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* UsedToBeASweetKid: He claims that he used to have a good relationship with Tantalasia and the developer's official website states that he worked with his father to create humanity, with the First Men intended to be a stable form of leadership. By the present, any benevolent qualities he once had have been replaced with narcissism and spite.
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* HeelFaceMole: He pretended to defect with Arthur, but leaked the latter's plans to Validus at the last minute.
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* AnAxeToGrind: He can wield axes, though his axes are separate from the dual-wielding axes used by Agramed.

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* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Even after Virgil is jarmically killed in the true ending, Pots is upset at his death and admits he still wanted to seek forgiveness from his former friend.]]
* TimeStandsStill: He's the only party member who can wear Vandar's Gauntlets, which allows him to stop time. He is also immune to enemy time stops when wearing this gear.

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* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Even after Virgil is jarmically karmically killed in the true ending, Pots is upset at his death and admits he still wanted to seek forgiveness from his former friend.]]
* TimeStandsStill: He's the only party member who can wear Vandar's Gauntlets, which allows him to stop time.time once per battle. He is also immune to enemy time stops when wearing this gear.



* DuelBoss: When Wein tries to investigate the Paladin murders in Sovereign, Atrius tries to mug him, resulting in a one-on-one boss fight.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Subverted. [[spoiler:When she interrupts Virgil's attempt to fuse with Maultor, it gives Maultor a chance to fully transform into Malviticus. When seen in context with the good ending and the Maultor victory ending, this is actually the best case scenario, since her actions prevent the creation of a foe with the combined powers of Malviticus and Virgil.]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Subverted. [[spoiler:When she interrupts Virgil's attempt to fuse with Maultor, it gives Maultor a chance to fully transform into Malviticus. When seen in context with the good normal ending and the Maultor victory ending, this is actually the best case scenario, since her actions prevent the creation of a foe with the combined powers of Malviticus and Virgil.]]



* BitchInSheepsClothing: He's a demagogue who uses his charisma and promises of safety and order to gain his people's favor. In reality, he's only uses them as a means to kill the elves and claim the Hourgem of Valnyr.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He's a demagogue who uses his charisma and promises of safety and order to gain his people's favor. In reality, he's he only uses them as a means to kill the elves and claim the Hourgem of Valnyr.

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* ReformedButNotTamed: While he strives to be more ethical as a thief, he's still a thief and is willing to use deceitful methods if it'll help him in his quest, as shown when he tricks a Astral townsperson into telling him how to get to Ghar Amal.



* RedHerring: [[spoiler:He isn't the reincarnation of Arthur Greyhem like most people and the player expected. Instead, he's the grandson of Arthur, which is only possible in the present day due to Arthur marrying an elf.]]

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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:He isn't the reincarnation of Arthur Greyhem like most people and the player expected. Instead, he's the grandson of Arthur, which is only possible in the present day due to Arthur marrying an elf. However, he still gets Arthur's equipment, unlike Belkas who gets Gerald's equipment despite being Arthur's reincarnation.]]


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* RedHerring: Given that Gerald Swordhand is one of the Warriors of Light, one would assume Belkas is his reincarnation. [[spoiler:Despite that, he's actually Arthur Greyhem's reincarnation, though he still uses Gerald's AncestralWeapon and armor instead of Arthur's.]]

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* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Even after Virgil is jarmically killed in the true ending, Pots is upset at his death and admits he still wanted to seek forgiveness from his former friend.]]



* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:He fights the party before doing anything about Virgil, who he already knows is a backstabber and is an equal or greater threat than the party. This gets him killed in the normal ending, where he's unable to counter Virgil's Singularity.]]



* HeelFaceMole: He pretended to defect with Arthur, but leaked the latter's plans to Validus at the last minute.



* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The ritual to turn them into Gauf changed them for the worse, making them more power hungry and less caring of their people.



* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Hadriel ends up being a dark mirror to Pots, who has a similar roguish moveset and also wants to atone for his crimes. The difference is that Pots had the moral support of Laeni and his friends to help him become a better person while Hadriel is all alone, leading to him breaking under torture and losing the will to defy the Validians.]]



* MovesetClone: Raziel the Summoner has a similar moveset as Quathorn, who also has SummonMagic. This is lampshaded by Omniel when he transforms into Quathorn.

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Raziel the Summoner has a similar moveset as Quathorn, who also has SummonMagic. This is lampshaded by Omniel when he transforms into Quathorn.Quathorn.
** Hadriel has Pots's stat stealing skills, which allow him to debuff the enemy and buff himself if he successfully lands the skills.


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* GodInHumanForm: She appeared on Tenat as the elf, Jensralia.
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* LeakingCanOfEvil: They somehow managed to escape the Tower of Illyrium without Maultor, though if they're killed, they can't easily leave again until the tower's seal is broken.
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* SatanicArchetype: Malviticus is a self-centered divine being who feels limited by the rules that the higher gods placed on him and despises all other gods for not acknowledging him. In response, he spitefully uses a demon to possess Auroria and force her to go on a murderous rampage against her own creations. After being cast out of the Celestial Realm for his crimes, he takes the form of a brightly-dressed man, masquerades as a servant of a god of light, and manipulates Validus into starting a genocidal war against the elves. After regaining his true form, which looks like an angel of light despite his dark nature, he slaughters every deity in the Celestial Realm so he can rule as the One True God. Even when confronted by Tantalasia, he attempts to use his silver tongue to try to justify his actions.

