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[[folder: Miklan Gautier]]
* AdaptationalDumbass: In ''Three Houses'', Miklan is noted to be a skilled bandit leader, suggesting a talent for leadership and tactics. In this fanfic he mostly just leads his gang by being the biggest brute around, and is noted for having been given little more than very basic training by his father.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Downplayed. While he's still murderously jealous of his younger brother, his canon self's implied kidnapping and rape of Faerghan villager women is never mentioned. Most likely this is because the chapter in which he appears was published long before the release of the DLC wave that revealed this.
* JerkassHasAPoint: When cornered by the heroes, Miklan rants at the them, dropping two main points. Neither is directly addressed at the time, and they're disregarded seemingly because it's [[{{Jerkass}} him saying them]]:
** First, that Sylvain would run Gautier territory into the ground. While Miklan himself is not exactly a sterling example of what a leader should be when it comes to anything more than commanding a bandit gang, he's not wrong that Sylvain, prior to his character development, does not take his future duties seriously and goes out of his way to anger the very people he'll need to work with once her inherits his father's position.
** Second, that Count Galatea would never allow Ingrid to become anything more than, "some rich old man's bedwarmer". Ingrid is under immense pressure by her father to marry someone who will reverse Galatea territory's dire fortunes. It's only when the war breaks out, in which she fights against his wishes, that he begins to relent.

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!!The Leicester Alliance


[[folder: Lord Acheron]]
* BoomHeadshot: Acheron meets his death via a Blaiddyd-powered javelin through the skull during the battle at the Great Bridge of Myrddin.
* ButtMonkey: Nobody gives him any kind of respect, and we mean ''nobody''. [[EmotionlessGirl Byleth]] outright groans when remembering working with him and later calls him an idiot, [[UpperClassTwit Lorenz]] completely agrees with Byleth’s statement, [[TheTrickster Yuri]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Claude]] do nothing ''but'' mock him, [[BoisterousBruiser Balthus]] constantly pulls exasperated faces when talking about him or in his presence, [[BrilliantButLazy Hilda]] treats him as a verbal punching bag and even [[NiceGuy Ashe]] and [[ShrinkingViolet Bernadetta]] are [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe utterly incredulous]] when the learn about him and witness his personality first hand. Hell, even [[GodIsGood Sothis]] herself utterly [[FlatWhat looks down]] upon Acheron!
* TheCorruptible: Is easily persuaded by [[spoiler:Edelgard to turn on the Alliance when the war starts.]]
* DirtyCoward: For all his bluster and posturing, he folds easily under pressure, such as when he realizes that he's inadvertantly attacked and insulted both ''Lady'' Hilda Goneril and Claude, who is the Riegan heir and therefore ''the next leader of the Alliance.'' [[spoiler:More seriously, he betrays the Alliance when the war starts, feeling intimidated by the Empire's might. It's also implied that Edelgard promised to give him more power under her new regime.]]
* DirtyOldMan: As dryly pointed out by Hilda, it does not surprise her in the least that Acheron did not recognize Claude at first glance… after all, Acheron was the kind of man who would not recognize her if not for the fact that he once spent a whole afternoon staring at her breasts. [[MamaBear Byleth]] was ''not'' impressed in the least after hearing Hilda say this.
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[[folder: Count Gloucester]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] due to what has been revealed in ''Three Hopes'': In this fic, the Count was [[spoiler:the one responsible for the deaths of Godfrey Riegan and Raphael’s parents]], whereas in ''Three Hopes'' it’s revealed that [[spoiler:the Count had nothing to do with it and that it was actually those who slither in the dark who orchestrated the tragedy]].
* ArrangedMarriage: Used to have one with [[spoiler:Claude's mother. Claude's mother naturally wasn't interested and absolutely loathed Gloucester that she'd rather run away to Almyra with Kirah, who is a prince at the time Tiana made her escape]].
* EntitledToHaveYou: How [[spoiler:Count Gloucester ultimately felt about Tiana Von Riegan as the daughter of house Riegan, who led the Alliance at the time and felt that it is within his right to have Tiana to be his wife. Tiana naturally loathed him for being like most nobles who try to suck up to her because of her position and ultimately chose to run away to Almyra]].
* {{Foil}}: Is one to Count Varley, Bernadetta's father. While Count Varley openly disdains the poor, Count Gloucester hides his true feelings about them behind a mask of nobility. Lorenz has mixed feelings about his father while Bernadetta is terrified of hers. Count Gloucester is beaten by words, while Count Varley is beaten by swords.
* HateSink: In his brief second appearance in Chapter 85, Count Gloucester is revealed to be little more than a hypocrite and racist who is heavily implied to be hating Claude [[spoiler:out of anger and jealousy over Claude’s mother for rejecting him and fleeing her arranged marriage]]. As a result, the entire chapter consists of him getting absolutely ''buried'' by multiple [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech speeches]] and [[ShutUpHannibal rebuttals]] from Claude’s friends when he tries to turn the Alliance against him.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** Accuses Claude of plotting to steal Fódlan when he himself [[spoiler:plotted to murder Godfrey Riegan to take control of the Alliance before Claude was even born]].
** In Lorenz’s POV chapter in ''The Knights of Fódlan'', Lorenz mentions how his father thinks very little of the people living in his lands despite saying that a nobleman’s duty is to his people.
* VillainousBreakdown: Gloucester slowly loses his cool as more and more people [[ShutUpHannibal destroy him verbally]], ''including his own son'', and eventually ends up unable to speak due to being overcome with emotion.
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!!The Adrestian Empire
[[folder: Maximus Varley]]
* AdaptationNameChange: Due to the fic being written before the release of ''Warriors: Three Hopes'' confirmed his given name to be Grégoire, he is named Maximus here.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Due to the fic being written before the release of ''Warriors: Three Hopes'', which portrayed him as a snivelling DirtyCoward, he is portrayed as a violent GeneralRipper here.
* GeneralRipper: Described by Edelgard as such.
-->'''Edelgard''': [E]ven in small matters, the man had no concept of collateral damage. Blood, slaughter and ruin would follow him should he be put at the head of an army against foes who were encroaching on what he considered 'his land'.
* GodzillaThreshold: How he is treated by Edelgard due to his GeneralRipper status and [[TheSociopath his own personality]]. As the opening stages of the war turn into several crushing defeats for Adrestia, Edelgard notes she is getting desperate enough to [[spoiler:let him out of prison to help turn the tide even though "blood, slaughter and ruin would follow him should he be put at the head of an army against foes who were encroaching on what he considered 'his land'". By Chapter 68, she has actually crossed that line and sent him to subdue the rioters, with predictably bloody results.]]
* HateSink: Maximus Varley doesn't get a lot of screen time, but he spends every sentence he gets being as loathsome as possible. Not only did he tie Bernadetta to a chair and lock her in the attic to 'teach her to be quiet', he's repeatedly implied to have been physically abusive as well; on top of that, he even turns protecting her into a KickTheDog moment - [[spoiler:after catching Yuri as a would be assassin, he didn't tell Bernadetta that - instead, he has a maid take her to a window and force her to watch his men beat Yuri nearly to death]] to ensure she wouldn't 'disgrace him' by 'slumming it with commoners' again. Maximus holds commoners in such deep contempt that, [[spoiler:when Edelgard reluctantly lets him out of house arrest in order to suppress the riots that have sprung up against her]], Maximus leads the army to slaughter people armed with stones and bricks and their bare hands. [[spoiler:When Ferdinand attempts to countermand his violent orders at Hrym, Maximus attacks and usurps him before ordering the city to be razed as punishment for defying the Emperor.]] When Felix confronts him in a duel, Maximus is unrepentant, claiming "when animals snap at their masters, it's prudent to cull the herd".
