| 1 | [[center: [- [[Characters/SuikodenV Main Character Index]] | '''Royal Family and the Queen's Knights''' | [[Characters/SuikodenVMajorGroups Barows, Godwins and the Dragon Cavalry]] | [[Characters/SuikodenVMiscellaneous Miscellaneous Groups]] | [[Characters/SuikodenVSolFalena Major Falenan Cities]] | [[Characters/SuikodenVDemiHumans Beavers, Dwarves, Elves and Monsters]] | [[Characters/SuikodenVForeigners Foreigner Nations]]]]-] |
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| 3 | [[WMG:Sun Palace]] |
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| 5 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 6 | !Falena Royal Family |
| 7 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 8 | * BadassFamily: The Prince takes to the field alongside is aunt Sialeeds, Lymsleia's got NervesOfSteel and is a brilliant politician, Ferid is a FourStarBadass, and Arshtat has a True Rune that can vaporize opponents into dust. |
| 9 | * BigScrewedUpFamily: Moreso during the late years of Olhazeta Falenas: her two daughters, Falzrahm and Shahrewar, fought each other for the throne and hired Nether Gate assassins to kill each other and their husbands and supporters. |
| 10 | ** This is a major driving factor for Arshtat, as most of her family was killed during the Falenan Succession Conflict (and her parents weren't any better), and she vowed to ensure such a situation would never occur again. |
| 11 | * BigFancyCastle: The queen commands from the sprawling Sun Palace. |
| 12 | * FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Falenan Royals and their guards' designs borrow from a variety of different cultural styles - Egyptian, Greek, Chinese (clothing, certain weapons and court intrigue) and Japanese (especially the knights, who have a definite Samurai vibe) seem to be the main influence, and the concept of a powerful ''female'' ruler mirrors British monarchs [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Elizabeth I]] and [[UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria Queen Victoria]]. Arshtat's design is the pinnacle of this (brilliant) cultural melange. |
| 13 | * MysticalWhiteHair: Members of the Falenan Royal family have white-silver hair, as a symbol of their genetic heritage. |
| 14 | ** Lymsleia averts this, as she took over her father side of the family. |
| 15 | ** Subverted with Sialeeds, whose hair is golden. Double subverted, as it is dyed |
| 16 | * ThePowerOfTheSun: The three Runes of Falena: Sun Rune, Dawn Rune and Twilight Rune. |
| 17 | [[/folder]] |
| 18 | |
| 19 | [[folder:The Prince / Prince Freyjadour / Ardil / Faroush Falenas]] |
| 20 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suikodenv_prince.jpg]] |
| 21 | [[caption-width-right:350:Tenkai Star]] |
| 22 | ->Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (Voice A) and Creator/JunkoMinagawa (Voice B) (JP); Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (Voice A) and Creator/MonaMarshall (Voice B) (EN) |
| 23 | |
| 24 | The protagonist of ''Suikoden V''. The Prince starts as a member of the royal family who is perceived as a nobody by those who don't know him, only to become the leader of a rebellion against the tyrannical Godwin regime. |
| 25 | ---- |
| 26 | * AlmightyJanitor: In a sense. Because he's not in line for the throne he has very little official duties (and in fact, is mocked by other nobility), so he's free to explore and leave the capital to visit other towns in the Queendom. Guess who ends up saving the continent? |
| 27 | * BackToBackBadasses: He has ''several'' powerful unite attacks with his comrades, including Lyon, Miakis, his aunt Sialeeds and his double, Roy. |
| 28 | * BadassCrew: [[CombinationAttack Falena's Finest]] indeed. |
| 29 | * BattleCouple: The Prince and Lyon are inseparable at least until halfway through the game, although their relationship is introduced as that of a loyal retainer rather than romance (think [[VideoGame/SuikodenI Tir and Gremio)]] ShipTease abounds, however, and it's heavily implied in the ending that the Prince's feelings for Lyon go beyond that of a simple friendship. In the [[DownerEnding worst ending]], after the game itself put him through a TraumaCongaLine of epic proportions, it is Lyon's death that completely ''[[DespairEventHorizon breaks]]'' him. Conversely, in the GoldenEnding where she still dies, but the power of the 108 Stars of Destiny, The Sun Rune, and some might even say ThePowerOfLove itself join forces to revive her, it's all but outright stated that [[RelationshipUpgrade they do]], and continue as this into the epilogue. |
| 30 | * BigBrotherInstinct: The player can choose to avoid this but most of his dialogues choices run in this direction. For instance, if the player chooses to voice support for Belcoot as Lymsleia's husband Sialeeds will tease him by saying, "So...he even has ''big brother's'' approval?" |
| 31 | * BigGood: Throughout most of the game |
| 32 | * BreakTheCutie: Happens in the manga after the Godwin's Coup. Poor kid. |
| 33 | * CanonName: Three, depending on the source. The novelization call him "Freyjadour" ("Frey" for short). The manga refers to him as "Ardil". The pre-made save-games released as part of the game's promotion refers to him as "Faroush". |
| 34 | * ChickMagnet: Lampshaded so often to the point of becoming a RunningGag. Miakis, Luserina and Lyon may all possibly have a crush on him. |
| 35 | * ChivalrousPervert: Some of the dialog choices let the player portray him as one, though this usually results in Lyon [[ClingyJealousGirl getting annoyed with him]] |
| 36 | * TheChosenOne: When he gets close to the Dawn Rune, it selects him as a host. In the Bad Endings, this happens with the Twilight Rune after Lyon dies. |
| 37 | * CombatMedic: With his Dawn Rune, similar to TheHero of ''VideoGame/SuikodenII''. The Prince's rune, however, is so powerful it can stabilize the lives of people who otherwise would've died. |
| 38 | * CombinationAttack: ''Sworn Protector'' (with either Lyon or Miakis), ''Royal Power'' (with Sialeeds), ''Perfect Likeness'' (with Roy), ''Falena's Finest'' (with Lyon, Georg, Kyle, Miakis, and Galleon), and ''Creation'' (by combining his Dawn Rune with Lyon's Twilight Rune). |
| 39 | * ContinuityNod: His first alternate costume when he's on disguise is also [[VideoGame/SuikodenI [=McDohl's=] clothes.]] |
| 40 | * DespairEventHorizon: He hits this at the end of the game if you have recruited less than 60 Stars of Destiny. Unable to cope with Lyon's death, he wanders off into the frozen Ashtwal Mountains a broken man, never to be seen again. |
| 41 | * DifficultButAwesome: Frey's choice of weapon is a sanjiegun[[note]]basically, tri-sectioned polearm connected by links of chain, allowing it to also be used as nunchucks[[/note]] which is an extremely difficult weapon to wield properly, without the user inuring themselves. He makes it look EASY. |
| 42 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He is referred to as "the Prince" or "Your Highness", even during non-voiced scenes. Justified, as he is a HeroicMime and the player has to choose a name for him. |
| 43 | * FourStarBadass: Becomes one. |
| 44 | * TheHero: TheProtagonist of the story, who eventually becomes the leader of the Loyalist Army to oppose the Godwins regime. |
| 45 | * HeroicBSOD: |
| 46 | ** He goes through a large amount of trauma throughout the story, but he finally cracks after the events of The New Queen's Campaign: Sialeeds seemingly betrays him and Lyon nearly dies from a stab wound. In a scene after the above event, Luserina offers some words of comfort in an effort to reach out to him. After a moment, He simply turns around and walks off; the player is not even given the option to respond (which would normally happen). Pretty powerful response for a silent protagonist. |
| 47 | ** He has a minor one after the Godwin coup. He sits alone in a room in Lunas and sadly remembers his now late father, late mother, and (if reputation is high enough) his kidnapped sister. He shakes it off, and stands up determined to fix this. |
