History Characters / OctopathTravelerChampionsOfTheContinent

* StrongFamilyResemblance: The form she takes as Or'sazantos strongly resembles Galdera, except with an angelic appearance instead of demonic.

[[folder:The Final Enemy]]
!!The Bestower of All
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunFukushima, Creator/KikukoInoue
->"I am... the Bestower of All. Peace...happiness...even desire... I will bestow all."
The seven Divine Rings whose powers were abused by their Ringbearers, all the while accumulating the evil desires within their hearts. Following Sazantos's final defeat, the Rings consume his very existence and turn him into the Bestower of All, a being dedicated to fulfilling mankind's desires.

* CognizantLimbs: The seven Divine Rings serves as these for the boss, and are fought in the same order as the Ringbearers in 3 separate phases before fighting the Bestower themself. First, the Rings of Draefendi, Brand, and Aeber, then Alephan, then finally Bifelgan, Sealticge, and Dohter.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Sazantos tried to use the Rings to resurrect Orsa and create world without desire without purging them of the evil they had gathered. His own desires ended up pushing the amount of the evil inside them to critical mass, and the very first thing they do is consume all of his memories and personality so they can use him as a puppet.
* FissionMailed: Once you put them to 30% health left in the fourth phase, the Bestower of All will knock out your whole party. Aelfric will then Guide the Guardians of Light to the Ringbearer Chosen, resurrecting the whole party and giving the party permanant buffs for the final phase.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Maidens stressed all the way back in the Master of All arc that the rings had to be purged of the evil they contained. Sazantos finds out why the hard way.
* FusionDance: Of the seven corrupted God Rings, Signa's soul, and Sazantos.
* TrueFinalBoss: They are the final enemy fought in the Bestower of All arc, after Or'sazantos is defeated.
* WreathedInFlames: The Bestower of All slowly becomes more and more enveloped in the Accurst Flame as the fight progresses until it's a raging wildfire when you reach the FissionMailed at the end of the fourth phase. Rondo nullfies it with his Sacred Flame afterwards, robbing the Bestower of their strength.

!!Nameless Town
[[folder:Nephti]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkariKitou
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->'''Rarity:''' 5*\\
'''Class:''' Apothecary\\
'''Influence:''' Fame\\

An architect who founds and constructs the buildings in the Nameless Town.

* GatheringSteam: Nephti's entire gimmick revolves around increasing her Cheer On points via her LimitBreak and one of her passive abilities. As she does this, her abilities gain increased potency and provide additional effects once she reaches a sufficient number of Cheer On points, making her an extremely powerful party member for long, drawn-out fights, though she's less useful for short battles.
* HiddenDepths: Nephti learned from her grandfather that the most important thing about a home is that it provides warmth to those who live in it, and not just in the literal sense. She took that to heart, as she explains in a Memento.
* KindheartedCatLover: Nephti asks the Chosen One to help her track down and rescue a cat when they first meet.
* MagicallyIneptFighter: As a playable character, Nephti has no access to any elemental attacks. She makes up for this by being able to hit Axe, Tome, and Staff weaknesses simultaneously with her abilities.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Nephti's enhanced battle skills are not unlocked by leveling up, as with all other playable characters, but by completing Nameless Town sidequests. In addition, she can use her LimitBreak up to 10 times, when all other characters can only use theirs twice.
* PersonOfMassConstruction: Give her some materials and she can build a home in no time flat.
* RegeneratingMana: A variation. Nephti restores 50% of her Ultimate gauge at the end of every turn, allowing her to spam it very frequently to help her generate Cheer On points and provide her team with a boost to their P.Atk and E.Atk.
* SupportPartyMember: Nephti's abilities have a lot of utility, including heals, [[DamageIncreasingDebuff lowering enemy resistances to Axe, Staff and Tome attacks]], buffing allied damage output, and providing shields.
* WeakButSkilled: With enough Cheer On points, Nephti can land a lot of hits with her attacks. Unfortunately, many of her skills have low damage multipliers, her P.Atk stat isn't the highest, and she has no innate bonuses to her offensive stats, so she's better suited for breaking enemy shields and her SupportPartyMember capabilities than for dealing raw damage.

[[folder:Glayne the Nut Girl]]
A girl who cultivates nuts and builds a Nut Farm in Nameless Town with the player's help.

* RareCandy: Her farm provides this. Nuts are used to give extra experience to characters, helping to accelerate the leveling process.
* UnknownRelative: Sends the Chosen One to speak to a Nut Expert in I'cirlo, conveniently leaving out the fact that he's her estranged ''father''.

[[folder:Pecolo the Shepherd]]
A shepherd who becomes a resident of Nameless Town. Always accompanied by his pet sheep, and wears a cloak that makes him look like a ram. The player can obtain fleece from him and his sheep daily to sell for leaves.

* BetterWithNonHumanCompany: He prefers to spend time with his sheep over other people.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Only for sheep, but it counts.

[[folder:Kota the Blacksmith]]

* {{Chuunibyou}}: Just listen to him go on about the power of his right arm.
* MrImagination: Kota usually makes a big deal out of his arm, claiming it's hard to control.

