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!The Bracer Guild
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A peace-keeping {{NGO}} based in Leman whose main purpose is to protect civilians all around Zemuria. Their members, the Bracers, are investigative and combat specialists who help people in numerous ways, be it finding lost items, escorting people or eliminating monsters. They often act as a neutral faction in conflicts around Zemuria, but are limited by the Bracer Code which prevents them from intervening in political affairs.\\

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[[folder:Estelle Bright]]
!Estelle Bright
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Estelle as she appears in ''Cold Steel IV'']][[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/estelle_bright_sen_iv.png]][[/labelnote]]]]

->'''Introduced in:''' First Chapter
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkemiKanda (Japanese), Creator/StephanieSheh (game), Creator/BrittneyKarbowski (anime) (English)

The cheerful heroine of Trails in the Sky. A newbie Bracer, and the daughter of the legendary adventurer and war hero Cassius Bright. Uses a quarterstaff in combat. Starts her journey as a ditzy, BookDumb Junior Bracer, but grows into a much more capable heroine over the course of the series.
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* ActionGirl: Practically the ''quintessential'' example. Doesn't think twice about throwing herself into danger, especially if it's to help others? Check. Has strength that rivals and even surpasses some of the male cast members? Check. Capable of fighting everything from wolves to giant lizards to army officers to ''robots the size of buildings''? Check!
* AdaptationalWimp: Her competence takes a noticeable hit in the OVA, where many of the fights she held her own in ''SC'' have her getting kicked around like a sack of potatoes.
* AllLovingHero: Her bright personality and kind demeanor play a huge factor in Joshua and [[spoiler:Renne's]] redemption. There is a reason why her nickname in-universe is something akin to Lightbringer.
* AllWomenLoveShoes: A unique twist in that because she's a {{tomboy}}, she's a big fan of athletic sneakers.
* AlmostKiss: Fate conspires to ruin not one, but two instances where she would have otherwise received a suitably romantic kiss with Joshua. She finally gets her moment minutes before the closing credits of ''SC''.
* AmusingInjuries: Is the cause of several characters comically getting knocked around, bruised, and just plain knocked out courtesy of her staff. A special mention goes to the poor schmuck who gets knocked unconscious after Estelle threw her staff through a window after Olivier's antics get the best of her in Grancel.
* AnimationBump: Boasts the most expressive portraits out of any character in the series, both in variety and quantity. She also has several poses and sprites few characters share, most notably in the ''Second Chapter'''s PostCreditsScene.
* AsleepInClass: Unsurprisingly spends some of her time at Jenis asleep at her desk. Even spending less than a week at a private school is enough to make her bored.
* BabyTalk: Has a hard time sounding out large words in the very first scene of ''FC'', and speaks with a lisp in the dream memory of her childhood.
* BadassAdorable: Her ActionGirl status and skill with the staff does nothing to compromise her optimistic, fun-loving attitude.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Gets captured by Ouroboros in chapter 6 of ''SC'' and is taken aboard their ship to be questioned.]] While she doesn't make it off the ship entirely by herself, she fully escaped her cell and was making great progress through [[EliteMook the Enhanced Jaegers]] on her own.
* BadassNormal: Is the most straightforward and least talented protagonist of the series. Estelle doesn't have any particular expertise outside of her modest ability with the staff, doesn't possess any powers or specialized martial arts to speak of, and lacks even Lloyd's smarts or planning skills.
* BattleCouple: With Joshua post-''SC''.
* BeetleManiac: During her youth, Estelle was an avid bug collector, something she tried to use (to some eventual success) in bonding with Joshua after she first met him. She's much less fascinated with them as an adult, but her hobby still occasionally gets brought up by friends and family.
* BerserkButton: Has a few that typically get PlayedForLaughs, but threatening to hurt those she cares about (especially Joshua in SC) consistently doubles the size of the font in her text boxes.
* BestFriend: To Kloe, most especially compared to the other party members.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Out of a cast of hundreds throughout the series, Estelle may well be considered the most selfless character in the franchise with her boundless optimism and good cheer. Do not mistake this to mean she'll go easy on those that piss her off, or Aidios forbid, endanger the lives of her friends and family.
* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Finally gets her kiss with Joshua as the Liber Ark falls apart under their feet.]]
* BigWhat: In FC she drops one of these at every plot twist (or whenever there's a new [[RecognitionFailure "revelation"]] about her dad's MemeticBadass status) to the point that it's almost a running gag.
* BirdsOfAFeather: is a less girly counterpart to Anelace, who also shares her [[ActionGirl action]] and [[GenkiGirl genki]] qualities.
* BookDumb: Though she's not stupid, technical explanations tend to go over her head.
* BreakTheCutie: Her extended arc only truly begins after [[spoiler:Joshua, her largest source of support and adopted sibling abandons her at the end of ''FC'']]. Barring some support from Agate and Schera and the supporting cast, she's left to her own devices and spends much of ''SC'' reevaluating her self-worth and fighting to bring [[spoiler:Joshua]] back on her own.
* BugCatching: One of her hobbies as a little girl was collecting insects (especially [[BeetleManiac beetles]]) and she had a habit of forgetting that not everybody shared her passion. Joshua for example.
* TheBusCameBack: After being absent from the series since ''Trails to Azure'', she and Joshua show up once again in ''Cold Steel IV'' ready to help out their friends and allies in Erebonia.
* ButNowIMustGo: At the end of ''SC'', [[spoiler:she and Joshua leave Liberl in search of Renne.]]
* ButtMonkey: Often teased, made the butt of jokes, clumsy, and gets backhanded compliments, even from her friends at times.
* CantSpitItOut: Has a very hard time understanding her own feelings, let alone working up the courage to tell Joshua how she feels, particularly in ''FC''.
* CharacterDevelopment: Nearly the entirety of ''SC'' is dedicated to Estelle's growth, both as a girl into an adult and her emotional maturity. By the end, she's fully embraced her empathy for others, resolves to fight at Joshua's side as a companion and a girlfriend, won't hesitate to lay down her life for a greater cause, and find confidence in herself to stand apart from her father. She's not there yet, but she's well on her way.
* CheerfulChild: Flashbacks from her childhood show she's actually calmed down a little compared to the loud and oblivious girl Joshua met all those years ago.
* ChewingTheScenery: Estelle has an... exuberant personality and lets everyone around her know it. She also tries to encourage Joshua to do the same. She even gets a special super-sized version of the normal font for when she's in scenery-chewing mode.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Best shown in ''Ring of Judgment'', where she goes out of her way to help Tilia, even though protecting her and her brother wasn't part of their mission, even when Toval and Joshua try to disuade her. Naturally, her kindness is key to finding the titular Ring.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She gets worried by the possibility of Joshua having feelings for Josette [[spoiler:after he forms an EnemyMine with the Capua Sky Bandits to fight Ouroboros]].
* CombatMedic: Is often built as one, thanks to her Elemental Slots having no restrictions and having respectable HP and Defense.
* CoolBigSis: Acts like one to honorary little sister Tita. And later, Renne.
* CripplingOverspecialization: In ''Cold Steel IV'', she has the highest S-Craft rating in the game at ''5S'' compared to everyone else who hovers around mainly at 3S+ to 4S+ at most. Only Rean manages to tie with her and he can only do it with his second S-Craft plus he needs to use his SuperMode. Unfortunately, almost all of her crafts are single target and that includes said S-Craft which [[spoiler:barring her team's final boss at the pillar and the TrueFinalBoss]], most of the boss fights she's available are either a FlunkyBoss fight or three of them at the same time.
* CrushBlush: Rather susceptible to this whenever Joshua is brought up in a romantic context. It gets more frequent as the First Chapter goes on.
* CryCute: does this a lot in ''SC'', as she takes Joshua abandoning her poorly. Most memorably, she winds up a blubbering mess when she first meets Kevin.
* DaddysGirl: Especially so in her younger years before she had Joshua to lean on for support. But even in the present, she loves her father Cassius dearly, occasional snark aside.
* DeadpanSnarker: especially regarding Olivier's antics.
* {{Determinator}}: She'll stop at absolutely nothing to [[spoiler:bring back and redeem Joshua, and later, Renne.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: It takes two games and a truckload of hardship and loss to get there, but she comes out of her adventures a much more confident and well-adjusted young woman who's in a loving relationship with Joshua.
* EmptyEyes: Gets a set of these when [[spoiler: Joshua drugs her at the end of FC.]]
* EnforcedMethodActing: [[spoiler:Plays out the part of the shocked girl perfectly because nobody bothered to tell her what was likely to happen when Weissmann encountered Joshua again in SC.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning:
** Inherited her father's staff and fighting style, which is based on this concept.
** In a specific sense, her ''Wheel of Time'' S-Craft on multiple levels. First, she spins fast enough to create a whirlwind around herself as she charges the enemy, then she spins around her victim at high speed, creating a whirling vortex of energy around the target as she [[SpamAttack repeatedly pummels it from all angles.]]
* ExperiencedProtagonist: By ''Cold Steel IV'', barely anything fazes her with how Ouroboros and the world works in general. She even manages to save Juna from running ahead when there's a live grenade in the latter's feet.
* FauxActionGirl: Definitely not in the original games, but in the OVA, she spends a lot of screentime either worrying about Joshua, or struggling in fights she could at least keep up with in the source material. Some of her victories were also passed on to other characters.
* FieryRedhead: Sort of; her hair is somewhere between red and brown, and has the energy and attitude to match.
* FirstGirlWins: the first girl to fall for Joshua, and the easy victory in the long run since Joshua has eyes for nobody else.
* FriendToAllChildren: Although she doesn't have that much patience when dealing with children like [[BrattyHalfPint Luke and Clem]], she's otherwise pretty good with them, as shown when she cheers up a boy whose testimony regarding Sky Bandits was ignored by the Royal Army. Comes up again in her reappearance in ''Zero'' where she can sometimes be found playing with the children at Crossbell Cathedral.
* FriendlyRival: Is an on again, off again rival to Anelace after their Bracer training.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Much of Estelle's in-story achievements are focused on her straightforward fighting style. While she's hardly a weak character in terms of STR, her combat Utility and supportive Crafts make her far more oftenly built as a support medic focused on healing and buffing other characters, rather than taking the attack directly.
* GenkiGirl: ''Mother of God.'' Her Genki Power could light entire cities. It seems like ''nothing'' can put a dent in her can-do, optimistic attitude. [[spoiler:Even the revelation that Joshua is an agent of Ouroboros only tempers her resolve to help him.]]
* GirlishPigtails: Her iconic brown tails. One of her few visible girly features.
* HairIntakes: Her hairstyle resembles cat ears.
