Line #10 Characters/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDespair


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4	!!'''Alucard'''
5	From ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''. Wields several different kinds of weapons, but mainly swords and is the only character who can use shields (although their use is questionable in the long run). Can use Dark Magic by finding spell scrolls, although he no longer has subweapons or familiars. The only remnants of his alternative forms are a temporary Mist form and his Wolf Charge, which has been reduced to a mere slide. His Dark Magic gets stronger the more you collect.
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7	Voiced by Creator/RyotaroOkiayu and Creator/YuriLowenthal.
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9	* BlackMagic: Instead of subweapons, he can use his spells as skills. Fortunately, they're way easier to use here.
10	* BoringButPractical: Plays out this way. His abilities and weapons make him one of the less exciting to use characters in the game. His general playstyle and method of leveling is also simpler than most of the others. Despite this, however, he still has a fair share of use online.
11	* FlashStep: If you use the Alucard Sword's special attack, he still retains his usual flash step from ''Symphony of the Night''/''Dawn of Sorrow''.
12	* {{Intangibility}}: Thanks to his Mist Form ability, he can dodge all attacks for a half second.
13	* {{Leitmotif}}: His theme music is "Pitiful Scion", better known as "The Tragic Prince" from ''Symphony of the Night'', and is available as DLC in the first Music Pack.
14	* HomingProjectile: His Summon Spirit and Tetra Soul spells, summoning one and four respectively.
15	* LifeDrain: Soul Steal and Dark Metamorphosis, which can recover his health by stealing the enemy's own via magic or contact with their blood.
16	* MultiMeleeMaster: Of note, he and Soma share some of the biggest weapon pools in the game. Alucard's reportoire of weapons includes but isn't limited to {{Cool Sword}}s and {{Katanas\|AreJustBetter}}, tonfas, [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shields]], and {{Power Fist}}s.
17	* PlayingWithFire: His Hellfire spell, which if held down becomes Dark Inferno instead.
18	* SummonMagic: If you use his special attack with Daybreak equipped, it will still have its effect of summoning minions to aid you.
19	* UnholyNuke: If he does a Soul Crush with Soma, he will use "Demonic Meggido". Yup, the same that Dracula uses.
20	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Downplayed compared to his original game. His slide is him turning into wolf form, and he can use mist form for a moment.
21	* YinYangBomb: If he performs a Dual Crush with any of the Belmonts or Jonathan, they'll use the Blood Cross Dual Crush, which deals Darkness/Light Damage to enemies and heals both of the users.
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23	!!'''Soma Cruz'''
24	From ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'' and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow''. Like Alucard, he wields several kinds of weapons but mainly swords. Unlike Alucard, his weapon catalog is more diverse, ranging from axes to cudgels and even guns. Can use the [[PowerCopying Power of Dominance]] [[YourSoulIsMine to absorb enemy souls]] and gain more attacks. Souls become enhanced the more they are collected.
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26	Voiced by Creator/HikaruMidorikawa and Erik Davies.
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28	* BlueIsHeroic: Any monsters you summon come in a blue variety so you can tell what's a enemy and what's not.
29	* LevelGrinding: All but two enemies in the game drop souls, and the souls form the bosses are rare drops. Naturally those souls are quite powerful. You can increase their drop rates to around 5% at most, so enjoy your grinding.
30	* {{Leitmotif}}: His theme music is "Pitch-Black Intrusion" from ''Dawn of Sorrow'', and is available as DLC in the first Music Pack.
31	* MultiMeleeMaster: Of note, he and Alucard share some of the biggest weapon pools in the game. Soma's reportoire of weapons includes but isn't limited to [[CoolSword swords]], axes, spears, and [[SinisterScythe scythes]].
32	* ObviousRulePatch: While you can get boss souls on either difficulty, all of his rare weapons have to be obtained on Hard mode. Since grinding them out on Hard can still get you boss souls, you're better off obtaining them on Hard anyways.
33	* PowerCopying: Not always. Sometimes the soul he absorbs gives him an equivalent to an enemy's attack, not a duplicate of it.
34	* UnholyNuke: If he does a Soul Crush with Alucard, it will become "Demonic Meggido". Yes, the same attack Dracula uses.
