeelFaceTurn: He soon joins the up with the hero to make amends for his actions whilst brainwashed, [[spoiler:specifically using his deadly Burning Mirror to destroy the Elf Village]].

* DefeatMeansFriendship: "Friendship" in the loosest sense...

* DualWielding: Uses two hand-axes.

* WarriorPoet: Enjoys writing in his spare time. Also wrote the popular stage-play "Imperial Love", a hilariously inaccurate retelling of Suikoden 1's final battle.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: "Friendship" is perhaps too strong a word.....

* WickedStepmother: To the hero. She and Teo were lovers before the war and she is extremely hostile toward the hero [[spoiler: for killing him.]] She eventually forgives him, however, upon realizing how futile her efforts for revenge are and noticing how much Tir has grown to resemble Teo

* WildHair: An impressive mane of kabuki-style, bright red hair.

* RedemptionDemotion: Once he's recruited, he only uses throwing darts for normal attacks, not a regular-basis FlashStep close combat like when he fought you. He'll still use it when he goes Unite Attack with Varkas, though.

* BettingMiniGame: He hosts a matching card game, which you can play.

** MementoMacGuffin: He endlessly seeks the "Nameless Urn" and will only join the Liberation Army if you bring him the artefact.

* MusicAndSoundEffects: Her speciality - she can change the menu sound effect options once recruited.

* MagicAntidote: Liukan creates a medicine that renders Milich's killer roses' pollen attack useless.

* BettingMiniGame: He hosts a "where's the coin" game, which you can play to try and increase your fortunes.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: You must beat his mini game to have him join the hero.

* EncyclopediaExposita: He manages Suikoden's version of this - The Old Books volume 1-8.

* {{Alchemy}}: His speciality - he had used his alchemical powers to develop an engine to burn oil to produce motion, when the hero recruits him to help build a ship that can traverse the Dunan Rapids to reach Liukan's hermitage.

* MusicAndSoundEffects: His speciality - he plays the various tunes used throughout the game upon request.
* NiceHat: Tall, conical and similar to a night-cap.

* BookDumb: Literally can't read.

* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Will only help the hero if Flik agrees to a private drink with her. He's reluctant to say the least.

* PlotCoupon: Her speciality is forging imperial seals, which the hero needs to rescue Liukan from Soniere.

* PlotCoupon: His speciality is carpentry and boat building - see above.

* TeleportersAndTransporters: Her speciality - She bequested the hero with the Blinking Mirror, allowing an instant return to HQ from anywhere on the world map.

* TheLancer: To Joshua - she's his second in command.

* {{Nephewism}}: His Niece, Meg, seems far more interested in spending time with him, rather than her own parents.

* AnimeHair: A classic example - he sports a huge, green and pink bouffant hair-metal mullet.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Appears to have a huge scar over one eye - it doesn't spoil his looks, however.

* RuleOfCool: His look - an elf crossed with a rock-guitarist.

* MaidenAunt: Her look - the classic spinster auntie.

* BigBrotherMentor: He strives to be as good a fighter as his older brother, fellow Kobold, Kuromimi.

* ChefOfIron: Is the Liberation Army chef ''and'' can be selected as a fighter.

* ItsPersonal: He joins the hero to help save his people - see below.
* KickTheDog: Literally - his fellow Kobolds were corrupted and brainwashed by Kwanda's black rune. He's the only one not affected and was looking for a cure.

* BagOfSharing: His speciality - he looks after the HQ warehouse, where all items and equipment can be dropped off, stored and retrieved when necessary.

* DistaffCounterpart: Stat-wise, she's pretty much similar to Kirkis. Just female.

* BettingMiniGame: He hosts a Chinchirorin game, where you can play to try and increase your fortunes.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: You must best the score on his mini game to have him join the hero.

* [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Auntie]]: She's a close family friend of the McDohl's.

* TraumaInn: Her speciality - she opens an inn at the hero's HQ. Unfortunately, you still have to pay to use it.

* [[spoiler:ItWasWithYouAllAlong: It turns out she had some soap all along - grr!]]

* MoreThanMeetsTheEye: She looks harmless, however....

* DefeatMeansFriendship: In the loosest sense - he's press-ganged into joining the hero after his scheme is uncovered. See VillainBall below.