* OverzealousUnderling: Edelgard orders Count Varley to suppress a civilian riot in Hrym. He promptly usurps Ferdinand's authority and orders the rioters to be put to the sword. The civilians are forced to turn to the heroes for salvation, and the whole incident fractures the Empire's already deteriorating morale.
* PersonaNonGrata: In Chapter 69, [[spoiler:Felix declares his intent to ensure Count Varley can never return to Fódlan after his defeat.]]
* TheSociopath: Easily the most morally disgusting and reprehensible general of [[TheEmpire Adrestia]] under the command of Edelgard that is not Agarthan. A chillingly brutal and monstrous AbusiveParent towards his daughter? Check. An abhorrent [[AristocratsAreEvil classist asshole]] who treats the common people with absolute disdain, a horrifying amount of LackOfEmpathy and considers their life to be [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain utterly inconsequential to him]]? Check. A disturbing GeneralRipper that [[AxCrazy viciously and without any kind of mercy]] tries to subjugate those that he considers traitors to his country even if they are [[InnocentBystander innocent civilians]]? Check. Someone who is so brutal about his [[PatrioticFervor jingoism]] that he considers any non-Adrestian to be [[FantasticRacism inherently lesser than himself]]? The man is easily one of the most outright evil characters in the whole story and it’s no surprise that even those on his side [[EvenEvilHasStandards consider him]] to be a [[YouMonster monster.]]
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!Agartha

!!Leaders

[[folder:Thales]]
* BigBad: Is the ultimate architect of most of the evil that's befallen Fódlan, with Edelgard being both his wannabe [[TheStarscream would-be usurper]] and ultimately his victim.
* BerserkButton: [[DefectorFromDecadence Atra’s]] defection and [[SpannerInTheWorks all the problems she has caused because of it]] infuriates both Thales and Odesse so much that a captured Edelgard mentions that she can ''feel'' their rage for Atra even without naming her.
* DirtyCoward: How Rhea regards him during her and Byleth fight against him, being a FlunkyBoss that hides behind his [[BarrierWarrior shield spells]] and his men throwing themselves at them while he strikes from afar.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Neither Odesse or Thales are able to comprehend how [[KnightInShiningArmor Dimitri]], whom both consider a half-mad boy-king, is able to turn all of Edelgard's citizens against her through sheer kindness and charisma.
* EvilChancellor: His title in Agartha is 'the High Chancellor'; to name ''some'' of his evil acts, he [[spoiler: signed off on the Tragedy of Duscur]], regularly deploys child soldiers to the field and shows no regard for their wellbeing or safety, teaches Shambhala's citizens a sham history and imposes FantasticRacism on their understanding of the people of Fódlan, and runs his city as an Orwellian cult where any dissention gets you disappeared or ''worse''.
* EvilSorcerer: A capable magic user with a mixed range to spell and a monstrous and sociopathic attitude to match.
* FantasticRacism: Regards the people of Fódlan as little more than animals and savages, and even that's more dignity than he affords [[spoiler: the Nabateans]].
* {{Irony}}: Despite essentially being the man in charge of The Agarthans and considering himself above everyone else who is not Agarthan, he's actually the first member of the main ruling council who dies at the hands of our heroes.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:In Chapter 73, Thales turns the resurrected corpses of Edelgard's siblings into White Beasts to sic on the advancing heroes.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: In chapter 73, [[spoiler:when the heroes are StormingTheCastle, Thales tells Edelgard point-blank that he is not going to piss away any more of his men on her completely lost cause.]]
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:How he is killed in Chapter 99. Rhea manages to slice througth all of Thales's powerful shield spells and deal and substantial wound, which is fallowed by Byleth not wasting any time and slicing off his head with contemptuous ease.]]
* OhCrap: Has a major one when Sothis manifests herself to him near the end of Chapter 97, recoiling in abject terror at her presence and later trying to block one of her attacks along Myson and Odesse to absolutely no avail.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to [[spoiler:Edelgard in Chapter 73 that completely and utterly breaks her.]]
-->'''Thales:''': I know better than to apply the best of my men to a lost cause. You cannot win this battle. You lost long ago, you just refused to realize it. The Riegan boy outwitted you, the Fell Star drew in more hearts than you, and the Blaiddyd boy hits harder than you. I had been under the impression, when you outlined your plans to reunite Fódlan under yourself, that you had the drive and the intelligence to make it possible. Yet you failed at every opportunity. You failed to break apart Riegan and Blaiddyd's love affair with the Fell Star, failed to kill the Fell Star's vessel when she was in your grasp for months before reclaiming her full power, and failed to do anything but lose ground in the war you started, even with our assistance.
* VillainousBreakdown: Has a brief one when Lysithea declares during [[spoiler: parley with the Empire]] that [[GodIsGood Sothis]] saved humanity by destroying ancient Agartha, attempting to order [[spoiler: Riegan]] to shoot her and the other army leaders.
** Has another major one in Chapter 97, when several of out heroes give him multiple ''merciless'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech one after the other, completely countering his [[FantasticRacism abhorrent and utterly disgusting rhetoric]] with cold, hard facts and proving quite redily than Thales and The Agarthan inner circle are nothing more than disturbingly myopic [[SoreLoser sore losers]] whose utterly sociopathic behavior makes them completely and utterly reprehensible in every sense of the world.
** In Chapter 99 he easily has his biggest one, pretty much loosing all of his composure and falling into a desperate, horrified and rabid rant when he notices that Shambhala is rising from underground without his permission and pretty much looses any dignity and his sanity takes a sharp turn downward when its revealed to him that [[DefectorFromDecadence Atra]] was responsible for said action.
* VillainousFriendship: For all their absolutely disgusting FantasticRacism and utterly sociopathic attitude towards everyone who is not Agarthan, [[spoiler:Chapter 73 shows that the trio of Thales, Myson and Odesse truly do consider each other close friends and allies, Thales openly admiring Myson's intelligence and resourcefulness and treating Odesse like an HonestAdvisor with genuine grievances which he respectfully answers. Myson and Odesse in turn both advise and talk to Thales with open honesty and are perfectly at ease in voicing their opinions, even if it's a dissenting one.]]
* VillainRespect: By the end of the war, Thales considers Claude to be a WorthyOpponent and laments that his intelligence is, in his mind, being squandered by the Children of the Goddess.
* YouHaveFailedMe: After failing to conquer Fódlan, he violently subdues Edelgard and takes her to Shambhala to be turned into a Hegemon Husk while the Empire is left to burn.
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[[folder:Myson]]
* ArchEnemy: Towards the whole Charon Line, considering he was the one responsible for the experiments that killed all of Lysithea’s siblings and granted her a second Crest at the cost of a drastically shortened lifespan. [[PapaWolf Julius]] can barely [[SuppressedRage stop his body shaking from rage]] when talking about what Myson did to Lysithea and when she learns ''who'' was responsible for her horrifying experience she makes it ''very'' clear that Myson is ''hers'' to [[ItsPersonal deal with]].
