History Characters / TrailsSeriesEreboniaOthers

* HateSink: In his relatively short screen time in ''Cold Steel III'' (only fully revealing himself in the final chapter), Alberich cruelly claims that marrying into the Reinford family was simply a part of his plan, and that he couldn't care less about his wife and daughter, presses the button that blows up the Courageous (something even Campanella found to be in poor taste), and reveals that he was the one who first gave magic to the witches and technology to the gnomes. Basically, the blame for much of what happens throughout the Erebonia arc can be traced back to him, and he shows zero remorse for any of it. What makes this worst is how he tries to act like this was Franz felt.

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiYasumoto (Japanese), Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (English, ''Cold Steel I'' & ''II''), Creator/JamiesonPrice (English, ''Cold Steel III'')

-->'''Voiced by:''' Keisuke Baba (Japanese)

* HopelessSuitor: Among Rean's potential paramours in throughout the ''Cold Steel'' series, Elise is not one of them. To be fair to her, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy she's actually okay with this so long as Rean himself is happy]]. [[spoiler:Not so hopeless as of ''Cold Steel IV'', though, as it allows the player to give her and Rean a MaybeEverAfter.]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RinaSato (Japanese)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HochuOtsuka (Japanese)

* OvernightAgeUp: [[spoiler:Can brifly regain her former adult self when using her S-Craft.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's very popular with Heimdallr's citizens, and while he is part of the Reformist Faction with Osborne, he isn't as extreme. Notably, [[spoiler:he opposed the National Mobilization Act and did his best to prevent it's passing.]]

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[[quoteright:350:Elise as she appears in ''Cold Steel III'' [[note]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elise_schwarzer_sen_iii.png [[/note]]]]

The biological daughter of Baron Teo Schwarzer and Rean's adoptive younger sister. She attends at St. Astraia in Heimdallr and is close friends with Princess Alfin who consistently teases Elise about her feelings for Rean. As of ''Cold Steel III'' she has become the Student Council President of her school.

[[caption-width-right:350:As he appears in ''Cold Steel IV'']]

* EvilKnockoff: [[spoiler:In ''Origins'', she has a Hollow copy that serves as a boss in the True Reverie Corridor, most notably during Rean and Arios' Trial Door.]]

** Her existence in the game is first mentioned in "Red Moon Rose" book series, as per Falcom's usual tradition. This is confirmed later by Azure Siegfried.

* MysticalWhiteHair: Has a full head of white hair, fitting for an homunulus with ties to the Sept-Terrions.

[[folder:Professor G Schmidt]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HochuOtsuka (Japanese, ''Cold Steel III'')
-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel II]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel III]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel IV]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfOrigins Origins]]''

One of the three disciples of the late Professor C. Epstein. He works as a scientist and researcher for the Roer Institute of Technology and is responsible for the creation of the Panzer Soldat units used by the Noble Alliance throughout the Erebonian Civil War. After it's end, he's assigned as a "Special Advisor" over at Thors Second Branch Campus as a way of monitoring his actions.

* BladeOnAStick: Her main weapon is a halberd [[spoiler:and she demonstrates her skill in ''Cold Steel IV'' at the Mystic Core, stopping the robot from rampaging.]]

* TheStoic: This family is well know for this trait, but Aurier ever-calm and composed nature might just surpass that of the members with the Vander blood.

* TheWorfEffect: Sadly, this is his entire role in the series, after trouncing Rean in his SuperpoweredEvilSide back in the first game and hyping up the fact that if the guild recruited him, they'd make him start at S-Rank, just to make his opponent look more powerful by comparison. To wit: [[spoiler:[=McBurn=] damaged his lungs during their fight at the Infernal Castle, defeated by Aurelia in their SingleStrokeBattle because of said damage to the lungs, and finally defeated by Laura in their SingleStrokeBattle in ''Cold Steel IV'' [[WorfHadTheFlu while Vic only has one arm.]]]] It's a miracle he's still one of the strongest characters of the series despite all of this [[spoiler:when he finally becomes a playable character]].

* HopelessSuitor: Among Rean's potential paramours in throughout the ''Cold Steel'' series, Elise is not one of them. To be fair to her, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy she's actually okay with this so long as Rean himself is happy]]. [[spoiler:At least until ''Cold Steel IV'' threw players for a loop and gave her and Rean the potential for a MaybeEverAfter.]]