* TheHeart: Unquestionably so. Both before the final acts of ''FC'' and ''SC'', the party defers to Estelle, not because she's the most skilled, the strongest of the team, the most experienced, or the smartest, but because of her unwavering determination and willingness to see their journey through. Reaffirms this in the finale of ''3rd'', where she has faith everyone will meet again someday, and they'll be smiling when they do.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Spends much of the second game trying to keep herself together to cope with [[spoiler:Joshua's abandoning her.]] While she's mostly able to shoulder the pain, a few times she needs some space to cry.
* HartmanHips: Her in-game model in ''Cold Steel IV'' has wide hips and a rather perky butt.
* HeroesGoneFishing: Absolutely loves to fish. In gameplay terms, she can stop at any source of water to fish. It's even in her exclusive solo Door in the ''3rd''.
* TheHero: Or heroine, in this case. She's the protagonist and leader of the party in ''FC'' and ''SC''.
* HiddenDepths: Turns out she's pretty good at dancing. Good enough, in fact, to [[spoiler:act as a backup dancer at a hastily put together Arc En Ciel concert during the events of ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* HopeBringer:
** One of Estelle's defining traits. She firmly believes that everyone working together can overcome any obstacle no matter how dark the situation appears, and she can make everyone else believe it too. This is why Joshua and Kevin both liken her to the sun. It's also why [[spoiler:she is immune to the corruption of the Ring of Judgment, not because she has no guilt for it to feed on but because she can take it and turn it into something positive]]. She gets to demonstrate this ability shortly afterwards when [[spoiler:the information Ein gave them on Renne turned out to be virtually useless but Estelle still spun it into a positive anyways.]]
** If Estelle is your main character in [[IntercontinuityCrossover Alternative Saga]] she plays this role during the climax, as the power of her hope (buoyed by everyone else) is what weakens Galsis enough for the party to defeat him.
* IdiotHair: She has a small cowlick that stands atop her head and she isn't very smart.
* IdiotHero: In ''FC''. She often needs to be reminded of her current objective, has a [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny meandering train of thought]], and has a hard time catching on to the significance of conversations. She grows out of it during ''SC''.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: [[spoiler:Discussed (and dismissed) as an explanation for why the eponymous Ring of Judgment had no effect on her. Estelle has guilt just like everyone and the ring could feed off that, it was her [[ThePollyanna ability to turn even her deepest sorrows into hope]] that protected her]]
* InformedFlaw: Her being a LethalChef. Only once do we see her cook (in ''FC'') and Joshua and Cassius think it wasn't that bad. Optionally, we see her cook via the Recipe Book and the stuff is ''at least'' edible. Well, no one complains, at least.
* InsecureLoveInterest: It takes her a while to come to terms with her own feelings and self--worth before she can fully support Joshua in his times of need. Even after their hookup as a couple, she occasionally has her moments of doubt.
* JackOfAllStats: She's a perfectly balanced character, and since her orbment affinity is not restricted to any one element, she can be customized as the player sees fit.
* LargeHam: A defining trait of Estelle is her incredible enthusiasm. Even in text, the girl's high energy is communicated through bolded dialogue that can fill up an entire textbox with the force of her shouts. "THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY BRACERS HAS ARRIVED!"
* LethalChef: To the surprise of few, the dismay of Joshua and Cassius, and the peril of the Bright family curtains. However, once you gain the Recipe Book she starts on her way to becoming a SupremeChef, instead. This actually gets mentioned in SC.
* LimitBreak: In ''FC'', her S-Crafts are "Pummel"[[note]]"Reppa Musougeki"[[/note]] and "Barrage"[[note]]"Ouka Musougeki"[[/note]]. In ''SC'' and ''The Third'', she also gets "Wheel of Time." [[spoiler:In ''Zero'', her S-Craft is "Phoenix Wave," which originally belonged to her father. In ''Cold Steel IV'' however, she goes back to "Wheel of Time," whilst "Barrage" becomes a regular Craft.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Spends the entirety of ''FC'' and a good part of ''SC'' unaware of Joshua's past, or why Cassius decided to adopt him in the first place. This understandably makes her feel lied to when Cassius is forced to explain the situation.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Estelle's boundless energy and good cheer tends to rub off on anyone that sticks around her long enough. This especially holds true for Joshua.
* MasterOfNone: By the time of the last game in the Sky series, Estelle's well-rounded orbment and supportive Crafts backfire on her. In a game with a diverse set of party members that can fill a combat niche and two leads that already provide ample Craft support, she's left with few standout traits aside from her somewhat above-average Strength. Her Wheel of Time S-Craft still remains the second most powerful single-target attack in the trilogy, however.
* ModestyShorts: She has a pair in the first game, but ditches them for her SC outfit (which can lead to a rather embarrassing moment for her depending on the player's choices while searching for Renne). She gets them back for her ''Cold Steel IV'' outfit.
* NotAfraidToDie: Admits she's not afraid when [[spoiler:she realizes she and Joshua won't make it out of the collapsing Liber Ark in time.]]
* NotBloodSiblings: She and her adopted brother Joshua are the OfficialCouple of the series.
* NotSoDifferent: While she'll never admit it, she has much more in common with Josette than she'd like to believe, what with her outgoing personality, attraction to Joshua, tomboyish nature, and her willingness to jump into the action.
* ObliviousToLove: For most of FC, she is completely oblivious to the fact that she's in love with Joshua, her attempts to rationalize it as a big sister instinct notwithstanding. Pretty much [[EveryoneCanSeeIt everyone they meet]] forces Estelle to confront her feelings by one method or another, until the epilogue when it finally clicks for her.
* OlderAndWiser: Somewhat present in the Crossbell games, but it becomes full blown in ''Cold Steel IV'', as her usual upbeat nature is now also tempered by her experience and newfound composure.
* {{Otaku}}: Of sneakers, of all things.
* OverrankedSoldier: She's a teenager who starts her career as a Junior Bracer in the prologue of FC. By the end of SC, which is maybe a year later, she's moved up to be one of the top fifty ''Senior'' Bracers on the continent. Top twenty if all sidequests are done perfectly (though this is not the canon ranking she winds up with according to ancillary materials). And despite this she is ''still'' OvershadowedByAwesome, as her dad is one of the top ''four''.
* PluckyGirl: Not so much in FC, but in SC, no matter how many horrors and tragedies she witnesses (and there are a ''[[DarkerAndEdgier lot]]''), she never loses hope.
* SacredFirstKiss: Is a firm believer that her first kiss with Joshua has to be perfect. The games make a minor RunningGag out of inconveniencing her attempts until the end of ''SC''.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Joshua.
* SheCleansUpNicely: As seen with her performance in the play and her brief stint as a maid in ''FC'', Estelle can be downright pretty when she puts in the effort.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: She has matured a lot by the events of ''Cold Steel IV''.
* SimpleStaff: Wields a Bo staff. Despite her choice of weapon, Estelle is most definitely ''not'' the WhiteMagicianGirl of the party; she uses the weapon to pummel enemies into submission.
* StraightMan: Often ends up playing the straight man to the relative zaniness of the rest of the cast. Her "[[FlatWhat 'what' face]]" is a [[http://www.siliconera.com/postgallery/?p_gal=117934 rather]] [[http://www.siliconera.com/postgallery/?p_gal=118885 common]] sight in dialogue boxes.
-->'''Estelle''': Is that... a penguin? (An evil penguin?)
* SpamAttack: A favorite of Estelle; all of her S-Crafts involve this to some extent [[spoiler:until she learns Cassius' ''Phoenix Wave'' in ''Zero'' at least.]] Her first two attacks involve a rapid series of attacks from a standing position while ''Wheel of Time'' involves attacks from multiple angles as well.
* StellarName: Literally and it fits her personality very well. Joshua calls her 'his sun' at one point and Kevin eventually starts calling her 'Sun Girl'. Her strongest weapon in The 3rd is even called Soleil. One of the main musical themes (both in-universe in the soundtrack) is called "Hoshi no Arika (roughly means Whereabouts of the Stars)", which fits Estelle.
* StockShonenHero: A RareFemaleExample, but Estelle ticks all the boxes, at least at first. BookDumb, loves fighting, ChronicHeroSyndrome, loud, upbeat personality, WideEyedIdealist, [[ObliviousToLove oblivious to her own feelings for Joshua]], [[ToBeAMaster seeking to become a high-rank Bracer]]. She gradually matures over the course of the series but never loses her optimism.
* SympathyForTheDevil: She tells [[spoiler:Weissmann]] she feels sorry for him because [[EvilCannotComprehendGood he's never known what it feels like to help anyone other than himself, and can only get satisfaction from the suffering of others.]] However, she also notes that she can't just let him get away with everything he's done, [[GoodIsNotSoft so she'll have to take him down by force]].
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Spends a lot of time butting heads with the abrasive Agate, not that he's putting in much effort to act responsibly himself, either.
* {{Tomboy}}: Pursues a tomboy appearance almost aggressively. She doesn't have a lot of time for or truck with feminine frippery. Kloe and Schera occasionally call her out on trying a little too hard on this.
* TookALevelInBadass: gradually, but very noticeably in ''FC'', going from a ditz who has a hard time keeping track of her basics as a Junior bracer, to slowly growing into her role as a working professional. Escalates in ''SC'', as she's now actively working against the Society, standing strong against their Enforcers, and is eventually strong enough to fight [[spoiler:the Aureole-empowered Weissman]] with the rest of the party. [[spoiler:By her appearance in ''Zero'', she has mastered one of Cassius' Crafts and his S-Craft ''Phoenix Wave''. She may not have surpassed him yet but she's making a good effort]]. In addition to becoming physically more badass, her talents in investigation have improved as well, overcoming her initial BookDumb nature.
* TragicKeepsake: For most of ''SC'', she keeps [[spoiler:Joshua's harmonica on her to remember her promise to bring him back.]]
* UnusualEuphemism: "Holy Stregas!" To elaborate, Strega is her favorite ''sports shoe brand''.
* WanderingTheEarth: Chronologically spends a little more than a year traveling around Western Zemuria with Joshua, doing Bracer work as they search for Renne.
* WeaponTwirling: She ''really'' loves to spin her staff.
** SpinAttack: One of her Crafts involve spinning around and damaging the enemies in the area.
** SpinToDeflectStuff: How she deflects the bullets fired by [[spoiler:Mayor Dalmore]] in Chapter 2 of ''FC''.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Ultimately, not even the temptation to see Joshua again is enough to make her consider joining Ouroboros. Estelle is determined to win him back through her own growing strength, and she'll not deal with anyone other than on her own terms. Even when she's at times tempted to give up.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: As the highest-ranked Bracer on the continent and much more besides, Cassius has to spend more time than he'd like away from the house. Estelle tends to get depressed whenever Cassius isn't around, especially before she met Joshua. Since she's an only child and her mom had recently passed, it's understandable.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Between herself and Joshua. By the end of ''FC'', it becomes a matter of when, not if.
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[[folder:Joshua Bright]]
!Joshua Bright[[spoiler:/Astray]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Joshua as he appears in ''Cold Steel IV'']][[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joshua_bright_sen_iv.png]][[/labelnote]]]]