* CastingAShadow: A skilled user of Dark Magic, with his preferred spell being the infamous [[HPToOne Bohr Χ]] spell, but he’s also more than capable of using other dark magic spells such as Hades and his own variation of Dark Spikes T.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Polite, quite [[PragmaticVillainy adverse]] of unnecessary cruelty and violence, [[UnholyMatrimony very clearly in love with his fiancé]] and not someone who lets his temper get in the way of his work. And of course, an absolutely [[MadScientist vile]] man who is just as utterly [[FantasticRacism abhorrent]], [[LackOfEmpathy amoral]] and [[WouldHurtAChild extreme]] as the other member of The Agarthan inner circle. He’s just a lot calmer and restrained about it.
* {{Geas}}: He placed one on [[spoiler: the Ten Elites]] to ensure their obedience; unfortunately for him, it's not perfect. He mentions placing [[spoiler:Edelgard under one during [[WhamEpisode Chapter 73]] to ensure they got what they need out of her with Adrestia falling to the Kingdom-Alliance-Church army]].
* KarmicDeath: Was "[[LudicrousGibs turned into mulch]]" by Lysithea, the only member among her siblings who survived his [[PlayingWithSyringes inhuman experiment.]]
* KilledOffscreen: Out of the triumvirate that currently lead Agartha, he's the only one whose death we don't get to see in the main story, but considering than Lysithea outright states that she "[[LudicrousGibs turned him into mulch]]", it's clear his death was a messy thing indeed.
* MadScientist: For the Agarthans as a whole, and an incredibly intelligent one considering Thales holds his intellect in incredible esteem.
* NoOntologicalInertia: With his death, the {{Geas}} placed on [[spoiler: the Ten Elites]] to ensure their obedience is broken, and they are allowed to be a ''lot'' more helpful and blatant in allowing the heroes to kill them for real.
* OhCrap:
** Has a minor one when [[spoiler: Blaiddyd]] lunges at him with clear intent to kill while he's showing [[spoiler: him and Fraldarius off to Edelgard and Hubert]].
** He mentions it only in hindsight, but he likely had one when [[spoiler: Fraldarius openly said that she'd kill him if she got the chance]], given that he pleads with Thales to put them back on ice while he tries to improve his {{Geas}}.
** Has a major one when Sothis manifests herself to him near the end of Chapter 97, recoiling in abject terror at her presence and later trying to block one of her attacks along Thales and Odesse to absolutely no avail.
* PragmaticVillainy: Myson dislikes cruelty and suffering that doesn't serve a specific purpose. [[spoiler:He stops Odesse's beating of Edelgard in chapter 80, telling him firmly that attacking a defeated prisoner is beneath him.]]
* SecretPolice: According to Atra, he's in charge of it as the commander of the 'neighborhood watches' in Shambhala.
* TheSociopath: Played in the most unnerving and creepiest (yet textbook) way possible, when talking about the experiments done to Lysithea’s family. He knew on an intellectual level that what he did to her family was cruel and unconscionable, but as far as he’s concerned everything in the end was worth it because he learned and perfected his greatest successes. The Author goes to describe Myson as the kind of person who knows he's doing something horribly evil, but is able to do the mental exercises to convince himself it's necessary and he’s able to say with a straight face that the awful things he did do meet noble goals.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Unlike [[LargeHam Thales]] or [[AxCrazy Odesse]], he almost never looses his cool in any way and in most of his interaction with other people he’s [[FauxAffablyEvil calm, controlled and genuinely affably soft spoken and polite]], which actually makes the atrocities he commits as Agartha main’s MadScientist all the more disturbing.
* UnholyMatrimony: With [[EvilGenius Bias]], his fiancé. They actually seem to be genuinely quite in love, with Myson sharing a surprisingly [[AnywhereButTheirLips tender]] moment with her, speaking with soft fondness towards her and its obvious that he holds her intelligence and competence with great regard and treats her as an equal partner in his work.
* VillainousFriendship: For all their absolutely disgusting FantasticRacism and utterly sociopathic attitude towards everyone who is not Agarthan, [[spoiler:Chapter 73 shows that the trio of Thales, Myson and Odesse truly do consider each other close friends and allies, Thales openly admiring Myson's intelligence and resourcefulness and treating Odesse like an HonestAdvisor with genuine grievances which he respectfully answers. Myson and Odesse in turn both advise and talk to Thales with open honesty and are perfectly at ease in voicing their opinions, even if it's a dissenting one.]]
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[[folder:Odesse]]
* {{Angrish}}: His reaction towards the multiple TheReasonYouSuckSpeech that drives Thales into his secondary VillainousBreakdown in Chapter 97? Snarling at Bernadetta and calling her a “bitch”. This turned out to be the [[InsultBackfire wrong thing to do]], as it just gave both Bernadetta and Glenn more ammunition for their respective speeches towards him and leaves Odesse verbally flailing.
* ArchEnemy: Towards Dedue. Considering his actions led to [[ThePurge the Tragedy of Duscur]], it’s made abundantly clear that the normal GentleGiant that is [[SoleSurvivor Dedue]] wants nothing more than to have Odesse head on a pike. And completely understandably so.
* AxCrazy: Utterly unabashed in his vicious and sadistic savagery and ''anything'' is capable of setting his volcanic temper off and has him resort to uncontrolled violence.
* BerserkButton: [[DefectorFromDecadence Atra’s]] defection and [[SpannerInTheWorks all the problems she has caused because of it]] infuriates both Thales and Odesse so much that a captured Edelgard mentions that she can ''feel' their rage for Atra even without naming her.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Neither Odesse or Thales are able to comprehend how [[KnightInShiningArmor Dimitri]], whom both consider a half-mad boy-king, is able to turn all of Edelgard's citizens against her through sheer kindness and charisma.
* EvilSorcerer: An absolute AxCrazy sociopath who turns out to be quite skilled at the use of both [[LifeDrain Nosferatu]] and [[PlayingWithFire Ragnarok]].
* GeneralRipper: Atra reveals that he was the one who carried out [[spoiler:the Tragedy of Duscur]], among other missions. [[spoiler:A captured Edelgard in chapter 80 compares the look in his eyes at his RageBreakingPoint to that of [[AxCrazy Maximus Varley]].]]
* HonestAdvisor: Serves as one to Thales, giving him his truthful opinion and criticizing some of his decisions while expressing concerns about Myson's desire to put the Einherjar back on ice.
* {{Jerkass}}: Unlike [[FauxAffablyEvil Myson]] he never ''bothers'' to hide his absolute [[KickTheDog unpleasantness]], [[AxCrazy explosive temper and bloodlust]] and just how utterly [[FantasticRacism disgusting, useless and counterproductive he finds working alongside Edelgard]]. Atra describes him to our heroes as a twisted GeneralRipper and in every scene he’s in he goes to prove her right, his absolutely vicious and horrifying [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown assault on a captive Edelgard]] in chapter 80 just being the pinnacle of how twisted and unrepentantly cruel he normally is.
* KarmicDeath: As the main architect of the Tragedy of Duscur, it’s utterly fitting that his death comes at the hands of the three main survivors of the horrific tragedy among the cast in Chapter 102: his arms get utterly ruined by Dimitri, he gets impaled by Glenn with his sword and ends up literally [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge beaten to death in the most vicious way]] by [[BewareTheNiceOnes Dedue]]. And it could not have happened to a more disgustingly despicable monster.
* LifeDrain: A skilled user of the Nosferatu spell, according to Atra.
