History Characters / UtawarerumonoMaskOfTruth

* BlessedWithSuck: Her divine powers, as the daughter of Hakuowlo/Uitsalnemetia. On one end, she subverts her mother's disease by having full control on the main elements, she has SuperStrength and she has some limited control of her power, meaning she can briefly become as powerful as an Akuturuka. However, using her powers exhausts her very quickly and abusing them opens her to a real curse: the dark half of Uitsalnemetia which took residence within her and looks for an opening to possess her.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: In comparison to the other Pillar Generals, Ozen is said to be a JackOfAllStats, decent at logistics, warfare, and politics, but not being particularly amazing at any of them in particular. As a result, his accomplishments tend to get passed over in favor of more impressive displays by the others.

* TheFifthElement: Their elemental alignment is Darkness, something shared only with Camyu.

* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Battles against him tend to turn into this, with Haku and his team trying desperately to talk Maroro down and find a way to bring him back. As it turns out, [[LogicBomb there is an obvious flaw in Maroro's implanted memories that can be exploited]][[labelnote:*]]The implented memory assumes that he was present in the main party's flight from the capital. This is logically impossible since he was still in the capital with Dekopompo when that happened.[[/labelnote]] and that nearly worked until one of the Yatawaranabe intervened. [[spoiler:Ultimately, Maroro snaps out of it in the aftermath of his final battle, after which Maroro dies.]]

* OnlyFriend: Discussed. It is implied that Fumirul was Kuon's only true friend until her journey to Yamato, likely because Fumirul was the only available person of similar age she regularly interacted with within a sea of doting surrogate mothers and older sisters.

* KansaiRegionalAccent: Speaks with a heavy Kansai accent, though Shyahoro would be located in modern-day Kamchatka. This is translated in English as her using very refined, “proper” speech… which is kind of backwards considering the stereotypes the Kansai accent has in Japan.

* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Battles against him tend to turn into this, with Haku and his team trying desperately to talk Maroro down and find a way to bring him back. As it turns out, [[LogicBomb there is an obvious flaw in Maroro's implanted memories that can be exploited]][[labelnote:*]]The implented memory assumes that he was present in the main party's flight from the capital. This is logically impossible since he was still in the capital with Dekopompo when that happened.[[/labelnote]] and that nearly worked before a Yatawaranabe intervened. [[spoiler:Ultimately, Maroro snaps out of it in the aftermath of his final battle, after which Maroro dies.]]

* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Battles against him tend to turn into this, with Haku and his team trying desperately to talk Maroro down and find a way to bring him back. [[spoiler:It only works in the final battle, after which Maroro dies.]]

* OnlyFriend: Discussed. It is implied that Fumirul was Kuon's only true friend until her journey to Yamato, likely because Fumirul was her only available peer within a sea of loving surrogate parents and older siblings. It helps that Fumirul is only a year or two older than Kuon.

One of Yamato’s Pillar Generals, and Anju's governess. She was taken prisoner by Tuskur during Yamato’s invasion in the previous game, but she is released by Fumirul to come help with the situation in Ennakamuy. Though deprived of her akuruka, she is still an extremely powerful warrior.

* {{Familiar}}: One of their attack chains summons a “Mothmoth”, a large black moth-like creature. Strangely, it registers as an enemy and your party can attack it, despite it being fully under the player’s control, and enemies will attack it as well. It cannot actually attack, but it can serve as a distraction.

* SatelliteCharacter: They are defined almost entirely by their devotion to Haku, and will directly interact with other characters very rarely.

* UndyingLoyalty: They’ve dedicated themselves mind, body, and soul to Haku, and will obey any order he gives them without question. Haku actually finds this more creepy than anything else, but accepts it because the one time he tried to tell them to stop with their constant service, they immediately attempted suicide. Atuy guesses that they don’t actually “love” him, but that their feelings are more akin to “worship”.

* HopelessSuitor: Towards Nekone, whom he’s been crushing on for a long time. All of his attempts to make his feelings to her known somehow wind up backfiring and convincing Shinonon that he’s interested in her instead.