->'''Introduced in:''' First Chapter
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsukiSaiga (Japanese), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (game), Creator/BlakeShepard (anime) (English)

Estelle's adopted brother and partner in adventure. Uses twin blades.
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Kevin and Cassius come up with a way for Joshua to break the Stigma in the form of a hypnotic technique, but it'll only work if Joshua can figure out a command from Weissmann that will trigger the cure. He correctly predicts that Weissmann will command him to kill Estelle.]]
* BattleCouple: With Estelle from late ''SC'' and onward.
* {{Bishonen}}: To the point where, when dressed as a girl, he gets referred to as "beautiful."
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Weissmann's manipulation of Joshua, first turning an empty shell of a boy into a heartless assassin, then turning him into TheMole]].
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: With Estelle during their flashback in the 3rd.
* TheBusCameBack: See Estelle's entry for more info.
* ChickMagnet: To Estelle's never-ending despair.
* ChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:He's a childhood friend of Ash, whose real name is Johan.]]
* ContractOnTheHitman: As shown in the 3rd, he spent the few days after being taken by Cassius being wary of (non-existent) Ouroboros's assassins.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes, and he still manages to be very sweet about it too.
* DeathGlare: ''It's one of his crafts.''
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Of ''FC'' and ''SC''.
* DisguisedInDrag: [[spoiler:In order to infiltrate restricted areas of the castle, he dresses up as a maid.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:As explained in BatmanGambit above, Joshua finally manages to play the madman who manipulated him for most of his life.]]
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: He's from Hamel, Erebonia which was wiped off the map because of the Hamel incident.]]
* DoppelgangerAttack: His final S-Craft, Phantom Raid.
* DualWielding: He does this despite not really knowing ''why'' he's so good at it.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Poor Joshua often gets accused of this by fans (and occasionally in-character). At the very least, he's a ''very'' [[{{Bishounen}} effete dude]]. That his Japanese VA is a woman doesn't help matters much. [[spoiler:This ''visually'' fades a fair bit in SC and beyond, when he embraces his past and his abilities to various degrees.]]
** This is so bad that he gets crossdressed twice in ''FC'', and both times, he makes the girls in attendance jealous with "his" looks.
** When he finally meets up with [[spoiler:Ash in ''Cold Steel IV'', Ash comments that his older friend could pass himself as a woman.]]
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Joshua's eyes look rather like this when using his S-Crafts in FC, oddly enough. [[spoiler:It's your first flagrant hint that something is ''wrong'' with the boy.]] SC plays around with this - [[spoiler:In the game's first half, this becomes the ''default'' state of his eyes as he's embraced his "inner nature" as a a ruthless assassin; however, once Estelle quite literally "hugs the emo" out of him, they go away and never return.]]
* FlashStep: A whole ''bunch'' of his Crafts and S-Crafts hinge on his ability to do this; it gives him some of the most devastating abilities in the game(s).
* FriendToAllChildren: A straighter example than Estelle.
* GlassCannon: A downplayed example in FC and SC, where he has similar stats to [[JackOfAllStats Estelle]], but with slightly higher STR and ATS, higher SPD, lower DEF, and a longer main orbment line (albeit specialized for time quartz). [[spoiler:Additionally, unlike most Enforcers, he was trained more in stealth and sneak attacks than direct combat.]]
* TheHeart: At the start of the story, he's very much this, a gentle young man who wants to see and encourage the best in people. [[spoiler:This makes the reveal about his past all the more crushing, especially to him.]]
* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler:It [[SubvertedTrope may not have helped him resist Weissmann's mind control]] but it ''was'' enough that when the Ring of Judgment tried to force him to face his sins, he was able to resist falling under its spell long enough to let go of the thing.]]
* HyperAwareness: He has a habit of picking up on things that a normal teenager wouldn't even think of looking for, let alone ''notice'', and often comments on being able to sense the presence of monsters or people that aren't in the party's line of sight. [[spoiler:Justified by his training as an elite assassin.]]
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: [[spoiler:Why Joshua leaves at the end of FC, coupled with the fear that he could be as big a danger to Estelle as Ouroboros. When they finally meet up again, Estelle points out she's just about as strong as him and he doesn't argue.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: He's pretty fuzzy on the details of his life before he came to live with the Brights... and he's not too fond of talking about the details he DOES remember. [[spoiler:This turns out to be a combination of MoreThanMindControl and TraumaInducedAmnesia, as he desperately wanted to forget the horrors of Hamel... which was ruthlessly exploited by Weissman.]]
* LateArrivalSpoiler: [[spoiler:He's an Enforcer of Ouroboros, Number XIII Black Fang, his home Hamel was razed to the ground, Karin his older sister died while Loewe could have been his older brother if Karin and Loewe married, and he was a puppet of Weissman. He also left Ouroboros of his own free will at the end of ''SC'' with the help of Estelle.]] Later games don't even bother hiding any of these spoilers.
* LoveEpiphany: Unlike Estelle, he got his a few days after meeting her.
* LimitBreak: In ''FC'', his S-Crafts are "Sever" and "Black Fang." In ''SC'' and ''The 3rd'', he also gets "Phantom Raid," which would go on to be his sole S-Craft in ''Zero'' [[spoiler:and ''Cold Steel IV'', the latter of which features "Black Fang" as a regular Craft.]]
* MarkOfTheBeast: [[spoiler:Remember Joshua's tattoo? Remember how it only appeared after Weissmann restored his memories? Yeah, that's not actually a tattoo...]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Weissmann sent Joshua after Cassius knowing he would fail, all to set him up as an unwitting spy.]]
* MysteriousWaif: By the time the story really starts, he's managed to fall into a routine living with the Brights, but he's clearly still out of place, and his mysterious past ties directly into the overarching plot.
* NotBloodSiblings: He is in love with his adopted sister Estelle.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: [[spoiler:He admits that he's actually weaker than the rest of the Enforcers due to training more in stealth than direct combat, though polishing his skills with Cassius makes him no slouch.]]
* RedBaron: [[spoiler: The Black Fang.]]
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Estelle.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: In SC [[spoiler:and during his days as Black Fang.]]
* SingleTargetSexuality: Joshua ''only'' has eyes for Estelle and is completely ObliviousToLove when it comes to any other girls' feelings for him (as Kloe and Josette know full well, to their frustration). Granted he ''is'' aware of [[AnythingThatMoves Olivier's]] attraction to him, but [[TheGadfly he's not exactly subtle about it.]] In a Star Door in The 3rd [[spoiler: when Kloe asks him if she might have had a chance if he'd met her before Estelle, Joshua's reply is a blunt "no".]]
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Alongside Loewe, they were the only ones who survived the Hamel Incident. Though as ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel III'' reveals, Ash also survived that day.]]