* MadeOfIron: Much to the frustration of Dedue, [[PlayingWithSyringes the experiments]] every Agarthan gets preformed on them when they are children makes them a lot more durable than anything else outside [[OurDragonsAreDifferent The Nabateans]] and [[VoodooZombie The Ten Elite]], and Odesse is not different. He’s able to easily survive blows from [[SuperStrength Dimitri]] that would have turned any another human into paste ten times over, for one.
* NeverMyFault: As Glenn darkly point out, screaming about how it's the heroes' fault that Nemesis has awoken once again falls short very quickly when one remembers that it was the ''Agarthans'' who not only made him the monster he became in the first place but also kept his body and made him a failsafe.
* OhCrap:
** Has a major one when Sothis manifests herself to him near the end of Chapter 97, recoiling in abject terror at her presence and later trying to block one of her attacks along Thales and Myson to absolutely no avail.
** Has easily his biggest one yet in Chapter 102 when he realizes that [[TheDreaded Nemesis]] is awake once again, absolutely going pale white with horror and shriekingly blaming the heroes for the awakening of the slumbering warlord, to the point that at the end of his rant he weakly mutters that he’s as good as dead and goes into a burst of [[LaughingMad hysterical giggling]]…but then [[TakingYouWithMe decides to take all the heroes he’s fighting with him along for the ride.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: In chapter 80, the captured Edelgard attempts to spit in his face and whip him with her chains. Having finally had enough, he begins kicking her and snarling insults in Agarthan (which is borrowed from German, in case certain parallels were too subtle):
-->''"Hundin! Nutzlos hundin! Schwein! Inzuchtig kretin!"[[labelnote:Translation]]"Bitch! Useless bitch! Pig! Inbred cretin!"[[/labelnote]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Given to Edelgard after the aforementioned beating:
-->"Your idiocy is only matched by your delusions of grandeur. Your mutt is dead, rotting from the obsidian poison. Your palace burns. Your lands have been surrendered, some of them happily welcoming, the Fell Star's army. There is ''no one'' left who is loyal to you, and there were precious few to begin with. You are ''nothing'' and ''no one'', so cease your posturing and squawking and go to your cage with a little ''dignity!''"
* TheSociopath: Chapter 98 goes a long way to show that he’s this beyond all contestation. At first he didn’t even [[ButForMeItWasTuesday remember]] [[ThePurge the Tragedy of Duscur]] because in his eyes Dedue and his people were simply ''that'' [[FantasticRacism unimportant in the scheme of things as far as he was concerned]]. But when he ''does'' remember The Tragedy he spitefully and sadistically tells Dedue that he was completely unrepentant about said disgusting atrocity and in his own words: “I'd do it again without hesitation for my home. I'll kill a thousand more Duscur surfacers if it will bring me to my goal – the world for Agartha!”
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: After the many setbacks due to [[TheMillstone Edelgard's actions]] Odesse, laments that they'd have been better off keeping her in a lab and just plain killing off Ionius and let the chaos run from there.
--> “We could have simply spirited her off to Agartha, then killed the Emperor – it would have been easy. With him dead, those seven fat idiots would have [[EvilPowerVacuum torn each other apart to claim the throne for themselves]]. They would have dropped the Empire into a civil war that would have killed three times the surfacers this war has, and thrown the other countries into chaos as they tried to claim land in the aftermath.”
* TautologicalTemplar: As Glenn notes, someone like [[AxCrazy Odesse]] shouldn’t be able to use [[ReligionIsMagic Faith Magic]] normally. The series implies that Odesse’s ability to use Faith Magic came from his uncompromising certainty, sociopathic fervor and faith in Thales and the Agarthan’s cause, which somehow counted as a kind of faith in its own right.
* VillainousBreakdown: Glenn makes him absolutely loose his shit ''twice'' and in Chapter 98 he breaks out into a rabid, furious rant about how [[SpannerInTheWorks Glenn]] utterly ruined all of his careful planning. He’s so utterly and viscerally enraged and furious that he sounds almost animalistic and Dedue notes that it’s almost as if he cannot contain his rage and sheer volcanic savagery and hatred. His tone of voice shrieking and inhuman.
* VillainousFriendship: For all their absolutely disgusting FantasticRacism and utterly sociopathic attitude towards everyone who is not Agarthan, [[spoiler:Chapter 73 shows that the trio of Thales, Myson and Odesse truly do consider each other close friends and allies, Thales openly admiring Myson's intelligence and resourcefulness and treating Odesse like an HonestAdvisor with genuine grievances which he respectfully answers. Myson and Odesse in turn both advise and talk to Thales with open honesty and are perfectly at ease in voicing their opinions, even if it's a dissenting one.]]
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[[folder:Bias]]
* EvilGenius: The master of mechanics of Shambhala, Bias is described as the one who creates/maintains the Titanus and [[spoiler: maintains the [[VoodooZombie Ten Elites]]'s cryostasis.]]
* EvilMentor: It’s implied she’s this towards Pittacus, who actually calls her Sensei.
* KilledOffscreen: Like her lover Myson, but unlike him we as of yet do not know who did the deed itself.
* PragmaticVillainy: She shares this attitude with her fiancé. She casts a basic healing spell at Edelgard after her [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beatdown]] by Odesse not because she feels any kind of realistic sympathy towards [[UnwittingPawn her]] but because Edelgard is needed alive in order to start [[PlayingWithSyringes the experiments on her.]]
* UnholyMatrimony: With [[MadScientist Myson]], her fiancé. They actually seem to be genuinely quite in love, with Myson sharing a surprisingly [[AnywhereButTheirLips tender]] moment with her, Bias actually being openly loving, affectionate and teasing towards Myson and it’s obvious that she holds his own intelligence and competence with just as much regard and he holds hers and she consider him to be an equal partner in her work.
* VillainousFriendship: While her relationship with Myson is that of UnholyMatrimony, she also seems to share a relaxed one with Thales and Odesse considering she calls them “brothers” with open fondness.
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[[folder:Diado]]
* AdaptationalKarma: Compared to canon Verdant Wind, where they were a full KarmaHoudini, Cornelia is caught for her role in the Tragedy of Duscur and is executed offscreen.
* AdaptationNameChange: A minor example. Although "Cornelia" was always a fake name, canon had not revealed her real name at time of writing, so she is given the name Diado.
* FalseFriend: To Anselma/Patricia- while acting as a concerned and helpful confidant, she tricked her into setting up the Tragedy of Duscur.
* TheMole: Agartha's spy inside the Kingdom.
* OddNameOut: Most of the core Agarthan leaders are named after the seven sages of Greece. "Cornelia", on the other hand, is given the name Diado.
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[[folder:Pan]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: He was sent into King Loog's army as sleeper agent with the expressed message of fueling the war and orchestrating it so it destroyed both kingdoms, so Agartha could swoop in and lay claim to the surface. Or that was the plan originally, as Pan would go on to have his loyalties divided almost as soon as King Loog welcomed him into his inner circle. His memoirs expressed a constant awe at the freedom the people of the north had, to travel where they wish without permission, to write tales without censorship, trials that operate on the possibility of innocence being declared...and he fell in love with it, with Loog and his kindness and his sense of responsibility to his people's well-being and happiness. It was so different from Shambhala, and Pan couldn't bring himself to destroy it. Instead he [[BecomingTheMask took the mask he had put on and made it his real face, helped Loog win the war, and threw out the plants meant to assassinate him. He and his men assimilated into the Kingdom and lived out happy lives there, never returning to Shambhala.]] This is actually why he's considered Agartha's biggest traitor, at least before Astra also defected.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: The author outright compares Pan's relationship with Loog as being similar to Robin's own friendship with Chrom in Fire Emblem Awakening.
