History Main / PartyOfRepresentatives

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' continues the trend. Party members include the aforementioned dwarf spymaster, a chivalrous [[ChurchMilitant Chantry warrior]] from Nevarra, a high-ranking Orlesian Circle Loyalist Mage, a [[ShellShockedVeteran burned-out]] yet [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]] Qunari spy, a RobinHood-esque elf looking out for the little people, a [[DefectorFromDecadence rebellious Tevinter Magister]], an elven apostate expert on the Fade, an [[OldSoldier aging]] idealistic Grey Warden who JumpedAtTheCall, and a Fade spirit in human form whose nature is anyone's guess. This is also much less of a ContrivedCoincidence than in most games that feature this trope. Most of the party members specifically seek you out and offer you their services and the goodwill of their faction.

* ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'': As you progress through the game, the number of people who join your cause against the Ruin will consist of the former Grand Protector Esther Bright (a human), the Floran hunter Nuru, the young Hylotl scholar Koichi, the Avian priest Tonauac, the Apex rebel Lana Blake and the Glitch nobleman The Baron. The bounty hunter update adds in the Novakid chief of the [[SpacePolice Terrene Peacekeepers]], Captain Noble.

* The RPG-inspired series ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'' has that sort of party as the main cast of the story. High Elf Archer, Dwarf Shaman and Lizard Priest represent the tribes of the elves, dwarves and lizardmen, who allied with each other to fight the army of the Demon King and they have to take care of the goblins first. Since the operations are in human territory and they don't want to accidentally be misunderstood for plotting against the humans, they need a human representative to join their party. They ask the famous Goblin Slayer to join them because of his expertise in fighting goblins, and he only agrees because goblins are involved. Since Goblin Slayer already has a party partner, Priestess joins them as well, being the second human of the party.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' has Rauru (Hylian), Saria (Kokiri), Darunia (Goron), Ruto (Zora), Impa (Sheikah), Nabooru (Gerudo) and Zelda (Hylian again).
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': Princess Zelda's Champions serve this role, representing every major species/ethnicity of the game world: Link of the Hylians, Daruk of the Gorons, Mipha of the Zora, Revali of the Rito, and Urbosa of the Gerudo.

** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'''s main party consists of a representative of each race from the nations of Keves (Homs Noah, High Entia Eunie, and Machina Lanz) and Agnus (Flesh Eater Gormotti Nia, Blade Eater Human Taion, and Blade Sena). The Heroes they ally with run the gamut of nearly every other races, factions, and cultures, including the people of the City and an Artificial Blade. However, this trope is PlayedWith as, due to the Flame Clocks and Moebius intentionally suppressing knowledge of the two worlds, the party never realize the significance of their different heritages until their becoming Ouroboros and being freed from the war.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' has a final team composed by a group of {{H|umanAliens}}oms, a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Nopon]], a High Entia, and [[spoiler:a Homs-turned-Mechon]]; thus covering all living sentient races in the game's world [[spoiler:save for the Machina, although the last member covers them indirectly]].
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' has a party consisting of Leftherian human Rex, Titan Azurda/"Gramps", Aegis Blade Pyra, [[CatFolk Gormotti]] girl Nia, Nopon Tora, artificial Blade Poppi, Ardanian human Mòrag, Tantalese human Zeke, and the numerous mundane Blades they travel with. Furthermore, the Urayan mercenary Vandham is a GuestStarPartyMember, and [[spoiler:Nia is revealed to be a part Gormotti, part Blade "Flesh Eater" late in the story]], meaning that the only race in Alrest not represented in the team at some point are the Indoline.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Aang is supposed to go to each nation to find a master to learn their respective element. However, because he only has a year to do it, he instead recruits a master to follow him and train him on his way to the next place.
* ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfKorra'' does it as well, with Korra from the Water Tribes and master of all four elements, Mako and Bolin with mixed Fire Nation/Earth Kingdom heritage and respectively a firebender and earthbender, Tenzin the airbender from the Air Nation, and Asami the nonbender with a mixed heritage as well.

* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': The Fellowship of the Ring consists of representatives of each of the free peoples of Middle-Earth: four hobbits, two humans (a ranger from the north and a prince from the south, respectively), [[ElvesVersusDwarves one elf, one dwarf]], one [[AngelUnaware angelic being in human guise]].%%Such composition was [[InvokedTrope very much intentional]].%%How?