* TarotMotifs: As [[spoiler:Ouroboros Enforcer]] #13 he gets the Death card. They seem to [[ShownTheirWork done their homework]], since it represents the [[CharacterDevelopment dramatic changes in Joshua's life]], primary [[spoiler:defecting from Ouroboros]].
* TeachHimAnger: [[spoiler:Weissmann effectively did this when Joshua was still a child, turning him into a cold-blooded killing machine and the perfect spy.]]
* TimeMaster: Two of his slots are reserved for Time Quartz.
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Joshua remembered being part of Ouroboros (to an extent) but he didn't remember all the details of his past and he certainly didn't know he was being used as TheMole until Weissman restored his memory. Joshua didn't take it well.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Twice. First [[spoiler:when Weissmann restores his sealed memories, Joshua finds all his old skill retuning to him, with the result that he is faster and stronger than before.]] Second [[spoiler:like Estelle he takes a level between The 3rd and his appearance in ''Zero'', having mastered one of Cassius' Crafts in the interim and forming one hell of a problem-solving team with Estelle.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:Not seen much in the series but ''heavily'' emphasized in the audio dramas and the first chapter of Loewe Monogatari, where we see what he was like before the Hamel Tragedy.]]
* WhatHaveIBecome: [[spoiler:A bit more like "What Have I Always Been", but the trope certainly applies at the end of FC. SC is, basically, about dealing with this.]]
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Does this to [[spoiler:Loewe, deconstructing on the latter's beliefs that ultimately, his entire reason is because of his dearly departed Karin and equating it to whether humanity is worth her sacrifice.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Scherazard Harvey]]
!Scherazard Harvey
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Schera as she appears in ''Cold Steel IV'']][[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/schera.png]][[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Introduced in:''' First Chapter
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoShioyama (Japanese), Creator/MichelleRuff (game), Creator/ShelleyCaleneBlack (anime) (English)

An experienced Bracer and an older sister figure to Estelle and Joshua.
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* TheAlcoholic: Schera loves her drinking, and practically forces others at whip-point to join in.
* BadassBoast: [[spoiler:Gives one to [[EvilFormerFriend Luciola]] atop the Saphirl Tower when the Enforcer tells her to show what she's learned since they parted.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Scherazard:''' Don't look away then! Or you'll miss the Silver Streak!]]
* BareYourMidriff and ShowSomeLeg: Her outfits.
* [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Heroine]]: During the rescue mission in the final chapter of FC, she saves General Morgan's granddaughter from a Special Ops officer.
* BraidsOfAction: Her long braid [[spoiler:which she cuts after the events of SC.]]
* BlowYouAway and ShockAndAwe: Her orbment affinity.
* TheBusCameBack: Comes back in ''Cold Steel IV'' and is one of the first characters to be shown in video previews.
* CircusBrat: She grew up in the Harvey Troupe which she took her name from [[spoiler:after first growing up on the streets.]]
* CleavageWindow: Very prominent in her ''Cold Steel IV'' outfit.
* CoolBigSis: To Estelle, and to a slightly lesser extent Joshua. The relationship is there in the first game and only gets stronger in the second. She explicitly calls herself Estelle's big sister in a touching scene in ''SC''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:The reason she [[DrowningMySorrows drinks so heavily.]] She grew up homeless in a slum and never knew her parents. She was taken in by a traveling circus and learned everything she knows from its members, particularly her CoolBigSis figure. Then her new life fell apart when the manager died, her big sister figure deserted her with barely a word and she had nowhere to go.]]
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Has dark skin and a long silver hair.
* DeathDealer: One of her S-Crafts, "Judgement Card."
* DemotedToExtra: [[spoiler:Despite her billing in ''Cold Steel IV'', her role in the game is to just be a SupportPartyMember with her Brave Orders and to dance at Arc-En-Ciel to distract the Crossbell guards so Rean and his team can sneak at Orchis Tower.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: Scherazard has no qualms about using her looks to manipulate people. Her VictoryPose even plays on this.
* DressedLikeADominatrix: She has shades of a dominatrix, despite not being one. Her first S-Crafts is called "Sadist Whip", which she precedes with "Someone's been naughty." Olivier comments that some masochist somewhere is dying to meet her, to which she offers to let him meet her whip.
* TheGhost: According to her friends, she's spotted at eastern Heimdallr in ''Cold Steel III'' alongside [[spoiler:Olivert. It's implied that the two have started dating and is the person Olivert apologizes to when the Courageous explodes.]]
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: She ''really'' likes her booze. [[spoiler:And not just because she likes drinking, either.]]
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Cold Steel IV'', she marries Olivert.]]
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:In ''Cold Steel IV'', she's heartbroken by the fact that she saw the Courageous blown up in the sky. Quickly subverted however when it turns out that Olivert turned out to be alive.]]
* HotGypsyWoman: Naturally. Dark skin, [[ShowSomeLeg very]] [[BareYourMidriff revealing]] [[FootFocus outfit]] relative to most of the cast, generally exotic-looking clothes and no problems exploiting her looks to manipulate people...
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:Survived in the slums by any means necessary. Her backstory doesn't get as dark as some characters but she does mention eating garbage to survive.]]
* ImportantHaircut: Adopts a short style after the events of SC. When asked about it, she simply says that a lot of things have happened recently.
* LimitBreak: In ''FC'', her S-Craft is "Sadist Whip." ''SC'' and ''The 3rd'' also gives her "Judgement Card."
* NumberTwo: [[spoiler:She acts as this to Olivert's captain in the Courageous 2 during the final battle of ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* NonSpecificallyForeign: Scherazard's country of origin is unknown to the player, though not to her.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:She was an unwanted child dumped in a slum.]]
* RazorWind: Used in her Sylphen Whip skill.
* RagsToRoyalty: [[spoiler:From a street urchin that Harvey and Luciola took care of when they found her on the streets to becoming a bracer, and finally the wife of Olivert, prince of Erebonia and second in line to the throne in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]
* RedBaron: "The Silver Streak."
* SpamAttack: "Sadist Whip."
* StreetUrchin: [[spoiler: Before she became part of the Harvey troupe, she was an orphan living alone on the streets.]]
* TarotMotifs: She reads them and occasionally does readings for the characters or herself. Unsurprisingly, these tend to be [[{{Foreshadowing}} significant.]] [[spoiler:As with most of her skills, she learned it from Luciola]]
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Cold Steel III'', it's mentioned that she's become an A-Rank Bracer.
* WhipItGood: Schera can sometimes be very enthusiastic about that whip...
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Schera is pretty knowledgable for a 23 year old. She also talks like a middle aged woman at times, complaining about aching joints and bones (albeit with a bit of farce).
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cassius Bright]]
!Cassius Bright
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->'''Introduced in:''' First Chapter
->'''Voiced by:''' Yukimasa Kishino (Japanese), Creator/PatrickSeitz (game), Leraldo Anzaldua (anime) (English)