* LongDeadBadass: By the time of the series he's has been dead for centuries, being TheStrategist and Honest Advisor for King Loog, the creator and founder of Holy Kingdom of Faerghus.
* TheMagnificent: Hilariously, one of his titles is ''actually'' "Pan The Magnificent".
* SpannerInTheWorks: For Agartha centuries ago. It's all but stated that Pan's original plan was to TheMole among King Loog's Court for Agartha...but Pan fell in to love with the outside world, developed UndyingLoyalty towards King Loog and threw all those plans out the window, living the rest of his life as a loyal friend and legendary hero for the people of the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus. It's strongly implied by both the narration and Atra that Pan was considered Agartha's biggest traitor because of this and it's only now that she herself has pulled her own DefectorFromDecadence act that he no longer is enemy number one in the minds of the Agarthan ruling power.
* ShroudedInMyth: While most of Agartha consider him to thier most legendary "traitor", the rest of the world just knows him as [[TheGoodKing King Loog's]] most loyal friend, strategist and advisor. The fact that he was Agarthan in the first place was only known to the people of Shambhala at the time and Atra and Glenn only managed to pieces together when they found his memoirs.
* TheStrategist: Legendary for this, he became [[TheGoodKing King Loog's]] most skilled strategist and his most trusted [[HonestAdvisor advisor.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: Granted, [[LongDeadBadass he was born several centuries before the current Agarthan ruling power]], but he's the only Agarthan ruling power in recorded history who has completely turned away from thier xenophobic and sociopathic ideals and has chosen to life in the outside world in peace.
* UndyingLoyalty: His fellow Agarthans at the time ''thought'' Pan had this for them, but in the end the developed this for [[TheGoodKing King Loog]].
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!!Nemesis and the Ten Elites/The Einherjar (Spoilers)

[[folder:Nemesis]]
* ArchEnemy: Understandably towards all the Nabateans (especially Rhea), considering his monstrous actions at Zanado.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Survived the CrapsackWorld that Fódlan used to be during his time and became the leader of the Ten Elites by essentially being the WorldsStrongestMan. During Flayn's flashback in Chapter 100 to the War of Heroes, she remembers Nemesis being almost a force of nature unto himself: slicing enemies with no problem, tanking even some of most powerful magic spells thrown at him and tearing his opposition apart with chilling and bloody ease. As Chapter 102 shows, several centuries of being held in suspended animation does not seem to slow him much either, considering that he is able to rather easily block and counter attacks from both Macuil and Indech while fighting King Kirah at the time.
* BrokenPedestal: For ''all'' the Ten Elites. As a despairing Renata painfully muses in chapter 87, Ronan was held in ''incredibly'' high [[LikeAGodToMe regard]] by the Ten Elites before his killing of Sothis (with the implication being that, just like with Renata, Ronan saved each of the Ten Elites from similarly dark situations). But both his [[AmbitionIsEvil desire to conquer and rule]] and the moment he killed Sothis and gave all The Elites her blood to drink were the moments that, in Renata's own words, he "dragged all of us down into the eternal flames."
* TheDreaded: ''Everyone'' is afraid of facing this guy once he awakens, both our main heroes and Ronan's old allies alike. Be it because they still remeber his monstrous actions and savagery (As the Nabateans do), because his status as a ''brutal'' case of BrokenPedestal and the feelings of intense betrayal his followers have about him (the Ten Elites), the fact they ''know'' he will kill them all on a whim as he has done in the past unless they manage to compleatly control him this time (the Agarthans) or because they dread the idea of fighitng him in combat (our main heroes) the shadow of fear Nemesis creates is a long one indeed.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Something that has bitten the Agarthans ''hard'' ever since they initially made contact with him. The original Agarthans tried to demand his cooperation and control him as their agent (and this is ''after'' he proved himself ruthless, cunning and brutal enough to find and kill Sothis in her sleep in the Holy Tomb). His reaction? Nemesis killed most of the with contemptuous ease, leaving only the alchemists who begged for their lives and Nemesis was only swayed when they swore they could construct weapons for him that would have no rivals. Even then, he swore to [[YouHaveFailedMe kill them if they failed to impress him.]] This is actually the ''main'' reason why the current Agarthan ruling power is so incredibly hesitant to awake him and treat him as an [[GodzillaThreshold absolute last option]], because they know that there is nothing really stopping Nemesis from deciding that the Agarthans are [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness utterly disposable]] and killing them all once he awakens.
* FatalFlaw: His ultimate flaw was the belief that he had all the answers, which evolved into a fixation on [[GodhoodSeeker obtaining godhood]] and ''being god'' when he followed the Agarthans and discovered Sothis sleeping. Combining that with having grown up in a world where you had to be willing to do -anything- to survive (at least, as he saw it), combined with having Agarthan advisers whispering to him, turned all that greatness he possessed into an unfathomable cruelty and tyranny. And because of that charisma, that genuine affection for the Elites that he had, and the good he'd been able to do...he dragged them all down with him, as well as many others.
* AFatherToHisMen: Before he got consumed by his [[AmbitionIsEvil delusion of godhood]] and his bloody and absolutely uncompromising certainty [[TheOnlyOne that he was the person worthy of being the true leader of the world]], he ''was'' this towards the Ten Elites. Both Michael and Renata bitterly reminisce about him as a quasi-parental figure and it's made very clear that before he killed Sothis and gave all of the Elites Nabatean blood to drink alongside the weapons made from thier bones, that they all held him in the highest regard due to having saved all of them from their respective [[DarkAndTroubledPast horrible pasts]] during a time Fódlan was a [[CrapsackWorld lawless no mans land]] and giving them [[TrueCompanions a place to belong]]. This made [[BrokenPedestal Ronan]]'s [[ThisIsUnforgivable betrayal and crossing the moral line so heinously]] so painful for the Ten Elites.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Once upon a time, a nameless baby was born from the hung corpse of his mother. Said baby would grow up to be the leader of a band of thieves and then into Nemesis, the feared King of Liberation.
* GeniusBruiser: How Indech grudgingly describes Nemesis-an incredibly powerful bandit and warrior shaped by the brutality of the world he lived in who nevertheless was distressingly smarter anyone else who tried to invade the Holy Tomb before him: he watched the Agarthan Strike teams fail, and figured out how to bypass most of the golems and other protection in the Holy Tomb – and destroy the few he couldn't avoid.
* TheGhost: As of Chapter 90 he has only been directly seen in Reneta Fraldarius's Backflash in her ADayInTheLimelight. Despite this, his presence is ''certainly'' felt in the story in one way or another. It's not until Chapter 101 that his coffin is finally seen and the chapter ends with the {{Cliffhanger}} of his coffin being blasted wide open from the inside, signifying his return.
* KickTheDog: Among the many vile acts he preformed during his lifetime after killing [[GodIsGood Sothis]], that he was perfectly willing to use Flayn like a twisted parody of a battle standard during The War Of Heroes has to be one of the most pointlessly cruel ones he's done. If not for Ren's [[FriendlyFire actions]] this would have been Flayn's horrible fate. And while she was saved from said fate, it's made clear that she ''still'' has PTSD from that moment.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: This story runs with the theory that the name "Nemesis" was actually a NomDeGuerre as well as a very strongly implied MeaningfulRename. His real name? Ronan.
