History Characters / ChainedEchoes

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: [[spoiler:When Alena and Kennrich turn on Frederik for threatening to destroy Tormund, they try to convince him to join them, but he refuses and declares he will not turn him. Kennrich kills him for this.]]

* ArcherArchetype: Robb's primary weapon, and he uses various arrows to inflict [[StandardStatusEffects poison, paralysis, and Toxic]] with his special attacks.

* {{Irony}}: As revealed by Robb to Amalia, Lenne is a vegetarian who can't bear to eat meat or even get money from poaching woodland critters. Unfortunately, she's also allergic to most flowers and many other plants besides, limiting what she can eat.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Sure, he's a backstabbing narcissist with a god complex, but even he has the time to pull Glenn aside and tell him to respect Lenne's personal space if she doesn't want to talk to anyone, telling him to "not be weird".

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** GuestStarPartyMember: Done interestingly, as he has all the makings of a permanent party member with unique equipment and a skillset unique to him. However, he bails at the climax of the first act, and his skill kit is split between Mikah, Egyl, and Raphael (who also inherits his Greatsword weapon class).

* InterfaceSpoiler: Unlike every other party member, Kylian's higher level skills are nothing but question marks, which makes one wonder why. And the ultimate reason is because he defects from the party for good partway through the game.

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of ChronicBackstabbingDisorder traitors common in [=RPGs=] and [=JRPGs=], for several reasons. First, because he shows himself to be capable and willing of betraying people at the drop of the hat, the people he stabs in the back know not to let him back in - his reception with the party is frosty, and pretty much everyone he betrays besides the party swear to go for his throat. While ''that'' never comes to pass, Kylian's arc takes a good, long look at the ways he has to debase himself to gather power (such as by participating in sexual acts against his will and having to nuke a city) in the face of his constant attempts to switch sides and examines how the sort of man who would be ''willing'' to stab others in the back will oftentimes not be aware of when to ''stop.'' Kylian is frequently given good positions of power whenever he makes a sacrifice to switch sides, but those sacrifices pile up to the point he can't work with Taryn due to his moral misgivings with using the Great Grimoire, which gets him killed for a time. Kylian also never thinks to ''stick'' with any one side such that he benefits from the power he receives. It turns out that when a person makes a habit out of betraying people for power, they don't actually get to benefit much from the power they attain given they'll naturally think to take more power from elsewhere. Instead of being a cool loose cannon who usurps the role of the BigBad, Kylian is instead a broken, grasping man who burns all his bridges because he can't stop himself from wanting more than he needs.

* {{Foil}}: He is essentially the type of villain Kylian wishes he could be, since he's able to manipulate many sides to serve his well-intentioned goal. However, unlike Kylian, he's usually less reckless in his manipulations and betrayals, since he puts his pawns in a position where they know they are being manipulated, but have no choice but to follow him in order to achieve their own goals or survive against other foes. In contrast, Kylian's betrayals are impulsive and end up making him a pawn of someone else without actually getting him any political power, and he nearly dies in what is implied to be a UriahGambit on Frederik's part. However, both are ultimately undone by their own machinations, since Gwayn's manipulation of Kylian causes the latter to feel betrayed and betray him in turn, stealing the True King's power. This results in Kylian losing to the Vaen's control due to his poor control over the True King's powers.

* MirrorCharacter: He is essentially the type of villain Kylian wishes he could be, since he's able to manipulate many sides to serve his well-intentioned goal. However, unlike Kylian, he's usually less reckless in his manipulations and betrayals, since he puts his pawns in a position where they know they are being manipulated, but have no choice but to follow him in order to achieve their own goals or survive against other foes. In contrast, Kylian's betrayals are impulsive and end up making him a pawn of someone else without actually getting him any political power, and he nearly dies in what is implied to be a UriahGambit on Frederik's part. However, both are ultimately undone by their own machinations, since Gwayn's manipulation of Kylian causes the latter to feel betrayed and betray him in turn. This results in Kylian losing to the Vaen's control due to his poor control over the True King's powers.

* MirrorCharacter: Despite his supposed good intentions, he turns out to be very similar to Glenn's first incarnation, Van. Both feel they are entitled to things they don't deserve, Van believing he deserves Lenne's love and with Kylian believing he deserves political power. Both try to steal the position of their rival, with Van stealing Timothy's place in the Manaflora reincarnation ritual and Kylian stealing the power of the 8th True King that was meant for Glenn. This leads to them both [[LaserGuidedKarma suffering for their theft]], with Van reincarnating as an impoverished boy in the slums and Kylian getting possessed by the Vaen. Finally, they only start to turn their life around after being shown kindness, with Van being saved by a priest and Kylian being saved by Glenn.