Estelle's father, and a former member of the Liberl Army
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* TheAce: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpYjdzpSwcQ&feature=youtu.be&t=48s One of four S Rank Bracers]] in all of Zemuria.
* ActionDad: He's the protagonist's father and he kicks so much ass that the ''entire world'' knows and either fears or respects his prowess.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He is this to Estelle, to the point of becoming a RunningGag.
* AssassinOutclassin: [[spoiler:Ouroboros sent an assassin to kill him. Cassius handily beat the assassin ''and his backup'', then [[RefugeInAudacity adopted the assassin.]] Granted, this was all part of [[BatmanGambit Weissmann's plan]] but it says something that nobody has since tried to have Cassius assassinated even though he's only become a more tempting target since then.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes[=/=]BewareTheSillyOnes: He's one of the most famous Bracers/officers in the Trails universe and a jovial father who wouldn't be out of place in a family sitcom, which is why Estelle initially had a hard time believing his MemeticBadass status.
* BigDamnHeroes: Three instances:
** Early in FC he saves Estelle, Joshua and two children from Rolent from a losing battle.
** [[spoiler:At the end of FC, he ends up [[SavingTheVillain saving Richard]] and the heroes from the Reverie.]]
** [[spoiler:At the end of SC, [[DragonRider he rides Ragnard]] who catches Joshua and Estelle as they're falling from the collapsing Liber Ark.]]
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler: He finally make his return in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel IV]]'']]
* BroughtDownToBadass: He was a MasterSwordsman before switching to a Bo Staff, requiring him to learn a whole new martial arts style. He's still one of the best fighters on the continent.
* TheChessmaster : Even though he means well, he can get very manipulative at times.
* ColonelBadass: [[spoiler:Retired Colonel, anyway. At the end of FC he rejoins the Army]].
** FourStarBadass: [[spoiler:Upon rejoining the Army, he is promptly promoted to ''Chief of Staff''.]]
* DeusExitMachina: [[spoiler:Ouroboros caused an international incident for the sole purpose of removing Cassius from Liberl because [[MemeticBadass just like everyone else in universe]] they believed that if he was present he could have singlehandedly thwarted their plans. In SC he does this to himself, as part of an elaborate BatmanGambit to trick Weissmann (knowing he would fixate on him) and allow everyone else to take him out]]
* TheDreaded: A heroic example. [[spoiler:It's telling that Weissmann had to get Cassius ''out of the country'' to ensure he didn't get in the way of his plans.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Subverted. Is apparently killed at the end of the prologue. NeverFoundTheBody, combined with the sheer number of tropes, makes it clear he isn't dead.
* DualBoss: [[spoiler:A copy of him forms a tag-team with a copy of Loewe in the Nightmare Arena.]]
* FailureKnight: [[spoiler:How he sees himself. After his plan turned the tide of the Hundred Days War, Erebonian forces launched a last spiteful attack on Rolent in which Lena was killed. Cassius has never forgiven himself for not being able to protect her.]]
* FantasticFightingStyle: He invented his own, ''[[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning Mu ni shite Rasen]]'', incorporating elements of the style he used to use when he carried a sword. As a Eight Leaves One Blade practitioner Cassius specialized in (and eventually mastered) the Helix form.
* GeniusBruiser: He combines an almost unparalleled level of martial skill with a borderline-precognitive grasp of tactics.
* GodzillaThreshold: The [[spoiler: Great Twilight breaking out in Erebonia]] seems to cross it for him.
** [[spoiler:Despite being banned from the Empire for being a national security risk, he still enters Erebonia along with his children.]]
** Despite previously vowing to never pick up a sword again, a [[https://i.redd.it/760hw1vafig11.png promotional screenshot]] shows him [[spoiler:drawing one during what appears to be duel with Rean. Thankfully, this was something he does as a test for Rean to become a Divine Blade.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory:
** An entire story was ''created'' for him to be the hero of in order to keep him from becoming a SpannerInTheWorks to [[spoiler:Weissmann's plans. The events in question are revealed in detail in Star Door 13 in ''The 3rd'', in which he had to deal with the ''destruction of the Imperial Bracer Guilds in Erebonia''.]]
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki'' gives us another example of this. [[spoiler:He was one of the leaders in the operation to supress the D∴G Cult]] a fact [[{{Foreshadowing}} alluded to in the very first game.]]
* HyperAwareness: It's implied that Cassius is so powerful in a fight because he doesn't miss ''anything''.
* LimitBreak: [[spoiler:As a boss in ''The 3rd'', his S-Craft is "Phoenix Wave."]]
* LivingLegend:
** Virtually everyone on the continent knows who he is and gushes constantly about him (much to Estelle's annoyance).
** When he's mentioned in games from the other series in the Trails universe, everyone pretty much acknowledges he's the greatest warrior alive. In a WorldOfBadass, this is nothing to scoff at.
* MasterSwordsman: He holds the title Grand Chevalier/Divine Blade (''Kensei'' aka Sword Saint in Japanese) and is said to have been the finest swordsman in Liberl until he put aside his sword and took up the [[SimpleStaff staff.]] Only four other people on the continent possess this title. [[spoiler:Despite not holding the sword for years, he's still good at it, enough that he's able to pull off the Eight Leaves One Blade forms when he duels Rean as a test for Rean to become a Divine Blade (though Rean, and the player, only sees Cassius as Rean's ogre form and not as Cassius.]]
* MemeticBadass:
** InUniverse. During the tournament at Grancel, Anelace comments that if he and [[MightyGlacier Zin]] were to team up they would probably be disqualified for ''cheating''. As events will show, this is not exaggeration. [[spoiler:The BigBad of FC believed that him staying in the Army would have been a deterrent to foreign invasion equivalent to ''militarizing the entire country'']].
** Weaponized in SC [[spoiler:knowing that Weissmann would be paying close attention to everything he did, he basically acted as a massive decoy so everyone else could maneuver and ultimately catch Weissmann, while making sure behind the scenes that everything got pulled off properly]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Cassius's failure to [[spoiler: [[TheLostLenore save his wife, Lena,]] during the hundred days war]] completely reshaped his philosophy on life, right down to the weapon he used, and led him to take up the path of the bracer.
* NoodleIncident: [[spoiler: He challenged Ragnard, a ''Holy Beast'' to a duel 20 years before the start of the story. While the result of the duel is unknown, it was enough to earn MutualRespect. This would become handy in saving his kids in SC.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Estelle is more like her father than she's willing to admit at first.
* OneManArmy: During his offscreen adventures in Erebonia during FC, the Society threw ''an entire jaeger corps'' at him, and he broke it.
* RedBaron: The Divine Blade, though later games imply that this title is not held by him alone, but is granted by everyone who has mastered one of the forms of the Eight Leaves One Blade style (Not that there are many of those).
* SenpaiKouhai: Ends up having this relationship with Rean in ''Cold Steel IV'' when they finally meet, complete with [[spoiler:Cassius dueling Rean on behalf of Yun Ka-Fai to see if Rean's ready to become a Divine Blade.]]
* SimpleStaff: After putting away his sword, he took up the staff. This in no way makes him less badass than he was previously. [[spoiler:He didn't get to be one of only four S-Ranked Bracers on the continent for nothing and he's able to use some of his old Eight Leaves One Blade techniques despite the change in weapon]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He barely appears in cutscenes but everytime he does, major things happen that change the plot as a whole. Like his BigDamnHeroes moments in the ''Sky'' series or [[spoiler:testing Rean to see if he's ready to become a [[MasterSwordsman Divine Blade.]]]]
* SpamAttack: His Hundred Blows craft has him thrust repeatedly with his staff before swinging it at the target. Yes, one of his ''regular'' crafts is essentially Estelle's first S-Craft.
* StoryBreakerPower:
** He's viewed as having this in-universe to the point that large chunks of the plot of the first two games revolve around [[spoiler:the villains keeping him either too busy or ''in another country'' so he can't interfere with their plans, a fact which he exploits in SC.]]
** He's also physically powerful enough to [[spoiler:demolish [[HumongousMecha Reverie]] in a matter of seconds with no apparent effort, this being the ''FinalBoss'' that your party fought twice and couldn't beat.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Estelle only knew him as her skilled but bumbling dad, not knowing that he's one of the most powerful person of Western Zemuria, and a S-Rank bracer. He somewhat drops the facade in succeeding games however.
* TheDreaded: He is considered this in Erebonia. When he entered the country to solve the case of the destruction of the Imperial Bracer Guilds during FC, he is regarded as a L4 Threat, the second highest level possible. [[TheStrategist Because of the sheer effectiveness of his tactics]] to catch and dismantle the attackers, he ended up as a L5 Threat, [[UpToEleven which is a rank given to people considered as a severe threat to National Security.]]
* TheStrategist:
** Colonel Cassius Bright was the brains behind the operation that saved Liberl from defeat in the Hundred Days War, though characters who don't put him on a pedestal are quick to acknowledge that it was the work of many people together that made it possible [[spoiler:a fact that Estelle uses in her KirkSummation to Colonel Richard at the end of FC.]]
** WordOfGod states that Cassius' problem-solving and tactical abilities far outstrip that of some of the franchises other memetic badassses, so while he's not quite as good at fighting ([[RetiredBadass anymore]]), he's 'stronger' in an overall sense.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agate Crosner]]
!Agate Crosner
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->'''Introduced in:''' First Chapter
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakayukiKondo (Japanese), Creator/BrycePapenbrook (game), Corey Hartzog (anime) (English)