** BerserkButton: But heaven help anyone who calls her this....

* NiceHat: He wears a top-hat.

* VideoGameInterfaceElements: His speciality - he can change the color (and design) of the in-game menu windows.

* FuroScene: His speciality - he has a passion for making baths, and once recruited, he builds a large ''onsen'' at castle HQ where party characters can be seen enjoying a nice soak. The onsen also serves as an area to display any antique treasures discovered.

* [[spoiler:ArtefactOfDoom: He is the original bearer of the Soul Eater.]]

* AdaptationalBadass: She already had a good stat growth in-game, and is a good archer [[spoiler:though she unfortunately died way too quick]]. However, there was a tie-in material which revolves around Odessa and her first lover before Flik came along: Achilles. It was this man's death and his final speech of "Defeat the Empire!" which spurred Odessa to kickstart the Liberation Army... and kill a lot of Imperial soldiers with just a sword, whilst still wearing [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery her wedding gown]]. And it's ''canon''. Gal might've [[spoiler:bitten the dust too early because of womanly instinct kicking in the wrong time]], but dang, she's {{Badass}}.

* ChekhovsGun: She made up plans for the Fire Spears and just asked it to be stored in the Secret Factory so it'll come in handy. [[spoiler:It does, when it ends up beating Teo's invincible Armored Cavalry.]]
* HopeSpringsEternal: She is always insistent on keeping up the tiny ray of hope of defeating the Empire despite her tiny amount of army, which spurred her for long-term plans. [[spoiler:This is also why she requested that nobody tells about her death, because it would kill the hope and moral.]]
* [[spoiler: IAmDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: She gives the hero her earrings to take to Mathiu, evidencing her death...]]

** [[spoiler:TakeUpMySword:And she actually inherits that spirit from her ex-fiancee Achilles. She ends up passing the torch to Tir, so it works both ways.]]

* TheParagon: She uses her folk-hero status to inspire the people around her to rally to the Liberation Army's cause.

* QuicklyDemotedWoman: She joins the party early in the game, and has great stats - unfortunately, [[spoiler: She is killed very soon after joining as a {{PlotDevice}} to allow the Hero to take over the leadership of the Liberation Army]]

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Shares this role with Mathiu, mainly when you want to switch party members without advancing the plot (which is almost always triggered by talking to Mathiu).

** [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal ....which ends in Teo's death.]]

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The power of the Gate Rune has granted her unnatural long-life.

* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: She used her magic to charm the Emperor and keep him compliant - [[spoiler:(or so she thought - at the end of the game, he reveals his Sovereign True Rune acts as an anti-magic barrier and he does genuinely loves her.]]

* [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim What Does He See In Her]]: [[spoiler: He reveals to Windy that she has no control over his feelings - he genuinely loves her despite the terrible things she has done.]]

* NumberTwo: To Kraze

* MysteriousPast: No one knows where or ''when'' she came from

* {{For Great Justice}}

** {{Highly Visible Ninja}}: She wears a bright crimson gi.

* SmittenTeenageGirl: She develops a crush on the hero, but is too shy to do anything about it.

* TheCharmer: And sometimes a {{Handsome Lech}}

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Which is why Lepant comands him to join the Liberation Army.

* OnlySaneMan - Amongst the Toran elves. Kirkis is notable by being the chronologically first non-prejudicing elf that came to power and probably changed how Elves treat themselves through the rest of the timeline.
* OurElvesAreBetter - Subverted. He actually feels such an attitude is egotistical.

* ThisIsUnforgivable: Following [[spoiler: the destruction of the Elf Village by Kwanda's burning mirror,]] he joins the Liberation Army to bring the Imperials to justice.

* FlowerMotifs: Specifically roses
* IOweYouMyLife: He was freed during the Liberation Army's rescue attempt on Moravia Castle, and proclaims eternal gratitude, vowing to aid the hero by joining the Liberation Army.

* FantasyWorldMap: His speciality - once recruited, it is possible to view the entire world map.
* [[FreeRangeChildren Free Range Child]]: He's an extreme example - his parents are conspicuously absent.