35	* WeakButSkilled: How he's supposed to play as. Most of his souls have very specific uses, and even the skills he copies from others aren't as strong as the others. But he's the only one that can change his Special Skill with blue souls and the yellow souls can patch up weak spots in his build or allow him to focus on a particular skill.
36	* YinYangBomb: If he uses a Dual Crush with the Belmonts or Jonathan, they'll use the Blood Cross Dual Crush, which deals Darkness/Light damage and heals the users.
37	* YourSoulIsMine: His main draw. Has a chance to steal the soul of any enemy, and can use their powers as a result of this.
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39	!!'''Jonathan Morris'''
40	From ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin''. Wields the Vampire Killer only, losing his extensive library of weapons from his debut game. Also has access to various Martial Arts and Subweapons. Most of these subweapons are shared between him and the DLC whip users (see below), but he does have some exclusive ones that make him more versatile in his own right. His Vampire Killer becomes stronger when his subweapons increase in level, and increasing all of them to 9 unlocks the full-powered Vampire Killer, which deals Holy damage. In addition, the subweapons themselves have noticeable changes as they level up, such as different graphics, higher damage, and larger hitboxes.
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42	Voiced by Creator/TakahiroSakurai and Creator/LiamOBrien.
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44	* DeadlyLunge: His Danger Knee Martial Art skill as well as his Sonic Strike Martial Art.
45	* DifficultButAwesome: Out of all the Whip Users in game, Jonathan stands out as taking the longest to master out of any of them. In order to fully utilize him and power him up, you need to master no less than 12 Subweapons with more than a few being unorthodox in usage. But once that's out of the way, he can be one of the best characters with the biggest reportoire of martial arts and subweapons amongst the whip users.
46	* ElaborateEqualsEffective: Zigzagged. Improving any of the subweapons gives them flashier sprites and better damage. It also improves the strength of the whip itself, but the whip doesn't change appearance.
47	* {{Leitmotif}}: His theme music is "Invitation of a Crazed Moon" from ''Portrait of Ruin'', and is available as DLC in the first Music Pack.
48	* MultiMeleeMaster: Despite not having the same range of weapons he had access to in ''Portrait of Ruin'', he makes up for it with his reportoire of subweapons.
49	* {{Shoryuken}}: His Uppercut Martial Art, which looks the closest to the TropeNamer.
50	* StoneWall: His special skill is Guard, which cuts all damage coming towards him.
51	* SuperReflexes: His Forwards Roll allows him to evade forwards and not be damaged at all.
52	* YinYangBomb: If he uses a Dual Crush with Soma or Alucard, it creates the Blood Cross Dual Crush, which deals Darkness/Light Damage and heals it's users.
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54	!!'''Charlotte Aulin'''
55	From ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin''. Wields the Book of Binding. She can use the book to [[PowerCopying bind monsters attacks]] and use them as spells. Her main attack will produce more weapons out of the tome the more spells are collected.
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57	Voiced by Creator/YumiKakazu and Creator/StephanieSheh.
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59	* AntiPoopSocking: Due to the way she gains her abilities, she needs an unique mechanic to her to prevent players maxing out her abilities too quickly; she can only absorb one attack per enemy in the level, meaning in order to level an attack to its max (level 9), she has to absorb it 9 times from 9 different enemies (or the same enemy on 9 different runs of the same level).
60	** LevelGrinding: Has the unfortunate side-effect of this, especially for any boss that has an unique learnable attack, and doubly so for Dracula (who has 2 unique learnable abilities, meaning a minimum of ''18'' runs to learn both to max level).
61	* ElaborateEqualsEffective: Zig-zagged, though inversely to the whip-using characters. Absorbing attacks doesn't make them more flashy, but it does add more damage and flair to her standard attack.
62	* GuideDangIt: You'd be surprised what can and can't be absorbed by the shield.
63	* {{Leitmotif}}: Her theme music is "The Hidden Curse" from ''Portrait of Ruin'', and is available as DLC in the first Music Pack.
64	* PlayerNudge: When an attack hits the shield that can be absorbed, there is a distinctive sound effect. If you can't absorb it (either because it's not a valid attack, or you've already learnt an attack off of that enemy), said sound will not occur.
65	* PlayingWithFire: If she initiates a Dual Crush with anyone but Jonathan (or Soma, Maria and/or Alucard initiate one with her), she causes the Phlegethon Dual Crush which causes the floors and walls to be covered with fire.
