History Characters / EtrianOdysseyIV

* CatchPhrase: "May Kismet be with you."

!!Ciaran
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Ciaran is head of the Cargo Wharf and in charge of building and mantaining the skyships. So long as you don't do anything to unnecessarily damage yours, you'll get along well enough.

* CanadaEh: Has slight traces of this.

!!Kirjonen (キルヨネン)
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Kirjonen is a member of the Holy Rune Knights in service of King Bjornstad, who has traveled to Tharsis to explore the outlands in his liege's name. His skyship bears deep blue sails.
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* {{Stripperific}}: The girls wear very tiny [[BellyDancer belly dancing costumes]] and the males wouldn't be wearing much more if it wasn't for their open jackets.

* DualWielding: By default, he uses [[KatanasAreJustBetter a katana]] and [[DropTheHammer a mace]].

* StatusBuff: On every 5th turh, she will use Dark Erosion to increase the attack power of all her allies for 5 turns.

* AntiClimaxBoss: Can be this if you destroy the giant scale behind him (which was heating up the room) before confronting him. Doing so cuts his HP in half and severely weakens his attacks.

* PeekABangs: The older male has these.

* PeekABangs: Both female designs; the Etna lookalike's bangs almost cover her eyes, while the blonde half-hides an eyepatch under hers.

* PeekABangs: Seen on all four; notably, the females' hair covers their right eye, while the males' covers the left.

* PeekABangs: Much like every other Vessel we see, her hair covers her right eye.

* InjuredVulnerability: Their class proficiency gives them a substantial damage boost when attacking enemies that are suffering from a status effect.

* StatusEffects: Their bread and butter. Nightseekers have skills to inflict and exploit various debuffs.

* StatusBuff: Their core design theme. Unlike their Troubadour cousins, the Dancer applies the buff to themselves which then spreads its effect to their line, letting the Dancer shuffle between the front and back rows to aid those who need it most.

* SecretAiMoves: Unlike Logre's skillset which is fully available to a playable Imperial, half of the Cursed Prince's skills are exclusive to him (Chaos Drive, Kingly Ambition, Ivy Thrust, and Seizing Vine). Even the playable Baldur doesn't have access to the aforemetioned moves (though the latter two skills are justified, since by the time he assists you he's lost his GreenThumb powers).

* SequentialBoss: You'd be forgiven for thinking that despite its size, the Warped Pupa doesn't look all that intimidating compared to the [[SuperBoss superbosses]] that were featured in the previous games - and then you find out that this is only his first form.

* BonusBoss: The strongest enemy in the game.

* TotalPartyKill: If not weakened by the compound beforehand it has access to Ragnarok - a party-wide unavoidable, resistance-ignoring InstantDeath attack. You can forget about preventing it by using the Geo Impact skill to stun him as well: it will always use Hollow Barrier beforehand to drain your Burst Gauge leaving you unable to use it.

* StatusBuff: On every 5th turh, she will use Dark Erosion to increase the attack power of all her allies for 5 turns.

!!Baboon King (豪腕の狒狒王, Strong-Armed Baboon King)

!!Fallen One (冥闇に堕した者, ''He Who Fell Into Darknes'')

!!Baboon King

!!Chameleon King

!!Sand Leviathan

!!Hraesvalgr

!!Fallen One

* {{Expy}}: The bandana-wearing female resembles the red-clad PaletteSwap female Farmer from 3. The blond male is the male Protector from 1 and 2.

* {{Expy}}: Keeping up with the ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter'' cameos, Gabe from ''Trauma Team'' appears as the only adult Medic.

* {{Expy}}: The short-haired female is the younger female Hoplite from ''The Drowned City'', but the palettes are reversed. This seems to be the only character who kept both colors of an Expy in the third game.

* {{Expy}}: One of the males looks like the blond-haired Survivalist from the first and second games.

* {{Expy}}:
** The red/rose-haired female Nightseeker shares many traits with one of the Dark Hunters' designs, along with a passing resemblance to [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Etna]].
** The long-haired male Nightseeker shares a design with one of the Hexers.

* PeekABangs: Both female designs; the Etna {{Expy}}'s bangs almost cover her eyes, while the blonde half-hides an eyepatch under hers.

* {{Expy}}:
** The female Ronin designs continue to prove quite popular; ''both'' reappear as Snipers in design, although the younger Sniper is a Ronin Expy in the alternate colors.
** Her default color is an {{Expy}} of the dark-skinned blond Arbalist.

* {{Expy}}: The pink-twintailed Troubadour from the first two games returns to the stage! The dark haired male may be the [[PaletteSwap Palette Swapped]] older Prince from ''The Drowned City'', and the older female's PaletteSwap is the older, [[PaletteSwap Palette Swapped]] female Arbalist.