| 48 | * ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Which Lucretia even advises him on, so he can look more badass. |
| 49 | * InfinityPlusOneSword: The "Royal Paradise" skill basically increases the Prince's stats tremendously. [[NecessaryDrawback However, it is pretty expensive and getting it requires you to have at least an A rank on ''all'' of his basic skills.]] He and his decoy Roy are the only ones who can equip it. Once you get it to a nice level, [[PurposefullyOverpowered it's results are amazing.]] |
| 50 | * LadyLand: As his gender rendered him ineligible to take the throne, he was dismissed as unimportant by certain nobles, but not by his family, who lavished him with just as much attention as his younger sister. |
| 51 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: It nearly reaches the ground. [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/suikoden/images/2/26/Feyjadour_Queens_Knight_Outfit.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120612233737 He cuts it]] if he becomes the new Commander of the Queen's Knights. Although some BonusMaterial in a magazine that supposedly depicts the Prince several years after the events of the game, sees him [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/suikoden/images/1/1d/28-frey-at-age-20.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150825073541 having started to grow it out again]]. By this time, though, his features have matured a bit and he bears, in fact, a [[StrongFamilyResemblance striking resemblance to his dad, Ferid]]. |
| 52 | * MagneticHero: By necessity, with 107 potential recruits available. |
| 53 | * ModestRoyalty: Compared to the rest of his family or the nobility, his first outfit is kinda plain-looking; emphasizing how low on the totem pole he is. As he begins gathering allies to depose the Godwins, several people point out that his unassuming look could make it harder for important figures to take him seriously, which is a large reason why the pictured getup is made for him. |
| 54 | * RebelLeader: An interesting subversion for protagonists of the series. Frey is explicitly looking to keep his sister on the throne - just away from the Godwins who are using Gizel's marriage to a young Lym to run the Queendom while keeping her in a GildedCage. In fact, when an offer is made early in the game for Frey to declare himself king of a new breakaway kingdom, it is implicitly discouraged by forcing the player to agree several times, and then ''[[NonStandardGameOver severely punished]]'' if the player still goes through with it. |
| 55 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: In the beginning of the game, nobles complain about this because, as a male royal, he's only supposed to do ceremonial duties or be married off to some foreign princess. |
| 56 | * ScarfOfAsskicking: He gains one in his third outfit, the outfit you see in the cover and for the most of the game. |
| 57 | * SilentBob: The only thing saving him from being the HeroicMime is his expressive face. |
| 58 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: He really takes after his mother, appearance-wise. This is lampshaded by Skald Egan, his grandfather. |
| 59 | * WarriorPrince: He's pretty badass with his 3 section staff. |
| 60 | * TheWisePrince: Particularly for a HeroicMime. |
| 61 | [[/folder]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[folder:Crown Princess Lymsleia Falenas]] |
| 64 | [[quoteright:349:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suikodenv_lymsleia.jpg]] |
| 65 | ->Voiced by: Sawa Ishige (JP); Creator/PhileceSampler (EN) |
| 66 | |
| 67 | The heir to the Falenan throne and the Prince's younger sister. Lym is extremely attached to her brother, but she also shows [[WiseBeyondTheirYears surprising wisdom for a girl her age]]. |
| 68 | ---- |
| 69 | * BigBrotherWorship: She's very clingy towards her older brother, the Prince. The manga adaptation turns that around and makes her more of a {{Tsundere}}. |
| 70 | * BreakTheCutie: Subverted. Gizel attempts to break her fails, but he definitely succeeds where Miakis is concerned. |
| 71 | * CheerfulChild: Or ''was'', 'til Gizel [[KickTheDog tries to break her]], following his [[TheCoup takeover of the Sun Palace.]] She cheers up after she's rescued. |
| 72 | * TheChewToy: Her bodyguard, [[TheGadfly Miakis]], takes no small amount of pleasure in [[{{troll}} toying with her.]] |
| 73 | * CoolBigSis: But she knows Miakis will always be there to protect her. The epilogue even states that: "they remained as close as loving sisters". |
| 74 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Brown hair and eyes, |
| 75 | * DeadpanSnarker: She's quite aware of how Godwin is using her as a puppet queen. And when the Prince gains victories, she's quite happy to revel in Gizel's misfortune. |
| 76 | * TheGlomp: She loves to hug her brother. |
| 77 | * NervesOfSteel: Gizel points a sword at her throat, and she doesn't even bat an eyelash. She endured a lot to make it this far. |
| 78 | * PluckyGirl: In spite of everything the Godwins put her through, she absolutely refused to let them break her and even devised "The New Queen's Campaign" as a smokescreen in order to defect to her brother's army[[note]]Had she been successful, the Godwins would have been exposed as insurgents and lost their credibility with the neighboring countries, as a result[[/note]]. Too bad Sialeeds didn't allow it to happen. |
| 79 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Once in power. |
| 80 | * RelationshipValues: The game actually keeps track of how nice you are to her. If you're not nice enough, you're locked out of one of the endings. |
| 81 | * SaveThePrincess: She becomes a key figure in the plots of those who want to turn the country towards their own ends and one of the prince's primary motivations for fighting. |
| 82 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Just as her brother resembles her mother, Lymsleia has inherited her hair and eye colors from her father. |
| 83 | * {{Tsundere}}: In the manga. |
| 84 | * VideoGameCaringPotential: If you're nice enough to her, she'll ask to sleep in the Hero's bed for one final sleepover after the purification rite. |
| 85 | * WhatTheHellHero: Lym doesn't mince words, after being betrayed by her aunt, Sialeeds. She calls her out on it and tells her exactly where she can go (seen at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoJPqYLh_SA 2:38-2:57).]] |
| 86 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: For a ten-year-old, Lym comes up with some incredible battle plans. |
| 87 | [[/folder]] |
| 88 | |
| 89 | [[folder:Queen Arshtat Falenas]] |
| 90 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suikodenv_arshat.jpg]] |
| 91 | ->Voiced by: Creator/SayakaOhara (JP); Carolyn Hennesy (EN) |
| 92 | |
| 93 | The Queen of Falena and the Prince's mother. Although Arshtat is normally a kind and caring woman, two years ago she had to take up the Sun Rune to prevent it from being stolen. Tragically, the Rune is slowly driving her mad. |
| 94 | ---- |
| 95 | * AGodAmI: Due to the Sun Rune's influence she believes herself to be a god. In reality, she becomes an unstable pyscho. |
| 96 | * TheAgeless: The case for any True Rune bearer. Arshtat stopped aging at 32 when she first bore the Sun Rune. |
| 97 | * AlmightyMom: When your mother is a Queen... |
| 98 | * AnyoneCanDie: She is killed by Georg Prime (see his entry for further details as to why under ThePromise) when the Sun Rune's control over her becomes out of hand, and she begins to prepare to destroy all of Falena. |
| 99 | * ArtifactOfDoom: As Queen, she is bearer of one of Falena's greatest treasures: the Sun Rune. However, without both the Dawn and Twilight Runes to balance it, its power seems to be affecting her judgment as the game begins. |
| 100 | * BigGood: At the start of the game. |
| 101 | * CoolCrown: It's twice the size of her head. |
