| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | !!Party Members |
| 4 | [[folder:Ryu]] |
| 5 | !! Ryu |
| 6 | ->Voiced by: Creator/KappeiYamaguchi |
| 7 | |
| 8 | [[quoteright:338:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ryubreath4-w350-h450_1335.jpg]] |
| 9 | |
| 10 | TheProtagonist as per usual in ''Breath of Fire''. This time, Ryu is an amnesiac boy who crash-lands in the Eastern Continent's Great Desert right next to Nina and Cray's Sandship. With no idea of who he is or why he's there, he sticks with Nina in hopes of regaining his memory. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | * AccidentalPervert: In two of the {{Bowdlerise}} scenes. |
| 13 | * AchillesHeel: As he is the [[spoiler: LiteralSplitPersonality of Fou-Lu and a God dragon]], both share the same weakness against weapons created specifically to kill beings such as themselves. On top of that, since Ryu is considered to be a Fire dragon, he has an innate weakness to water/ice. |
| 14 | * TheBerserker: Same as in ''III''. [[spoiler: Now one needs to find all Endless in order to control the Kaiser Dragon.]] |
| 15 | * BigDamnHeroes: Subverted at the start of the game. Nina falls down a cliff side and Ryu jumps heroically to her aid...and just then notices Nina has ''wings''. Cue Ryu's smacking the ground face-first. |
| 16 | * BigShutUp: [[spoiler: A dialogue option allows Ryu to do this to Fou-Lu when choosing the "Good End" option after Fou-Lu's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.]] |
| 17 | * DespairEventHorizon: When [[spoiler: Rasso slaughters the innocent civilians of Chek]], he falls into an HeroicBSOD. This is especially apparent in the manga adaptation. |
| 18 | * ElementalPowers: Back to form-specific elements: |
| 19 | ** PlayingWithFire: Wyvern/Wyrm. |
| 20 | ** DishingOutDirt: Behemoth/Mammoth. |
| 21 | ** BlowYouAway: Myrmydon/Knight. |
| 22 | ** NonElemental: Aura & Kaiser. |
| 23 | * JackOfAllStats: All of his stats are decently high. |
| 24 | * HellishPupils: The manga's depiction of the Dragon's Eye. |
| 25 | * HeroicMime: [[spoiler: At least until the ending.]] |
| 26 | ** Averted in the manga adaptation, which has him speak frequently and greatly expands on his personality. |
| 27 | * IWillFindYou: [[spoiler: Ryu searching for Fou-Lu in the manga adaptation.]] |
| 28 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: First Ryu to ditch the European swords for a katana. Likely as part of the setting switch from [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Medieval Europe to Ancient China]]. |
| 29 | * LiteralSplitPersonality: [[spoiler:By virtue of originally being one part of Fou-Lu.]] |
| 30 | * LivingMacGuffin: Ryu ultimately becomes this. |
| 31 | * NakedOnArrival: An embarrassed Nina comes across his naked unconscious self at the merchant crash site. |
| 32 | * PlayingWithFire: Three of his dragon forms are fire-type. |
| 33 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Fou-Lu's Blue. By the end of the game, it gets inverted: [[spoiler: Fou-lu is angry and vengeful against humanity while Ryu is compassionate towards them and wants to impart this mentality to him.]] |
| 34 | * SecretArt: The Dragon transformations (called Meditate here) and evocations are naturally exclusive to him. |
| 35 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: In the manga version, [[spoiler: Ryu screams: "I won't forgive you" during his HeroicBSOD...Right before unleashing '''''THE KAISER DRAGON'''''.]] |
| 36 | * TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: After spending roughly the first half of the game only being able to use his weakest transformation, Aura, he unlocks the considerably more powerful Kaiser transformation after [[spoiler:seeing Captain Rasso lead a massacre against the citizens of Chek, and being forced to participate in a SeeminglyHopelessBossFight against an invincible monster that beats him and his friends to within an inch of their lives.]] |
| 37 | * TwinTelepathy: [[spoiler: With Fou-Lu, probably closer to Twin Empathy. Depicted more blatantly in the manga (especially so starting around Chapter 19) and is actually the major driving plot-point.]] |
| 38 | [[/folder]] |
| 39 | |
| 40 | [[folder:Nina]] |
| 41 | !! Nina |
| 42 | [[quoteright:286:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sdf_5432.jpg]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | The caring princess of Wyndia, who departed with her best friend Cray in search of her lost sister Elina. She sets to the Great Desert heading for where Elina was seen last, but an accident with the Sandship and a chance meeting with Ryu causes her to change course and set out on a journey much bigger than she had intended. |
| 45 | |
| 46 | * BlowYouAway: Outside of healing, Nina's specialty is using Wind magic, starting with Sever. With customizable skills, you can give her other elemental magic though. |
| 47 | * CharacterNarrator: Each chapter ends with a short narration from her. |
| 48 | * CooldownHug: Actually [[spoiler: bringing Ryu down from KAISER RAGE by this, in fact!]] |
| 49 | * HealingWinds: She uses wind magic both offensively and for healing. |
| 50 | * TheHeart: Of the team, she is the most affected by the suffering she sees, and it is she who actually recruits the other members (except for Ershin). |
| 51 | * IWillFindYou: The game starts out with Nina and Cray searching for her lost sister Elina. |
| 52 | * TheMedic: She gets all of the best healing spells by levelling up. |
| 53 | * MoralityPet: Serves as one for Cray, in the beginning. One suspects that the only reason the party got to six members at all is because Nina kept telling Cray to give them a chance. Cray outgrows the need for one eventually. |
| 54 | * ThePollyanna: Nina's knack for seeing the good in everything is contagious, to the point [[spoiler:it wins the party a new member in Scias]]. |
| 55 | * RoyalBlood: She's a Princess of Wyndia. |
| 56 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: In her case, go in search of her lost sister Elina. And [[spoiler: calm down raging '''''KAISER DRAGON''''' mode Ryu. And in the manga, have an IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight moment that slaps sense into Ryu ''when the latter is in Infini's mind''.]] |
| 57 | * SecretArt: |
| 58 | ** Her passive, Cheer, that she uses when she's in the back, healing the entire front line without any cost. |
| 59 | ** Nina's secret combo finisher is Phoenix, where she becomes WreathedInFlames and rushes at the enemies. |
| 60 | %% * ShelteredAristocrat: She only wants to do right, but she is ''very'' naive about the world. |
| 61 | %%* TeamMom |
| 62 | * WhiteMagicianGirl: She's the healer of the party, compared to III's Nina being the BlackMage. |
| 63 | * WingedHumanoid: She's a Wyndian, which is a race of birdmen. |
| 64 | [[/folder]] |
| 65 | |
| 66 | [[folder:Cray]] |
| 67 | !! Chief Cray |
| 68 | ->Voiced by: Creator/IsshinChiba |
| 69 | [[quoteright:338:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bb9641f37d495ac7d9fa001e0c1d7e7f-w350-h450_8866.jpg]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | Chief of the Woren and a very close friend of Nina and Elina, who offered to be Nina's bodyguard when she set out to search for her sister after the latter disappeared. He's dragged along by Nina into helping Ryu recover his memory after Ryu has a prophetic dream and Nina is convinced that helping him will lead them to Elina. |
| 72 | |
| 73 | * TheBigGuy: In that he's the biggest party member. Personality-wise, he's closer to TheLancer. |
| 74 | * CarryABigStick: His weapon is a large wooden bat. |
| 75 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Rei was a slacker, thief, and very much the speedster of your team; Cray is the dutiful leader of the Woren clan and is the team’s heavy hitter. |
| 76 | * DaChief: He's also the leader of the Woren tribe, a responsibility inherited from his father. |
| 77 | * DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments. |