* ArmorIsUseless: Subverted. He's pretty easy to defeat, despite being encased in armor. One he joins you, however, he can equip the heaviest armor available and he becomes the defining StoneWall of the team.

* HeelFaceTurn: He soon joins the up with the hero to make amends for his actions whilst brainwashed, [[spoiler:specifically using his deadly Burning Mirror to destroy the Elf Village.]]

* {{Unfortunate Names}}....dear lord.

* UsefulNotes/{{The Middle East}}: His look.

* {{Pirate}}: Of the dashing romantic type

* [[FiveManBand Three Man Band]]: {{The big guy}} of the pirate trio.
* HooksAndCrooks: He wields a chain sickle

* DualWielding: Uses two hand-axes

* TheFightingNarcissist: He's one of the 6 great generals, known as The Flower General.
* FlowerMotifs: Specifically roses

* SissyVillain: Before his {{Heel face Turn}}.

* WickedStepmother: To the hero - she and Teo were lovers before the war and she is extremely hostile toward the hero [[spoiler: for killing him.]] She eventually forgives him, however, upon realizing how futile her efforts for revenge are and noticing how much Tir has grown to resemble Teo

* [[FiveManBand Three Man Band]]: He is [[TheLancer the lancer]] of the trio

!!Eikie

* MiscarriageOfJustice: He was wrongfully blamed for stealing tax funds from the town of Rockland and strung up in the townsquare.

* BettingMiniGame: He hosts a lotto card game, where you can play to try and increase your fortunes.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: You must best the score on his mini game to have him join the hero.

* TheDragAlong: He (grumpily) accepts to commission forged documents for the Liberation Army.

* GottaCatchEmAll: He's one of the hardest characters to recruit due to being completely hidden [[spoiler: within a secret passage in the Cave of the Past]]

* ShoutOut: He's likely name after {{Aleister Crowley}}, an influential English occultist.

* TheBlacksmith: As the plant manager of the secret rebel factory, he was given the task to make Fire Spears.

* MagicAntidote: Liukan creates a medicine that renders the Milich's killer roses' pollen attack useless.

* TheBlacksmith: He's the first one encountered and the youngest of the 5.

* BehindTheBlack: Where he is encountered.....

* TheBlacksmith: 2nd in levelling up ability only to Mace.

* AmbiguousGender: It's not clear from his portrait that he's a "he".

* TheBlacksmith

* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Will only help the hero if Flik agrees to a private drink with her - he's reluctant to say the least.

* ChristmasElves: His look - complete with red and green colour scheme and giant peter pan collar.

** UltimateBlacksmith: His skills in making sharp weapons is unsurpassed by anyone in the game.

* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead: He can be miraculously brought back to life by the powers of Leknaat's Gate Rune and the 108 Stars of Destiny if all other 107 Stars are recruited prior to the final battle in Gregminster.]]

* TheChick: Most overtly in the game's initial {{five man band}} character set-up, including the hero, Gremio, Pahn, Ted and herself.

* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie: He can die if he doesn't beat Teo in a one on one duel. If he does, it locks you out of the best ending.]]

* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler: his death due to Sanchez's betrayal]]

* TheStrategist: He orchestrates all of the Liberation Army battle plans.

* ItsPersonal: Towards Neclord, unsurprisingly.

** CelibateHero:[[spoiler: he always says he "has somebody" (refering to Odessa) as a rebutal to female advances]]

* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: He tried divorcing Eileen to keep her away from the inherent dangers of joining the Liberation Army. Eileen insists coming along anyway, and again, Lepant can't say no.

* {{Jerk Ass}}

* [[BlindingBangs Blinding Visor]]: His face is mostly obscured

* LeaveHimToMe: He specifically demands that the hero leaves Yuber for him to deal with as part of his condition for joining
* MeaningfulName: His name means "he who chases after death" in Kurdish

* EightiesHair: She sports awesome big-hair.
* HeelFaceTurn: She was Kwanda's right hand woman, but defected to the Liberation Army following [[spoiler: the Elf Village atrocity.]]

* ShoutOut: Possibly - to the feisty love interest of the same name in the movie Conan the Barbarian.

* JumpedAtTheCall: He helps the hero very early in the conflict-even before he is the leader of the Liberation Army.