!!Secret Class [[spoiler:Imperials (インペリアル)]]
The Secret Class ([[spoiler:Imperials]]) have learned how to handle drive blades, special weapons which can perform powerful special attacks, but are prone to overheating. The third of the Special Classes who must wait until certain conditions are met before joining the Guild.

* {{Expy}}: One of the women strongly resembles the blonde Protector of old, the PaletteSwap of the other female looks like the second female Protector, one male looks like a War Magus from ''Heroes of Lagaard'' who [[TookALevelInBadass Power-Leveled in Badass]], and the other male looks similar to one of the Medics from the first two games.
** Amusingly enough, the artbook for Etrian Odyssey I & II shows that there were plans for prestige classes once the characters hit level 70. The sketch shows the mascot Protector, [[https://abload.de/img/img11069s1k.jpg and her prestige class eerily resembles her Expy]].

* MechanicallyUnusualClass: Imperials invert the situation Shoguns found themselves in back in ''The Drowned City''; while Shoguns were capable of DualWielding in a game where no other classes could, the [[spoiler:Imperials]]' drive blades are so heavy that they can't dual wield (and therefore use alternate weapon skills) in a game where subclassing otherwise enables it. To compensate, drive blades are compatible with standard sword skills, and they can skill equip shields if subclassed into a class that can.

* ShieldedCoreBoss: Depleting its HP doesn't defeat it, but exposes its core. This "Bared Essence" can't fight back at all, but if you don't destroy it quickly [[spoiler:or bind its head]] it'll return to phase one and recover some health.

!!Baboon King
The muscular king of primates who takes over the Old Forest Mine near Tharsis.

* FlunkyBoss: Will call in two Healing Rollers for the back row when he loses enough health. If they aren't killed or locked down in time, he'll use them in a co-op attack.
* KingMook: The leader of the various baboon enemies and [=FOEs=] in the game.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He's ''Legends of the Titan'''s take on Cernunnos from the first game, both being muscular forest beast-kings with similar builds and the ability to summon Healing Rollers--though while Cernunnos's minions heal him normally, Baboon King instead throws his as a powerful health-draining attack.

!!Boiling Lizard (ホムラミズチ)
A gigantic fire-breathing lizard also known as the "Diamond Beast". It is the boss of the Golden Lair, the third stratum you'll explore.
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!!Chameleon King
A mischievous chameleon lord who hides in the Empire's South Sanctuary.

* FlunkyBoss: Frequently calls in two Lizard Retainers and hides behind them.
* KingMook: He's a boss-level version of the chameleon enemies/[=FOEs=], and fights similarly to them.
* InvisibleMonsters: He has the ability to turn intangible like other chameleon enemies, becoming impervious to damage and countering whiffed attacks with a powerful ice spell. As with said enemies, dealing any damage through ailments or by bypassing the evasion check will turn him visible early.
* LegacyBossBattle: Shows up in ''Nexus'' as the guardian of the Untrodded Basin sub-dungeon, mostly unchanged from its appearance in this game.

!!Cradle Guardian (揺籃の守護者)
The boss of the Echoing Library, the fourth stratum in the game. A mechanical humanoid attacking you while [[spoiler: Prince Baldur tries to kidnap the Medium.]]
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!!Sand Leviathan
A sandy dragon revived from a corpse, now residing in the secret areas of the Lush Woodlands.

* FossilRevival: A mid-game questline involves retrieving a monster corpse preserved within the ice of the Sacred Mountains and providing the quest-giver with arcane knowledge from a book in the Echoing Library; the Sand Leviathan is the "[[GoneHorriblyRight successful]]" result of combining these two things.
* SandBlaster: Its Sand Shot skill fires balls of sand randomly across the party, and can inflict Blind.

!!Hraesvalgr
A bird-beast from inside of Yggdrasil that can be summoned to the Cloudy Stronghold through investigating its landmarks.

* KingMook: It's a recolor of the overworld's bird [=FOEs=] and serves as a boss-level version of them. Oddly, it can be encountered before the final incarnation of those enemies, the Sky Emperors, and those [=FOEs=] are actually stronger despite having lower health.

!!Fallen One
A supreme dark dragon freed from imprisonment after beating the three elemental dragons.

* EvilCounterpart: It's an evil version of the Elder Dragon from ''The Drowned City''. Both are draconic superbosses challenged after besting the three elemental dragons, with the Elder Dragon being light-themed and the Fallen One being dark-themed, and both having the Supernova skill. Both fights revolve around keeping the dragon bound to prevent it from easily wiping the party. While the Elder Dragon sought to test the party in ''The Drowned City'' by having them fight it and the elemental dragons so they would have the strength to kill the Abyssal God, the Fallen One breaks free with the aim of destroying the world and the Elder Dragon personally requests that the party of ''Legends of the Titan'' slay it.