| 78 | * DishingOutDirt: He has native access to Earth magic. While he lacks the Intelligence and Magic Points stats to use them effectively, he makes up for it thanks to his spells being multi-targets and being able to participate in Combos. |
| 79 | * HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: His mother is human, his father (the previous chieftain) is Woren.]] |
| 80 | * HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: In the game, after he mercy-kills Elina. He ''does not speak again'' until the final dungeon.]] |
| 81 | * HotBlooded: Something of a problem for him and his tribe. To his credit, he does try to control his temper, with varying success. |
| 82 | * {{Hunk}}: A quick look at his official artwork reveals that Cray is ''jacked''. Naturally, he is one of your hardest hitter. |
| 83 | * IWillFindYou: Searching for Elina along with Nina. [[spoiler: It doesn't end well and Elina has to be given a MercyKill.]] |
| 84 | * IdiotBall: He's no DumbMuscle, but he still grabs firm hold of this at times, mostly in the beginning in his desperation to find Elina. |
| 85 | * ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: With Yuna, after he finds out what he did to Elina.]] |
| 86 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the beginning, he's really something of a bully. He all but forcibly conscripts Ryu into the party because of his prophetic dreams leading to Elina, and when they don't pan out, considers ditching him. He also beats up Marlok's bodyguard, forces his way into his house, and demands that he give information about Elina while offering nothing in return. His behavior toward the other members of the party, especially Ursula, isn't that great either, and he often ignores their needs entirely unless [[MoralityPet Nina speaks up for them]]. And that's not going into his illegal entry into TheEmpire, which caused a lot of people a lot of problems which he never apologized for. Despite all this, he really does care for Nina and is protective of both her and the party in his own way. And, through the wonders of CharacterDevelopment ([[spoiler: and a few rounds of BreakTheCutie]]) he pretty much drops the "jerk" part completely by the end. |
| 87 | * KangarooCourt: The Ludian court isn't exactly on his side when he's on trial. To be fair, [[StrawmanHasAPoint they aren't entirely wrong, either]]. |
| 88 | * LoveConfession: [[spoiler:He confesses his love to Elina moments before he is forced to [[MercyKill kill her to end her never-ending suffering]].]] |
| 89 | * LoveHurts: And how. He genuinely loves Elina from all his heart, and will stop at nothing to find her. [[spoiler:When he does finally find her, she is beyond saving, and he has to kill her himself, at her own request.]] |
| 90 | * LoveRedeems: Cray has his own experience with this [[spoiler: when he must ultimately euthanise Elina with the Dragonslayer.]] |
| 91 | * MightyGlacier: Well, his [[CarryABigStick weapon]] is pretty big and heavy, so that might explain it. |
| 92 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Finding Cray and company illegally across borders, assaulting Imperial soldiers nearly broke the ceasefire the Empire had with the Eastern Alliance, and by manufacturing a copy of the weapon that Cray also stole (and gave away to Nina, who gave it to Ryu, who ''broke it,''), the Empire was able to modify the treaty between the countries so that they could seize more land on the border, so that they could more easily search for Ryu. A ''great deal'' of trouble the TrueCompanions face in the later Acts could have been avoided entirely if Cray had been capable of ''any'' degree of subtlety -- though [[JerkassHasAPoint he IS right]] in that Elina couldn't be found through proper channels, given what the Empire had done to her.]] |
| 93 | * OnlySaneMan: Feels like this most times, mostly in regards to recruiting Scias and Ursula since they were former enemies. He's also, for the most part, a lot more level-headed than the rest of his tribe (including the supposedly-wise elders). |
| 94 | * PapaWolf: In regards to Nina. Considerably more explicit in the manga. |
| 95 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Chieftain of the entire Woren nation, at that. |
| 96 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: His attitude concerning his search for Elina. He learns to grow out of it, though. |
| 97 | * SecretArt: |
| 98 | ** His exclusive passive has Cray automatically shield critically-injured party members from attacks. |
| 99 | ** Cray's secret combo finisher is Mudslide, where he [[NonIndicativeName takes a mighty swing at a target]]. |
| 100 | * ShoutOut: His ultimate combination magic is named "Weretiger" in reference to Rei's feral form. Also, at one point, he says Rei's [[MemeticMutation infamous]] {{catchphrase}}. |
| 101 | * TeamDad: If there's someone you can trust the safety and well-being of your team to, it's Cray. |
| 102 | * WhatTheHellHero: |
| 103 | ** He faced a LOT of chewing out from the Ludian court for his illegal entry into TheEmpire and his loss of a priceless heirloom and symbol of the Alliance. His response was to throw it right back. |
| 104 | ** Ursula and Ershin bluntly call him on bad leadership decisions. Also, Ursula isn't too thrilled to learn that the party is responsible for the Kyoin Gateway getting a malfunction (although, to be fair, ''why'' it went haywire is never elaborated), forcing the party to take another route. |
| 105 | [[/folder]] |
| 106 | |
| 107 | [[folder:Ershin]] |
| 108 | !! Ershin/Master |
| 109 | |
| 110 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ab5d516ce4c5f092a7528b41eb0c059a-w350-h450_1524.jpg]] |
| 111 | |
| 112 | A weird, animated suit of armor that helps the Purifiers in Chamba with the cleanup of the village's Hex contamination. Prone to [[ThirdPersonPerson third-person speak]] and laughing at inappropriate moments, Ershin joins Ryu's team for no seeming reason other than being compelled by "Ershin", the entity they say is living inside the armor. [[spoiler:Which turns out to be Deis, one of the Endless who's very aware of Ryu's true nature as a Dragon god.]] |
| 113 | |
| 114 | * AmbiguousGender: The characters and even the game itself couldn't decide whether to address Ershin as a he or a she, using both at different points in the story. |
| 115 | * AnimatedArmor: [[spoiler: Deis' aura granted the armor a will of its own.]] |
| 116 | * BilingualBonus: Two separate ones, in fact, both of which contain spoilers. |
| 117 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: To call Ershin "bizarre" wouldn't do her justice. She acts quite aloof, can be pushy at times, has laughing fits and can be sometimes disconnected from reality. |
| 118 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Gave up its life to protect the Abbess of Chek while Deis was speaking with the Endless.[[UnexplainedRecovery It didn't stick, though]].]] |
| 119 | * {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler: Deis was hardly warm to Ershin when it was revealed that it had a mind of its own. She absolutely refused to go back inside, cruelly insisting it was never alive and that it should "go back to being a suit of armor," and then leaving it alone in Chek. She eventually realized how selfish this attitude was when Ershin gave up its life to protect the Abbess, and goes back into the armor to rejoin Ryu.]] |
| 120 | * JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler: When the party has to release Deis.]] |
| 121 | * LongRangeFighter: Her exclusive passive, Cover Fire, allows Ershin to attack from the back row (without any player input). |
| 122 | * MasterOfAll: There is a reason for MeaningfulName. After a certain point in the game, Ershin will learn all 4 Level 3 Elemental magics. |
| 123 | * MeaningfulName: Though hidden by a BilingualBonus. The KeepItForeign renaming [[spoiler: of Master to "Ershin" -- literally meaning "two souls" in Sichuan Chinese -- was to preserve the BilingualBonus.]] |