* During the UsefulNotes/{{Haiti}}an revolution, a commission called the Tricolor Commission was sent to France, so named because it included one of each of the three racial groups in Haiti -- a white person, a "colored" person, and a black person.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The six primary students at the School of Friendship in later seasons are all of different species -- a pony, a dragon, a changeling, a hippogriff, a griffon and a yak.

* For some time after the end of the Second World War, Allied-occupied Berlin was divided into four districts controlled by the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union. Security patrols were carried out by Military Police personnel working in four-man teams, one from each nation.

SubTrope of RagtagBunchOfMisfits. SuperTrope to MultinationalTeam. Compare also FiveTokenBand and AlikeAndAntitheticalAdversaries. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] a political party consisting entirely of elected representatives.

* ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'', especially the 2014 series, had a team which was not only racially diverse, but also contained a representative of most of the different types of heroes and human types (i.e. Mutants, Inhumans, demigods, Atlanteans, clones). This becomes a plot point in the 2014 series as the High Evolutionary tries to use the genetic makeup of each member as a template to help his superweapon target and eliminate all non-pure humans on Earth.

* The Fellowship of the Ring in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' consists of representatives of each "good" race of Middle-Earth: two humans (a ranger from the north and a prince from the south, respectively), [[ElvesVersusDwarves one elf, one dwarf]], one [[AngelUnaware wizard]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking four hobbits]]. Such composition was [[InvokedTrope very much intentional]].
* Short story ''A Martian Odyssey'', published in the [=1930s=], has a group of four men landing on Mars -- they include a German, a Brit, a Frenchman, and an American.
* ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': The company of heroes assembled by Belgarath the Sorcerer comes to include a member of every "good" nation in the West, minus the morally dubious Nyissans. Some are formal representatives of their rulers, who want to see the [[CosmicKeystone Orb of Aldur]] returned to its rightful place; others get roped in by a SentientCosmicForce of Prophecy with a fondness for symmetry. TheHero Garion initially appears redundant until his [[RightfulKingReturns Rivan royal blood]] is revealed [[IAmWho to him]].
* The Ankh-Morpork City Watch in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books from ''Literature/MenAtArms'' - when they get their first troll, their first dwarf, and their first werewolf - onwards. Later books add more dwarfs and trolls, plus at least one each of a zombie, a gnome, a gargoyle, a pictsie, a golem, an Igor, a medusa and - under protest from Vimes - a vampire. It's considered notable in ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' that Mr Nutt, believed to be the city's first goblin, ''didn't'' join the Watch.

* The adventuring party in ''Pinball/DungeonsAndDragons1987'' consists of a barbarian Warrior, a female Valkyrie, an elderly Wizard, and a Dwarf.

* ''TabletopGame/PrometheanTheCreated'' incentivizes this through game mechanics, since the titular {{Artificial Human}}s have a WalkingWasteland effect that's lessened by having prometheans of diverse [[{{Splat}} Lineages]] traveling together.

* A staple in the Creator/BioWare games. The ''Franchise/DragonAge'' chief writer David Gaider stated in an interview that they do it specifically to give exposition of their worlds' various aspects (such as factions and ideologies) a face the players can associate them with.
** ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' obviously can't include more than a fraction of the species in the Franchise/StarWars universe, but takes care to hit the highlights. Your party notably includes [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy a Mandalorian]], [[OldSoldier one of the soldiers who fought them]], a refugee from their invasion, and two Jedi. ([[AndZoidberg And a Wookie]]. He doesn't represent anyone, [[RuleOfCool he's just cool]].)
** Your entire party in one way or another from ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', especially your alien party members. Ashley lets you know how humans (their military in particular) are dealing with the first contact war, Kaiden and the training human biotics. Garrus lets you in on the rigidity of C-Sec and the military focus of the Turians. Wrex brings up the issues of the genophage, Liara is an asari and Tali lets you know of the Quarians and their involvement with the geth,
** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' added more races with a salarian, a drell, and [[spoiler:a geth (an AI race formely believed to be AlwaysChaoticEvil)]]; and ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' added a [[RobotGirl human-made AI]] and a [[{{Precursors}} prothean]]. All of them represent a rather wide spectrum of all known sentient galactic races.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' had a Fereldan ex-[[MageKiller Templar]] [[TheOrder Grey Warden]], an amoral HotWitch from the swamps, an Orlesian bard-turned-[[TheChurch lay sister]], a ProudWarriorRaceGuy from overseas, an elderly [[MagicalSociety Circle]] spirit summoner, an Elven [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] from Antiva, a dwarven {{berserker}}, a golem (DLC only), and a [[AmplifiedAnimalAptitude mabari war hound]]. [[OptionalPartyMember There is also]] [[spoiler:the paranoid lesser BigBad of the game, if you so desire]].