| 102 | * CostumePorn: Her outfit is particularly [[http://www.suikosource.com/chars/list/imageviewnojs.php?img=a/arshtat01.png&char_id=31 elaborate.]] |
| 103 | * DecadentCourt: She has worked tirelessly along with her husband, Ferid, to reform palace life and the darker underbelly of Falena, regardless of what sort of enemies they may have made in the process. |
| 104 | * DoomedByCanon: If you got Richmond to investigate Georg in VideoGame/SuikodenII, you already know that Arshtat will be killed by Georg. |
| 105 | * DyingAsYourself: In her last moments after getting impaled, [[TearJerker she thanks Georg for stopping her (from destroying the country with the Sun Rune), then asks him to watch over her children.]] |
| 106 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Subverted. When she first meets her son at the beginning of the game, she's kind and affectionate, even informal, despite his relatively low station within the family hierarchy. This isn't an act; she is a genuinely kind and loving mother and [[TheGoodKing a wise and benevolent queen]]... when in her right mind. But the game quickly [[BaitTheDog pulls the rug out from under the player]] by flashing back to the inspection mission when she asks how it went, where the player will quickly learn that she devastated a town, killing its rulers, drying up its water, and leaving the scorched remains infested with a terrible plague, then threatened any doctor who dared arrive to treat them with terrible punishment. When the narrative returns to the present, she begins ranting about how the divine power of the Sun Rune [[AGodAmI makes her judgment like that of a god's, infallible, unquestionable, and immutable]], before Ferid snaps her out of it. This establishes the ''[[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity other]]'' half of her characterization. |
| 107 | * GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: As seen when she is under the Sun Rune's corrupting influence. |
| 108 | * GoodParents: She's a loving mother to Frey, Lym, and Lyon. Even when she's BrainwashedAndCrazy by the Sun Rune, most of her rants consist of her being very pissed at her kids and/or family being hurt, although she is quick to turn her rage on them when questioned. |
| 109 | * HappilyMarried: Her marriage was arranged because Ferid won the Sacred Games. But she was [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage quite pleased]] with it. |
| 110 | * TheHighQueen: She's regal, calm yet commanding, and beautiful to boot. Before she took up the Sun Rune, she was seen as one of the best Queens in Falena. |
| 111 | * MamaBear: Insult her family. Or, better, threaten them. Enjoy your last few seconds alive. |
| 112 | * {{Matriarchy}}: Falena is (so far) unique in the Suikoden universe, as the only Queendom. |
| 113 | * MeaningfulName: In Zoroastrian angelology, Arshtat is the name of a yazad that governs justice and righteousness. |
| 114 | * MoralityPet: Her family is the only thing keeping the Sun Rune from taking over her mind completely. For now... |
| 115 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In a fit of rage, induced by the Sun Rune's corrupting power, she actually incinerates her own husband, Ferid. When she comes to, she is understandably devastated. She tends to feel this way about the Sun Rune in general. |
| 116 | * ThePowerOfTheSun: Commands sun-style power in the Sun Rune. |
| 117 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When she's not under the Sun Rune's sway. |
| 118 | * RequisiteRoyalRegalia: As Queen, she's easily the most elaborately dressed character in the game, if not the ''series'', with a complicated hairstyle, multi-layered gown with vast sleeves, and of course, a CoolCrown. |
| 119 | * SanitySlippage: Due to the influence and power of the Sun Rune corrupting her, Arshtat is slowly slipping into AGodAmI territory (though she is genuinely a kind and gentle woman when lucid). |
| 120 | * TeenPregnancy: {{Downplayed|Trope}} but still there if you go by the source material. Most sources set the PlayerCharacter's age during the events of Suikoden V as 16. Most of those same sources state that Arshtat and Ferid were both 34. Simple math demands that Arshtat would have been 18 at the time of his birth, and possibly only 17 when she first became pregnant with him. Given that the age of majority in Suikoden's world seems to be about 16 and that an important plot point of Suikoden V is Falena holding a Sacred Games to choose a husband for Lymsleia when she is barely ''ten'' [[note]]Although it's implied it's being done so soon because Arshtat [[YourDaysAreNumbered doesn't anticipate living much longer]] and would like to avoid a SuccessionCrisis like the one that happened between her own mother and aunt[[/note]], nobody bats an eyelash at this. |
| 121 | * TrailersAlwaysLie: Trailers for the game made it appear that a BrainwashedAndCrazy Arshtat would be your main opponent. She's killed offscreen during the coup. |
| 122 | * UnstablePoweredWoman: She becomes this after taking hold of [[ArtifactOfDeath the Sun Rune, one of the 27 True Runes]], resulting in her destroying Lordlake before being put down so as to prevent her from potentially wiping out the entire nation of Falena itself. She's actually a ReasonableAuthorityFigure until [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity the power of the Sun Rune corrupts her into insanity]]. |
| 123 | * WeaponizedHeadgear: The Sun Rune is borne on the forehead. |
| 124 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Arshtat mentions that the Sun Rune seduces the soul of the person who bears it. It certainly drives her insane. Interestingly, the Dawn and Twilight Runes can prevent this. Unfortunately, Arshtat doesn't have the Dawn Rune. |
| 125 | * YourDaysAreNumbered: Variation. She and Ferid knew that it was only a matter of time until the Sun Rune drove her completely mad and/or one of the Noble factions would try to seize power. |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Ferid Egan]] |
| 129 | [[quoteright:263:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suikodenv_ferid.jpg]] |
| 130 | ->Voiced by: Creator/KeijiFujiwara (JP); Douglas Rye (EN) |
| 131 | |
| 132 | The Commander of the Queen's Knights, the Prince's father and Arshtat's husband. Ferid is famous for being one of the few men to gain his position while not being a member of the Falenan nobility. |
| 133 | ---- |
| 134 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: To get engaged to Arshat (and thus, to become the Commander of the Queen's Knights) he had to win the Sacred Games. |
| 135 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: A trait he passed on to his daughter. |
| 136 | * DarkHorseVictory: His victory in the Sacred Games came as a severe shock to the local aristocracy, who expected one of the gladiators hired to represent one of their own to win; needless to say, while he has become popular with the public since then, many of the nobility still resent him. |
| 137 | * DefusingTheTykebomb: Helped a Nether Gate castoff named Mismar become a normal girl. |
| 138 | * DyingDeclarationOfLove: His last words, mouthed as Arshtat incinerates him, are "I love you". |
| 139 | * FourStarBadass: He's captain of the Queen's Knights. |
| 140 | * GoodParents: He's a supportive and protective dad to his three kids (that is, Frey, Lyon, and Lym). |
| 141 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: For Arshtat. He's the only one (although the Prince can do one optionally) who's able to snap her out of her Rune-induced crazy fits, but it's becoming more and more difficult as of late. |
| 142 | * MrFanservice: Quite pretty. |
| 143 | * HappilyMarried: He and Arshtat utterly love each other like no other. |
| 144 | * MysteriousPast: A citizen of the Island Nations Federation, he keeps his family background a secret to avoid political complications, going simply by "Ferid". It's later discovered he has a SecretOtherFamily, and was the eldest son of Admiral Skald Egan of the Island Nations, thereby making Bernadette his younger sister. |