| 124 | * RecurringElement: In a way, Ershin is [[spoiler:Deis as a playable character again]], after being DemotedToExtra in the previous game. |
| 125 | * PowerPerversionPotential: The second time the party has to wake [[spoiler:Deis]] up, they find out she used her power over her own dream world to create a harem of scantily-clad men. |
| 126 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: On some of her character portraits. |
| 127 | * RobotBuddy |
| 128 | * RocketPunch: Her basic attack has him shooting his fist to the enemies. |
| 129 | * SealedGoodInACan: [[spoiler:It turns out Ershin is actually the robotic "host" for the goddess Deis.]] |
| 130 | * SecretArt: |
| 131 | ** Cover Fire, in which Ershin automatically attacks from the back row. |
| 132 | ** Stand Out draws all enemies' single-target attacks at Ershin. |
| 133 | * StoneWall: Excellent Defense and no Elemental Affinity. |
| 134 | * TeamPet: Though a surprisingly ''powerful'' one once she is leveled up. |
| 135 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Oh god ''yes''. [[spoiler: Entirely justified to the point of FridgeBrilliance based on the above.]] |
| 136 | * TookALevelInBadass: Becomes much more useful after an event which occurs about halfway through the game; specifically, [[spoiler: unsealing Deis' power allows Ershin to learn a greater variety of skills, including all four level three elemental spells.]] |
| 137 | * UseYourHead: Following in Peco's example. |
| 138 | [[/folder]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | [[folder:Scias]] |
| 141 | !! Scias |
| 142 | |
| 143 | [[quoteright:308:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b94cab51b2b07676e789b20ac5288182-w350-h450_7216.jpg]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | A quirky, alcoholic (well, [[{{Bowdlerise}} stuttering in the English version]]) mercenary hired by Ludia to keep tabs on Ryu's party after they're captured in Astana. Following the orders given to him [[ExactWords to the technical word]], [[spoiler:he eventually turns on the Ludian authority after witnessing Nina and Ryu's plight to help Cray, instead taking an interest on assisting Ryu's party on their journey]]. |
| 146 | |
| 147 | * AchillesHeel: Scias' element being Water, he shares Fou-Lu's weakness to Fire attacks. |
| 148 | * AlcoholHic: Unfortunately, {{Bowdlerise}} in the English version to a stuttering issue. |
| 149 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler: It is implied in the game (and even more in the manga) that the reason Scias left the employ of Ludia was because he was touched by Nina's optimism and faith in him.]] |
| 150 | * CaptainObvious: Scias' reaction to [[spoiler: the discovery that "Fairy Drops" are the SolidGoldPoop of actual fairies.]] |
| 151 | * CombatMedic: He's the secondary healer of the game, but he can still dish out damage in both physical attacks and offensive magic. |
| 152 | * DrunkenMaster: Scias' original characterization in the Japanese version had him constantly falling-down plastered, and still pulling off all the fanciest of moves he does in battle. Imagine what he could accomplish sober. |
| 153 | * ExactWords: Scias is hired and told to keep an eye on Ryu's party, which he does. [[LoopholeAbuse He's just not told to stop them should they do anything to help Cray.]] |
| 154 | * FlashStep: His attack animation. |
| 155 | * GlassCannon: When [[DesperationAttack Rakhasa]] activates (when his HP has fallen into the yellow): his Defense drops to zero and its value is transferred to his Power. |
| 156 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:He is employed by Ludia to spy on the party, but he reneges and returns the money once he starts actually sympathizing with Nina's plight.]] |
| 157 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: He tries to project the image of a Badass mercenary, but his campfire conversations and certain other events reveal that he's not nearly as devoid of conscience as he pretends. |
| 158 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: Much better if they give him an extra attack. |
| 159 | * LightningBruiser: He is fast, he hits hard ([[CriticalHit Shining Blade]], hello!) and his Defense and Evasion are pretty good as well. |
| 160 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He sobers up/drop the stuttering when something really takes him for surprise. The best example is when Ryu and co. go to the Golden Plains to gets some help for Cray. Scias is genuinely confused as to why would anyone do anything without expecting to be recompensed in return, specially something that might not work at all. He's a mercenary to the core; the very concept of Altruism is so alien to him that he simply doesn't understand it at all. [[spoiler:Nina's kindness is heavily implied to be one of the reasons of why he decided to leave his original mission.]] |
| 161 | * SecretArt: |
| 162 | ** Shining Blade and Rakhasa, although they are both Shadowwalk and Last Resort under different names, and Rakhasa is a passive activated upon critical health. |
| 163 | ** His secret combo finisher is Ice Sword, freezing an enemy before shattering it with his strike. |
| 164 | * SpeechImpediment: His stuttering. |
| 165 | * WelcomeBackTraitor: [[spoiler:Occurs as part of his HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 166 | [[/folder]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | [[folder:Ursula]] |
| 169 | !! Captain Ursula |
| 170 | ->Voiced by: Creator/KumikoWatanabe |
| 171 | |
| 172 | [[quoteright:337:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4f5e7c12803c69df388a4c50c406f203-w350-h450_4922.jpg]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | A fox-like girl who works for the Empire as a commander in the army. Initially tasked with capturing Ryu by TheEmpire, her mission goes sideways [[spoiler:when Captain Rasso massacres the village of Chek for Ryu's whereabouts and the incident leads to Ryu unleashing Kaiser on him]]. Because Ryu's party actually intends to go to the Empire both to search for Elina and [[spoiler:have Ryu and Fou-Lu meet]], they take Ursula with them under the pretext that they're also helping her accomplish her mission. |
| 175 | |
| 176 | * AscendedExtra: In the game proper, Ursula joins late and her role is fairly restricted. In the manga adaptation, she gets more time to shine, with several pages dedicated to her perspective and thoughts, thus expanding her character and giving her more depth. |
| 177 | * TheCaptain: She is a field officer with the rank of Captain in the Fou Imperial Army. At the story's end, she is shown to be in charge of what's left of the Fou Imperial Army, organizing disaster recovery efforts. |
| 178 | * TheComicallySerious: She smiles exactly ''once'' during the whole game and ''only'' to her only known family, General Rhun. |
| 179 | * ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler:In the manga, moments after Elina's death, Ursula confesses that ''she'' was the one who invited Elina to come to the Fou Empire in Synesta, with Marlok acting as an intermediary. She kept quiet until then because this was considered classified information to the Fou Empire. After [[ItsAllMyFault a brief moment of guilt]], Ursula is forgiven by Cray, who reasons that she [[JustFollowingOrders only followed orders]] and was [[UnwittingPawn not told about what would happen to Elina once she was no longer Ursula's concern]].]] |
| 180 | * DefensiveFailure: She pulls her gun and aims at Ryu when he is in his berserk state, but is visibly shaking and is ultimately unable to shoot. Were it not for Nina's intervention, she would have been vaporized on the spot just like Rasso. |
| 181 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: During her very brief time as an antagonist, she shows disgust with Rasso when he [[spoiler: slaughters the women and children of Chek.]] {{Invoked|Trope}}: In the manga, she explicitly describes [[spoiler: Rasso's]] actions as unforgivable and begs Nina to not think of all Fou Empire soldiers as being similarly monstrous. |