*** Though ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' might actually be an inversion since pretty much ''every'' companion has a StopBeingStereotypical attitude towards their own group, and join the Inquisition by pointedly [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch breaking away or distancing themselves from their own group]], the point that pretty much every companion ends up regurgitating the exact same Andrastian human muggle worldviews.
* In ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', you get one party member from each time period you visit if you're able to recruit the bonus SixthRanger.
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', each of your companions represents a certain group of people, allowing you insight into their beliefs and flaws. Veronica is a member of the Brotherhood of Steel, Arcade is part of the Followers of the Apocalypse [[spoiler: and comes from the Enclave]], Lily lets you witness the effects of schizophrenia present in all nightkin, Raul is from Arizona and is passably alright with Legion control. Boone and Cass are both NCR, but Boone represents the military side while Cass is a civilian business owner.

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' games usually end with you recruiting a mishmash of people from all across the world. This is most evident in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn]], in which the entire continent is at war, and you still end up recruiting people from all sides.

* In ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'', you have a vagabond mercenary, a priestess of TheChurch, a demon, a [[spoiler:prince]] from a human kingdom, a guy from the ProudWarriorRace, and an [[spoiler:an ancient humanoid robot servant]] of the {{Precursors}}.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** The recurring "Sage" characters and their {{Suspiciously Similar Substitute}}s from across the series typically consist of one person from each race depicted in a particular game, though [[HumansAreSpecial Hylians]] tend to have more than one representative. For example, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' has Rauru (Hylian), Saria (Kokiri), Darunia (Goron), Ruto (Zora), Impa (Sheikah), Nabooru (Gerudo) and Zelda (Hylian again).
** Princess Zelda's Champions serve this role in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', representing every major species/ethnicity of the game world: Link of the Hylians, Daruk of the Gorons, Mipha of the Zora, Revali of the Rito, and Urbosa of the Gerudo.
* In ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', the party was [[WordOfGod apparently]] specially designed to give a broad representation of the various cultures, religions and factions in the setting. Your companions are: an elven wizard nobleman [[spoiler:with a SplitPersonality]]; a snarky but kind-hearted war veteran who follows a religion dedicated to a dead god; a [[{{Jerkass}} rather unpleasant]] old priest [[spoiler:who's responsible for ''killing'' said god]]; an Orlan druid with a very dirty sense of humour; a naive young [[FishPeople Aumauan]] adventurer; a [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette creepy midwife]] who's also a [[PsychicPowers cipher]]; an avian Godlike paladin who's driven to bitter cynicism by her nation's politics; and a dwarf ranger who's searching for the reincarnation of her village's previous elder. The expansion also adds a ruthless convicted criminal's soul inhabiting a bronze golem, an old monk who's CoveredInScars, and an older, experienced Aumauan pirate and explorer turned follower of a religious order.
* In ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'', you get four members from your home country of Alistel, with one later turning out to actually be from the southern country of Cygnus, someone from the "evil" country of Granorg [[spoiler:(and the main hero is also from Granorg)]], one member of the satyr tribe, and one of the ape tribe.
* This is a core aspect of every game in the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series, which always has the protagonist recruit the 108 Stars of Destiny. By the end of each game, their army literally consists of volunteer soldiers, mercenaries, and key political figures from all cities throughout the continent.
* By the end of the game, the main party of ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' contains one full demon, one half-demon, one angel, two humans, a robot, and a Prinny.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Tyranny}}'', Verse and Barik (the earliest companions you can befriend) represent opposing the Scarlet Chorus and the Disfavored. As a result of their different cultures, their loyalties often contradict each other, teaching the player early on that at least one side will be pissed off no matter what you do.
** The other companions are the Sage Lantry, the Tierswoman Eb who abandoned the Vendrien guard when it was clear they would lose, the beastwoman Kills-in-Shadow that follows your strength, and Sirin, who worked under both Kyros and the Voices of Nerat.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Aang is supposed to go to each nation to find a master to learn their respective element. But because he only has a year to do it, he instead recruits a master to follow him and train him on his way to the next place.