66	* PowerCopying: Absorbs attacks with her shield in order to use them herself. These include...
67	** CastingAShadow: Nightmare, Ghost Chaser and Dark Inferno spells.
68	** FeatherFlechettes: The Featherblades spell.
69	** HealThyself: The Heal Spell.
70	** AnIcePerson: Splash Needle, Ice Needle and Ice Fang spells.
71	** LightEmUp: Piercing Beam and Energy Flow Spells.
72	** PlayingWithFire: Fireball, Raging Fire, Hellfire, Flame Shot and the DLC Exclusive R. Fireball.
73	** PoisonousPerson: The Poison Spores, Demonseed and Acidic Bubbles spells.
74	** RazorWind: Sickle Moon.
75	** ShockAndAwe: Thunderbolt and the DLC exclusive Delta Spark.
76	** StormOfBlades: Deathscythe and R. Deathscythe spells.
77	** SummonMagic: Summon Skeleton, Summon Gunman and the DLC exclusive R. Summon Skeleton.
78	* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Her weapon is the Book of Binding. At first, Charlotte's attack is to open it and make a sword come out to hurt her foes, but as she learns more spells, the book will eventually add in two axes with the sword and when maxed, two maces and a more elaborate sword alongside increased damage.
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80	!!'''Shanoa'''
81	From ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia''. Wields weapons and magic from Glyphs. She can find more weapon Glyphs through boss chests, and more magic Glyphs [[PowerCopying by absorbing attacks from enemy monsters.]] She also has Magnes, a key Glyph for exploring. Spells can be leveled up, but otherwise there are no aesthetic or notable changes.
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83	Voiced by Creator/HoukoKuwashima and Creator/MichelleRuff.
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85	* AnIcePerson: If she initiates a dual crush with anyone (or Soma, Maria and/or Alucard initiate one with her), she causes the Cocytus Dual Crush which creates a wall of ice that throws snowflakes and icy winds wherever the initiator is looking.
86	* JackOfAllStats: She has the widest selection of equipment in the game, allowing some interesting combinations. You can pretty much build her however you want and she'll be perfectly usable regardless.
87	* {{Leitmotif}}: Her theme music is "An Empty Tome" from ''Order of Ecclesia'', and is available as DLC in the first Music Pack.
88	* MagicKnight: As per ''Ecclesia'', she wields her Glyphs which grant her both physical and magic powers.
89	** BlowYouAway: Her Pneuma Glyph as a main weapon creates squalls of wind to hurt enemies.
90	** DishingOutDirt: Her Lapiste Glyph as a main weapon creates fists of stone to hit enemies.
91	** EnergyWeapon: Her Nitesco glyph, which fires a beam of [[HolyHandGrenade holy]] and [[PlayingWithFire burning]] light.
92	** FireIceDuo: Her Dextro and Sinestro Crustos DLC Exclusive weapons deal fire and ice damage respectively.
93	** HolyHandGrenade: Her DLC exclusive Luminatio, which creates two orbs of light that spin like a Bible.
94	** HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: Her DLC exclusive Globus, which creates two purple orbs that bounce across rooms and the stage to hurt enemies.
95	** AnIcePerson: Her Grando Glyph, which flies forth to impale enemies on a shard of ice.
96	** PlayingWithFire: Her Ignis Glyph, which creates three fireballs that fly diagonally up and downwards and forwards.
97	** RoyalRapier: Her Confedere Glyph, her beginning weapon.
98	** ShockAndAwe: Her Fulgur Glyph, which creates a bolt of lightning that homes in on opponents.
99	** SphereOfDestruction: Her DLC Exclusive Acerbatus Glyph fires a ball of dark magic and electricity.
100	* PowerCopying: Although only from two enemies, but it's still there.
101	* SequenceBreaking: The Magnes Glyph allows her to take shortcuts put in place for her.
102	* SexyBacklessOutfit: Believe it or not, it's important to gameplay. She absorbs Glyphs through the tattoo on her back, and as such needs to leave it exposed for it to work.