| 182 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Fond of delivering these to Cray. |
| 183 | * HappilyAdopted: By General Rhun, it turns out. |
| 184 | * HerdHittingAttack: Some of her firearms allows Ursula to hit all enemies at once. Train her to have high attack power, and she can easily clear out most RandomEncounters. |
| 185 | * IWillFindYou: At the game's end, she goes looking for [[spoiler:her foster-father General Rhun.]] In the manga, she goes searching for [[spoiler: [[KarmaHoudini Yuna]]]], presumably to hunt him down and kill him. |
| 186 | * JackOfAllStats: Could be MasterOfNone, but training with [[EliteTweak Masters]] helps her to stay decent. |
| 187 | * LadyOfWar: A high-ranking Imperial officer, and rather proper and dignified. |
| 188 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Was quite surprised to learn the party's goal was to find Fou-lu (Ryu's other half), because Ursula believed that he has been dead for centuries. This implies that Ursula was not aware of the continent-wide manhunt that resulted in Fou-lu's awakening. |
| 189 | * NotSoStoic: She cries when General Rhun asks her to call him "Grandfather", just as she did as a child. For the first time in the story, Ursula lets her guard down and shows a side of herself beyond that of a dutiful Imperial soldier. |
| 190 | * PlayingWithFire: Completing the quartet of mono-elementalists in the party, Ursula is primarily a fire magic user. |
| 191 | * PowerupLetDown: Ursula's Electrifier weapon is, according to its attack power, her best weapon; however, it has terrible accuracy. Most players would probably settle for the Culverin: it is only a few points behind the Electrifier, but it has no accuracy drop, higher critical rate, ''and'' is a HerdHittingAttack. |
| 192 | * SecretArt: |
| 193 | ** Revival allows Ursula to survive a lethal attack with 1HP. |
| 194 | ** Ursula's combo finisher is Reflect, which fires a laser through one enemy which then rebounds to hit another, potentially hitting all enemies in the field. |
| 195 | * SixthRanger: She doesn't even show up until near the end of Chapter 2, but she still starts as an antagonist. |
| 196 | * StealthHiBye: Her victory sprite has her disappear in a ninja-style SmokeOut. |
| 197 | * {{Tsundere}}: Specifically, Type A. |
| 198 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Sea lice. Especially hilarious as sea lice are harmless isopods -- and ''Nina even points this out''. |
| 199 | ** This in fact SO traumatises Ursula in regards to sea travel that when Khan knocks on the bottom of the ship later, Ursula is convinced it's actually the sea lice who are OUT TO GET HER. |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | !!Supporting Characters |
| 203 | [[folder:Elina ('''Massive UNMARKED Spoilers''' for the end of the game)]] |
| 204 | !! Elina |
| 205 | |
| 206 | * AllLovingHero: Elina is a beloved public figure throughout the Eastern Continent. This was the biggest reason why Yuna captured her in order to eventually use her as [[LoveHurts an everlasting sacrifice for the Carronade]]. |
| 207 | * ArrangedMarriage: She is engaged to Morley, the prince of Ludia, in order to secure an alliance between Wyndia and Ludia. Some people believed that she disappeared because [[RebelliousPrincess she didn't want to get married in the first place]]. |
| 208 | * AstralProjection: In the depths of Yuna's underground laboratory at Astana, she projects an image of herself to tell Ryu and his friends that only the Dragonslayer will allow them to eventually find her. |
| 209 | * BodyHorror: Everything beneath her waist is a mass of giant bones and internal organs that has integrated itself with Yuna's underground laboratory in Astana. [[EyesDoNotBelongThere Some of the organs even have eyes]] that follow anything that moves on them. |
| 210 | * BreakTheCutie: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Despite her traumatic experiences during Yuna's cruel experiments, Elina [[HeroicWillpower retained her kind, loving personality through it all]]. |
| 211 | * CompleteImmortality: As an Endless, only [[ImmortalBreaker weapons that can kill a deity]], such as the Dragonslayer, can kill her. |
| 212 | * DamselInDistress: Her disappearance results in Nina and Cray searching for her. By the time Elina is found, it's too late to rescue her. |
| 213 | * DeityOfHumanOrigin: As a result of Yuna's experiment to give her an immortal body GoneHorriblyRight. |
| 214 | * FriendToAllChildren: Before her disappearance, Elina was last seen at an orphanage in the town of Synesta, where she was fondly remembered by the children. |
| 215 | * GoOutWithASmile: She accepts her death with grace, a serene smile on her face when Cray ends her suffering. |
| 216 | * GoryDiscretionShot: We never actually see Cray kill Elina. In the game, the scene cuts to outside Elina's room just as Cray takes the Dragonslayer. The player may not re-enter the room afterwards. In the manga, the scene changes just before Cray stabs Elina. After this, it is shown that [[NoBodyLeftBehind Elina's body has disappeared]]. |
| 217 | * TheLostLenore: To Cray, after he kills her with the Dragonslayer. |
| 218 | * TheOmniscient: As an Endless, she is able to know things beyond human perception. For example, she knew Ryu's name even though he never introduced himself to her, she knew about Fou-lu's existence and she fully understood that the meeting between Ryu and Fou-lu [[BecauseDestinySaysSo will decide the world's destiny]]. She also knew that Cray loved her enough to end her suffering. |
| 219 | * OneeSama: She is deeply loved and respected by her younger sister Nina, who always calls her "Nee-sama". |
| 220 | * PrincessClassic: She is the very image of a beautiful, kind, innocent princess. |
| 221 | * RoyalBlood: She is a princess of Wyndia, being the older sister of Nina. |
| 222 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She has devoted her life to finding a way to end the war between the Fou Empire and the Alliance and promoting peace between them, acting as an ambassador-at-large. Elina has also conducted goodwill visits to many cities and towns ravaged by the war, making her a popular public figure. |
| 223 | * SacrificialLamb: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Yuna originally planned to use Elina as a sacrifice for the Carronade due to her strong emotional ties to many people on the Eastern Continent. However, the Carronade required its victims to be [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured to near-death]] in order to properly utilize their negative thoughts and emotions as ammunition. Yuna conducted experiments to give Elina an immortal body in order to give the Carronade [[BottomlessMagazines infinite ammunition]]. In the process, he accidentally turned Elina into an Endless. |
| 224 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite being missing for most of the story, Elina is the biggest reason why Nina and Cray push forward and endure many perils searching for her. During this search, they encounter Ryu, which takes their quest to a new level of drama. |
| 225 | * SuperpowerDisability: As a side effect of becoming an Endless, Elina's bones and internal organs have grown to the point of permanently immobilizing her. |
| 226 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: She is the most unambiguously good person in the game's story, making her death all the more tragic. |
| 227 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: Having no wish to live and suffer for all eternity, Elina's last request is for Cray to give her a MercyKill using the Dragonslayer. |
| 228 | * WingedHumanoid: Like Nina, she too is a Wyndian. |
| 229 | [[/folder]] |
| 230 | |
| 231 | [[folder:Marlok]] |
| 232 | !! Marlok |
| 233 | * DirtyOldMan: He is a little ''too'' eager when asking Nina for a massage. |