* HonorBeforeReason: His beef with Jammachiry is over the fact that Jammachiry assassinated their elder brother, the owlo Mukar, who was planning to fight against Uzurusha. Despite understanding why Jammachiry did it and even partially agreeing that it was the right thing to do (Letarmoshiri would certainly have been annihilated had they tried to fight Uzurusha), he cannot forgive Jammachiry’s actions.

* PrecociousCrush: She likes Kiwru, and often refers to herself as his woman or his lover. Kiwru is too polite to turn her down and risk making her cry.

* AntiquatedLinguistics: Not normally, but whenever she’s making official proclamations to the people she adopts an extremely formal, regal mode of speech.
* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Genetically engineered by the Mikado, using his former human daughter Chii as a genetic template. She’s been too heavily modified to be called a clone though (Chii didn’t have a tail, SuperStrength, animal ears, etc.)]]

* ClonesArePeopleToo: [[spoiler:Her genetic base was Chii, Mito’s daughter from before the fall of humanity. He admits that he created her at least in part out of a desire for his daughter back, but he ultimately saw Anju as her own person and not just a replacement for Chii.]]
* DesignerBabies: [[spoiler:The Mikado genetically engineered her to be near-perfect physically. She has incredible strength, vitality, and metabolism. The poison she was dosed with would normally be lethal (though she did require medicine to undo its effects).]]

* SuperStrength: Her sheer strength is incredible, allowing her to wield Karulau’s sword with ease. This same sword made six strong warriors combined struggle to lift it.

* TheBusCameBack: She was present in the original Utawarerumono game, as the baby that Ulthory took care of and bonded with. This also explains why she is on such familiar terms with Ulthory, despite their vast differences in social class.

* {{Familiar}}: One of her action chains ends with her summoning a fox-spirit familiar, which is also capable of healing other units itself.

* InformedAttractiveness: The narrative practically trips over itself to say how breathtakingly beautiful she is, but the only real difference between her and any other female character is her breasts are larger.

* WhiteMage: Her attacks are pretty lackluster, but she has by far the most potent healing skills in the game, surpassing even Nekone.

* ArrangedMarriage: She was married to a minor nobleman, but angrily called it off and returned to the castle citing her dissatisfaction with the man.

* GuestStarPartyMember: Joins the party during the Nakoku arc, and is basically a less powerful version of Atuy.

Former thief from a disgraced noble family of Izuruha. She joined up with Haku’s group in the last game and continues to help them now. Thought somewhat airheaded, she is always cheerful and is a very competent archer.

* HappilyAdopted: He wasn’t actually a member of Letarmoshiri’s royal family, but he was taken in by them and treated as a member of the family. He considers the former owlo of the country to be his brother.

One of Yamato’s Pillar Generals, and Anju’s governess. She was taken prisoner by Tuskur during Yamato’s invasion in the previous game, but she is released by Fumirul to come help with the situation in Ennakamuy. Though deprived of her akuruka, she is still an extremely powerful warrior.

Kuon’s lady-in-waiting and childhood friend. She ventures out to Ennakamuy following Kuon’s decision to stay and support her friends in Yamato’s war effort, citing that it is her job to take care of Kuon.

Princess of Kurjyuri, and one of Haku’s friends from the last game. Though deeply saddened by Haku’s apparent death, she resolves to stay with her friends and do whatever she can to help restore Anju to the throne. Not being much of a fighter herself, in combat she relies on Cocopo, her giant Haroron bird that she rides.

The owlo of Kurjyuri, one of the eight Pillar Generals, and Rulutieh’s father. He initially stays neutral in the civil war due to uncertainty over which Anju is the real one and a reluctance to involve his people in the war.

One of Rulutieh’s older brothers, and the man who serves as the envoy to meet with Anju’s group when they venture to Kurjyuri to seek assistance.

One of Rulutieh’s older sisters. She unexpectedly returns around the same time Rulutieh comes back home, and demands that Rulutieh remain at Kurjyuri, rather than continue to risk her life.

* CompellingVoice: When he demands that all kneel before him, everybody except Haku, Anju and Kuon immediately do so, to their surprise. This is apparently because [[spoiler:all “proxies” were conditioned to subconsciously submit to and obey true humans. Haku isn’t affected because he too is a true human, Anju has been heavily genetically modified and Kuon is a demigod.]]