* NayTheist: Or so Indech believes him to be. The Nabatean theorizes that Nemesis couldn't accept that Sothis could be so benevolent, so loving, when his life and the lives of those around him were characterized with such horror and brutality. That he was astounded that Sothis was real, and sleeping ([[HeroicRROD of course, sleeping ''only'' after she singlehandedly not only saved the world from Agartha and Laputa but used all her power to heal the damage they had done of the world]]) while Fódlan suffered. He decided that if she would sleep through this then [[AGodIAm someone]] needed to take her place.
* {{Ubermensch}}: The [[AllThereInTheManual comments]] done by the Author in chapter 87 imply that Nemesis once upon a time was this, with elements of UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans. He hated the chaos and endless violence he suffered through as a child and wanted to unify humanity into a functioning society, not just a warlord cult he could rule over. He was intensely charismatic, easily the strongest and most capable man of his era, intelligent and a great leader. Too bad about that FatalFlaw of his.
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[[folder:Michael Blaiddyd]]
* AffectionateNickname: Refers to Renata Fraldarius as "Rena."
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Indech revealing that Vishnu was utterly in love with Michael ''completely'' leaves Blayddid thunderstruck and obviously utterly guilt-ridden and the more Indech pushes for Michael’s own answer about his feeling the more distracted and chaotic he becomes until he explodes with an utterly anguished, agonized and emotional roar: of ''course'' Michael did not know that the blood he drank or the bones that made his weapon belonged to Vishnu. Vishnu was ''the only man he had ever loved'', but he utterly missed the signs of what should have been obvious and that is something that has always utterly haunted him.
* ApologeticAttacker: When he clashes with Dimitri in Brigid, Michael apologizes, saying that he can't stop himself while preparing an attack.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: For starters, we learn in chapter 91 that Michael’s parents were actually killed and eaten [[ForcedToWatch right in front of him]] by a CannibalClan. The fact that he furiously muses that he hates [[HatedByAll The Agarthans]] more than the people who killed his parents in the first place, despite being a pretty horrendous thing to witness, just shows how absolutely detested The [[BigBad Agarthans]] are as a whole.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Chapter 91 is told from his point of view, and we get to explore a little more about his past and doomed romance with Vishnu as he and the rest of [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]] await our heroes in Shambhala.
* DrivenToSuicide: From Indech's recollections, Michael lost the will to live during the final battle between Nemesis and Seiros, deliberately leaving himself open to a fatal attack. Given that he was friends with/possibly in love with Vishnu, whose blood and bones became his crest and relics, he was probably in this state for while a while.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: It's ''very'' difficult to call [[TragicMonster him]] evil in any capacity considering his current [[VoodooZombie situation]], but Michael shows unabashed bitter disgust at the sheer depravity the Agarthans are willing to sink in order to win.
* IdenticalGrandson: Michael Blaiddyd bears such a close resemblance to Lambert Blaiddyd (Dimitri's dad) that in chapter 64/65 while fighting against Dimitri, the younger quickly mistakes them for the same man at first glance.
* LightningBruiser: Fast and strong enough to easily keep up with Dimitri while fighting him in Brigid, and in chapter 76 he once again shows elements of this when he manages to be agile enough to catch both Rhea and Byleth by surprise and actually manages to briefly overpower [[LadyOfWar Rhea]] in combat. Later during the Battle of Shambhala he shows his LightningBruiser credentials by fighting Glenn, Felix, Bernadetta and Dimitri while having a particularly painful conversation with Indech.
* MadnessMantra: “I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I didn't know! I didn't know! I DIDN'T KNOW“.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Implied to have become suicidally depressed when he found out the source of his Crest and lance, apologizing to Indech multiple times before his first death. He's not any happier about his current status as a VoodooZombie.
* ReluctantMonster: Doesn't want to fight for Agartha, but is compelled to serve them due to Myson's {{Geas}}. It's also implied that he was unaware of the [[HumanResources source]] of his crest and relic until it was too late.
* RescueRomance: A rare case of this being a male rescuing a male scenario, but still absolutely falls into this category. In Michael’s [[ADayInTheLimelight Interlude]] on chapter 91 we learn that his strong infatuation/romantic feelings for Vishnu came about when the Nabatean saved him and some of his fellow Ten Elites from several Demonic Beasts. Tragically and painfully heartwarming (considering what would happen later on to Vishnu), it seemed that Michael shared Dimitri’s non-eloquence when dealing with someone he was attracted to considering his nervous demeanor and babbling in front of the gently amused Vishnu during their first meeting and later on just before their first kiss.
* SoProudOfYou: Similar to how Ren shows this attitude towards Claude, Michael is nothing but absolutely and utterly proud of the man Dimitri is in comparison to him. In his own words- “He was stalwart and bold and fiercer on the field than Michael himself had ever been. He wants to tell that boy how amazing he was, how he has surpassed Michael himself, how sorry he was for leaving him with the legacy he had”
* SuperStrength: Everyone who possesses the Blaiddyd Crest has this and he's no different, nor was he weakened by centuries of being frozen—he casually stops Edelgard's impulsive attack on Fraldarius by catching her wrist mid-swing and ''crushing it''.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: [[IAmAMonster Furiously aware]] of how ironic it turned out that someone whose DarkAndTroubledPast was suffering at the hands of cannibals in the end became a cannibal himself when he drank to blood of the person he loved above all others. It’s made abudandly clear that this particular fact has been haunting and him driving him borderline insane with both horror and guilt for a long time.
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[[folder: Renata Fraldarius]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: She's the narrator of Chapter 87 [[spoiler:in lieu of Edelgard, who is being prepped for the Hegemon Husk transformation at the time.]]
* BerserkButton: Her ADayInTheLimelight episode shows that she has 0 patience for any IDidWhatIHadToDo justification, furiously musing that the same kind of justification was a dime a dozen among the sociopathic warlords that the Ten Elites took down during thier time and tried to [[NeverMyFault justify thier monstrous actions as something they needed to survive while refusing to accept how monstrous they had become]]. It's the main reason why she among the Ten Elites seems to be the most viscerally hateful towards the Agarthans (and ''all'' the Ten Elites utterly hate the Agarthans).
* DarkActionGirl:
** She is one of the few formidable opponents that Byleth actually struggles against with in Chapter 62, managing to fight Byleth on pretty even ground, which actually makes her one of the most skilled warriors in the whole story considering this is after Byleth's FusionDance with Sothis.
** Chapter 77 has her fighting against Dimitri, Felix, Bernadetta, Leonie and Dedue at the ''same time'' and easily holding her own against their combined assaults with [[LadyOfWar great skill and elegance]]. In terms of pure, elegant martial skills she just might be the most dangerous of the [[VoodooZombie resurrected]] Ten Elites.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Chapter 87 reveals that [[spoiler:when Fódlan was still a no-man's-land dominated by competing factions after the Cataclysm, a preteen Renata was taken by a warlord as a bed-warmer, as her only other option was starving to death. One day, Nemesis and three other future Elites invaded the village and killed the warlord; Renata freed herself from her chain to the bedpost right as Nemesis came into the room, and he was so impressed by her strength that he invited her into his group.]]
* FriendlyEnemy: A less openly amicable version of this, maybe, but this is basically how she interacts with our heroes in chapter 77. She makes it very clear that she has great respect for those fighting against her, takes her time to outright [[StealthMentor point out their mistakes in battle in hopes that they will correct them and get much better for it by the time they have to face “The King”]] (very obviously referring to Nemesis) and openly shows pride and satisfaction when they manage to push her back and keep her on her toes. When [[WasOnceAMan The White Dragons]] appear on the battlefield she not only outright warns them, but also directly [[VillainousRescue saves both Felix and Dimitri from being turned to ashes by one of them and seconds later attacks another to save Mercedes and Dedue.]]