| 234 | * FishPeople: He is a Manillo, a fish-humanoid race notorious for its [[{{Greed}} love of money]]. |
| 235 | * {{Greed}}: His most defining trait, befitting his race. He is the richest merchant in Synesta, owning a large house and a sandflier. In fact, as long as a character has Marlok as their Master, they will earn more money after battles! |
| 236 | * GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: He is never seen without a cigarette in his mouth and he sometimes [[SecondFaceSmoke breathes smoke onto others]] to show off his displeasure. |
| 237 | * JerkassHasAPoint: This happens whenever the heroes meet him. |
| 238 | ** After the heroes defeat his bodyguard Kahn, Marlok wants them to do some work for him in exchange for information on Elina. While Cray is annoyed by this, Ershin points out that it's unrealistic to expect something for free, especially considering ''they'' beat up Kahn, depriving Marlok of a bodyguard. |
| 239 | ** After Marlok sends them to catch a thief who stole some of his items, the heroes learn that the thief was actually coerced into selling the items, which were originally the thief's, at a fraction of their price to Marlok. The heroes let the thief go and confront Marlok, who points out that the items are legally his since he paid for them, however little. |
| 240 | ** After Ursula and Scias hijack Marlok's sandflier before the others can stop them, Marlok himself admonishes Cray and Nina for seemingly taking up banditry since their last meeting. As a result, Cray finds himself [[AintTooProudToBeg begging Marlok for help in borrowing or purchasing a sandflier of their own]] while he and Nina [[ShamefulShrinking literally shrink in embarrassment]]. Fortunately, Marlok eventually consents, seeing it as an investment for a potentially great return. |
| 241 | * MentorArchetype: He eventually becomes a Master in the later stages of the story. Fittingly, the Skills he teaches involve making it easier to get money, items, and even experience after battle. |
| 242 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: He doesn't care who he makes deals with or why, so long as he profits from them. For this reason, he is willing to work with the Fou Empire despite them being traditional enemies of his homeland, which included helping to bring Elina to Kyoin, no questions asked. |
| 243 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He was the last person known to have met Elina before she disappeared, having helped people from the Fou Empire deliver her to Kyoin, where [[ExtraDimensionalShortcut a magical gate]] to the Fou Empire is. Because of this, the heroes eventually get his help in smuggling them to Kyoin, providing an important lead in their quest. Later, Marlok helps the heroes purchase a sandflier with a signed bond. |
| 244 | * TwinkleInTheEye: This happens when a cunning idea crosses his mind, much to the discomfort of those who see it. |
| 245 | [[/folder]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[folder:Kahn]] |
| 248 | !! Kahn |
| 249 | |
| 250 | * ArchEnemy: Thinks of himself as this in relation to the main party. ''[[UnknownRival Thinks]]'' being the operative word here. |
| 251 | * AutoRevive: As a Master, his Will (passive ability) allows apprentices to survive otherwise-lethal attacks with 1 HP remaining. |
| 252 | * {{Determinator}}: Credit where it's due, no matter how badly Ryu and partly beat him down, he keeps coming back. |
| 253 | * {{Fartillery}}: One of his skills (Flex) is a long farting sound that tintes the screen yellow and has a chance to inflict poison status to everyone. (It can be learned from him once he becomes a Master) |
| 254 | * DumbMuscle: He isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. |
| 255 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The three times you encounter him, he was working under a Master. Try to guess what he becomes after giving up on the party. |
| 256 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation: He's a decent enough challenge all three times you face him, but everyone in-story acts like he's harmless. |
| 257 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Tries to antagonize the party a few times, and fails spectacularly each and every time. |
| 258 | * LargeHam: Tends to make bombastic entrances just for the sake of showing off. |
| 259 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Has a very catching one that later cues the player about him being close. |
| 260 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: Fitting for a barbarian-like character. |
| 261 | [[/folder]] |
| 262 | |
| 263 | [[folder:Bunyan]] |
| 264 | !! Bunyan (''Babadel'') |
| 265 | * ChekhovsGunman: First appeared as Fou-lu's caretaker. Series veterans would already be aware of what role he'll play. |
| 266 | * MentorArchetype: Following in his predecessor's steps. |
| 267 | * MythologyGag: This time, the translators even picked it up and carried over the DubNameChange from ''III''. |
| 268 | * RetiredBadass: He served during the Great War. |
| 269 | [[/folder]] |
| 270 | |
| 271 | [[folder:Mami]] |
| 272 | !! Mami |
| 273 | |
| 274 | * BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:She was subjected to ColdBloodedTorture in preparation for fueling the Carronade. It is likely that she was utterly broken in mind and spirit by the end of it.]] |
| 275 | * TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Possibly for Fou-Lu, who kept her bell ornaments after her death in the manga. Also possibly for her [[GreenEyedMonster landlord]], who was suspicious of Fou-lu partly out of jealousy and [[ItsAllMyFault blamed himself for her death]] despite trying to convince himself otherwise.]] |
| 276 | * LoveHurts: [[spoiler: Quite fatally for her in fact -- unfortunately for poor Mami, the [[FantasticNuke Carronade]] literally ''operates'' on this principle.]] |
| 277 | * MoralityPet: She's Fou-Lu's counterpart to Nina in many ways, and she also shows exactly what happens [[spoiler: when the MoralityPet is killed in the middle of a villain's developing HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 278 | * SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:For the Carronade.]] |
| 279 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Do ''not'' insult or try to drive off her Ryong in her presence. |
| 280 | [[/folder]] |
| 281 | |
| 282 | !!Fou Empire |
| 283 | [[folder:Fou-Lu]] |
| 284 | !! Fou-Lu |
| 285 | ->Voiced by: Creator/IsshinChiba |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [[quoteright:337:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9a3df07a666b9e99e01d32337a3a016b-w350-h450_4129.jpg]] |
| 288 | |
| 289 | The other half of the Yorae Dragon, brought to the world ''centuries'' before Ryu was, and founder of the Fou Empire. He wakes up after eons of sleep and heads for the Imperial capital of Chedo to reclaim his throne as was promised to him, but it turns out his own Empire has grown too fond of the power it has, and they're not willing to hand that power over... even to its almighty, godlike founder. |
| 290 | |
| 291 | * AchillesHeel: As he is the [[spoiler: LiteralSplitPersonality of Ryu and a God dragon]], both share the same weakness against weapons created specifically to kill beings such as themselves. On top of that, since Fou-Lu is considered to be an Ice dragon, he has an innate weakness to fire, something that the Empire is well aware of. General Yohm's first move upon Fou-Lu revival was to set the forest on fire, and each creatures he summons specialize in fire attacks. |
| 292 | * AntiVillain: Though his end goals involve slaughtering humanity, the sheer tragedy he went through at the hands of the heigher ups of the Fou Empire such as Yohm and Yuna still makes him sympathetic. [[spoiler: And in one of the endings, he sheds his dismissive views on humans and sacrifices himself, believing that they need no gods.]] |