* OnlySaneMan: To contrast Tai Ho's exuberance - - he's very much the voice of reason in their friendship.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* {{Secret Identity}}: Apparently, she has a 'true form' which is not visible to humans, and she wishes to keep it that way.

* InsufferableGenius: He's very crotchety, especially when first ecountered.

* TheBlacksmith: He's the first one ecountered and youngest of the 5.

* StockholmSyndrome: It's unclear, but he appears to be imprisioned at Scarleticia (in a similar manner to Ivanov) purely to play music for Milich, however he appears to care for him very much and be perfectly happy.

* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie: He can die if he doesn't beat Teo in a one on one duel.]]

* GottaCatchEmAll: He's pretty tough to recruit [[spoiler: he must be of a sufficiently high experience level to best Teo and therefore become available]]

* [[TeamDad Team Granddad]]: To Maas, Meese, Moose and Mose.

* TraumaInn: Her speciality - she opens an inn at the hero's HQ.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: In the loosest sense - he's press-ganged into joining the hero after his scheme is uncovered (see below)

** VillainBall: [[spoiler:After cajoling the hero into stealing Kirinji from Lepant, under the pretense that it will help to gain an audience with him, he tries to dose them all with Robber's Tea and steal the sword himself. The attempt backfires and Krin is forced to drink his own drugged tea.]]

* GentleGiant: Despite her intimdating size, she's very good natured.

* OfficialCouple: With Mose

* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: She is the keeper of the Gate Rune, a True Rune that has the power to open portals to other worlds and dimensions. It was split in two following an attack on her village of the Gate Rune Clan by Harmonia. She kept the back half, Windy kept the front half.
* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead: If all 108 Stars of Destiny are recruited, she resurrects Gremio.]]

* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: She is the keeper of the Gate Rune, a True Rune that has the power to open portals to other worlds and dimensions. It was split in two following an attack on her village of the Gate Rune Clan by Harmonia. She kept the front half, Leknaat kept the back half.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Due to the Gate rune's power.

!!Teo [=McDohl=]

* {{Badass}}
** ColonelBadass: He is one of Emperor Barbarossa Rugner's Six Great Generals.
* BattleCouple: When fellow Great General Sonya Schulen took over as head of the naval forces, he would assist her with whatever she needed, and they soon became lovers.
* DadTheVeteran: The Hero's father.
* OldSoldier
* OneManArmy: He is also known as the General of One-Hundred Victories and is highly respected by Barbarossa and the citizens of the Empire
* ThePatriarch
* PrinciplesZealot: After Tir joins (and subsequently leads) the Alliance Forces, Teo's mighty principles mean that he refuses to betray the Empire, and engages his son in combat.
** DuelBoss: Which culminates in a one-on-one duel between father and son....
** [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal ....which ends in Teo's death.]]
* PromotionToParent: He has raised Ted as his own, after he found him wandering alone on a battlefield.
* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler: Having been bested by his own son, in his dying breath, he states how proud he is of Tir and that it is a great joy to be surpassed by his own son.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To the Emperor.

!!Odessa Silverberg

* AdaptationalBadass: She already had a good stat growth in-game, and is a good archer [[spoiler:though she unfortunately died way too quick]]. However, there was a tie-in material which revolves around Odessa and her first lover before Flik came along: Achilles. It was this man's death and his final speech of "Defeat the Empire!" which spurred Odessa to kickstart the Liberation Army... and kill a lot of Imperial soldiers with just a sword, whilst still wearing [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery her wedding gown]]. And it's ''canon''. Gal might've [[spoiler:bitten the dust too early because of womanly instinct kicking in the wrong time]], but dang, she's {{Badass}}.
* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie]]
* BeautyEqualsGoodness
* BlowYouAway: She has a permanent Wind Rune.
* BrainyBrunette
* ChekhovsGun: She made up plans for the Fire Spears and just asked it to be stored in the Secret Factory so it'll come in handy. [[spoiler:It does, when it ends up beating Teo's invincible Armored Cavalry.]]
* HopeSpringsEternal: She is always insistent on keeping up the tiny ray of hope of defeating the Empire despite her tiny amount of army, which spurred her for long-term plans. [[spoiler:This is also why she requested that nobody tells about her death, because it would kill the hope and moral.]]
* [[spoiler: IAmDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: She gives the hero her earrings to take to Mathiu, evidencing her death...]]
* LaResistance: She bravely leads the fledgling Liberation Army.
** [[spoiler:TakeUpMySword:And she actually inherits that spirit from her ex-fiancee Achilles. She ends up passing the torch to Tir, so it works both ways.]]
* LadyOfWar
* TheParagon: She uses her folk-hero status to inspire the people around her to rally to the Liberation Army's cause.
* PluckyGirl
* QuicklyDemotedWoman: She joins the party early in the game, and has great stats - unfortunately, [[spoiler: She is killed very soon after joining as a {{PlotDevice}} to allow the Hero to take over the leadership of the Liberation Army]]
* SiblingYinYang: Mathiu is a strategist who was formerly a pacifistic teacher, whereas Odessa is a rebellious girl and early on in the game, leads the Liberation Army.
* SpiritedYoungLady