* GoOutWithASmile: As she is succumbing to her wounds gained by her SuicideByCop in Chapter 100 she dies utterly at peace and content, her only words being her incredible pride towards Felix and heartfelt apology towards all those she harmed in life.
* HappilyMarried: Implied. Chapter 87 mentions that she had prayed for family and refers to her meeting her “darling Edward”.
* IDieFree: [[AllInTheManual In the comments]] on chapter 100, the author states that part of her SuicideByCop was done because she felt that Nemesis was awakening and she refuses to once again fight for him or be forced to be his slave and considering how [[GoOutWithASmile utterly at peace and pleased she's during her last moments]] it's made clear that as far a she's concerned she died with her freedom intact.
* MagicKnight: Uses [[{{Boomstick}} the Arrow of Indra]] to great effect in chapter 77 as both a normal spear and the magical weapon that it is, and she’s just as capable of using [[{{Teleportation}} Rewarp]] as all the other members of the Ten Elites.
* MamaBear: According to Macuil, she died protecting her children.
* MasterSwordsman: Out of the Ten Elites she's by far the most skilled swordsman in among the group and even when when leaving very obvious opening for our heroes to exploit she still has the air of someone who is barely trying. It's what essentially cottons Felix and Bernadetta that her death is basically Renata invoking SuicideByCop, as they clearly didn't believe she could have been defeated otherwise with her skills.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Expresses regret for what she did while fighting alongside Nemesis and, implicitly, taking Shiva's blood and bones for power.
* NotSoStoic: Out of all the The Einherjar, Renata actually comes off as one of the most [[TheStoic coldly professional, aloof and distant towards their descendants]] in comparsion to how most of the The Einherjar act [[SoProudOfYou towards them]]…..so seeing her act all pettily indignant after Felix calls her a “maid” brings to mind more of a frustrated mother and less a deadly LadyOfWar.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives Edelgard a harsh one after the latter talks down to Blaiddyd for urging her to flee Adrestia, calling her a brat who isn't nearly as smart as she thinks she is.
--->'''Renata:''': [=YoUu...aRe nOo HeRo. YoUu...aRe...just thEir t-tooL...lIke Us nOw. StUpId liTtLe giRl...dId you rEaLly ThinK, wHeN yOu saw t-their works AnD m-mAdE use oF tHeir evil...thAt yYou wouLd e-ever be a hero? [...] S-ShE's j-jUsT l-like Nemesis. D-Drinking bLoOd and c-calling iT righteous. M-MaKing hEr pEoPle, w-who fOoLishLy t-truSt her, a-accomplices to i-it AlL. S-Save yYour sYmpaThy f-for our dEscEndents. [...]. YoU...tRulY kKnow n-nothing. =] Nemesis c-commiTTeD aN unParaLelled e-evil...Serios was yYour hero, y-your sAlvAtion. We weRe tHe fOoLs...who n-naively trusted him...]] [=Y-YoU m-mock the idea t-that there are things you cannot come back from. T-That...is wHaT...MaKes you A fFool.=]
* ReluctantMonster: Doesn't want to fight for Agartha, but is compelled to serve them due to Myson's {{Geas}}. It's also showed more than once that she is utterly horrified and absolutely disgusted by the actions she did while serving Nemesis and has absolutely ''no'' desire to serve the Agarthans in any way.
* SirSwearsALot: Her focus chapter shows that both her internal and external monologues are rather foulmouthed.
* SoProudOfYou: All throughout her fight against Felix and Bernadetta in Chapter 100 Felix notes that Renata is watching him with a look of sad longing mixed with tired yet fierce maternal pride (to the point that Felix notes that she looks like his own mother) and the more the fight goes on the more notable said pride becomes in her face and attitude. Shortly before succumbing to her death thanks to her SuicideByCop, she outright makes it clear that she immensely proud of not only Felix, but how the Fraldarius Family has grown ever since her death.
* StealthMentor: Her main role in chapter 77- using her fight against the heroes to not only test their abilities and combat capabilities but also subtly pushing them to better themselves in the middle of the battle, all for the purpose of preparing them for when they have to face Nemesis in combat. Several times during the battle with the heroes she points out their mistakes in hope that they will learn to correct them and even openly shows [[SoProudOfYou satisfaction]] when they manage to push her back and corner her. Since she’s still an ''enemy'' she’s not particularly merciful when [[TrainingFromHell ruthlessly taking advantage of their mistakes and forcing them think on their feet and adapt]] but it’s made very clear that she’s doing it in order to make them strong enough to fight against Nemesis.
* SuicideByCop: Both Felix and Bernadetta note that Renata, at the last moment, basically allowed herself to be run through by Felix's sword in order to end the fight. While she gently tries to dissuade that notion and her attitude is filled with SoProudOfYou energy, the narrative ''does'' implies that this is in fact the case: Renata choose to die at the hands to her beloved descendant instead to living to harm him and her living family.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Myself, in her case. She notes that she placed the same emotional barriers around herself that Felix does and she used to be just as much a prickly JerkWithAHeartOfGold with her own TrueCompanions as Felix is with his.
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[[folder:Ren von Riegan]]
* DeadpanSnarker: None of the [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]] have any respect for The Agarthans, but Ren is by far the most ''vocal'' and openly mocking of them among The Elites. Even with the {{Geas}} he has, the sheer disdain he has for The Agarthans is made as blatant as humanly possible with him.
* CasualDangerDialogue: As Chapter 94 shows, a fully sentient Ren is just as much a glib chatterbox in the middle of the battlefield as Claude.
* FlippingTheBird: Proving that irreverence towards those they do not respect is InTheBlood for the Riegan family. In Chapter 72 after failing his initial assault against the main heroes during the parlay, Thales orders Ren von Riegan to once again attack, but the resurrected warrior, after staring at Claude with notable interest for a moment, turns to Thales and slowly and very deliberately flips the other man off before turning turning back into Enbarr. Claude is [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually left in hysterical laughter after witnessing said actions from his ancestor.]]
* FriendlyEnemy: Once he’s able to speak normally in spite of his [[VoodooZombie situation]], he proves himself to be the best example of this among the Ten Elites. Openly cheerful, quite [[MotorMouth talkative]], gregarious, deeply and blatantly impressed with our heroes, [[SoProudOfYou immensely proud of his descendant]] and roguishly irreverent. All in all, he comes off as an AffablyEvil version of Claude, which is something that is pointed out by member of both sides.
* FriendlyFire: In Chapter 86, Flayn recalls being viciously attacked by Nemesis, and Seteth comments that it was pure luck that one of Riegan's arrows hit Nemesis in the back...until Flayn reveals that ''she saw him aiming''.
-->'''Flayn:''' Ren didn't miss. Ever.
* IGotYouCovered: Proving that even his [[VoodooZombie current predicament]] cannot erase the fact that the Ten Elites genuinely used be [[VillainousFriendship quite close]] when they were alive, in chapter 77 he aids Renata several times as a long-ranged sniper in her own fight against the heroes [[ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask while at the same time facing both Claude and Dimitri.]]