* ShesAllGrownUp: [[http://gematsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/TLoH-CS3_06-22-17_001.jpg This]] is what Elise looks like in ''Cold Steel III''. In comparison, [[http://legendofheroes.wikia.com/wiki/File:Elise_schwarzer_sen1.jpg this]] is what Elise looks like in the first two games.

!Black Workshop ('''SPOILERS''')

* LimitBreak: His S-Craft in ''Cold Steel IV'' is "Luciferion Arc."

* RobotBuddy: He fights using "Zoa-Baronga," a combat shell that serves as the basis for all that came after it, including Argetlam and Claiomh Solais.

* HumongousMecha: It's revealed that Franz was the one who invented the concept for the 5 current Panzer Soldat models.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Moriya Endoh (Japanese, Teo), Takako Ohkoshi (Japanese, Lucia)

See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelThorsMilitaryAcademy George Nome]].

See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelThorsMilitaryAcademy Angelica Rogner]].

[[folder:The Reformist Faction]]

!Giliath Osborne

!Karl Regnitz

[[folder:The Reinford Group]]

!Irina Reinford

!Sharon Kreuger

!Gwyn Reinford

[[folder:The Crimson Wings]]

!Toval Randonneur

!Viscount Victor S. Arseid

[[folder:Other Notable Characters]]
!Elise Schwarzer

!Baron Teo Schwarzer and Lucia Schwarzer

!Professor G Schmidt

!Crimson Roselia

!Aurier Vander

[[folder:Black Workshop ('''SPOILERS''')]]

!Black Alberich

!Copper Georg

See [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteelThorsMilitaryAcademy George Nome]].

!Azure Siegfried

A mysterious white haired man wearing a mask. It's later revealed that he is in fact a resurrected [[Characters/TrailsSeriesCrowArmbrust Crow Armbrust]].

* HopelessSuit: Among Rean's potential paramours in throughout the ''Cold Steel'' series, Elise is not one of them. To be fair to her, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy she's actually okay with this so long as Rean himself is happy]]. [[spoiler:At least until ''Cold Steel IV'' threw players for a loop and gave her and Rean the potential for a MaybeEverAfter.]]

!Matteus Vander
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama (Japanese)
-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfOrigins Origins]]''

The current head of the Vander house guarding the royal family.

* BadassCape: Wears a prominent one.
* {{BFS}}: His main weapon as expected from the Vander household.
* BladeLock: Engages in this with both Rean and Kurt in ''Origins'' at Eisengard Range.
* TheGhost: While his portrait is shown multiple times throughout ''Cold Steel III'' and ''IV'', he's never seen in person. He finally makes his formal appearance in ''Origins''.
* MasterSwordsman: He's the current head of the Vander sword style.
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[[folder:Yun Ka-Fai]]

An aged swordsmaster and one of the most revered warriors across all of Zemuria. The founder of the Eight Leaves One Blade school of swordsmanship, he is the mentor of Cassius, Arios, and Rean.
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* MumLooksLikeASister: Ash outright thought she was Kurt's sister until the younger Vander shocked his Class with the truth.

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[[folder:Yun Ka-Fai]]

An aged swordsmaster and one of the most revered warriors across all of Zemuria. The founder of the Eight Leaves One Blade school of swordsmanship, he is the mentor of Cassius, Arios, and Rean.

-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel II]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel III]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel IV]]''

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: When she first met Irina, she didn't care that Sharon was an Ouroboros assassin, simply acknowledging that she was a highly competent individual and offering her a job because of it. As a direct result of this, she has UndyingLoyalty to the Reinford family, and has told the other Enforcers that even if she's gone too far to be able to walk away from the Society like Joshua and Renne did, if they try to hurt the Reinfords, she will stand against her comrades in arms.
** [[spoiler:Subverted in ''Cold Steel III'' where it turns out that she's loyal to the Reinfords because Alisa's dad gave her a time limit: if he ever comes back, Sharon can rejoin Ouroboros again, which he does appear. Sharon then defects back to Ouroboros in the final chapter.]]