| 293 | * BishonenLine: For the FinalBoss battle, his first form is the Tyrant, the black-colored counterpart to Ryu's Kaiser form. The second battle is against his Astral form, which, instead of its usual appearance, is a humanoid giant that resembles Fou-lu like it was a FusionDance of his human and dragon forms. |
| 294 | * TheCameo: Appears as a card in the ''Heroes and Heralds'' mode of ''Ultimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''. |
| 295 | * CrutchCharacter: You only control him during brief segments of the story, and he's all you'll need. Fou-Lu starts off with a very powerful dragon form, and is at such a high level that despite soloing battles he isn't likely to gain any levels, nor does he even need to. |
| 296 | * DarkIsEvil: The first part of the final battle with him has Fou-Lu in his Tyrant form: a black version of Ryu's Kaiser form that attacks with the dark magic of the Dark Wave and Malefication spells. He himself becomes an example of this throughout his story, wearing dark clothes and becoming vengeful against humanity. |
| 297 | * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Losing Mami pushes him so far past it that he enters full-on LaughingMad territory.]] |
| 298 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: His role in the story and viewpoint are as important to the plot as Ryu's journey. |
| 299 | * DoNotTauntCthulhu: TheEmpire doesn't want him around and makes repeated attempts to kill him, which in the end drives his mad and causes him to burn the empire's capital to the ground, in addition to of course, killing nearly everyone sent after him. |
| 300 | * DrivenToVillainy: At first he's a fairly decent warrior god, but then TheEmpire that he built keeps trying to kill him after he awakens and puts him through so many traumatic experiences until he snaps and decides to kill everyone. |
| 301 | * DualWielding: During the final fight. |
| 302 | * ElementalPowers: He gets ice over Ryu's fire, but otherwise he gets similar forms [[note]] He can also use all of Ryu's other forms, but outside of Behemoth it's only possible through cheating devices. [[/note]] |
| 303 | ** AnIcePerson[=/=]MakingASplash: Serpent/Peist. |
| 304 | ** DishingOutDirt: Behemoth/Mammoth. |
| 305 | ** NonElemental: Astral & Tyrant, [[spoiler: plus the event-only Infini]] |
| 306 | * EnergyWeapon: He conjures a sword of PureEnergy for his standard attacks. |
| 307 | * EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: To Ryu. Turns out he's not really evil at all, though.]] |
| 308 | * FounderOfTheKingdom: Four hundred years ago, he was the founder and the first Emperor of the Fou Empire. |
| 309 | * GodEmperor: One of the few cases where the GodEmperor [[spoiler: started out as a god ''first''.]] |
| 310 | * GodIsGood: [[GoodIsNotSoft While not soft]] [[GoodIsNotNice and sometimes not that nice]], it's clear that Fou-Lu does genuinely care about humanity and that he first intended to rule them only as a benevolent emperor. However, because HumansAreBastards, they dick him over enough times that he crosses the DespairEventHorizon and [[spoiler: decides to kill everyone.]] |
| 311 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: In the manga ending and ''arguably'' in the [[MultipleEndings Good End]] of the game. He was well on his way there anyway, but then someone thought it'd be a good idea to kill his MoralityPet.]] |
| 312 | * HellishPupils: In the manga version. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as the manga in ''general'' uses cat-like eyes to denote someone is a dragon. |
| 313 | * HumansAreBastards: He believes this about mortals in general: that they are foolish and belligerent and will use their powers to wage war and cause death amongst themselves. [[spoiler: In one of the endings, he will soften his views and believe them to be "magnificent" as well.]] |
| 314 | * IKnowYourTrueName: It is explained that the mere act of saying his name causes ripples in time and alerts magic-sensitive people to his presence. Fou-Lu himself ends up a ''victim'' of this...'''Twice over'''. [[spoiler: Once during the botched summoning that called him to the world (and split him in half), the other via Yohm having a bit too much knowledge of name magic. It doesn't help that he tells Mami his story, mentioning his name several times in the process]]. |
| 315 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even in his more benevolent moments, Fou-Lu was still arrogant and dismissive towards humanity. Though he showed much gratitude to the mortals that took care of him and when he was hurt, he wasn't above rudely telling them not to interfere with his affairs- which is what he told Mami. [[spoiler: Then everything changes after she dies and Fou-Lu heads toward full-blown villainy.]] |
| 316 | * KingIncognito: Upon reawakening from his sleep, only the higher-ups in the Fou Empire's hierarchy know who he is. None of the civilians are aware that Fou-Lu is the First Emperor. Bunyan thinks he just shares the name and soldiers keep him from entering the castle, believing him to be part of the common folk. |
| 317 | * KingInTheMountain: Technically, Fou-Lu is this to the Fou Empire (what with being summoned as their literal GodEmperor and prophesying his own "resurrection" before going into torpor for 600 years). Unfortunately, TheEmpire that he happens to be the KingInTheMountain ''of'' wants him quite ''dead'' -- thus becoming [[SubvertedTrope a subversion of the trope]]. |
| 318 | * LaughingMad: [[spoiler: After he finds out poor Mami was used as a [[SacrificialLamb Fantastic Nuclear Warhead]]. The manga's depiction of this is ''especially'' disturbing, in part because ''Ryu also feels Fou-Lu losing his mind via TwinTelepathy after having had his own [[HeroicBSOD Kaiser Dragon Incident]]''.]] |
| 319 | * LoveHurts: Learns this the hard way when [[spoiler: Mami gets used in The Carronade.]] |
| 320 | ** Complete with BloodFromTheMouth [[spoiler: and MORE than a bit of going LaughingMad when he finds out Mami was used as a literal human warhead for a FantasticNuke.]] |
| 321 | * LoveRedeems: Once he meets up with Mami, he starts down this path. [[spoiler: Then Yuna brutally tortures her and uses her as a sacrifice for the Carronade. Ouch.]] |
| 322 | * MysticalWhiteHair: He has white hair and its is a sign of his otherworldly nature, being an Endless and all. [[spoiler: His true form, upon merging with Ryu, has him with green hair, however.]] |
| 323 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: While still a sympathetic character at the time, saying his own name multiple times to Bunyan and Mami keep alerting General Yohm and his soldiers to his presence. Furthermore, saving the village from the Rock Golem in the mountain exposes the common folk to his true nature, making them suspicious and leading Mami's landlord to rat him out to his pursuers.]] |
| 324 | * ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Initially [[GodIsGood he is pretty alright]] even if [[GoodIsNotSoft he is not]] [[GoodIsNotNice very nice]]. However, as he progresses, the manhunt on him by TheEmpire eventually makes him more and more wary of the humans. [[HopeSpot Even though his interactions with Bunyan and Mami slightly change his opinion for the better.]] He finally [[DespairEventHorizon snaps]] after [[spoiler: a [[LoveHurts tactical]] [[FantasticNuke Carronade]] strike. He goes full LaughingMad when he learns that [[MoralityPet Mami]] was used as an ammunition for Carronade.]] Probably subverted in [[MultipleEndings Good End]]. |
| 325 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: |
| 326 | ** [[spoiler: Fou-Lu gives one that is more of a "The Reason Humans Suck Speech"; this is actually how you start the decision path on which of the MultipleEndings to go with.]] |
| 327 | ** [[spoiler: The manga (in its ThirdOptionAdaptation Ending) starts with Fou-Lu going into his "The Reason Humans Suck Speech", and Ryu agreeing and choosing to go with what ''appears'' to be the Bad End. He gets better, though.]] |