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106	''In order to compensate for the [=PS3=] version being later than the 360 one, these characters were added to the standard lineup. On the 360, they are paid DLC''
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108	!!'''Julius Belmont'''
109	From ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'' and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow''. Wields the Vampire Killer whip much like Simon Belmont did in ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV'', with eight-directional whipping and the ability to grab on Magnes points. Unlike Jonathan, he only has access to the traditional Belmont subweapons and only has 2 Martial Arts: Omnia Vanitas, his teleport dash from ''Aria of Sorrow'', and the [[{{Shoryuken}} Uppercut]]. In addition, his Vampire Killer has the longest range of all the whip users.
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111	Voiced by Creator/TetsuInada and [[Creator/DavidLodgeAmericanActor David Lodge]].
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113	* BoringButPractical: He plays a lot more defensively than the rest of the whip users, having greater mobility and two martial arts, with one being really good for evasion. That said, he's no less stronger than them.
114	* ElaborateEqualsEffective: Same as the other whip users. The whip doesn't change appearance, but the subweapons do as they level up.
115	* FlashStep: He has access to his Omnia Vanitas skill, which teleports him. You can spam it to move faster through the stage.
116	* {{Leitmotif}}: His theme music is "Can't Wait Until Night ~Heart of Fire~" from ''Aria of Sorrow'', and is available as DLC in the second Music Pack.
117	* MultiMeleeMaster: Like Jonathan, Julius also has an array of subweapons he can choose from, though not as wide as Jonathan's.
118	* {{Shoryuken}}: His Uppercut Martial Art.
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120	!!'''Yoko Belnades'''
121	From ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'' and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow''. Wields the Belnades Staff, which no longer gives a life bonus when hitting enemies. Uses her three spells from ''Dawn of Sorrow'': Blue Splash, Holy Flames, and Holy Lightning. She has the strongest spells and the fastest [[RegeneratingMana MP regeneration rate]] of all the magic users, but is one of only two characters who cannot perform jump kicks (the other being Charlotte), the least spells out of any character and the worst physical attacks.
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123	Voiced by Ao Takahashi and Creator/KarenStrassman.
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125	* DifficultButAwesome: Three skills, no divekick and a weak, plain weapon. However, said weapon does blunt damage and has some vertical range to it, while said skills are the best skills in the game. It's all about being ''very'' careful and capitalizing on what to use and when.
126	* ElaborateEqualsEffective: Holy Lightning and Blue Splash shoot off more projectiles as they level.
127	* FireIceLightning: Her 3 spells.
128	** HolyHandGrenade: Holy Flames and Holy Lightning have the benefit that they deal holy damage as well as Fire/Lightning Damage.
129	** AnIcePerson: Blue Splash, which fires icicles in a half circle around her.
130	** PlayingWithFire: Her Holy Flames, which deal a huge amount of damage from a short burst of flame from her hand.
131	** ShockAndAwe: Holy Lightning, which summons from three to five lightning bolts to chase and harm her foes.
132	* {{Leitmotif}}: Her theme music is "Aquarius" from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon'', and is available as DLC in the second Music Pack.
133	* ShockAndAwe: If she initiates a Dual Crush with anyone (or Soma, Alucard or Maria initiate one with her), she creates the Thor's Hammer Dual Crush which creates a huge lazer of lightning to go across the screen.
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137	!!'''Richter Belmont'''
138	From ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', playing more like the latter. Like Julius, he can only use traditional Belmont subweapons. He can only whip forward, but to compensate he can use a vast array of Martial Arts, which include his Sliding Kick, Tackle, and Backflip and which he can chain together to perform highly damaging combos. Has the strongest physical attack power of the Belmonts.
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140	Voiced by Creator/KiyoyukiYanada and Creator/DavidVincent.
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142	* {{Combos}}: He can chain together his Martial Arts to greatly increase his [=DPS=], so much so that attack canceling is pointless.
143	* DeadlyLunge: His Tackle Martial Art in a nutshell.
144	* DivingKick: Alongside a normal dive kick most characters can use, Richter has his Sliding Kick Martial Art which lets him rush with his foot extended after sliding.
145	* ElaborateEqualsEffective: Same as the other whip users. The whip doesn't change appearance, but the subweapons do as they level up.
146	* {{Leitmotif}}: His theme music is "Divine Bloodlines" from ''Rondo of Blood'', with elements from "The Outcasts" / "Strange Bloodlines" from ''Symphony of the Night'' and "Bloodlines Bequeathed" from ''Portrait of Ruin''. It is available as DLC in the second Music Pack.