| 145 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: He is literally incinerated by his Sun Rune-crazed wife, Arshtat. |
| 146 | * OneManArmy: In his youth, during the invasion of Falena by bordering Armes, he saved the nation singlehandedly by fighting on the front lines of the war as Commander of the Queen's Knights. |
| 147 | * ThePromise: He made an arrangement with Georg that he was to kill Arshtat should she lose her sanity while in control of the Sun Rune, in case he was otherwise incapacitated. Georg reluctantly agreed. |
| 148 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: ''Accepts'' the criticisms levied at him and his wife and encourages his knights to speak honestly. |
| 149 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Not only is Ferid a badass in his own right, but it's noted that he's one of the few prospective consorts to a Falenan Queen to win the Sacred Games himself as opposed to hiring a mercenary on his behalf like most nobles have done. It's also noted how timely this was, as conflicts with Armes and other nations during the early part of Arshtat's reign made Ferid's own martial prowess and knowledge of tactics and command ''very'' useful. |
| 150 | [[/folder]] |
| 151 | |
| 152 | [[folder:Lady Sialeeds Falenas]] |
| 153 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sialeeds01_2.png]] |
| 154 | ->Voiced by: Creator/AiOrikasa (JP); Creator/KarenStrassman (EN) |
| 155 | |
| 156 | The Prince's aunt and Arshtat's sister. To avoid a civil war, Sialeeds gave up her claim to the Falenan throne, although she gladly helps her family with solving the various problems in Falena. |
| 157 | ---- |
| 158 | * TheAce: She's beautiful, fashionable, personable, and a skilled fighter. She also is quite possibly the best politician in the queendom, able to out-gambit damn near anyone armed with only her own knowledge and savvy. Arshtat outright implies that Sialeeds would have been a better Queen than she is, and even Lucretia is [[DidntSeeThatComing thrown for a loop more than once at Sialeeds's hidden agenda.]] |
| 159 | * ArrangedMarriage: As a girl, she was arranged to be married to Gizel Godwin. After the succession crisis, Sialeeds vowed to never get married or have children. |
| 160 | * TheBadGuyWins: Not that she was ever bad to begin with, but she accomplishes all of her objectives, breaks the power of the nobility and allows Lymsleia to reform the Queendom's government. |
| 161 | * BlowYouAway: She specializes in Wind Rune magic. |
| 162 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Sialeeds is a bit of a drunk who self-admittedly "doesn't sleep well sober," and never wakes up before noon. Despite this, she's a brilliant politician, diplomat, fashion designer, and martial artist who's able to play the political game well against people such as Gizel Godwin and Salum Barrows. |
| 163 | * TheChosenOne: The Twilight Rune chooses her as a host, allowing her to wield its power with impunity. Unfortunately the strain of using it just after an intense battle with the Prince causes her to succumb to her injuries, when it leaves her for Lyon. |
| 164 | * CombinationAttack: ''Royal Power'' (with the Prince) and ''Kiss Goodbye'' (with Jeane and Nelis). |
| 165 | * CoolAunt: She's a young auntie (only a decade older than her nephew) and her worldly-wise nature helps him to observe the world among the people. |
| 166 | * CrutchCharacter: Starts out as a fairly powerful long-range fighter, as well as a decent spellcaster, but is saddled with an irremovable Wind Rune. And she ditches your party halfway through the game! |
| 167 | * DeadpanSnarker: And she loves it. |
| 168 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Granted, the Godwins and Barows do deserve it, but Sialeeds's plan killed a lot of innocent people as the war dragged on as well. |
| 169 | * EnigmaticMinion: During her stint supporting the Godwins. She keeps her true objectives from both her erstwhile 'allies' and the party both, although Gizel and Lucretia both guess what it is. |
| 170 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: She dyes her hair gold. Her real color is silver, like Arshtat and the Prince. She stops dying it when she abandons the Prince's army. |
| 171 | * TheExtremistWasRight: Her faux-defection to the Godwins did ultimately destroy their power as well as that of the Barrows, allowing a new Parliament to be formed, which takes into account ALL of Falena, including the non-humans. It cost Sialeeds her reputation, her life, and having to accept responsibility for the innocent deaths her plan caused before she died. |
| 172 | * FaceHeelTurn: Albeit for NecessarilyEvil reasons -- see GoodAllAlong. |
| 173 | * TheFashionista: Even Josephine is mightily impressed that she designs and creates her own gowns. |
| 174 | * FashionableAsymmetry: Her kimono-esque outfit. |
| 175 | * GoodAllAlong: She betrays both Frey and Lym at the climax of the story, forcing the latter back into Godwin custody and making the former's attempt to rescue her a moot point. That said, her long con was to force Frey to use his army to completely destroy the nobility by necessity. Had Frey and Lym's plans succeeded, the nobility would eventually have had a chance to continue holding power over the two of them. Sialeeds would not allow that for her family. |
| 176 | * HeroicRROD: Using the Twilight Rune put a strain on her body. Given how she was in fierce combat with the Prince just before that point, it puts a lot of strain on her and eventually kills her. |
| 177 | -->'''Sialeeds:''' ''(languidly)'' "Hahaha... I get it now..." ''(collapses on the ground)'' |
| 178 | * InadequateInheritor: She invokes this after the fall of Stormfist when she returns to Sol-Falena and tells the Godwins that Childerich and Dilber are dead. Alenia immediately accuses her of getting them killed since she was supposedly a master with the Twilight Rune. Sialeeds invokes the trope in response, remarking that Alenia, who tried and failed to use the rune, knows just how hard it is to use. Sialeeds is lying, but Alenia is fooled. Gizel is not, but he doesn't care. |
| 179 | * ItsPersonal: She utterly ''despises'' Lucretia Merces, mostly because it was she who convinced her sister Arshtat to take up the Sun Rune in the first place. Lucretia even admits that, while the advise she gave to Arshtat was correct and if she had to, she'd do it all again, Sialeeds has every right to be angry with the results. |
| 180 | * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: In a gorgeous dress. |
| 181 | * MaamShock: She's horrified and understandably furious when anyone refers to her as the Prince's "old auntie", especially as at 25, she's hardly "old". |
| 182 | * MaidenAunt: Following the violent Falenan War of Succession, she vowed to never marry or have children. |
| 183 | * MsExposition: Her main role outside of court is to accompany her young nephew and act as his advisor, usually indicating how the team should progress. |
| 184 | * NavelDeepNeckline: Her gown parts down the middle, proudly displaying her rack and her navel. |
| 185 | * NecessarilyEvil: Her role as a "villain" only is because she was trying to work from within the Godwin fold to destroy it and usher in a new reign for her niece and nephew, free from the noble corruption in the Senate that caused the civil war to begin with. |
| 186 | ** The "Necessary" part is questioned in-universe. Right before she passes she confesses to Lucretia that, for all his qualities, she didn't believe her nephew could clean up the Senate once the war ended. Lucretia counters that the Godwins used the same logic to justify their own actions. It's left up to the player to decide whether she was right or not. |
| 187 | * NotAMorningPerson: Generally, she's very upbeat but has a habit of ''punching'' those who wake her early. People thank you for ''not'' making them wake her up, and Lyon had to bandage her eye when she had to do it. |