* EvilAllAlong: Subverted. She may be an Ouroboros Enforcer, but her loyalty to the Reinford family tops her loyalty to the organization, so as long as Alisa is on Rean's side, so is she. [[spoiler:Played straight in ''Cold Steel III'' where she rejoins Ouroboros again after Alisa's dad comes back from the dead, although she is very reluctant to fight her.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Rejoins Ouroboros in ''Cold Steel III'', as Alisa's father turns out to be still alive and thus her contract with the Reinfords is void. To be fair, she did warn everyone that she would return to the society someday.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:She returns to the heroes' side in ''Cold Steel IV'', and this time it's permanent. By the end, she's left Ouroboros for good.]]
* KingOfGames: She's the champion of the Blades competition in the festival in ''I''.

* RedBaron: Enforcer IX, "Severing Chains".

-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel II]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel III]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel IV]]''

The Viscount of Legram and the greatest swordsman in the Empire, known as the Radiant Blademaster. He is a man more interested in the well-being of his people than playing in politics.

* ActionDad: And one of the biggest badasses in the series.

* MasterSwordsman: Known as [[RedBaron The Radiant Blademaster]], he's the best in the Empire and has fought Yun Ka-fei, the sensei of many characters in the series, including Rean and Cassius Bright, to a draw. He's so good that it's been mentioned that if he ever gave into his desire to renounce his noble title and become a Bracer, the guild would ''start him out'' at S Rank (Currently held by a total of '''four''' people on the continent, including Cassius).

* PromotedToPlayable: [[spoiler:He's finally playable in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]

The biological daughter of Baron Teo Schwarzer and younger sister to her adoptive brother Rean. She attends at St. Astraia in Heimdallr and is close friends with Princess Alfin who consistently teases Elise about her feelings for Rean. As of ''Cold Steel III'' she has become the Student Council President of her school.

* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler:Heavily implied at the end of her final bond event in Cold Steel IV. It turns out that they're going to discuss their "relationship" in the future.]]
* CatchPhrase: "Y-Your Highness, please!", much to her chagrin.

* DudeMagnet: In ''Cold Steel III'', all the male students at Thor's Second Branch School (minus Kurt) seem to have a thing for her. [[BigBrotherInstinct Rean of course makes sure that none of them get a chance]].

* LoveConfession: Finally confesses to Rean in a bonding event in ''Cold Steel IV''.
* NotBloodSiblings: Because Rean is adopted, the two of them are not related, which helps explain her BigBrotherAttraction complex.

* PromotedToPlayable: [[GuestStarPartyMember Elise joins the party temporarily]] in the main storyline of ''Cold Steel II'' and then permanently in the endgame.

* SempaiKohai: She and Alfin used to be Musse's sempai at St. Astraia, and Musse still refers to Elise as this.

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Among Rean's potential paramours in throughout the series, Elise is not one of them. To be fair to her, she's actually okay with this so long as Rean himself is happy.

-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel II]]''

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: They're adoption of Rean, who is a commoner, resulted in them being this to their Noble Peers, which played a part in Rean's feelings of inadequacy. The two of them don't mind or blame him for it and continue to love him regardless.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Non-verbal example during the timeskip between the second and third games. [[spoiler:Things became rather awkward between Rean and Teo upon Rean learning that Osborne is his biological father and that Teo kew about it all along. They don't let it get in the wy for too long and still care for each other.]]
* ChildhoodFriends: Teo was this with [[spoiler:Osborne when they were younger. He saw Osborne as an older brother, and Osborne in turn, saw Teo as the only one he could trust with Rean's safety. He still wants to believe in the best of his old surrogate broother now, even if they aren't on speaking terms, though he admits he won't let him harm Rean.]]

* ShipperOnDeck: Lucia supports Elise getting together with Rean as said in the first Drama CD. She still is on that ship in ''Cold Steel IV'' in Elise's bonding event [[spoiler:where Teo tells the story about Osborne, his adopted older brother, will do no harm to Ymir and the fact that he trusts him..]]