* CompellingVoice: When he demands that all kneel before him, everybody except Haku and Kuon immediately do so, to their surprise. This is apparently because [[spoiler:all “proxies” were conditioned to subconsciously submit to and obey true humans. Haku isn’t affected because he too is a true human, and both Anju and Kuon, for a reason or another, have the blood of true humans in them.]]

Former Evenkuruga Chieftan of Izuruha, a former Pillar General, and Nosuri’s and Ougi’s father. After an incident where a valuable gift for the Mikado was destroyed under his watch, he was disgraced and his titles taken over by Tokifusa. He now lives a quiet life in the countryside.

* CompellingVoice: When he demands that all kneel before him, everybody except Haku and Kuon immediately do so, to their surprise. This is apparently because [[spoiler:all “proxies” were conditioned to subconsciously submit to and obey true humans. Haku isn’t affected because he too is a true human, and Kuon can resist due to her divine blood.]]

* ACupAngst: Expresses some jealousy regarding her comparatively small breasts in relation to Fumirul and Camyu. The other two are quick to point out that large breasts are not very convenient.

* OneWingedAngel: At Shichirya’s urging, he dons the prototype akuruka and becomes a monster in order to go down fighting.

Monsters that appear in the endgame, with some minor similarities to the Tatari. They’re not quite as unkillable as the Tatari, but they feel no pain and mindlessly obey any command he gives them.

* BloodKnight: He starts falling into this when in Akuruturuka form, especially when fighting Mikazuchi. He never displays a lust for combat normally, so it is likely the Akuruka’s influence.

* BattleAura: Anytime she uses her divine powers, it’s accompanied by a rainbow aura around herself.

* SubordinateExcuse: She’s initially reluctant to accept the posting of Pillar General following the civil war, until she realizes it would mean more chances to work closely with “Oshtor”.

* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: He becomes the owlo of Ennakamuy when Iruwaji is promoted to Yamato’s Grand Vizier after the civil war.

* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Succeeds Tokifusa as Chieftan of Izuruha, and later even gets his old post as Pillar General.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female Pillar General (at least among the original group), as well as the only woman granted an akuruka.

* ArtificialHuman: Genetically engineered by the Mikado, using his former human daughter Chii as a genetic template. She’s been too heavily modified to be called a clone though (Chii didn’t have a tail, SuperStrength, animal ears, etc.)

* ClonesArePeopleToo: Her genetic base was Chii, Mito’s daughter from before the fall of humanity. He admits that he created her at least in part out of a desire for his daughter back, but he ultimately saw Anju as her own person and not just a replacement for Chii.
* DesignerBabies: The Mikado genetically engineered her to be near-perfect physically. She has incredible strength, vitality, and metabolism. The poison she was dosed with would normally be lethal (though she did require medicine to undo its effects).

* AbdicateTheThrone: Recognizing he has no real talent for warfare, Iruwaji immediately gives Haku total authority over Ennakamuy. Following the civil war, he’s forced to formally give up his throne to Kiwru, his grandson, after Anju appoints him as her Grand Vizier.
* NumberTwo: If Haku ever has to take leave from commanding the overall battle or war effort, Iruwaji is the person he puts in charge. Later he’s promoted to Anju’s Grand Vizier, one of the highest possible positions outside of the Imperial Family itself.

* OverprotectiveDad: Downplayed. He isn’t happy about Atuy getting engaged to Itak, but it now that it’s been arranged he isn’t standing in the way of it. In the epilogue, he makes a half-hearted attempt to stop Atuy from seeking out Haku, but it doesn’t really slow her down.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Not his original plan, but his aide Shichirya begs him to use the prototype akuruka after he’s finally cornered. Knowing that using the akuruka will result in his death whether he wins or loses, he still does so, to honor Shichirya’s wishes for him to go down fighting rather than surrender.
* CrazyPrepared: Every move Haku makes, he seems to have a counter for. Best shown in the major battle near the end: Raiko is using a telepathic network to relay orders faster than Haku can react to them. Raiko not only guesses that “Oshtor” will work out that he’s using telepathy, he also assumes that Oshtor will work out that there is a single telepath in particular being used as a “hub”, whose death would bring the whole network down. So he makes sure to have ''two'' hubs set up, heavily guarded among numerous decoys. On top of that, he realizes that Oshtor will probably try to snipe them from afar, so he has Mikazuchi stand by at the most likely place for Oshtor to attempt that, ''and'' has counter-snipers set up just in case Mikazuchi fails!

