History Characters / TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld

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'''NOTE: Any tropes referring to the returning cast go on [[Characters/TalesOfSymphonia the first game's character page]].'''

* GoodIsNotNice: His Ratatosk form.

* IdiotHair

* LargeHam: His SuperPoweredEvilSide

* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler: He's actually Ratatosk, the Lord of Monsters who wanted to KillAllHumans. Ratatosk does become a good-aligned {{Antihero}} eventually however. It's implied that Emil's WideEyedIdealism is a suppressed trait of Ratatosk's that resurfaced when his memory was blanked out.]]

* InfernalRetaliation / PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler: His final boss/Lord of Flames form. It's also a ShoutOut to Abyssion, ''Symphonia'''s BonusBoss and the last person who tried to tap into the power of Niflheim]].

* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:All of her desire for power and her refusal to rely on others stems from the fact that she lost her parents, grew up in an orphanage where she was routinely bullied for being a half-elf, and almost lost her only friend, Decus. From that point on, she ''swore'' she'd never depend on anybody, and wanted to acquire power for herself at any cost. The fact that she had such a crappy childhood probably has a lot to do with where her {{sadist}}ic personality came from, too.]]

* TheFakeCutie: She's adorable. She's also physically abusive toward her subordinates, doesn't hesitate to try to kill Marta, and just about everyone in the Vanguard who isn't Brute, Decus, or Richter is ''terrified'' of her.

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:His appearance is a copy of Aster, a boy he killed right before conveniently being inflicted with LaserGuidedAmnesia.]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Directly after she says that she's 'tired', a Vanguard member immediately prepares himself as a makeshift bench for her, with Alice sitting down like she belongs there. Then when Hawk tries to explain himself, she promptly - read: ''viciously'' - whips him for talking back... [[TheFakeCutie with a near-constant smile and cutesy voice all-throughout.]]

* PunctuatedPounding: Well, more like Punctuated [[{{Sadist}} Sadism]] when she whips Hawk in Asgard.

* WhipItGood: Her weapon is some sort of hybrid between a rapier and a riding crop.

* SplitPersonalityMerge: At the end of the game. [[spoiler:Possibly subverted in the GoldenEnding, as Ratatosk is allowed to send his "Emil"-self back to spend the rest of Marta's life with her, though it's left ambiguous how much of his "Ratatosk"-side is left inside that "Emil", as the "Ratatosk" who stays behind to protect the Ginnungagap takes the form of a lifeless jewel on Richter's forehead. The fact that ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheRays'' claims that Ratatosk's original, non-traumatized self was basically identical to late-game Emil in terms of personality anyway only adds to the ambiguity.]]

* UnskilledButStrong: He's had no combat training before the events of the game, and his artes tend to be some variant of "wild, long swing" for the most part. That said, [[spoiler:he's the split personality of Ratatosk, and is, thus, a PhysicalGod]].

* TheComicallySerious: Emil's SuperpoweredEvilSide is an impulsive LargeHam, which makes it all the more hilarious in moments like when he's denying that he was starring at [[GagBoobs Sheena's chest]].

* HotScientist: [[spoiler: He's a former researcher with the Imperial Research Academy. Well, prisoner is more like it, since he's a half-elf.]]

* [[HotScientist Cute Scientist]]

* AnAxeToGrind [[DualWielding and]] CoolSword: His Sol & Mani, respectively. Absorb HP and TP from enemies with every blow, speed up his casting time, and they're fire-elemental.

* {{Bishonen}}: Sometimes he's even prettier than Marta.

* {{Bishonen}}: Aqua even calls him "beautiful" at one point.

* {{Bishonen}}: As is standard for the series.

* {{Bishonen}} [[spoiler: Where do you think Emil gets it from?]]

* RapunzelHair: Goes at least to her knees. Certainly proves ''Dawn Of The New World'' is past the first game's NoFlowInCGI.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]

* {{Megane}}: A pretty classic example. Likely he's going for the studious, aloof, StoicSpectacles variety.

* HalfHumanHybrid [[spoiler: He's actually a half-elf and, considering Sylvarant's lack of elves, the most prominent [[TrueBreedingHybrid second-generation half-elf]] in the setting.]]

* HalfHumanHybrid: She's a [[spoiler:half-elf.]]

* HalfHumanHybrid [[spoiler: He's actually a half-elf.]]