[[folder:Ditraina, the Witch of Salvation]]
->'''Rarity:''' 5*\\
'''Class:''' Scholar\\
'''Influence:''' Power\\

* CastingAShadow: Ditraina has powerful Dark-elemental attacks at her disposal.
* GlassCannon: Ditraina is one of the hardest-hitting mages in the game, but she's very squishy.
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* LightEmUp: Ditraina can also use Holy-elemental spells.

* CameBackWrong: She was resurrected with only 7 Divine Rings and Signa's soul, leaving her an empty shell that can barely resist Sazantos's will.

* StrongFamilyResemblence: The form she takes as Or'sazantos strongly resembles Galdera, except with an angelic appearance instead of demonic.

* UndignifiedDeath: The way he goes out is darkly pathetic. All he can do as the corrupted Divine Rings consume him is whimper about how he doesn't want to die and beg for his mother to save him.

* FreudianExcuse: Out of all the many crimes he saw humanity commit, the one he focuses on the most is the raping of his mother. He has severe mommy issues and his plan to resurrect Orsa is partly motivated by turning Her into a replacement mother for him. This is most notable when he fuses with her to become Or-Sazantos, with him positioned in in Her swollen womb as if She's pregnant with him.

* {{Hypocrite}}: For all he gripes about how humans are driven by their greed, he too was driven by the need to create the ideal world. The final boss even points out in the end he was nothing more than a hypocrite.

* OneWingedAngel: Upon taking control of the revived Orsa and receiving Her power, he transforms into his "Saint" form, who is a literal version this trope. Upon defeating this form, he fuses with Orsa to become Or-Sazantos the Creator, warping Her body into a multi-armed AngelicAbomination with him in Her swollen womb. And upon Her death, the corrupted God Rings (alongside Signa's soul) fuse with him into the Bestower of All.

* TrueFinalBoss: They are the final enemy fought in the Bestower of All arc, after Or-Sazantos is defeated.
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: He tells Rondo to defeat and kill his bearer, the Ringbearer Chosen, if he wants to wield the power of his Sacred Flame as part of his trial as the Flameguard. As it turns out, it's Rondo refusing to kill his own friend as well as resisting the temptation of the power he could hold from going through with the deed is what ultimately earns him Aelfric's approval to carry his flame as the Flameguard.]] Later on, [[spoiler:he personally challenges the Ringbearer Chosen to see their resolve firsthand before they eventually face Sazantos in the final fight, wanting to confirm they have the heart to defeat Sazantos even if the world has been changed to forget they existed.

* BlackSheep: Given that he killed their Mother and attempted to kill all of them as well later on, it's no surprise that Galdera is this among his siblings. If the visions the Ringbearer Chosen sees [[spoiler:when Aelfric has them take their trials in his Sanctuary]] during the Bestower of All story is an accurate reenactment of the gods' myth, it seems that Aeber hated and distrusted him the most even before Galdera's eventual betrayal of them.

* CallForward: [[spoiler:His human form as depicted in Aelfric's Sanctuary curiously resembles Kit Crossford, the boy who was tricked into becoming his vessel because of his Crossford lineage in the first game.]]

* GlassCannon: [[spoiler:As a boss, Aelfric doesn't have as much HP and defenses like some of the bosses before and after him. In exchange for that, he does a good amount of damage, and offsets it by increasing his max HP after each revival]].

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: [[spoiler:His godly visage sports long locks of hair that reach his legs. Surprisingly, this is averted when we see his representation in human form, "Ric", who sports shorter hair.]]
* OneWayVisor: [[spoiler:Just like his four older siblings from the first game in their respective boss fights, it's revealed that Aelfric himself wears a mask of his own as well during your boss fight against him near the end of the Bestower of All storyline.]]

* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:He tells Rondo to defeat and kill his bearer, the Ringbearer Chosen, if he wants to wield the power of his Sacred Flame as part of his trial as the Flameguard. As it turns out, it's Rondo refusing to kill his own friend as well as resisting the temptation of the power he could hold from going through with the deed is what ultimately earns him Aelfric's approval to carry his flame as the Flameguard.]] Later on, [[spoiler:he personally challenges the Ringbearer Chosen to see their resolve firsthand before they eventually face Sazantos in the final fight, wanting to confirm they have the heart to defeat Sazantos even if the world has been changed to forget they existed.]]
* StatusBuffDispel: [[spoiler: His boss fight focuses heavily around a summoned crystal that purges all buffs on your party. The only way to get around this is to reduce his HP to zero twice, forcing the crystal to revive him at the cost of dying]]/
* TheVoice: His voice is only heard as he puts Rondo through a trial on whether or not he's worthy to wield the Sacred Flame. [[spoiler:Subverted later on when you fight him as a boss near the end of the Bestower of All storyline, where he finally shows you his true form.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Maidens stressed all the way back in the Master of All arc that the rings had to be purged of the evil they contained. Sazantos finds out why.

->'''Rarity:''' 5*\\
'''Influence:''' Power\\

* Mighty Glacier: Relative for a Thief, Bargello has lower speed than most Thief's of his rarity, only barely making it past 400 without external factors. The trade off is that he has higher strength and defense compared to most Thief's, making him closer to a Warrior in his stats.