| 188 | * ThePowerOfTheSun: She frequently discusses the power of the Sun Rune. Later in the game, she elects to wield the Twilight Rune. Unlike the InadequateInheritor Alenia, Sialeeds can wield its true power with impunity, serving as equal in power to Zerase. |
| 189 | * PromotionToParent: She serves as a surrogate mother to the Prince, since she serves as a guide to the places the Prince tours. This is more poignant after Arshtat is slain. |
| 190 | * RingsOfDeath: She wields a pair of chakram in combat. |
| 191 | * SecretRelationship: Is implied to be in one with Kyle. |
| 192 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Interesting aversion. While her sister Arshtat and cousin Haswar have silver hair, Sialeeds's golden hair looks out of place. Her HeelFaceTurn lets her reveal that she dyes it. She really does look like Arshtat, Haswar, and the Prince himself. |
| 193 | * YouKeepTellingYourselfThat: In the end, her goal was to use the war as a diversion so she could eliminate Salum Barrows and the Godwins. If Lymsleia had done it after the war, there'd be no way to do it without the Royal Family seeming like tyrants. Nor could Salum, or the Godwins be allowed to live. Lucretia tells Sialeeds she already knew what her intentions were, but still rebukes her by saying [[HeWhoFightsMonsters it made her no different than they were.]] |
| 194 | -->'''Sialeeds''': ''(weakly)'' "Well, what can I say? I guess... I'm just not as smart as you. Damn woman... god, [[InsultOfEndearment I really hate you."]] |
| 195 | [[/folder]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[folder:Lady Haswar Falenas, the Oracle]] |
| 198 | [[quoteright:349:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suikodenv_haswar.jpg]] |
| 199 | [[caption-width-right:349:Tensyo Star]] |
| 200 | ->Voiced by: Yoko Sasaki (JP); Creator/MariDevon (EN) |
| 201 | |
| 202 | The Oracle of Lunas and Arshtat's cousin. Like Sialeeds, Haswar has given up her claim to the Falenan throne to avoid a civil war. |
| 203 | ---- |
| 204 | * BadassPacifist: She is not a fighter, but does everything in her power to peacefully resist the Godwins. |
| 205 | * CutenessProximity: ''Really'' into the beavers, Toma, and Fuyo. |
| 206 | * GoodShepherd: She's shown to be extremely kind and compassionate to those under her care. |
| 207 | * MaidenAunt: Like her cousin Sialeeds, she has pledged to never marry or have children for the sake of stability in the Queendom. Despite this, Haswar holds no grudges against her surviving family. Promptly defied after the game ends, as she does marry. |
| 208 | * {{Miko}}: Of a sort, due to the religious role she plays in her society. |
| 209 | * MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: She notes at one point that, she, the Prince, and Lym are the only members of the Royal Family left alive, and hints that she plans to do something about helping ensure the line's continuance now that succession isn't an issue. |
| 210 | * SaintlyChurch: Her enclave at Lunas. |
| 211 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: To her cousin, Queen Arshtat. |
| 212 | * SuccessionCrisis: As the daughter of Crown Princess Shahrewar, Haswar should have eventually become Queen. Thanks to the machinations of Shahrewar's younger sister Falzrahm and the violent succession struggle that erupted after her grandmother's passing, this never came to be. But the tragedy of the Succession War was too much for Haswar, and she allowed Arshtat to take the throne because she had absolutely no desire to have it. |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | ---- |
| 215 | !Queen Knights |
| 216 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 217 | * AwesomeButImpractical: The Falena's Finest Unite attack. It is, to date, the only 6-person Unite in the series, and involves some of the strongest characters in the game, with the Prince, Lyon, Georg, Miakis, Kyle, and Galleon taking part. It deals 0.2 to 0.4 damage (depending on the average affection points of the non-Prince characters involved) to all enemies, which is a lot more than it sounds like given that that damage involves 6 people and is spreading the damage to the entire enemy group. So why is it impractical? Because your only chance to use it is when retaking Sol-Falena, which has only boss encounters with one or two enemies. You can't use it before OR after that, since Georg is only in the team with the rest of Falena's Finest for that brief window (joining shortly before that and splitting off from the Prince's group shortly after that). You can use it in a NewGamePlus thanks to Georg being a permanent party member after retaking Sol Falena but the trope still applies because Georg is a GlassCannon against the FinalBoss. |
| 218 | * BodyGuardBabes: Lyon and Miakis are the personal bodyguards of the prince and princess Lymsleia, respectively. |
| 219 | * ColorMotif: Gold and black. |
| 220 | * CombinationAttack: Falenas Finest, a awesome Unite Attack performed by every Queen Knight, but Alenia and Zahhak. |
| 221 | ** Both Lyon and Miakis can perform the "Sworn Protector" Unite Attack with the Prince. Lyon also has access to the "Creation" Magic Unite Attack with the Prince by combining both their Twilight and Dawn runes. |
| 222 | * HeroesPreferSwords: Commander Ferid and the Queen knights uses swords as their main weapon. Miakis and Galleon are exception, as the former uses a pair of daggers and the latter, a lance. |
| 223 | ** Inverted with Alenia and Zahhak, whom turn out to be villains. |
| 224 | * PraetorianGuard: They are the elite of Falena's army and protect equally powerful rulers, such as Ferid (their commander and the winner of the previous Sacred Games) and Queen Arshtat, who can burn down entire towns with the power of the Sun Rune. |
| 225 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Falena and to the Royal Family. |
| 226 | ** Lyon is specifically loyal to the Prince, even if it kills her; especially [[KilledOffForReal if you fail to gather all 108 Stars of Destiny, before the final battle.]] |
| 227 | ** Galleon is loyal to the Falenan throne, which is the reason that he fight on the Godwin side, at least until Sialeeds prevents Lysleia rescue and betrays the party. |
| 228 | ** Subverted with Alenia and Zahhak, but the former was always been a supporter of the Godwin Faction. |
| 229 | [[/folder]] |
| 230 | |
| 231 | [[folder:Lyon]] |
| 232 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s5_lyon.png]] |
| 233 | [[caption-width-right:300:Tenei Star]] |
| 234 | ->Voiced by: Creator/EriSendai (JP); Creator/CarrieSavage (EN) |
| 235 | |
| 236 | A Queen's Knight-in-training and the Prince's bodyguard. She has a fairly dark past, although all most people know about it is that Ferid took her in when she was young. |
| 237 | ---- |
| 238 | * ActionGirl: You can't be a bodyguard if you can't fight. |
| 239 | * AnyoneCanDie: Although she can be saved, see below. |
| 240 | * BadassAdorable: She has her moments, such as when the Prince visits her in the infirmary on the night before the final battle. Lyon [[PluckyGirl does her best to assure him she's fine and ready fight by his side again.]] Seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQimNYMTD7A&t=247s here.]] |
| 241 | * BodyguardCrush: Heavily implied to have one on the Prince. |
| 242 | * TheChosenOne: Ends up being chosen by the Twilight Rune. |
| 243 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Used to be a member of Nether Gate until it was 'disbanded', and was taken in by Ferid, who helped her grow out of her {{Tykebomb}} status. |
| 244 | * {{Determinator}}: She protects the Prince with her life and takes her duties very seriously. |
| 245 | * DistaffCounterpart: Though not in appearance, her role in the plot is identical to Gremio from the [[VideoGame/SuikodenI first game]]. Including the HeroicSacrifice. |
| 246 | * EleventhHourSuperpower: Ends up inheriting the Twilight Rune when it leaves Sialeeds right before she dies. |