-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel II]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel III]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel IV]]''

-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel III]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel IV]]''

* BigGood: Becomes this in ''Cold Steel III'', sharing the role with Thomas.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:She didn't know that there's a curse of Erebonia existing nor the fact that it was stalking Dreichels and that Lianne knew all about it but didn't tell Roselia for two and a half centuries. She did not take it well when she finds out about it when she and Class VII look at the mirror artifact, showing the hidden history of Erebonia and calls out the two on it.]]

* OldFriend: To Lianne Sandlot, also known as Arianrhod. Also to Dreichels.

* OvernightAgeUp: [[spoiler:Regains her former adult self in ''Cold Steel IV''.]]

* PromotedToPlayable: [[spoiler:Becomes playable by ''Cold Steel IV''.]]

* [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks Throwing Your Staff Always Works]]: She engulfs the tip of her staff with purple aura and throws it like a spear to her enemies with her "Crimson Lancer" craft.

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[[folder:Yun Ka-Fai]]

An aged swordsmaster and one of the most revered warriors across all of Zemuria. The founder of the Eight Leaves One Blade school of swordsmanship, he is the mentor of Cassius, Arios, and Rean.

* BadassTeacher: Amongst his students are Rean Schwarzer, his grandaughter Anelace, and one Cassius Bright.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: His Eight Leaves One Blade school centres around katanas, and virtually every katana-wielder seen in the games to date is a practitioner of it.

* ChekhovsGunman: First appears during Chapter 2 appearing to be a relatively harmless man which later turns out to be false. It also turns out that he has another name too. Said name? ''Franz Reinford'', Alisa's supposedly dead father.

* DisappearedDad: He's Franz Reinford, a.k.a. Alisa's supposedly dead father. And disappears with a smile on his face at the end of ''Cold Steel IV''.
* TheDragon: Revealed as this to Osborne in the climax of ''Cold Steel III''. '''Cold Steel IV''' reveals that he actually serves as this to Ishmelga.

* FirstNameBasis: In ''Cold Steel IV'', he as Franz calls Osborne by his first name.

* GoOutWithASmile: Disappears at the end of the true ending of ''Cold Steel IV'' with a smile on his face while telling the party to check the Black Workshop since he actually has a backup body for Millium ready.
* HateSink: In his relatively short screen time in ''Cold Steel III'' (only fully revealing himself in the final chapter), he cruelly remarks how him marrying into the Reinford family was simply a part of his plan, and that he couldn't care less about his wife and daughter, presses the button that blows up the Courageous (something even Campanella found to be in poor taste), and reveals that he was the one who first gave magic to the witches and technology to the gnomes. Basically, the blame for much of what happens throughout the Erebonia arc can be traced back to him, and he shows zero remorse for any of it. Subverted in ''Cold Steel IV'' where he was not himself all this time.

* LukeIAmYourFather: Alisa recognizes him as her father once she sees his face in ''Cold Steel III'''s final chapter.
** Subverted in Cold Steel IV where both Alisa and her mother end up rejecting him wholesale.
* ImmortalityImmorality: While it's not completely clear, he claims to have thrown away his humanity long ago, and has managed to persist by continuously possessing members of the gnome clan. He definitely fits the 'immorality' part, though. Subverted as Franz himself isn't immortal.

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: His true appearance, complete with RedEyesTakeWarning. Turns out that was mainly thanks to Black Alberich possessing him.

* CompleteMonster: Falls into this as one of the few villains in the series with absolutely 0 redeeming qualities whatsoever. Frequently lampshaded by the cast in Cold Steel IV as his depravity outright fills them with disgust.

-->'''Appearances''': ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel II]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel III]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel IV]]''

A mysterious white haired man wearing a mask. It's later revealed that he is in fact a resurrected [[TrailsSeriesCrowArmbrust Crow Armbrust]].

* BadassGrandpa: Literally, as it turns out - he's [[Characters/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Anelace Elfead's]] grandfather. As for his badass credentials, virtually every master warrior on the continent was either taught by him or dreams of fighting him.

* MoralEventHorizon: An in-universe example about her crossing it in Alisa's eyes when she forced her own father to resign from Reinford's board of directors and delivered the [[{{BFG}} Railway Cannons]] to the Army, breaking her family apart in the process.

* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: Heavily implied at the end of her final bond event in Cold Steel IV. It turns out that they're going to discuss their "relationship" in the future.]]