!!Sanchez

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Shares this role with Mathiu, mainly when you want to switch party members without advancing the plot (which is almost always triggered by talking to Mathiu).
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Following his betrayal, he is pardoned by Lepant and cloistered within Qlon Temple.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: It's pretty shocking when it is discovered that mild-mannered and seemingly loyal Sanchez is an Imperial spy who facilitated the deaths of Mathiu and Odessa...]]
* BobFromAccounting: He acts as the Liberation Army's financial advisor.
* [[spoiler: BitchInSheepsClothing]]
* [[spoiler: TheMole: He secretly infiltrates the Liberation Army as an Imperial spy and cruelly betrays Odessa, and then the Hero..]]
** [[spoiler:BecomingTheMask: He nearly becomes one, having grown to care for everyone in the Liberation Army. Unfortunately, as an old man, he's unable to let go of the past ways. He still felt horrible for betraying the team though, and was even willing to let Flik kill him for punishment, until Mathiu said otherwise.]]

!!Sancho

** YesMan

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy

* DeadLittleSister: His adopted sister Daisy was killed by the vampire, Neclord.

* IWillProtectHer

* HeroesPreferSwords

* GoodLookingPrivates

* GoodLookingPrivates

* TallDarkAndBishoujo

* TallDarkAndBishoujo

* TheArcher

* TheArcher

* TheArcher

* TheArcher

* TheArcher

* TheArcher

* TheArcher

** ShinyMidnightBlack

* HairOfGold

* HairOfGold

* BigBeautifulWoman: His preference - Ronnie Bell is his girlfriend.

* BigBeautifulWoman

* CuteShotaroBoy

* CuteShotaroBoy: And how!

* {{Wide-Eyed Idealist}}: Despite her clutziness, she's very keen to help out.

* CareerKiller: He's an assassin.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: His rival, Elza.

* The Professor: When it comes to treasures.

** Memento MacGuffin: He endlessly seeks the "Nameless Urn" and will only join the Liberation Army if you bring him the artefact.

* AdaptationalBadass: She already had a good stat growth in-game, and is a good archer [[spoiler:though she unfortunately died way too quick]]. However, there was a tie-in material which revolves around Odessa and her first lover before Flik came along: Achilles. It was this man's death and his final speech of "Defeat the Empire!" which spurred Odessa to kickstart the Liberation Army... and kill a lot of Imperial soldiers with just a sword, whilst still wearing[[KickingAssInAllHerFinery her wedding gown]]. And it's ''canon''. Gal might've [[spoiler:bitten the dust too early because of womanly instinct kicking in the wrong time]], but dang, she's {{Badass}}.

* AdaptationalBadass: She already had a good stat growth in-game, and is a good archer [[spoiler:though she unfortunately died way too quick]]. However, there was a tie-in material which revolves around Odessa and her first lover before Flik came along: Achilles. It was this man's death and his final speech of "Defeat the Empire!" which spurred Odessa to kickstart the Liberation Army... and kill a lot of Imperial soldiers with just a sword, whilst still wearing[[KickingAssInAllHerFinery in her wedding gown]]. And it's ''canon''. Gal might've [[spoiler:bitten the dust too early because of womanly instinct kicking in the wrong time]], but dang, she's {{Badass}}.