* GuestStarPartyMember: He joins the party for a few missions fighting against Woshis, after the civil war is ended.

* DyingAsYourself: He dies shortly after his brainwashing is cured. He is quite happy that he’s at least able to die as himself, and Haku reveals himself to Maroro as it’s happening, so Maroro is overjoyed that his dear friend is not dead, as he had thought.

* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Battles against him tend to turn into this, with Haku and his team trying desperately to talk Maroro down and find a way to bring him back. It only works in the final battle, after which Maroro dies.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Maroro dies shortly after recovering from his brainwashing, taking a knife meant for Haku. It’s implied that he was dying anyway, and Maroro is ashamed of what he did while brainwashed, believing that death is an apt punishment for his actions.

* DisneyDeath: Dies when Nosuri tosses the Imperial Seal into a raging river, and he desperately leaps after it.

One of the eight Pillar Generals, a politician and artisan who usually acts as the mediator among the group. Following the civil war’s conclusion, it’s revealed that he was the true mastermind behind the usurpation, and Raiko had been unknowingly manipulated into following his plans.

* AGodAmI: Declares himself to be of the Onvitaikayan, whom the people of Yamato worship as gods. He’s technically correct, but this status doesn’t grant him the power and authority he thinks it does. He goes even further into this when he dons the prototype akuruka, and actually does gain godlike powers.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Woshis is a talented Yaoi artist, and the Yatanawarabe who were genetically engineered to his specifications are all beautiful young boys.
* BigBad: The true villain of the game, and the one behind the civil war in the first place.
* CloningBlues: He takes the reveal that he’s a clone of the Mikado very badly. For bonus points, it comes immediately after he tried to convince Anju that she was just a clone of the Mikado’s true daughter in order to break her spirit. The depth of his BSOD shows the irony is not lost on Woshis.
* CompellingVoice: When he demands that all kneel before him, everybody except Haku and Kuon immediately do so, to their surprise. This is apparently because all “proxies” were conditioned to subconsciously submit to and obey true humans. Haku isn’t affected because he too is a true human, and Kuon can resist due to her divine blood.
* EmperorScientist: What he intends to become, using his knowledge to become the ruler of Yamato and bring scientific advancement to the region.
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: After he’s gone off the deep end as a “god”, Woshis begins turning Yamato citizens into Noroi, mindless beings that are essentially slaves to his will. He claims that the people wanted this, that they desired to be mindless and lose their free will, and all he did was grant that wish.
* RealityWarper: His Akuruturuka form gains the same wish-granting powers as Uitsalnemetia. While he’s not quite as powerful as the original, he’s still fully capable of affecting all people in the land with his “wish-granting”.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Raiko was actually on the cusp of victory in the civil war, when Woshis’ agents betrayed him at a critical moment. After that all of Raiko’s plans fall apart and he quickly loses the war.
* VillainousBSOD: Learning that he’s a clone of the Mikado hits him so severely that he basically goes catatonic for the next few days, refusing to even acknowledge the fact that he’s about to be incinerated by a KillSat. He only breaks out of it upon learning that his Yatanawarabe gave their lives for him, and finding some old videos that show the Mikado truly did love him and consider him a son.
* WellDoneSonGuy: He is motivated by a desire for the Mikado to acknowledge him as his son and jealousy over Haku having been chosen to inherit the Mikado’s will over himself. If he had just paid more attention and actually listened to what the Mikado had to say, he would have realized that he didn’t need to earn anything, and the Mikado already loved him dearly.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Transforming into a minor deity with the prototype akuruka destroys most of his reason, and he becomes obsessed with “granting wishes” and relieving the people’s suffering, much like Uitsalnemetia itself. The methods he uses to grant the people’s wishes near-universally end up making them much worse off… again, much like Uitsalnemetia.