| 328 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Ryu's Red Oni. He is generally more stoic, but things get inverted by the end of the story: [[spoiler: Fou-Lu is consumed with despair and rage against humans while Ryu still has hope and compassion for them, and wants to teach him this.]] |
| 329 | * SealedBadassInACan: After uniting the world's nations into an empire, Fou-Lu went into slumber in a tomb, only to be awakened hundreds of years later when his other half finally emerges. |
| 330 | * SequentialBoss: The endgame battles against Fou-lu consists of three phases: a DuelBoss between him and Ryu (which ends in a few turns), followed by him summoning the Tyrant, and after that the actual FinalBoss, the Astral (which is different from the one used when Fou-lu is a playable character). |
| 331 | * TheSlowPath: [[spoiler: The imperfect summoning ritual caused the Yorae Dragon to be split in half, with one half establishing an empire as its first ruler. Fou-lu would then send himself off to sleep in order to wait for his other half to surface, centuries later.]] |
| 332 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: In the manga ending, Fou-Lu is shown to be living with Ryu travelling the world. The manga ends with the two heading towards Wyndia, Fou-Lu wishing to learn what Ryu sees in humanity.]] |
| 333 | * SpeakOfTheDevil: [[spoiler: A ''self inflicted'' version (in order to avoid Yohm's IKnowYourTrueName where he refuses to tell Mami his real name.]] |
| 334 | * SplitPersonalityMerge: [[spoiler:After the final battle in the game's Good End, he admits that whilst HumansAreTheRealMonsters they are also "magnificent" and is absorbed into Ryu.]] |
| 335 | * SympatheticPOV: The player controls him at several points throughout the game, allowing them to witness various PetTheDog moments and humanizing scenes. |
| 336 | * TechnicallyASmile: [[spoiler: Fou-Lu's character status sprite when he [[OffWithHisHead beheads Soniel]].]] |
| 337 | ** In the Comic Blade Avarus manga [[spoiler: the last page of Chapter 19 has another example (which, of note, occurs right after the manga's depiction of the above scene). Fou-Lu is holding Mami's bells, begging Ryu to hurry up and come, whilst giving a positively ''feral'' smile. And this is ''after'' being run through with the Dragonslayer.]] |
| 338 | * TragicIceCharacter: Described as having an affinity for water and uses ice-themed attacks in battle. By the end of the game, he's become a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds with a HumansAreTheRealMonsters mindset as a result of all the things TheEmpire did to stop him retaking his rightful throne. |
| 339 | * TraumaCongaLine: All the way down [[spoiler: to frank WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds by the time all is said and done with.]] |
| 340 | * TwinTelepathy: [[spoiler: With Ryu. Again, closer to Twin Empathy and considerably more explicit in the manga version.]] |
| 341 | * UnwantedRevival: The Fou Empire's leadership in general sees him as this. [[spoiler: This even goes to the point of official propaganda declaring him the "[[SelfFulfillingProphecy Dragon of Doom]]", and Yohm explicitly states his reawakening is an UnwantedRevival.]] |
| 342 | * YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: And combined with the RoyalWe, at that, that forms his manner of speaking. Justified as it conveys the fact the he is an ancient being. This is likely Capcom USA's attempt to deal with the original keigo, though rather more exaggerated in English. |
| 343 | * WeakToFire: Yohm assumes Fou-Lu's affinity for water will lead to this trope, summoning fire-type monsters for him to do battle with and using ArrowsOnFire to start a forest fire and flush him out of hiding shortly after he awakens. |
| 344 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Young with long, white hair; at first, it seems adverted but after [[spoiler: getting nuked, he lives up to this trope.]] |
| 345 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: Once TheEmpire ''literally'' Dropped a Mami on Him.]] |
| 346 | [[/folder]] |
| 347 | |
| 348 | [[folder:Lord Yuna]] |
| 349 | !! Lord Yuna |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[quoteright:183:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yuna_3627.png]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | * BigBad: The true main villain of the game, manipulating the Empire to suit his ends, and opposed by Ryu and friends, and, less directly, Fou-lu. |
| 354 | * BodyHorror: His specialty. He experiments on people on a regular basis, and [[spoiler:used Elina as his guinea pig, wishing to give her an immortal body in order to turn her into unlimited ammunition for the Carronade. His experience succeeded well beyond what he expected.]] |
| 355 | * DirtyCoward: claims to be a "pacifist" and a "man of the arts" as excuses to run away from just about every confrontation. |
| 356 | * DragonWithAnAgenda: Acts as one to Emperor Soniel. Exactly what he really wants is never made clear in the game, but the manga implies that he has his eyes on the throne. |
| 357 | * EvilIsNotPacifist: Double subverted. He claims to be a "pacifist" and a "man of the arts", but this is just an excuse to save his own ass. |
| 358 | * EvilSorcerer: Extra emphasis on the evil. |
| 359 | * GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:He wished to give Elina an immortal body for a nefarious purpose. He accidentally turned her into an Endless, whose evergrowing organs and bones completely invaded its laboratory.]] |
| 360 | * KarmaHoudini: Probably one of the most notable examples of this in video games, especially since he pulls it off ''twice.'' [[spoiler: He's directly responsible for nearly every bad thing that happens in the game, and to get the best ending, ''you have to let him get away with it.'' To make it even worse, the epilogue makes it very clear that he's already planning to rebuild his operation and do it all again. The only relief from this is that Ursula is on his tail.]] |
| 361 | * LoveHurts: It will if he has anything to say about it. Suffice it to say, Yuna is the ''last'' person you want to introduce your significant other to. |
| 362 | * MadScientist: He has actually been described as Breath of Fire's answer to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Hojo]], which pretty much hits the nail on the head. To some, Yuna is even more detestable due to being a KarmaHoudini. |
| 363 | * MeaningfulName: Yuna translates to "night", which is a nice reflection on the type of person he is. |
| 364 | * NonActionBigBad: One of the truly evil characters in the entire game, but he remains TheUnfought and ultimately a KarmaHoudini. |
| 365 | * SissyVillain: Mostly in the manga. |
| 366 | %%* TreacherousAdvisor |
| 367 | * TheUnfought: He successfully escapes every scene where he might have ended in a battle by abusing VillainTeleportation to previously unseen levels. |
| 368 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The guy's attempts to kill Fou-Lu nearly cause the end of the world. |
| 369 | * VerbalTic: ''Yaa.'' |
| 370 | * VillainTeleportation: If not for this little trick, Cray would have dealt with him and stopped the menace he represents. |
| 371 | [[/folder]] |
| 372 | |
| 373 | [[folder:General Yohm]] |
| 374 | !! General Yohm |
| 375 | |
| 376 | [[quoteright:236:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yohm_615.png]] |
| 377 | |
| 378 | * AffablyEvil: He's very polite with Fou-Lu. |
| 379 | * AntiVillain: Has hints of this in the game proper, and the manga makes rather a better case for this interpretation. Overall, he is just following orders, and does what he thinks is best for his country. |
| 380 | * ArcVillain: He's TheHeavy for most of Fou-lu's side of the story. |
| 381 | * TheBeastmaster: He [[SummonMagic summons mystical creatures to do the dirty job]]. |