147	* MultiMeleeMaster: Like Jonathan, Richter also has an array of subweapons he can choose from, though not as wide as Jonathan's.
148	* RoundhouseKick: Returns as one of his special skills.
149	* {{Shoryuken}}: His Uppercut Martial Art, as with Jonathan and Julius.
150	* SuperReflexes: His Somersault Martial Art allows him to dodge all damage and moves sent his way for a single moment.
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152	!!'''Maria Renard'''
153	From ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', playing more like the former. Fights with the mortal incarnations of TheFourGods of the Chinese Zodiac. She can also use the music book, here known as the Hymn. Instead of singing a dissonant tune, however, she sings "Bloody Tears". One of the smallest characters, her small hitbox allows her to fit inside areas which cannot normally be entered, and sometimes she can avoid attacks entirely. She is considered the most versatile of the magic users, though her damage and defenses are slightly below average, especially on the [=PS3=] where she remains unpatched.
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155	Voiced by Creator/ChiwaSaito and Creator/PhileceSampler.
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157	* ElaborateEqualsEffective: The spells she casts get larger and more elaborate as they level.
158	* FightingSpirit: The Guardian Knuckle, which also deals holy damage too.
159	* ImprobableWeaponUser: As per usual, she has her animals as her weapons.
160	* InconsistentSpelling: Her [[DownloadableContent DLC]] is known as the "Maria Rendard Character Pack".
161	* {{Leitmotif}}: Her theme music is "Slash" from ''Rondo of Blood'' with elements from the ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' version, and is available as DLC in the second Music Pack.
162	* MagicMusic: The Hymn Subweapon, which has her sing Bloody Tears and deals [[HolyHandGrenade holy damage]]. Subverted in the [=PS3=] version, as it only deals bashing damage.
163	* StoneWall: Plays as this. She has a rather low damage output; one of the lowest in the game. However, her skills have the longest range compared to most other characters, her hitbox is the smallest in the game allowing her to dodge attacks very easily and she can guard against attacks she can't avoid.
164	* TheFourGods: Three of her subweapons and skill.
165	** AnIcePerson: Qing Long, the Azure Dragon who flies forwards and deals ice damage.
166	** PlayingWithFire: Zhu Que, the Vermillion Bird that flies upwards and deals fire damage.
167	** ShockAndAwe: Bai Hu, the White Tiger who runs forth and deals electric damage.
168	** StoneWall: Xuan Wu, the Black Tortoise who protects Maria as her special skill and cuts damage in half.
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170	!!'''Simon Belmont'''
171	From the 1986 ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania\|I}}'', fighting much like his original form in 8-bit glory with the addition of a double jump, jump kick and slide. Wields the Vampire Killer. He also has access to the traditional Belmont subweapons. Upgrading his subweapons turns the Vampire Killer into a metal bladed whip instead of his normal one, and upgrading all of them makes it flash and deal the highest damage of all the whip users. Can throw a fireball out of the whip using a [[Franchise/StreetFighter Hadoken]] motion. His whip has the fastest recovery time of the whip users.
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173	* {{Leitmotif}}: His theme music is, obviously, "Simon's Theme" from ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV'' and ''Portrait of Ruin'', and is available as DLC in the second Music Pack.
174	* MultiMeleeMaster: Like Jonathan, Simon also has an array of subweapons he can choose from, though not as wide as Jonathan's.
175	* TheVoiceless: Subverted. Has no audio clips to go with the in-game voice commands. He does however make an 8-bit grunt ripped from the original game when damaged.
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177	!!'''Getsu Fuma''' (or '''Fuma Getsu''' in [[UsefulNotes/NameOrderConventions Western naming order]])
178	From ''VideoGame/GetsuFumaDen''. Wields the Pulse Blade, which is a katana that shoots waves of energy that increase in number when he levels up his subweapons, which are War Drums, Throwing Stars, and Hexplosives (curse bombs). His double jump can also damage enemies he comes in contact with, as can the pose each character makes when you hold Up.
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180	* MagikarpPower: Using him before you fully level him is a pain, since he doesn't get a "pulse" until you get a third of the way to max, and it's quite weak at that point. Get his three skills to level 9 however, and he suddenly becomes a capable character.
181	* TheVoiceless: Same as Simon.

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