| 247 | * GameBreakingInjury: During the Queen Campaign, Lyon is stabbed InTheBack by Dolph. She nearly dies and has to spend a good deal of the game in at the HQ nursery. |
| 248 | * HappilyAdopted: Ferid and Arshtat take her in and raise her as their third child, and she's very happy with them as parents. Considering that she was a part of Nether Gate prior, she lucked out as far as getting adopted by them. |
| 249 | * IHaveManyNames: Was named "Lyon" by Ferid, but her birth name is Mismar. |
| 250 | * ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: A switchblade katana. It's a real weapon too, known as a nagamaki. |
| 251 | * KilledOffForReal: She was supposed to be: Silva mentions that only the Dawn Rune's magic kept her alive. If you don't gather all 108 Stars of Destiny, she dies at the end of the game. |
| 252 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: She wields a large, switchblade-like ''nagamaki''. |
| 253 | * NotBloodSiblings: Just before the Prince and his entourage depart for Stormfist, Ferid tells Lyon that she's practically his third child and feels it entitles him to a bit of fatherly concern every now and then, Miakis also notes this on the morning the party sets out for Lunas, when she tells Lym that the Prince and Lyon are like brother and sister[[note]]Lysmleia wanted to know why it was okay for Lyon to enter her brother's bedroom unannounced, but not her.[[/note]] |
| 254 | * PluckyGirl: Lyon is an eternal source of cheerful optimism and support for the Prince. |
| 255 | * SpottingTheThread: The only person who Roy can't fool with his "Prince" Disguise. |
| 256 | * TakingTheBullet: Saves the Prince from Dolph's ambush during the New Queen's Campaign, nearly dying in the process and winding up on the sidelines for some time afterwards. |
| 257 | * ThePowerOfTheSun: Obtains the Twilight Rune, following Sialeeds death. |
| 258 | * ThisCannotBe[=/=]TryingNotToCry: This aptly sums up her reaction upon seeing the Prince and her friend, Miakis, preparing to duel each other... possibly to the death. |
| 259 | [[/folder]] |
| 260 | |
| 261 | [[folder:Georg Prime]] |
| 262 | ->Voiced by: Hisanori Koyatsu (JP); Creator/JamiesonPrice (EN) |
| 263 | |
| 264 | The newest member of the Queen's Knights and an old friend of Ferid's. Georg is one of the best swordsmen in the world. [[VideoGame/SuikodenII Years later, he would join in the fight against Highland.]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | See Characters/SuikodenRecurringCharacters. |
| 267 | [[/folder]] |
| 268 | |
| 269 | [[folder:Miakis]] |
| 270 | [[quoteright:228:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suikodenv_miakis.jpg]] |
| 271 | [[caption-width-right:228:Chiin Star]] |
| 272 | ->Voiced by: Creator/FumikoOrikasa (JP); Creator/KateHiggins (EN) |
| 273 | |
| 274 | Lym's [[TheGadfly eccentric]] bodyguard and best friend. |
| 275 | ---- |
| 276 | * ActionGirl: She's a Queen's Knight and Lymsleia's personal bodyguard [[BewareTheNiceOnes for a reason.]] |
| 277 | * ApologeticAttacker[=/=]JustFollowingOrders: If you lose the duel against Miaskis, she reluctantly walks behind the Prince [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1F2SpuRuqw and slits his throat]]; resulting in a NonStandardGameOver. |
| 278 | -->'''Miakis: (softly)''' "I'm sorry...." |
| 279 | * BadassAdorable: A rare instance where the trope applies to an adult, see OlderThanTheyLook. |
| 280 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Despite being the most cheerful out of the Queen's Knights, she got that job (as well as being the personal bodyguard to the heiress to the Queendom) for a ''very'' good reason. Best seen when she cheerfully threatens (with one of her knives) to toss Euram into a river after he gets a little too close when trying to court the ten year old Lymsleia. She would have been chosen as a Dragon Knight too if she wasn't female. |
| 281 | * BreakTheCutie: Immediately following Lym's coronation, Gizel strips Miakis of her guardianship of Lym and denies her the right to see her anymore, causing Miakis to grow increasingly despondent. Which culminates in him ordering her to aid Alenia in Doraat's defense, where she's ultimately [[FightingYourFriend forced to fight the Prince in a duel]], to buy time for Alenia to escape. Miakis' heart breaks as she's compelled to fulfil her duty, believing she had nothing left. |
| 282 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: It's hard to believe someone so seemingly carefree somehow ended up becoming a Queen's Knight, or that she might've been a member of the Dragon Calvalry, were it not for their strict policies of not allowing women in their ranks. |
| 283 | * CoolBigSis: She isn't just Lymsleia's bodyguard, but her confidant and closest friend, apart from her brother. The epilogue during the end credits even says they remained as close as loving sisters. She also functions as this to both Frey and Lyon as well (albeit to a lesser extent than to Lym), being a few years older and like family to them as well. |
| 284 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Both her hair and eyes are purple. |
| 285 | * DualWielding: Uses a pair of knives for combat. |
| 286 | * DuelBoss[=/=]FightingYourFriend: As a result of Gizel's manipulation, she duels the Prince in Doraat. |
| 287 | * FamedInStory: While they're in Stormfist for the Sacred Games, Lyon tells the Prince that Miakis and Kyle are both proficient in magic, but are famous throughout Falena as Queen's Knights, rather than magic users. |
| 288 | * TheGadfly: She loves to mess with her friends' heads. For example, she tricks Lym into thinking that the ceremonial battle the Prince competed in for the Sacred Games was part of the official tournament and thus the Prince seeks his sister's hand in marriage. |
| 289 | * GenkiGirl: She's probably the only woman you'll meet that can threaten to slit someone's throat and dispose of their body in the river and do it with a smile and perfectly chipper tone, ''without'' being AxeCrazy, or a StepfordSmiler.... and '''[[BewareTheNiceOnes MEAN IT!!]]''' |
| 290 | * HeWillNotCrySoICryForHim: Miakis invokes this when Lymsleia refuses to cry over her parents' deaths to deny the Godwins the satisfaction of breaking her. So Miakis holds her and cries in her stead. |
| 291 | * ImpliedLoveInterest: Implied twice, toward the Prince: |
| 292 | ** When they're about to begin the purification ritual at Lunas, Lym tells the Prince not to peek. If the player answers they don't intend to, Miakis will tempt the Prince by reminding him that ''she'll'' be taking part in the ritual as well. |
| 293 | ** The bath scene between the Prince, Lyon, Miakis, and Roy, further suggests Miakis has a crush on him. When Roy shows up in the women's bath pretending to be the Prince, not only is Miakis ''not'' upset to see him, she invites him to join them... until Lyon points out that it's Roy in disguise. That changes everything. After Miakis chases him off[[note]]by not-too-subtly implying she intended to castrate him[[/note]], Lyon notes: |
| 294 | -->'''Lyon: (chuckling to herself)''' "She's never gonna live this down, heh, heh! Her face was so red!" |
| 295 | * ItsPersonal[=/=]ThisIsUnforgivable: Seen at the climax of "The Queen's Campaign". Dolph attempts to attack the Prince, but [[TakingTheBullet Lyon shields him with her own body]] and is mortally wounded, causing Miakis to draw her blades and attack Dolph without hesitation or restraint. |
| 296 | * MagicKnight: Lyon remarks that, among the knights, Miakis is well known for her magic. But she's still a knight, too. |
| 297 | * LittleMissBadass: She's OlderThanSheLooks, but the trope still applies compared to the other Queen's Knights. |
| 298 | * LittleMissSnarker: Sialeeds can personally attest to that, since ''even she'' isn't exempt from Miakis' zingers: |
| 299 | -->'''Lymsleia: (at Sialeeds)''' "Well, isn't it your own fault for not getting out of bed? I think you're just getting old." |