!!Insatiable Pupa (悪食の妖蛆)
A 'fail-safe' intended to be strong enough to take on the Titan if need be. Unfortunately, it got corrupted by feeding on Yggdrasil's power too much, leading to it being sealed away. While its original creators failed to destroy it entirely, they ''did'' almost manage to complete a compound capable of severly weakening it - leaving your party to finish their work. Though very much recommended, you can forget about the compound altogether and fight it at full strength, making this the first SuperBoss in the series with a sort of 'choose-your-difficulty' mechanic.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Its Pupa form looks like a cross between a giant tick and a spider.
* DubNameChange: It's called Evil Eater Worm in Japan.
* SealedEvilInACan: The leader of the Yggdrasil Project sealed the creature after going bananas for feeding too much on Yggdrasil's power.
* SequentialBoss: You'd be forgiven for thinking that despite its size, the Warped Pupa doesn't look all that intimidating compared to the [[SuperBoss superbosses]] that were featured in the previous games - and then you find out that this is only his first form.

!!Warped Savior (歪みし豊穣の神樹)
The true form of the Insatiable Pupa. He began to manifest within the Pupa while it was feeding on Yggdrasil's power, corrupting it in the process. His power is so strong that it could destroy the whole world.

* BonusBoss: The strongest enemy in the game.
* CombatTentacles: Has four tentacles as separate targets (two claws and two buds) with their own set of attacks. If weakened with the compound the pairs will alternate their attacks. If not, they go all-out on you.
* DubNameChange: Known in Japan as Warped And Fertile Sacred Tree.
* FireIceLightning: His three elemental skills, Megido Flame, Chaos Blizzard and Volt Cyclone, which deal massive damage to the party.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Was created to be powerful enough to take on the Titan if it ever broke loose. In that regard, they more than succeeded.
* OneWingedAngel: Emerges from the Insatiable Pupa right after the former uses Loosed Power.
* SelfImposedChallenge: There is no reason in-game to fight it without using the compound beforehand save for the added challenge, as the rewards are exactly the same.
* TentacledTerror: He looks like a vague mix between a tentacled humanoid and an insect. The Japanese name implies he is a mutated tree.
* TotalPartyKill: If not weakened by the compound beforehand it has access to Ragnarok - a party-wide unavoidable, resistance-ignoring InstantDeath attack. You can forget about preventing it by using the Geo Impact skill to stun him as well: it will always use Hollow Barrier beforehand to drain your Burst Gauge leaving you unable to use it.

---> '''Logre:''' The adventure's over.\\

!!Boiling Lizard (ホムラミズチ)
A gigantic fire-breathing lizard also known as the "Diamond Beast". It is the boss of the Golden Lair, the third stratum you'll explore.

!!Cradle Guardian (揺籃の守護者)
The boss of the Echoing Library, the fourth stratum in the game. A mechanical humanoid attacking you while [[spoiler: Prince Baldur tries to kidnap the Medium.]]

!!Insatiable Pupa (悪食の妖蛆)
A 'fail-safe' intended to be strong enough to take on the Titan if need be. Unfortunately, it got corrupted by feeding on Yggdrasil's power too much, leading to it being sealed away. While its original creators failed to destroy it entirely, they ''did'' almost manage to complete a compound capable of severly weakening it - leaving your party to finish their work. Though very much recommended, you can forget about the compound altogether and fight it at full strength, making this the first SuperBoss in the series with a sort of 'choose-your-difficulty' mechanic.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Its Pupa form looks like a cross between a giant tick and a spider.
* DubNameChange: It's called Evil Eater Worm in Japan.
* SealedEvilInACan: The leader of the Yggdrasil Project sealed the creature after going bananas for feeding too much on Yggdrasil's power.
* SequentialBoss: You'd be forgiven for thinking that despite its size, the Warped Pupa doesn't look all that intimidating compared to the [[SuperBoss superbosses]] that were featured in the previous games - and then you find out that this is only his first form.

!!Warped Savior (歪みし豊穣の神樹)
The true form of the Insatiable Pupa. He began to manifest within the Pupa while it was feeding on Yggdrasil's power, corrupting it in the process. His power is so strong that it could destroy the whole world.

* NiceGuy: Related to ReasonableAuthorityFigure; he makes every effort to find a peacable solution, and he immediately welcomes the Vessels and the Sentinels to Tharsis.

* HiddenDepths: After helping her with the quest to satisfy a really picky guest, go speak to Kirtida and she'll wonder why said guest was seen running away from the inn with just about every liquid pouring down his face.
* LethalChef: If she wants to be.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Does not like insects at all. When a client posts a request for a giant moth egg and the party takes it, HilarityEnsues.

%%* TheMedic: His subclass.