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: [[spoiler:During the events of the ''Seed Story'' sidequest, the Chosen One is granted the ability to speak to cats.]]

* DisabledLoveInterest: She is Velnorte's lover and completely blind. In fact, the main reason why Velnorte created the Scarlet Elixir in the first place was to cure Rinyuu's blindness.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:He tells Rondo to defeat and kill his bearer, the Ringbearer Chosen, if he wants to wield the power of his Sacred Flame as part of his trial as the Flameguard. As it turns out, it's Rondo refusing to kill his own friend as well as resisting the temptation of the power he could hold from going through with the deed is what ultimately earns him Aelfric's approval to carry his flame as the Flameguard.]] Later on, [[spoiler:he personally challenges the Ringbearer Chosen to see their resolve firsthand before they eventually face Sazantos in the final fight.]]

An architect who constructs the buildings in the Nameless Town.

* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler:As a revenant, she manages to retain enough of her sanity to warn Alaune to run away before Signa ups the control over her in retaliation.]]

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:At the end of Bestower of All, it's revealed he had a child with Alaune. [[RaiseHimRightThisTime The end screen implies that Richard's child is a reincarnated Sazantos]].]]

* MagicallyIneptFighter: Fittingly for a Warrior, Charles' magic stat isn't very note worthy, and he only has two elemental attack skills. Even at max level, he'll be just short of 300 without specific equipment, and his high SP cost makes using him for his lighting skills not that impressive.

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: At the end of the Bestower of All storyline, it's revealed she had a child with Richard. [[RaiseHimRightThisTime The end screen implies that Alaune's child is a reincarnated Sazantos]].]]

* TheUnfavorite: {{Implied}}. While Pardis has no love for either of his daughters (or for anyone else for that matter) and treats both equally terribly, he favors Elrica for being his oldest child and heir while he's content to [[ParentalNeglect ignore Alaune]] for the most part primarily because she's merely a spare to the throne. Her meeker and gentler personality compared to Elrica doesn't win her any favors in her father's eyes either.

* GatheringSteam: Nephti's entire gimmick revolves around increasing her Cheer Points via her LimitBreak and one of her passive abilities. As she does this, her abilities gain increased potency and provide additional effects once she reaches a sufficient number of Cheer Points, making her an extremely powerful party member for long, drawn-out fights, though she's less useful for short battles.

* RegeneratingMana: A variation. Nephti restores 50% of her Ultimate gauge at the end of every turn, allowing her to spam it very frequently to help her generate Cheer Points and provide her team with a boost to their P.Atk and E.Atk.

* WeakButSkilled: With enough Cheer Points, Nephti can land a lot of hits with her attacks. Unfortunately, many of her skills have low damage multipliers, and her P.Atk stat isn't the highest, so she's better suited for breaking enemy shields and her SupportPartyMember capabilities than for dealing raw damage.

* GatheringSteam: Nephti's entire gimmick revolves around repeatedly using her LimitBreak to increase her Support Points. As she does this, her abilities gain increased potency and provide additional effects once she reaches a sufficient number of Support Points, making her an extremely powerful party member for long, drawn-out fights, though she's less useful for short battles.

* MagicallyIneptFighter: As a playable character, Nephti has no access to any elemental attacks. She makes up for this by being able to hit Axe, Tome, and Staff weaknesses with her abilities.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:PlayedWith. She is the only ring bearer to survive her final battle, as Alaune chooses to spare her rather than execute a defeated foe. Even when the public demands Tatloch's execution, Alaune doesn't go through with it. That saying, Tatloch considers this act of sparing her as CruelMercy as she hated the idea of being seemingly pitied by her foes.]]

* TheTeamNormal: Among the Guardians of Light. Everyone else is rulers of powerful nations, warriors of great renown, or special in some way. Bargello is a normal man who became the leader of a gang to make his town safer, lacking the same power or influence the others do. Notably, this fact is discussed, as Bargello tries to leave once it becomes clear he's involved in something far bigger than he could deal with, but comes back when things get personal for him.

* [[LukeIMayBeYourFather Luke, You May Be My Father]]: [[spoiler: Since Sazantos is a ChildByRape, his father [[DisappearedDad vanished from his life after he was conceived]]. This trope comes into play and relates to Tytos when Sazantos comments that he knows nothing about the men who raped his mother, Pharamea, other than the fact they're associated with the church, so for all he knows his father could be Tytos.]]

* ChildByRape: Chapter 6, Part 2 of the Bestower Of All arc reveals that Sazantos was the child of a cleric named Farame, who had the ability to wield the sacred flame and was supposed to become the Flameguard. However, she refused since she wanted to raise a family and live peacefully. The Church decided to force her to conceive a child that could wield the sacred flame, with Sazantos being born as a result of this. The story that Sazantos found makes it quite clear that Farame was raped in order to conceive him. Additionally, Sazantos was the fourth out of four children that Farame gave birth to, with the other three being disposed of since they did not bear the sacred flame. He doesn't know who his father is also, even commenting that for all he knows it could have been Tytos.