| 382 | * BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:After completing exhausting his magic and his summoned creatures in fighting Fou-lu, Yohm immolated himself knowing that he had done too much to the God-Emperor to be spared.]] |
| 383 | * TheDragon: To Emperor Soniel. |
| 384 | * {{Gonk}}: the quintessential Geezer Gonk. Stick legs, round body, his nose looks like a potato, and the impression one gets is of ''Literature/AnpanMan'' gone terribly wrong and evil. |
| 385 | * IKnowYourTrueName: [[spoiler: Yohm engages in this in a ''very literal'' sense with Fou-Lu -- even explicitly commenting to him that: ''the very act of speaking Fou-Lu's name sends ripples in the world to such an extent Yohm can be inevitably led to wherever he is''. Yes, name magic can be used as essentially ''radar to find Endless'', for values of sufficiently powerful Endless.]] |
| 386 | * JustFollowingOrders: [[spoiler: Yohm even admits as much before committing suicide by immolation.]] |
| 387 | %%* MiniatureSeniorCitizens |
| 388 | %%* MyCountryRightOrWrong |
| 389 | * SequentialBoss: When Fou-lu faces him for the last time, the GodEmperor must defeat two of his creations back-to-back. (Kahbo and Kamyu, {{Palette Swap}}s of Kahm and Khafu, respectively) |
| 390 | * TheUnfought: Like Rasso and Yuna, he is never actually fought during the course of the game. Given his age and physical state, though, it's probably justified. |
| 391 | [[/folder]] |
| 392 | |
| 393 | [[folder:Captain Rasso]] |
| 394 | !! Captain Rasso |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rasso_511.jpg]] |
| 397 | * AssholeVictim: He is a smug, despicable man who [[MoralEventHorizon would torture and kill children without a second thought]]. As a result, he becomes the first mortal that Ryu learns to [[ThePowerOfHate truly hate]], resulting in him being [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill vaporized by the Kaiser Dragon, along with a chunk of landscape in the distance]]. |
| 398 | * BrokenArmorBossBattle: Ight is a SeeminglyHopelessBossFight since it carries a large shield that negates almost all attacks against it. However, if Ryu is knocked unconscious during the fight, he will revive, [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening transform into the Kaiser Dragon]] and unleash Kaiserbreath twice; the first use will obliterate Ight's shield, and the second will destroy Ight itself. |
| 399 | * BullyingADragon: Literally in this case, in Rasso's one-sided vendetta against Ryu and his friends. This culminates in Rasso taunting Ryu with the massacre of the people of Chek. causing Ryu to transform into the Kaiser and turn him into paste. |
| 400 | * DisproportionateRetribution: He's absolutely determined to kill Ryu for inflicting his facial scar. Rasso even skirts disobeying a direct order from his superiors to bring Ryu back alive by claiming that [[ExactWords they never said anything about bringing him back unharmed]]. |
| 401 | * MadeOfIron: The King's Sword broke when Ryu slashed him in his face. And it only leaves a scar. |
| 402 | ** MinorInjuryOverreaction: It convinced Rasso to hunt Ryu down ''before'' figuring out the latter was the one he was looking for. |
| 403 | * MarionetteMaster: He never fights, letting his summoned {{Animated Armor}}s to do the deed. |
| 404 | * OhCrap: His last thought just before he's vaporized by the Kaiser Dragon, [[ThisCannotBe barely able to comprehend or accept that it is even happening]]. |
| 405 | * SissyVillain (bordering CampGay): Rasso speaks in a ''very'' effeminate way in Japanese (to the point it can be described as the Japanese equivalent of CampGay) and also has rather effeminate mannerisms. In the 4-komas included in the manga [[spoiler: Ryu even refers to him as "okama" -- which was translated to "THE GIRLY MAN" in the FanTranslation.]] |
| 406 | * ShoutOutThemeNaming: Rasso's three robots are named "Joh", "Ymechaf" and "Ight". Put together, they form "VideoGame/JoyMechFight", a NES fighting game. |
| 407 | * SternChase: Obsessed with hunting Ryu and his party down because Ryu slashed him with the King's Sword, even before he finds out Ryu's true nature. |
| 408 | * TheUnfought: Even though you fight his summons, you never get to battle him directly. [[spoiler: The closest one gets is burnination by Kaiser Dragon, and that's not exactly ''controllable''. Still very satisfying to see him annihilated by Kaiser though.]] |
| 409 | * WouldHurtAChild: After finding the children of Chek, he [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures them to death]] for information on Ryu's location. Because of Rasso, Rhem and the Abbess are the only surviving inhabitants of Chek by the story's end. |
| 410 | [[/folder]] |
| 411 | |
| 412 | [[folder:General Rhun]] |
| 413 | !! General Rhun |
| 414 | |
| 415 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: A blanket version. As he apologizes to Ryu and his friends, Rhun confessed that it was folly for the Fou Empire to try [[KillTheGod killing]] and [[DeityOfHumanOrigin creating gods]]. He held himself and the other leaders of the Fou Empire responsible for the Empire's ultimate ruin and for supporting Yuna's inhumane experiments, so strong was [[AndManGrewProud their desire to be like gods themselves]]. |
| 416 | * OldSoldier: He served the Fou Empire for many years, given that he was already fairly old when he adopted Ursula as his own. |
| 417 | * ParentalSubstitute: He raised Ursula since she was orphaned years ago. |
| 418 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Knows that Ryu is their only hope of stopping Fou-lu, and also apologizes for any and all atrocities (Yuna and Rasso's acts in particular) that gave the heroes grief. He also makes his stand at Chedo to make sure its citizens can escape without any monsters in pursuit. |
| 419 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He only has ''one'' scene throughout the entire game. |
| 420 | [[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[folder:Emperor Soniel]] |
| 423 | !! Emperor Soniel |
| 424 | |
| 425 | * ThirteenIsUnlucky: He is the 13th and the last Emperor of the Fou Empire before its collapse by Fou-lu's hand. |
| 426 | * BackstabBackfire: He loses his head after attempting to BackStab Fou-lu. It's ''especially'' explicit in the manga. |
| 427 | * DirtyCoward: He cowers and sucks up to Fou-lu before [[BackStab stabbing]] the God-Emperor with the [[ImmortalBreaker Dragonslayer]] the moment his guard is down. Soniel then takes a moment to gloat to Fou-lu's face, [[EvilGloating bragging about killing a god and calling the Fou Empire's promise to him worthless]]. Unfortunately for him, Fou-lu is only wounded, [[FromBadToWorse aggravating him even further]]. |
| 428 | * TheEmperor: One of the ''very'' few examples where a mortal, rather than the GodEmperor, qualifies. |
| 429 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tried to kill Fou-lu with the Dragonslayer...only for Fou-lu to decapitate him with the very same weapon. |
| 430 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The despicable [[DragonWithAnAgenda Yuna]] is one of his most trusted advisors. |
| 431 | * ISurrenderSuckers: Pretends to finally abdicate his throne to Fou-lu, just so he can get close enough to stab Fou-lu. It ''did'' work, but that didn't mean it will end well for him. |
| 432 | * OffWithHisHead: The result for Soniel of the BackStab. A victim of {{Bowdlerisation}} in English, and treated to a Crowning Moment of TakeThat in the BloodierAndGorier manga adaptation. |
| 433 | * {{Pride}}: Especially apparent when he pulls the BackStab on Fou-Lu bragging that he'd killed a ''god''. |
| 434 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He has a grand total of about two scenes before Fou-Lu slices his head off. |
| 435 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Soniel's ultimate decapitation was censored from non-Japanese versions of the game, thus resulting in this happening in European and American versions. |
| 436 | [[/folder]] |
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