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* SatanicArchetype: Malviticus is a self-centered divine being who feels limited by the rules that the higher gods placed on him and despises all other gods for not acknowledging him. In response, he spitefully uses a demon to possess Auroria and force her to go on a murderous rampage against her own creations. After being cast out of the Celestial Realm for his crimes, he takes the form of a brightly-dressed man, masquerades as a servant of a god of light, and manipulates Validus into starting a genocidal war against the elves. He also has control over the Abyss and allows his worshipers to summon demons as allies. After regaining his true form, which looks like an angel of light despite his dark nature, he slaughters every deity in the Celestial Realm so he can rule as the One True God. Even when confronted by Tantalasia, he attempts to use his silver tongue to try to justify his actions.
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* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler:When he sees his family's corpses, he burns down his entire hometown of Tallas in rage.]]
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* DoomedHometown: His hometown, Kaharnin, was burned to the ground by the Forlorn, [[spoiler:who specifically targeted this town because they wanted to kill Wein for being the only descendant of Arthur Greyhem.]]


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* RivalTurnedEvil: When the Children of Light save the miners of Miner's End, Belkas becomes jealous of them, especially Wein because everyone considers him Arthur Greyhem reborn. This leads to Validus recruiting and brainwashing him by playing on his desire to one-up Wein. [[spoiler:Once he's freed from Kahr's brainwashing, he drops his rivalry with Wein and joins the party.]]
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* JerkassGods: He's a narcissistic and sadistic god who sees his human creations as tools to hurt the other gods and their creations.
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* SatanicArchetype: Malviticus is a self-centered divine being who feels limited by the rules that the higher gods placed on him and despises all other gods for not acknowledging him. In response, he spitefully uses a demon to possess Auroria and force her to go on a murderous rampage against her own creations. After being cast out of the Celestial Realm for his crimes, he takes the form of a brightly-dressed man and tempts much of humanity into worshiping him while promoting racism against the gods' other creations. After regaining his true form, which looks like an angel of light despite his dark nature, he slaughters every deity in the Celestial Realm so he can rule as the One True God. Even when confronted by Tantalasia, he attempts to use his silver tongue to try to justify his actions.

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* SatanicArchetype: Malviticus is a self-centered divine being who feels limited by the rules that the higher gods placed on him and despises all other gods for not acknowledging him. In response, he spitefully uses a demon to possess Auroria and force her to go on a murderous rampage against her own creations. After being cast out of the Celestial Realm for his crimes, he takes the form of a brightly-dressed man man, masquerades as a servant of a god of light, and tempts much of humanity manipulates Validus into worshiping him while promoting racism starting a genocidal war against the gods' other creations.elves. After regaining his true form, which looks like an angel of light despite his dark nature, he slaughters every deity in the Celestial Realm so he can rule as the One True God. Even when confronted by Tantalasia, he attempts to use his silver tongue to try to justify his actions.
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* RewardedLikeATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:After being tortured for betraying Maultor and the Gauf, Hadriel becomes desperate to escape this hell and agrees to help Virgil and the Gauf lure the party into a trap. His reward is getting killed again, since Virgil and the Gauf don't trust him anymore.]]

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* RewardedLikeATraitorDeserves: RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:After being tortured for betraying Maultor and the Gauf, Hadriel becomes desperate to escape this hell and agrees to help Virgil and the Gauf lure the party into a trap. His reward is getting killed again, since Virgil and the Gauf don't trust him anymore.]]

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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler:Hadriel sold out the Gauf and Maultor's weaknesses to the Warriors of Light because he felt guilty about what the First Men had become, and willingly allowed himself to be sealed with his brethren as atonement. After the Gauf break out, Hadriel ends up serving Validus again, but helps the Children of Light after they defeat him in [[DirtyCoward exchange for his life]. After Sammael temporarily kills him for his betrayal, the Validians torture the revived Hadriel until he is broken enough to comply with them for the rest of the game.]]

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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler:Hadriel sold out the Gauf and Maultor's weaknesses to the Warriors of Light because he felt guilty about what the First Men had become, and willingly allowed himself to be sealed with his brethren as atonement. After the Gauf break out, Hadriel ends up serving Validus again, but helps the Children of Light after they defeat him in [[DirtyCoward exchange for his life].life]]. After Sammael temporarily kills him for his betrayal, the Validians torture the revived Hadriel until he is broken enough to comply with them for the rest of the game.]]


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* RewardedLikeATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:After being tortured for betraying Maultor and the Gauf, Hadriel becomes desperate to escape this hell and agrees to help Virgil and the Gauf lure the party into a trap. His reward is getting killed again, since Virgil and the Gauf don't trust him anymore.]]
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* GodInHumanForm: [[spoiler:He's Malviticus's human avatar, who wants to regain his original divine form after being banished from the Celestial Realm.]]

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