* BackFromTheDead: All of them (minus Shichirya) are resurrected when Woshis becomes an Akuruturuka. They are also granted new, angelic bodies and greatly increased magical powers.

* OneWingedAngel: Their resurrected forms transform into angelic beings with immense power upon being defeated. Three of these together nearly prove enough to overwhelm Haku’s Akuruturuka form.

* UndyingLoyalty: They were all conditioned to be absolutely loyal to Woshis. To his surprise though, Shichirya developed ACTUAL undying loyalty to Raiko, and betrays Woshis as revenge for having engineered Raiko’s death and defeat.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Aruruu can be downright scary when people are threatening Kuon. She’s completely nonchalant about allowing Mukkuru to *eat* anyone she catches at it.

* ClonesArePeopleToo: He considers Anju and Woshis to be their own people, and loves them as his children, despite Woshis being a clone of himself and Anju being a modified clone of his old daughter. He also applies this to Honoka in their final moments, apologizing for having created her just for his own comfort, and especially for having engineered her to love him unconditionally.

* HeroicSacrifice: Chooses to remain behind and activate Amaterasu’s KillSat function to contain the Tatari, despite knowing that he will inevitably be killed along with them. He’s fine with this, seeing his life as effectively over anyway.

* NotQuiteDead: He survived his poisoning long enough to leave a false body behind and escape to a medical tube in his sanctuary beneath the Mausoleum. However, he is now completely dependent on the life-support systems and cannot leave the treatment tube, so he has given up on ever reclaiming his former position.

* ReplacementGoldfish: He created Honoka in the image of his deceased wife of the same name, and his creation of Anju was partially motivated by a desire to see his daughter Chii again. He does seem to feel somewhat guilty about this, regretting creating them as copies of his old family rather than giving them their own lives and identities.

* HeroicSacrifice: Chooses to remain with Mito when Amaterasu is activated, and die by his side.

Monsters created out of the Yamatan people by Woshis after he becomes an Akuruturuka. They’re not quite as unkillable as the Tatari, but they feel no pain and mindlessly obey any command he gives them.

* FeelNoPain: They do not react to wounds, and Woshis claims their inability to feel pain is a result of their desire to never be hurt again.
* JackassGenie: Anyone who accepts Woshis’s offer to grant them a wish will become a Noroi soon afterward. Woshis believes he is ending their suffering by removing their intelligence and ability to feel pain.

* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: They are essentially incomplete Tataris, created by Woshis out of demi-humans the same way Uitsalnemetia created the Tatari out of humanity. The fact that they’re still capable of being killed is likely a result of Woshis not being as powerful as Uitsalnemetia.

The Onkamryu of the Onkamiyamukai, and one of Kuon’s mothers. She is essentially the head priestess of the religion worshipping Uitsalnemetia, and in some ways has political power equal to that of Tuskur’s owlo.

* ExtremeDoormat: Whatever Nosuri says, goes. He may occasionally point out flaws in her ideas, but once she’s decided on something, he supports her, no matter how harebrained her scheme may be. <spoiler>In the epilogue, he’s finally decided to take a posting away from his sister and allow her some independence.</spoiler>

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: It takes him a single exchange of blows to realize that “Oshtor” is an imposter. From there, it only takes him a couple of minutes to work out that Haku is the one in disguise, and *why* Haku would be taking up Oshtor’s identity. His dialogue after he figures this out suggests that he understands Haku’s reasons and forgives him for the deception.

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: His highest oath to the Mikado was to protect the people of the Capital… no matter who the aggressor is. Never mind that the aggressor in this case is the rightful heir to the throne, fighting against a usurper, and he’s well-aware of this. To Mikazuchi, his oath to defend the people supercedes even his loyalty to the throne.

* FacePaint: He constantly wears ridiculous-looking white and red facepaint, apparently to highlight his social status. [[spoiler:It washes off as his brainwashing is undone, so we finally see what he looks like without it. He’s actually not that bad looking.]]