History Literature / Zodiacs

* CloningBlues: Acacia as a clone of 16 year old pre-villainy Adrasteia complete with memories

* WeaponOfChoice: Most of the heroes has their preference.
** Acacia: Whips and thrown weapons
** Adrasteia: Whips and magic
** Enkil: Unarmed
** Jun/Toshiko: Spears and Staves, but especially Naginata (though she has abandoned weapons in the first adventure)
** Rama: Unarmed
** The Woman With No Name: Revolver
** Xun Fu: caltrops and rope
** Sigurd: Mildly averted, Sigurd is fine with any weapon he picks up or fighting unarmed, but is awesome on defense in addition to being the toughest character.
** Kitsune Court: Wakizashis
** Kikage Samurai: Naginata, Nagimaki

** Rama: Is a shout out to [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma Saotome]] and [[Series/KungFu Kwai Chang Kain]]

* ActionGirl: Jun and The Woman With No Name
* AndManGrewProud: The world is set at least ten thousand years after a highly advanced society crumbled suddenly and left the world resource poor. [[spoiler: the example campaign suggests the campaign setting is actually North America in the far future, but again, the implication is that that is up to individual GM decision]]
* BerserkButton: Threaten a child in front of a snake.
* TheBigGuy: Sigurd
* BloodKnight: Enkil and Sigurd

* BloodyMurder: Ryouiki Maho-Tsukai Ryokankuchi
* BodySurf: [[spoiler: Lady Adrasteia does this with her willing minions]]

* FauxActionGirl: Acacia, who is still getting used to the fact she has wings.
* TheFettered: Jun and Enkil

* GuileHero: Adrasteia originally. Xun Fu presently.
* GunFu: The Woman With No Name

* KleptomaniacHero: Xun Fu
* [[KnightInSourArmor Samurai in Sour Armor]]: Jun the Cook

* MagicMirror: One of Lady Adrasteia's tools.

* TheMedic: The Woman With No Name
* {{Ninja}}: Ryokankuchi, Orochi-Clans, one possible path of the Kikage's return to importance, Shudra assassins, the Shudra Zodiac rebels
* NobleFugitive: Jun/Toshiko

* OldMaster: Rama
* PocketDimension: The Hecate Project

* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Lady]]: Jun the Cook whose daimyo's [[LastWords last command to her]] is to be his successor of the [[BadassFamily Kikage]]{{Samurai}} composed almost entirely of [[WolfMan wolf zodiacs]]

* ReferenceOverdosed: Pretty much the point of the setting.
* {{Ronin}}: Jun

* {{Samurai}}: Jun
* SamuraiCowboy: The setting as a whole.
* ScarsAreForever: The Woman With No Name

* SummonMagic: Rakbu from the Hordelands

* WhiteMagic: Brahma and Vishnu Chudail, some Republican Magi

** Enkil: is a shout out to Streetfighter characters as well as [[Film/ThePrincessBride Inigo Montoya]]
** The Woman With No Name: is a shout out to [[Creator/ClintEastwood Clint Eastwood's]] Man With No Name as well as [[Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest Harmonica]] and {{Tombstone Doc Holiday}}
** Sigurd: a shout out to various viking myths, Creator/JackieChan and the good-guy versions of {{Streetfighter Zangief}}

** Rama: Is a shout out to [[Ranma 1/2 Ranma Saotome]] and [[Series/KungFu Kwai Chang Kain]]
** Adrasteia: Is a shout out to [[Ranma1/2 Kodachi Kuno]] as well as the [[Literature/SnowWhite Evil Queen]] of Snow White

** Xun Fu: Is a shout out to Series/MacGyver and Myth/RobinHood.

* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Lady]]: Jun the Cook whose daimyo's [[LastWords last command to her]] is to be his successor of the [[BadassFamily Kikage]]{{Samurai}} composed almost entirely of [[PettingZooPeople wolf zodiacs]]

* OfficialCouple: In anything further done by the author: The Woman With No Name and Enkil

** Xun Fu and Acacia could go either a Big Brother/Little Sister or [[MayDecemberRomance]].

** Sigurd: a shout out to various viking myths, [[JackieChan Jackie Chan]] and the good-guy versions of {{Streetfighter Zangief}}

** Xun Fu: Is a shout out to [[MacGyver Macgyver]] and [[RobinHood Robin Hood]]

* LoveableSexManiac: Sigurd is mentioned in the sourcebook as having multiple children with Volstagg women. Of the example female characters, Acacia is too young for his tastes and "Sour Lady" is too fragile. This leaves Jun who is a "[[UnfortunateImplications dog]]" and an awesome warrior which is just made of win from his point of view.

** The Woman With No Name: is a shout out to [[ClintEastwood Clint Eastwood's]] Man With No Name as well as [[Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest Harmonica]] and {{Tombstone Doc Holiday}}