| 300 | -->'''Sialeeds: (at Lym)''' "I'm sorry, Lym, your Aunty isn't hearing too good. What was that again?" |
| 301 | -->'''Lymsleia: (runs and hides behind the Prince)''' "Eep!" |
| 302 | -->'''Prince: (if player chooses)''' "You started it, Lym." |
| 303 | -->'''Lymsleia: (upset)''' "Who's side are you on?" |
| 304 | -->'''Miakis: (innocently)''' "He's right y'know... [[StealthInsult just 'cuz it's true doesn't mean you should say it!]]" |
| 305 | -->'''Sialeeds: ([[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]])''' [[SarcasmMode "Why thank you, Miakis, why don't you teach us all so more about tact?"]] |
| 306 | * OlderThanSheLooks: [[AllThereInTheManual Believe it, or not, she's 22]], but looks, sounds, and acts closer to Lyon's age. |
| 307 | * OneOfTheBoys: Growing up, she was a tomboy and was always around Roog and Rahal. |
| 308 | * PluckyGirl: For most of the game, she's pretty upbeat and supportive. Which makes the part where Gizel [[BreakTheCutie breaks her]] so [[TearJerker difficult to watch.]] |
| 309 | * SilkHidingSteel: Ever cheerful and outgoing, she always does her job with polite words and a nice, big smile, even when she's got a dagger to your throat. |
| 310 | * SoleSurvivor: Variation. She's the only full-fledged Knight who retains her title after the War's end. (Galleon retires, Kyle leaves for unspecified reasons, Georg [[PersonaNonGrata is forced to leave the country]], Alenia and Zahhak fell when the Prince's forces took back the Palace. |
| 311 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Lyon, after she is injured by Dolph. Miakis also have the same Unite Attack (Sworn Protector) with the Prince. |
| 312 | * TakeUpMySword: When Lyon is critically injured by Dolph, Miakis becomes Frey's new NumberTwo for a few arcs of the story while she recovers. |
| 313 | * {{Tomboy}}: She hung around with boys growing up, like Roog and Rahal. |
| 314 | * UnwittingPawn: It's heavily implied that Gizel engineered her presence at Doraat and ''allowed'' her defection so that she would spread the truth of what she'd seen during the coup. Including how she witnessed Georg stabbing the Queen. |
| 315 | [[/folder]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | [[folder:Kyle]] |
| 318 | [[quoteright:325:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suikodenv_kyle.jpg]] |
| 319 | [[caption-width-right:325:Tenko Star]] |
| 320 | ->Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeKishio (JP); Creator/YuriLowenthal (EN) |
| 321 | |
| 322 | A member of the Queen's Knights known for being something of a pervert. |
| 323 | ---- |
| 324 | * AnIcePerson: Anyone with a water rune can use ice spells. But he uses it to great effect to save the Prince, Lyon, and Sialeeeds from Dolph and Childerich. |
| 325 | * BerserkButton: Hurting women sets him off. He will, in fact, gain the Berserk buff should any female party members fall. |
| 326 | * BigDamnHeroes: Helps bail out the prince, Lyon and Sialeeds during the coup, along with Zegai]]. |
| 327 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Like Miakis above, there's a ''very'' good reason why he's one of the Queen's Knights (despite his laid back attitude). |
| 328 | * TheCasanova: Suikoden 5's very own Don Juan. |
| 329 | * ChivalrousPervert: He'll flirt with any female, but he's not rude about it. |
| 330 | * ContinuityNod: In the same vein that the Prince's disguise clothes are a nod to [=McDohl's=] outfit in VideoGame/SuikodenI, Kyle's disguise seems to be a nod to Viktor's. |
| 331 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: His happy-go-lucky attitude hides his brilliance in combat, and in fact, in battle he holds his sword with a loose, wavering grip to make opponents underestimate him. |
| 332 | * HandsomeLech: Women seem to be on his mind ''all'' of the time when the Prince interacts with him. He's even quite unhappy that the Prince had met [[MsFanservice Jeane]] without him. |
| 333 | * LikesOlderWomen: He seems to have had genuine feelings for Sialeeds, roughly seven years his senior. |
| 334 | * MrFanservice: InUniverse, he's broken a string of hearts. |
| 335 | * MagicKnight: He is equally skilled in both magic and combat. |
| 336 | * MakingASplash: He specializes in Water Rune magic, which makes him a CombatMedic as well. |
| 337 | * PaperThinDisguise: Inverted when the he and the Prince visit Kyle hometown, Lelcar. They are recognized immediately by Wasil and later, by one of Orok goons. |
| 338 | * SecretRelationship: Is implied to be in one with Sialeeds. |
| 339 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In the night before the final battle, Kyle meets the prince at Sialeeds room, but tells him that he won't mess with her stuff. |
| 340 | * UnresolvedSexualTension: With Alenia. {{Subverted}} later when it's revealed he's '''not''' the one she's attracted to. |
| 341 | * WouldntHitAGirl: During the Queen Campaign, Kyle agrees on fighting Zahhak, but asks someone else to deal with Alenia for him. |
| 342 | ** Subverted gameplay-wise, as he can attack her normally. |
| 343 | [[/folder]] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | [[folder:Galleon]] |
| 346 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suikodenv_galleon.jpg]] |
| 347 | [[caption-width-right:350:Tenyu Star]] |
| 348 | ->Voiced by: Creator/SeizoKato (JP); Tom Wyner (EN) |
| 349 | |
| 350 | An elderly member of the Queen's Knights. Galleon's loyalty to the Falenan royal family is absolute, even though Arshtat destroyed his hometown of Lordlake. |
| 351 | ---- |
| 352 | * AmicablyDivorced: From Dr. Silva. |
| 353 | * CoolOldGuy: Stoic and stern, but noble and true. Is a powerful Queen Knight, despite his age. |
| 354 | * CynicismCatalyst: After watching his home get scorched by the Sun Rune, divorcing Silva, and eventually watching Georg necessarily murder Arshtat, he's a bit sour. |
| 355 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Uses a round shield, in pair with his halberd. |
| 356 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: Arshtat turned his hometown of Lordlake into a barren wasteland, but he still follows her because she is his queen. After Lym's coronation, this causes him to do a brief FaceHeelTurn as this technically makes The Prince's army traitors to the throne. Then Silva convinces him how foolish this is. |
| 357 | * OldSoldier: The oldest known Queen Knight. |
| 358 | * StoneWall: He rarely ever gets multiple hits, has only one free rune slot (in addition to an unremovable Knight Rune), and not so great with magic, but he is without question THE hardest character in the game to kill, thanks to high HP, defense, and magic defense, excellent equipment options, and the ability to reach max rank in the Armor of the Gods epic skill. |
| 359 | * YouShallNotPass: He, Georg and Ferid fought side-to-side to protect Arshtat from Godwin soldiers and the Nether Gate assassins that invaded the Sun palace. |
| 360 | [[/folder]] |
| 361 | |
| 362 | [[folder:Alenia]] |
| 363 | [[quoteright:212:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suikodenv_alenia.jpg]] |
| 364 | ->Voiced by: Touka Ooura (JP); Creator/DorothyEliasFahn (EN) |
| 365 | |
| 366 | A member of the Queen's Knights who is outspoken about her loyalty to Lord Godwin. She defects to the Godwin faction early in the story. |
| 367 | ---- |
| 368 | * AxCrazy: Before the boss battle against them in Sun Palace, she and Zahhak become this when they take the Raging Nostrum drug. |
| 369 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Paper-thin clothing. Her loyalty to Arshtat was purely contingent on supporting the Godwins. |
| 370 | * CoDragons: With Zahhak to Gizel, at least gameplay-wise. |
| 371 | * DeadlyUpgrade: When the prince storms the Sun Palace, Alenia and Zahhak take a dose of Raging Nostrum in a last attempt to stop him. The drug sends its user in a "berserk mode", but kills them shortly afterwards. |