* The "Young Six" (main students from the School of Friendship) in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' are all of different species/nations (a pony, a dragon, a changeling, a hippogriff, a griffon and a yak).

* During the UsefulNotes/{{Haiti}}an revolution, a commission called the Tricolor Commission was sent to France, so named because it included one of each of the three racial groups in Haiti - a white person, a "colored" person, and a black person.

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* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': The story is set in an AfterTheEnd world where only Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland still exist. The original crew has members from all countries except Iceland, but quickly picks up a LittleStowaway who just happens to be Icelandic. The specialties of each member of the crew mean that several professions are represented, along with several walks of life from that world. The TeamPet kitten is native to the ForbiddenZone that the crew is exploring.
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* All of your companions in ''VideoGame/GreedFall'' are from different factions. Kurt is a captain of the Coin Guard, Vasco is a Naut captain, Siora is a Yecht Fradí princess, Petrus is a Thélème missionary, and Aphra is a Bridhe Alliance scholar. [[PlayerCharacter De Sardet]] represents the Congregation of Merchants.

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' has a final team composed by a group of [[HumanAliens Homs]], a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Nopon]], a High Entia, and [[spoiler:a Homs-turned-Mechon]]; thus covering all living sentient races in the game's world [[spoiler:save for the Machina, although the last member covers them indirectly]].

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' had this on a different level: the party members represented not cultures but views on the central conflict of the game (mages vs. Templars). The three mages are an [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters anti-Circle extremist]], a moderate sorceress who dislikes but tolerates the Circle, and an Elven blood mage who puts a personal agenda above the conflict. Similarly, the three warriors are a trained Templar ([[FutureBadass eventually]]), a city guard captain who just wants people to stop killing each other, and a MagicKnight who hates all mages on principle for personal reasons. The three rogues are a free-spirited PirateGirl, a dwarven [[TheSpymaster spymaster]], and a member of the [[TheChurch Chantry]]; of the three, only the latter is partial to the conflict, since the Chantry endorses the Circle system and the Templars.

* The adventuring party in ''Pinball/DungeonsAndDragons'' consists of a barbarian Warrior, a female Valkyrie, an elderly Wizard, and a Dwarf.

* In ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'', you have a vagabond mercenary, a priestess of TheChurch, a demon, a [[spoiler:prince]] from a human kingdom, a guy from the ProudWarriorRace, and an [[spoiler:an ancient humanoid robot servant]] of ThePrecursors.

* The Ankh-Morpork City Watch in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books from ''Literature/MenAtArms'' - when they get their first troll, their first dwarf, and their first werewolf - onwards. Later books add more dwarfs and trolls, plus at least one each of a zombie, a gnome, a gargoyle, a pictsie, a golem, an Igor and - under protest from Vimes - a vampire. It's considered notable in ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' that Mr Nutt, believed to be the city's first goblin, ''didn't'' join the Watch.

SubTrope of RagtagBunchOfMisfits. SuperTrope to MultinationalTeam. Compare also FiveTokenBand and AlikeAndAntitheticalAdversaries.

* This is a core aspect of every game in the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series, which always has the protagonist recruit the [[OneHundredAndEight 108 Stars of Destiny]]. By the end of each game, their army literally consists of volunteer soldiers, mercenaries, and key political figures from all cities throughout the continent.