A grumpy Bracer with a very big sword.
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* BadassBiker: At the climax of ''Cold Steel III'', he rides a bike with [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesZeroNoKiseki Tio]] on board towards the entrance of the final dungeon.
* {{BFS}}: His sword is as tall as he is, and he's one of the tallest party members.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He gets very protective of the younger members of the group, especially Tita.
* ButtMonkey: He is teased a lot for his relationship with Tita. In case of [[OverprotectiveDad Tita's]] [[MyBelovedSmother parents]], it can get more than just teasing. In ''Cold Steel III'', even Tio and Randy join in on the teasing.
* CastFromHitPoints: "Wild Rage" and its enhanced form sacrifice a percentage of Agate's HP (based on the maximum, not the current) in return for CP.
* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:He lost his sister during the Hundred Days War. This led to strong resentment towards the army.]]
* DeathFromAbove: His final S-Craft, "Dragon Dive." In ''Cold Steel III'', his S-Craft is an upgraded version called "Dragon Fall."
* DeclarationOfProtection: Repeatedly gives this to Tita which is why Tita has a crush on him. Agate's too dense to figure out what comes out of his mouth.
* DrillSergeantNasty: [[spoiler:When he trains the Ravens to become Bracers, he is very strict with them. He also has no qualms about sending them into a dungeon far above their level, though he makes sure to tail them just in case.]]
* FieryRedhead: He's quite HotBlooded.
* FriendlyEnemy : Following his [[CharacterDevelopment Character Development]], [[NotSoDifferent Loewe]] kinda become this.
* GuestStarPartyMember: In ''Cold Steel III'', he is playable in both the last half of chapter 1 and the last half of chapter 4, alongside the other guest characters. He's far more available in ''Cold Steel IV''.
* ILetYouWin: [[spoiler:During his boss battle in Star Door 6, he holds back against the Ravens to the point where he's ''barely'' beatable.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He keeps telling rookies like Joshua and Estelle to sit back and let him handle things, but only because he's worried for them.
* KnightInSourArmor: Less so to Tita, but to everyone else, he starts out pretty grouchy. [[spoiler:His reasons for this aren't so far out there, either.]]
* LimitBreak: In ''FC'', his S-Crafts are "Beat Down"[[note]]"Dynast Gale"[[/note]] and "Final Break." ''SC'' and ''The 3rd'' also give him "Dragon Dive," which would later evolve into his ''Cold Steel III'' and ''IV'' S-Craft, "Dragon Fall."
* OlderAndWiser: [[http://i.imgur.com/bF8kCvP.png His appearance in]] ''Cold Steel III''.
* OneHandedZweihander: His normal attack in ''Cold Steel III'' has him drop his sword one handed. He does swing his sword with both hands if he's using his crafts.
* PlayingWithFire: His orbment has fire slots so he can focus on STR. Also, many of his crafts utilize fire visually, though they have no inherent element unless talismans are equipped.
* RedBaron: "Heavy Blade" Agate.
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:He sees his dead little sister in Tita even though she may harbor deeper feelings. In one of the Drama [=CDs=], he actually starts thinking about how he should treat her.]]
* ShesNotMyGirlfriend: Repeatedly insists that he only treats Tita as a little sister. Unfortunately, people see Tita's reactions to the contrary and continue to ship them.
* SirSwearsalot: Out of all party members, he's perhaps the most foul-mouthed one.
* SpamAttack: His first S-Craft (turned regular Craft in ''Cold Steel III'') "Beatdown." [[note]]"Dynast Gale" in Japanese[[/note]]
** Also, Agate's play style boils down to abusing "[[CastFromHitPoints Wild Rage]]" and spamming Crafts like there's no tomorrow.
* SurvivorGuilt: [[spoiler:He survived the Hundred Days War. His little sister didn't.]]
* SwordBeam: "Draguna Edge" and his second S-Craft "Final Break."
* SwordPointing: In ''Cold Steel III'', he does this to the BackFromTheDead leader of Zephyr.
* TheBusCameBack: After years of not knowing what happened to the rest of the Liberl characters, Agate makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel III''.
* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler:After seeing the Courageous explode with Olivert, Toval, and Victor still inside in ''Cold Steel III'', this is what he can only utter.]]
* TheyCallHimSword: His nickname among Bracers is the Heavy Blade, which is what he calls his [[{{BFS}} large sword]].
* TookALevelInBadass: By ''Cold Steel III'', he's now an A-Ranked Bracer. Also, what used to be his first S-Craft is now one of his ''normal'' Crafts.
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:His stone pendant was made by his little sister as a birthday present, shortly before her death during the Hundred Day War]]
* {{Tsundere}}: A RareMaleExample. He cares a lot for people, but he covers it with being aggressive.
* WeaponAcrossTheShoulder: His new art in ''Cold Steel III'' and is his default stance in said game.
* WouldHitAGirl: Slaps Tita once, when she screws up badly once.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zin Vathek]]
!Zin "The Immovable" Vathek
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zin_vathek_fc.jpg]]

->'''Introduced in:''' First Chapter
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TetsuInada (Japanese), Creator/PatrickSeitz (English)