| 372 | * {{Determinator}}: Her father used to be a knight prior to his death. She considers him weak however, and uses that to fuel her ambitions. |
| 373 | * DualBoss: She is fought alongside Zahhak at the Sun Palace. |
| 374 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: She, like most of the other characters, is disgusted by Childerich's gleeful murder of civilians. |
| 375 | * EvilFormerFriend: Though they aren't shown to be as close as, say, Kyle or Georg, she and Zahhak had been trusted and valued bodyguards and confidants to the Royal Family for years. Yet, the twosome still betrayed them. |
| 376 | * EvilRedhead: Almost pink hair, and fiercely emotional. |
| 377 | * FaceHeelTurn: She turns against the Royal Family to side with the Godwin faction. |
| 378 | * FieryRedhead: Even uses a Fire Rune after her attempt to control the Twilight Rune didn't pan out. |
| 379 | * HopelessSuitor: She loves Gizel, Gizel loves Sialeeds. |
| 380 | * HotBlooded: Very much her FatalFlaw. |
| 381 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Is very quick to dismiss the Prince's army as "rebels and traitors" and brings up the Prince's "treachery" every time you meet her. Except that she turned on Arshtat, her Queen and Ferid, her Lord Commander, to side with the very faction who usurped the Prince's family from power, thus making Alenia more appropriate of being called a traitor. |
| 382 | * IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Gizel's. He is aware that Alenia has feeling for him and uses it to keep her under control. |
| 383 | * InadequateInheritor: She is selected for a special assignment by Gizel: Bearing the Twilight Rune to use against the Prince. However, the rune rejects her, and only through the power of Dolph is she able to escape when it goes berserk at being used by her. |
| 384 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Sympathetic might be too kind but anytime one of Godwin's faction has to fail spectacularly, it has to be her. |
| 385 | * {{Jerkass}}: While betraying the royal family is a jerky thing to do, she couples this by being a giant bitch about it. |
| 386 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: In the very beginning, she actually seems somewhat reasonable. She tells the Prince he should be wary of Lord Barows which is completely correct, and that the Prince should listen to the Godwins first before judging them dangerous. After the betrayal, though, she loses her mind. |
| 387 | * LoveTriangle: She loves Gizel, but while he is aware of her feelings, he merely manipulates them while pursuing Sialeeds. |
| 388 | * MilitaryBrat: Her father was a Queen's Knight. |
| 389 | * MoralMyopia: Always eager to call the Prince a traitor, for daring to oppose the actual usurpers she defected to, the Godwins. Her partner Zahhak eventually gets tired of it and calls her on it. |
| 390 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: She lies to Gizel by telling him that Sialeeds is dead to convince Marscal to use the Sun Rune, which kills Sialeeds. |
| 391 | * NoAnimosityInTheAfterlife: In the best ending she and Zahhak show up when the Sun Rune gives the Prince a vision of the recently deceased, smiling and offering encouragement like old friends once more. |
| 392 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: As you can see above, after so constant failures she manages to provoke Sialeeds's death. |
| 393 | * PlayingWithFire: Uses a Fire Rune in combat. |
| 394 | * PsychopathicWomanchild: Her grasp on her emotions is so poor she can come across as this. Some of her moments during the Sacred Games, while somewhat treated as humorous, are pretty disturbing in retrospect. |
| 395 | * RedOniBlueOni Red Oni: To Zahhak's Blue. |
| 396 | * RecurringBoss: She's fought three times. |
| 397 | * StopHavingFunGuys:[[invoked]] She ''strongly'' disapproves of Kyle's flighty, flirty attitude. |
| 398 | * StrawmanEmotional: Even worse than Zahhak plays the StrawVulcan, as he at least happens to keep a facade of dignity and competence while Alenia just keeps making a fool of herself. |
| 399 | * ThePowerOfTheSun: She tries to use the Twilight Rune. It doesn't go well for her. |
| 400 | * TheUnchosenOne: Despite being unfit for the Twilight Rune, she has herself installed with it by force. |
| 401 | * UndyingLoyalty: In the end, she chose to die for her belief in the Godwins' cause by [[YouShallNotPass making one last attempt to halt the Loyalist Army's advance in the Sun Palace]], along with Zahhak. It was also a SenselessSacrifice because Gizel actually [[VillainsDyingGrace wanted to die after speaking with the Prince one last time]]. |
| 402 | * VillainousBreakdown: After she successfully [[MurderTheHypotenuse engineers her rival's death]], Gizel reveals that he ''knows'' she lied. |
| 403 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: At some point prior to the game, she and Zahak bought into the Godwins' plan to protect Falena by turning it into a military state. |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[folder:Zahhak]] |
| 407 | [[quoteright:262:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suikodenv_zahhak.jpg]] |
| 408 | ->Voiced by: Ryo Wakabayashi (JP); Creator/PaulStPeter (EN) |
| 409 | |
| 410 | A stoic member of the Queen's Knights. He defects to the Godwin faction early in the story. |
| 411 | ---- |
| 412 | * AxCrazy: That's what Raging Nostrum does. |
| 413 | * [[RedOniBlueOni Blue Oni]]: To Alenia's Red. |
| 414 | * CoDragons: With Alenia to Gizel, at least gameplay wise. |
| 415 | * DeadlyUpgrade: He and Alenia take a dose of Raging Nostrum, which makes them stronger, but kills them after some time. |
| 416 | * DualBoss: With Alenia |
| 417 | * EvilFormerFriend: Though they aren't shown to be as close as, say, Kyle or Georg, he and Alenia had been trusted and valued bodyguards and confidants to the Royal Family for years. Yet, the twosome still betrayed them. |
| 418 | * FaceHeelTurn: He turns against the Royal Family to side with the Godwin faction. |
| 419 | * GetItOverWith: When he faced the Prince and his allies for the last time, he had no words or arguments - only cold steel. |
| 420 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Downplayed when compared to Alenia, but in the beginning of the game, he informs the Prince that the idealistic path isn't necessarily the best one. This changes when he torches his own allies just to buy time to escape. |
| 421 | * NoAnimosityInTheAfterlife: In the best ending he and Alenia show up when the Sun Rune gives the Prince a vision of the recently deceased, smiling and offering encouragement like old friends once more. |
| 422 | * OldSoldier: He and Galleon were the only members of the Queen's Knights still fit for duty after the Armes War. |
| 423 | * RecurringBoss: He's fought twice in battle, and can be fought a few times in war battles. |
| 424 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: [[DiscussedTrope Discusses]] this with the Prince. He remarks that Ferid's way of running things is too idealistic. |
| 425 | * TheSociopath: He is completely unfeeling, and described more as a megalomaniac than anything else. |
| 426 | * TheStoic: Calm no matter the circumstance, even when torching a city. |
| 427 | * StrawVulcan: Unlike the fanatical Alenia, he defected to the Godwins for purely pragmatic reasons. |
| 428 | * UndyingLoyalty: In the end, he chose to die for his belief in the Godwins' cause by [[YouShallNotPass making one last attempt to halt the Loyalist Army's advance in the Sun Palace]], along with Alenia. It was also a SenselessSacrifice because Gizel actually [[VillainsDyingGrace wanted to die after speaking with the Prince one last time]]. |
| 429 | * UhOhEyes: He sports unsettling, ice-blue eyes. |
| 430 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: At some point prior to the game, he and Alenia bought into the Godwins' plan to protect Falena by turning it into a military state. |
| 431 | [[/folder]] |
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