* Your entire party in one way or another from ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', especially your alien party members. Ashley lets you know how humans (their military in particular) are dealing with the first contact war, Kaiden and the training human biotics. Garrus lets you in on the rigidity of C-Sec and the military focus of the Turians. Wrex brings up the issues of the genophage, Liara is an asari and Tali lets you know of the Quarians and their involvement with the geth,
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', each of your companions represents a certain group of people, allowing you insight into their beliefs and flaws. Veronica is a member of the Brotherhood of Steel, Arcade is part of the Followers of the Apocalypse [[spoiler: and comes from the Enclave]], Lily lets you witness the effects of schizophrenia present in all nightkin, Raul is from Arizona and is passably alright with Legion control. Boone and Cass are both NCR, but Boone represents the military side while Cass is a civilian business owner.
* In ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'', you get four members from your home country of Alistel, with one later turning out to actually be from the southern country of Cygnus, someone from the "evil" country of Granorg [[spoiler:(and the main hero is also from Granorg)]], one member of the satyr tribe, and one of the ape tribe.
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' games usually end with you recruiting a mishmash of people from all across the world. This is most evident in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn]], in which the entire continent is at war, and you still end up recruiting people from all sides.
* In ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'', you have a vagabond mercenary, a priestess of TheChurch, a demon, a [[spoiler:prince]] from a human kingdom, a guy from the ProudWarriorRace, and an [[spoiler:an ancient humanoid robot servant]] of ThePrecursors.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'': From the first two games, you had the hero, his best friend, his girlfriend and her brother from the (not-quite) DoomedHometown, an orphan brought up by the leader of a merchant town, a healer who failed her one duty to keep a CosmicKeystone where it was, an orphan implied to be of the Precursors, and a native of the {{Atlantis}} equivalent. The third game gives us the children of the original heroes, plus the heir to a HiddenElfVillage, a {{Miko}}, and a {{Pirate}}. In both games, your party is accompanied by the same CoolOldGuy.
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' has a final team composed by a group of [[HumanAliens Homs]], a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Nopon]], a High Entia, and [[spoiler:a Homs-turned-Mechon]]; thus covering all living sentient races in the game's world [[spoiler:save for the Machina, although the last member covers them indirectly]].
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' has a party consisting of Leftherian human Rex, Titan Azurda/"Gramps", Aegis Blade Pyra, [[CatFolk Gormotti]] girl Nia, Nopon Tora, artificial Blade Poppi, Ardanian human Mòrag, Tantalese human Zeke, and the numerous mundane Blades they travel with. Furthermore, the Urayan mercenary Vandham is a GuestStarPartyMember, and [[spoiler:Nia is revealed to be a part Gormotti, part Blade "Flesh Eater" late in the story]], meaning that the only race in Alrest not represented in the team at some point are the Indoline.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': The final party contains the WhiteMage daughter of a famed summoner, the former bodyguard of said father, her GadgeteerGenius cousin from the barely-tolerated technological faction, a sports star and a BlackMage from her village, a ProudWarriorRaceGuy lion man, and a guy from a technologically advanced world. Or so it seems at first, it gets complicated.

** ''Franchise/MassEffect'': ''VideoGame/MassEffect1's'' squad included humans, a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy turian]], a [[BarbarianTribe krogan]], an [[BlueSkinnedSpaceBabe asari]], and a quarian. ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' added more races with a salarian, a drell, and [[spoiler:a geth (an AI race formely believed to be AlwaysChaoticEvil)]]; and ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' added a [[RobotGirl human-made AI]] and a [[{{Precursors}} prothean]]. All of them represent a rather wide spectrum of all known sentient galactic races.

* This is a core aspect of every game in the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series, which always has the protagonist recruit the [[OneHundredAndEight 108 Stars of Destiny]]. By the end of each game, their army literally consists of volunteer soldiers, mercenaries, and key political figures from all cities throughout the continent.
* In ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', the party was [[WordOfGod apparently]] specially designed to give a broad representation of the various cultures, religions and factions in the setting. Your companions are: an elven wizard nobleman [[spoiler:with a SplitPersonality]]; a snarky but kind-hearted war veteran who follows a religion dedicated to a dead god; a [[{{Jerkass}} rather unpleasant]] old priest [[spoiler:who's responsible for ''killing'' said god]]; an Orlan druid with a very dirty sense of humour; a naive young [[FishPeople Aumauan]] adventurer; a [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette creepy midwife]] who's also a [[PsychicPowers cipher]]; an avian Godlike paladin who's driven to bitter cynicism by her nation's politics; and a dwarf ranger who's searching for the reincarnation of her village's previous elder. The expansion also adds a ruthless convicted criminal's soul inhabiting a bronze golem, an old monk who's CoveredInScars, and an older, experienced Aumauan pirate and explorer turned follower of a religious order.
* By the end of the game, the main party of ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' contains one full demon, one half-demon, one angel, two humans, a robot, and a Prinny.

* ''VideoGame/KingsRaid'' features collectable characters that are gathered from all across the world, ranging from standard humans to dwarves, elves, demons, and {{Beast M|an}}en.