A calm and reliable Bracer from the Republic of Calvard. An expert in martial arts.
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* AdaptedOut: Does not appear in the OVA at all.
* AlwaysSecondBest: According to his master, this is actually self-imposed on Zin's part. He always views Walter as more talented, thus keeping him from realizing his own potential to surpass his senior.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He deduces Olivier's weapon of choice by observing how his eyes move.
* TheBigGuy: Shares this role with Agate [[spoiler:and Mueller]]. Even moreso as his in-game model absolutely towers over the other characters' and is DOUBLE Tita's height - he's probably close to being 8 feet tall!
* BigOlEyebrows: Giving him a laidback but powerful look.
* TheCameo: [[spoiler:Is shown in the ending of ''Cold Steel IV'', training Fie. He's also attending Olivert's wedding as well.]]
* ChivalrousPervert: Goes out of his way to compliment young women that he finds attractive. Estelle notes that he's a sucker for a pretty face, and Joshua muses that all of the flattery that he lays down on the ladies may be equal parts flirting and [[JapanesePoliteness extreme politeness.]]
** In the final chapter of FC, he makes a DynamicEntry by saving Estelle, Joshua, and a [[DistressedDamsel wayward nun]] from being overwhelmed by a swarm of monsters. After taking one look at the nun, he immediately turns to Joshua ''and asks if she's single.''
* DamagerHealerTank: The [[MightyGlacier tank]] to Tita's [[GlassCannon damager]] and Kloe's [[WhiteMagicianGirl healer]].
* DirtyOldMan: He's only 30, but at one point Estelle calls him this, word-for-word, to his face. Zin is absolutely ''aghast.''
--> '''Zin''': OH, MY HONOR!
* DishingOutDirt: His orbment has earth slots to build him defensively.
* DrawAggro: Like Estelle, he can [[IShallTauntYou taunt]] enemies into attacking him. Unlike Estelle, his taunt has an ''infinite area of effect.''
* GeniusBruiser: He did not gain the A rank in the Bracer's Guild with just brawns.
* GentleGiant: While he still loves things like martial arts tournaments, he's disarmingly friendly and sincere to everyone else. It isn't even an act, either - he's just a nice guy!
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Revealed in ''Zero no Kiseki'' to have been [[spoiler:Cassius' second-in-command during the D∴G Cult Extermination]].
* HyperAwareness / SherlockScan: He can make an accurate assessment of a person's fighting style, overall skill level, and what weapons they specialize in by watching how they carry themselves (or in Olivier's case, just by watching how his ''eyes'' move.)
* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Despite having a crush on Kilika, he initially shipped her and Walter until their breakup. Though this is partially because of his self-imposed AlwaysSecondBest status towards Walter.
* KamehameHadoken: His Aura Blast S-Craft, which is his strongest move in the first game. It gets outclassed later on.
* KiManipulation: His S-Craft Aura Blast. In cutscenes we sometimes see him using smaller-scale versions of it though he doesn't have any lesser Crafts with the effect in gameplay.
* LimitBreak: In ''FC'', his S-Crafts are "Disable" and "Aural Blast". ''SC'' and ''The 3rd'' also give him "Wrath of Genbu."
* MightyGlacier: It's right there in his nickname. Averted in the original trilogy, where every playable character except Joshua, Richard, Renne, and Mueller has the same SPD growth. Though with Distend and Clock Up EX, he can temporarily become a physical LightningBruiser.
* TheNotSecret: Estelle and Joshua try to keep their real motivations for wanting to get to Grancel Castle hidden because they don't want to burden Zin with their problems. As it turns out, they needn't have bothered because he knew about them before he even met them in Zeiss and figured out their real objective beforehand. In fact, his real reason for being in Liberl is that Cassius asked him to help his kids out, using the tournament as a handy excuse. Learning this solves one quandary, though Estelle is still irked that her 'delinquent dad' is five steps ahead of her ''again''.
* PermaStubble: A few hairs on his chin.
* PlayingDrunk: Via breath control, he fakes the appearance of being very drunk in order to distract [[spoiler:Kanone and allay her suspicions when she comes across Estelle and Joshua in Grancel Castle and wonders where they've been.]] Joshua sees through it and afterwards compliments Zin on his technique.
* RedBaron: Zin the Immovable.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Out of the eight playable characters in ''First Chapter'', he and Kloe are the only ones to not appear on HACCAN's cover.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Early translations has his first name as Zane.
* {{Wutai}}: His home in eastern Calvard is an [[FantasyCounterpartCulture ambiguously Asian land]] where people enjoy eating sushi, drinking sake, and taking open-air baths. During the royal feast, Mayor Maybelle even asks him if he's uncomfortable with using forks and knives, since his people traditionally eat with chopsticks.
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[[folder:Kurt Nardin]]
!Kurt Nardin
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->'''Introduced in:''' First Chapter
->'''Voiced by:''' Hidehiko Kaneto (Japanese), Creator/KyleHebert (English)

He's one of only twenty or so A-Rank Bracers and the only one permanently stationed in Liberl.
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* BadBadActing: He disguises himself as a Jaeger for a surprise training drill, but he's so over-the-top about it and he still uses his signature crafts, making the disguise fairly obvious. Despite that, he's never found out until after the drill is over because [[IdiotHero Estelle and Anelace]] are the only ones taking the drill.
* BadassCrew: 'Team Kurt' is a powerful WolfpackBoss in FC. In SC, they take on [[spoiler:Ouroboros mooks]] in the Ruan region.
* BladeOnAStick: His long spear ''[[NamedWeapons Fuujin Raijin]]''.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: The ultimate effect of his S-Craft ''Summon Lightning'' is to invoke this.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Weissmann brainwashes him to remove his memory of the incident where he obtained the Gospel and later to lure Estelle and company into a trap]]
* GuestStarPartyMember: He's playable only once in the series, in a hidden quest in SC [[spoiler:where he helps liberate Jenis from Ouroboros' control]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: In SC, he and his Bracer group protect civilians from [[spoiler:Ouroboros's mooks]] offscreen.
* InterfaceSpoiler: In the English translation only. Kurt is one of the few {{Non Player Character}}s in FC to have voice acting, even when two of his fellow bracers did not; this is an early tipoff that he's going to be PromotedToPlayable in the sequel.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Lost his memory of the mission involving [[spoiler:the Black Orbment]].
* TheLeader: He leads an unofficial team of four Bracers, first in the Grancel Tournament and later in SC.
* LimitBreak: In ''SC'', his S-Craft is "Summon Lightning."
* MagicByAnyOtherName: His Fangshu techniques are the result of a great deal of study and some of them produce effects very similar to Orbal Arts. That said, he has high ATS and a good Orbment setup in the brief time that he's playable, making him no slouch in the more common form of magic.
* [[SwordPlant Spear Plant]]: His S-Craft has him perform one of these before calling lightning down on the spear.
%%* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
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[[folder:Anelace Elfead]]
!Anelace Elfead
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->'''Introduced in:''' First Chapter
->'''Voiced by:''' Masako Okochi (Japanese), Creator/CassandraLeeMorris (game) (English)

A rookie bracer in the Bose region and lover of all things cute. Her grandfather is the legendary swordsman Yun Ka-fai, who has an entry [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel here]].
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Not all that present in FC or SC (humorous misunderstanding aside), but in 3rd she's essentially "girl-crazy." Of course, she has a penchant for cute things in general, but 3rd blurs the line. She notable expresses jealousy over Mayor Maybelle and Lita's relationship as well.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Because of her extreme fascination with [[CutenessProximity cute]] [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals things]] to the point of making it her catchphrase, it's easy to forget that she's also [[OldMaster Yun Kafai's]] granddaughter and a student of the Eight Leaves One Blade style. You know, the same style [[TheAce Cassius]] used and [[MasterSwordsman Arios]] uses. When she gets serious, much ass is kicked. [[spoiler:In Star Door 5, she can square off against Richard and win, which is no mean feat considering he was the penultimate boss of the first game.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:During SC, she is briefly mind-controlled by Weissmann.]]
* BladeSpam: Eight-Leaf Blitz.
* TheCameo: Has one in ''Cold Steel IV'' where she appears in one of the epilogue slides.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Cuteness is Justice!
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: When cuteness enters the equation, she leaps firmly into this territory. Even bad guys call her out on this.
* CuddleBug: If it's cute, she'll try to hug it.
* CutenessOverload: During her first meeting with Tita, if Agate is your companion, she is momentarily rendered completely insensate by the cuteness and has to struggle to speak for a few seconds.
* CutenessProximity: So very much.
** ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: To the point where she invokes this on Tita when they first meet.
* FantasticFightingStyle: A practitioner of the Eight Leaves One Blade style. Which of its eight Forms she specializes in (if she's picked one yet) is unknown. Her grandfather is the one who invented the style.
** Both her Swordwind craft and S-craft imply that she has a preference for the 6th form, Scarlet Sky.
* GenkiGirl: If there is anyone in the trilogy who can even hope to compete with Estelle, it's her.
* GuestStarPartyMember: In SC, she becomes one but in the 3rd, she becomes a permanent party member.
* InterfaceSpoiler: In the English translation only. Like Kurt, Aneleace has voice acting even though her companions don't. Sure enough, she's PromotedToPlayable in the sequels.
* LightningBruiser: Normally she's closer to the JackOfAllStats but when given her exclusive sword in The 3rd [[DiscOneNuke which boosts all her stats tremendously]] she becomes this. Winning its upgrade sends her through the roof.
* LimitBreak: In ''SC'' and ''The 3rd'', her S-Craft is "Piercing Wave."
* MagicallyIneptFighter: Unusually for a character with balanced stats, her Orbment setup is terrible. This is balanced out by her Jinu sword, which makes her into a physical LightningBruiser.
* SweetTooth: She likes ice cream, enough that it's even part of her profile picture on The 3rd's website.
* SwordBeam: Her ''Swordwind Slash'' Craft and ''Piercing Wave'' S-Craft, which creates overlapping ''explosive'' sword beams at higher levels.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: She has a great deal more respect for Cassius than his own daughter does, in part because of the whole S-Rank Bracer thing and in part because [[spoiler:he also studied the sword under her grandfather.]] She seizes the opportunity to meet with him when it arises.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Grant]]
!Grant

->'''Introduced in:''' First Chapter
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiNojima (Japanese)

A Senior Bracer from the Bose branch.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:During SC, he is briefly mind-controlled by Weissmann.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Adol Christin.
* TheGenericGuy: Lampshaded in 3rd.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Carna]]
!Carna

->'''Introduced in:''' First Chapter
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyokaYuzuki (Japanese)

A Senior Bracer from the Ruan branch. Friend of Scherazard.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:During SC, she is briefly mind-controlled by Weissmann.]]
* GatlingGood: [[spoiler:She borrows a [[CallForward Reinford-model]] assault rifle from her friend Eva, a weapons trader in Ruan who is a GunNut, at one point. It using gunpowder comes in handy since Liberl has been deprived of its orbment technology.]]
[[/folder]]

** ''VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki'' gives us another example of this. [[spoiler:He was one of the leaders in the operation to supress the D∴G Cult]] a fact [[{{Foreshadowing}} alluded to in the very first game.]]

* BadassBiker: At the climax of ''Cold Steel III'', he rides a bike with [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki Tio]] on board towards the entrance of the final dungeon.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Her outfit from SC onward.

%%* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade-A.

->'''Voiced by:''' Masako Okochi (Japanese), Creator/CassandraLee (game) (English)

* AmusingInjuries: Is the cause of several characters comically getting knocked around, bruised, and just plain knocked out courtesy of her staff. A special mention goes to the poor schmuk who gets knocked unconscious after Estelle threw her staff through a window after Olivier's antics get the best of her in Grancel.
* AnimationBump: boasts the most expressive portraits out of any character in the series, both in variety and quantity. She also has several poses and sprites few characters share, most notably in the ''Second Chapter'''s PostCreditsScene.

* GameplayAndStorySegrigation: Much of Estelle's in-story achievements are focused on her straightforward fighting style. While she's hardly a weak character in terms of STR, her combat Utility and supportive Crafts make her far more oftenly built as a support medic focused on healing and buffing other characters, rather than taking the attack directly.

* badassInDistress: [[spoiler:Gets captured by Ouroboros in chapter 6 of ''SC'' and is taken aboard their ship to be questioned.]] While she doesn't make it off the ship entirely by herself, she fully escaped her cell and was making great progress through [[EliteMook the Enhanced Jaegers]] on her own.

* AmusingInjuries: Is the cause of several characters comedically getting knocked around, bruised, and just plain knocked out curtosy of her staff. A special mention goes to the poor shmuk who gets knocked unconscious after Estelle threw her staff through a window after Olivier's antics get the best of her in Grancel.

* CharacterDevelopment: Nearly the entirity of ''SC'' is dedicated to Estelle's growth, both as a girl into an adult and her emotional maturity. By the end, she's fully embraced her empathy for others, resolves to fight at Joshua's side as a companion and a girlfriend, won't hesitate to lay down her life for a greater cause, and find confidence in herself to stand apart from her father. She's not there yet, but she's well on her way.

* SingleTargetSexuality: Joshua ''only'' has eyes for Estelle and is completely ObliviousToLove when it comes to any other girls' feelings for him (as Kloe and Josette know full well, to their frustration). Granted he ''is'' aware of [[AnythingThatMoves Olivier's]] attraction to him, but [[TheGadfly he's not exactly subtle about it.]]

* KiAttacks: His S-Craft Aura Blast. In cutscenes we sometimes see him using smaller-scale versions of it though he doesn't have any lesser Crafts with the effect in gameplay.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: [[spoiler:He admits that he's actually weaker than the rest of the Enforcers due to training more in stealth than direct combat, though his stats and moveset show that he's still no slouch.]]

* BladeSpam: Eight-Leaf Blitz

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: His new art in ''Cold Steel III'' and is his default stance in said game.

The cheerful heroine of Trails in the Sky. A newbie Bracer, and the daughter of the legendary adventurer and war hero Cassius Bright. Uses a quarterstaff in combat.

* CoolBigSis: Acts like one to honorary little sister Tita.

* {{Determinator}}: She'll stop at absolutely nothing to [[spoiler:bring back and redeam Joshua.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: She inherited her father's staff fighting style which is based on this concept.

* FieryRedhead: Sort of; her hair is somewhere between red and brown.
* FriendToAllChildren: Although she doesn't have that much patience when dealing with children like [[BrattyHalfPint Luke and Clem]], she's otherwise pretty good with them, as shown when she cheers up up a boy whose testimony regarding Sky Bandits was ignored by the Royal Army. Comes up again in her reappearance in ''Zero'' where she can sometimes be found playing with the children at Crossbell Cathedral.

--> '''Estelle''':Is that... a penguin? (An evil penguin?)

* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:By her appearance in ''Zero'', she has mastered one of Cassius' Crafts and his S-Craft ''Phoenix Wave''. She may not have surpassed him yet but she's making a good effort]]. In addition to becoming physically more badass, her talents in investigation have improved as well, overcoming her initial BookDumb nature.

* UnusualEuphemism: "Holy Stregas!" To elaborate, Stregas is her favorite ''sports shoe brand''.

* MasterOfNone: By the time of the last game in the Sky series, Estelle's well-rounded orbment and supportive Crafts backfire on her. In a game with a diverse set of party members that can fill a combat niche and two leads that already provide ample Craft support, she's left with few standout traits aside from her somewhat above average Strength. Her Wheel of Time S-Craft still remains the second most powerful single-target attack in the trilogy, however.

* CoolBigSis: To Estelle, and to a slightly less extent Joshua. The relationship is there in the first game and only gets stronger in the second. She explicitly calls herself Estelle big sister in a touching scene in ''SC''.

A peace-keeping {{NGO}} based in Leman whose main purpose is to protect civilians all around Zemuria. Their members, the Bracers, are investigative and combat specialists who help people in numerous ways, be it finding lost items, escorting people or eliminating monsters. They often act as a neutral faction in conflict around Zemuria, but are limited by the Bracer Code which prevents them from intervening in political affairs.\\

* TarotMotifs: She reads them and occasionally does readings for the characters or herself. Unsurprisingly these tend to be [[{{Foreshadowing}} significant.]] [[spoiler:As with most of her skills, she learned it from Luciola]]

* PlayingDrunk: Via breath control he fakes the appearance of being very drunk in order to distract [[spoiler:Kanone and allay her suspicions when she comes across Estelle and Joshua in Grancel Castle and wonders where they've been.]] Joshua sees through it and afterwards compliments Zin on his technique.

* {{Wutai}}: His home in eastern Calvard is an [[FantasyCounterpartCulture ambiguously asian land]] where people enjoy eating sushi, drinking sake, and taking open-air baths. During the royal feast, Mayor Maybelle even asks him if he's uncomfortable with using forks and knives, since his people traditionally eat with chopsticks.

* [[SwordPlant Spear Plant]] His S-Craft has him perform one of these before calling lightning down on the spear.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]

* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:He lost his sister during the 100 days war. This led to strong resentment towards the army.]]

* {{Expy}}: Of Adol christin

A peace-keeping NGO based in Leman whose main purpose is to protect civilians all around Zemuria. Their members, the Bracers, are investigative and combat specialists who help people in numerous ways, be it finding lost items, escorting people or eliminating monsters. They often act as a neutral faction in conflict around Zemuria, but are limited by the Bracer Code which prevents them from intervening in political affairs.\\