* ImplacableMan: Part of it clearly comes from being a VoodooZombie and the {{Geas}} he's under, but Chapter 76 quite clearly shows that the guy does. not. ''stop''. Fight against both [[AwesomenessByAnalysis Claude]] and [[SuperStrength Dimitri]] at the same time? Sure, why not. One shotting several [[WasOnceAMan Demonic Beasts]] that are attacking you? Frustrating, but doable. Get shot with [[ManaBurn Banshee]] InTheBack by [[BlackMage Hapi]]? It's [[BodyLanguage implied]] that if he could curse, he really would like to, but that does not stop him for long.
* MasterArcher: As noted by Flayn, he never misses a shot, and having a dark replica of Failnaught at his disposal only makes this worse for the heroes.
* PerpetualSmiler: Although it’s made quite clear that a ''considerably'' amount of it comes from being a StepfordSmiler and a StepfordSnarker (ironically making him quite similar to his descendant), Michael fondly notes that Ren is ''still'' able to smile. And almost every time he interacts with our main heroes Ren has an impressed and gently [[ActuallyPrettyFunny amused]] attitude to him.
* ReluctantMonster: Doesn't want to fight for Agartha, but is compelled to serve them due to Myson's {{Geas}}. Ren von Riegan has absolutely no respect in any way for Thales to the point he openly defies the other man in the most insulting manner possible. Chapter 73 hints that his irreverence towards the Agarthans is actually quite common for him and he tends to find new ways to disobey their orders as much as he can.
* TheSneakyGuy: Ren fondly calling Claude Khae (the diminitve nickname of his real name, Khalid) spooks Byleth quite a bit, because that means Ren was skilled to get close enough to either her or Dimitri in order to hear the nickname being uttered and none of them were able to detect his presence.
* SniperDuel: In chapter 76, against Claude, while Dimitri backs up Claude. Byleth describes the duel as being like a "dance" due to the skill of both combatants.
* SoProudOfYou: While more {{Downplayed|Trope}} than most examples due to the very strange circumstances, in chapter 75, his brief interaction with Claude shows that Ren is actually quite excited and more than a little wistful at meeting his descendant and even goes to fondly (or as fondly as someone in his [[VoodooZombie state]] can be) and openly say that he finds Claude's banter ActuallyPrettyFunny. The fact that Ren is legitimately frustrated and angry at being forced to fight Claude also shows aspects of this. Chapter 94, where he's able to speak more freely, makes it abundantly clear that he's so proud of the man Claude has become that he's ready to burst, sheer parental longing being very obvious in his face and tone of voice.
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[[folder:Angel Lamine]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: During her fight against Claude, it’s made clear that she finds the much younger boy actually incredibly charming and funny considering how often she snorts with laughter and manages to sound amused with [[DeadpanSnarker Claude]]’s banter despite her own [[VoodooZombie situation]]. She goes on to fondly [[InTheBlood compare him to Ren’s own sarcastic predilection]]. She also says that seeing [[spoiler:Caspar punch her handler]] was also funny, but it also ended up marking him as an enemy, causing her to not only attack him, but prevent her from healing him.
* AffectionateNickname: Refers to Michael Blaiddyd as "Mike."
* AmazonianBeauty: Claude theorizes in his inner thoughts that she used to be this when she was alive, noting that her physical build is more powerful than most women (thinking that she looks like she could rip a tree up with her bare hands) but even in her zombified state the shade of her good looks she used to have are very firmly there.
* ApologeticAttacker: She’s described as being “rueful” while fighting Claude in Shambhala.
* TheArchmage: Without a doubt the strongest magic user among [[TragicMonster the]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]], bar none. Outside of [[CastingAShadow Dark Magic]] (which seems to have been Julius's area of expertise among them) she is able to cast the most powerful variations of [[ElementalPowers Elemental Magic]] in the setting at a rapid pace without any kind of negative repercussion, to the point that it's mentioned that what she's doing should literally be impossible, and being a Combat Medic meant that she also had the most powerful support spells in her arsenal as well. The ''only'' mage capable of matching her in skill is [[spoiler:Macuil]] and it was stated that he spent is very long life studying every branch of magic.
* BerserkButton: Chapter 76 shows that she takes healing as SeriousBusiness, and she’s openly furious at the fact that the Agarthans stopped her from healing Caspar after forcing her to attack him.
* CombatMedic: Although the [[TheArchmage combat]] part is emphasized a ''lot'' more. In chapter 76 she’s by ''far'' the biggest threat, casting [[ShockAndAwe Bolting]] and [[DeathFromAbove Meteor]] with such skill, strength and consistent impunity that almost everyone among our main heroes show frustrated incredulity at the fact that she’s able to pull said assault off and [[TeenGenius Lysithea]] herself states that what Lamine is doing should be impossible for any normal mage to do. Later in her fight with Byleth, Lamine not only proves herself to be [[CombatParkour incredibly agile while casting powerful spells]], but she’s also the only character in the whole series capable of [[{{Counterspell}} countering]] [[PowerNullifier Silence]]. And while she does not show the healer aspects in Chapter 76, her BerserkButton shows that she takes the concept of healing as SeriousBusiness. In chapter 103 she makes it clear that she would ''far'' prefer to be only a healer than the battle archmage she was forced to become, noting with longing that “Patching up my family and the people I gave my protection did more to create the world I wanted than a lifetime of war and killing.”
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Spent almost all her life saving herself and her mother from roving rapists and marauders. As she notes to Glenn, such a thing shapes a person. Not only that, but her birth father was a DirtyCoward who abandoned both her mother and herself to a group of bandits himself.
* DeadpanSnarker: While not as glib as Ren or bitter as Griffith, her duel with Claude shows that she has a pretty deadpan sense of humor and can keep up snarking with the best of them, even if she's bemused by Claude's CasualDangerDialogue.
* TheDreaded: Among the Ten Elites, ''she’s'' the one our main heroes are most warry and worried about. Considering she’s capable of casting [[ShockAndAwe Bolting]] and [[DeathFromAbove Meteor]] with impunity, as well as her mastery other incredibly powerful spells its made clear that she’s the most powerful [[TheArchmage magic user among The Elites by a wide margin]] and every one of our heroes treat her as being the number one priority to defeat. It actually speaks volumes of how dangerous she is considered by our heroes that it actually takes ''another'' [[TheArchmage master of magic]] such as [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Macuil]] to actually push her back.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: It's ''very'' difficult to call [[TragicMonster her]] evil in any capacity considering her current [[VoodooZombie situation]], but Lamine shows genuine rage and disdain when learning that [[WasOnceAMan The White Dragons]] were about to be deployed by the Agarthans, very clearly hating the process that created them in the first place.
* GoOutWithASmile: During her last moments alive after Mercedes deals the killing blow, she's utterly gentle and even somewhat motherly with her descendant. She notes with incredible fondness that she's so [[SoProudOfYou utterly proud of Mercedes]] and lovingly calls her "sweet girl."
* LightEmUp: During her bout against Claude in Shambahala, she shows herself to be incredibly skilled at using combat Faith Magic.
* LoopholeAbuse: In her own words, "Those insufferable, evil – mole-men! – said I had to go and fight; they never said I couldn't talk!". This is referring to the fact that during her duel against Claude she manages to reveal to him via implications that The Agarthan have a reason to cut her duel with him short.
* MercyKill: When the Agarthans prepare to withdraw from Enbarr, Lamine creatively interprets an order to "take [Edelgard] down" and attempts to kill her in order to spare her from whatever horrific fate Thales has in store for her. Sadly for her, it doesn't work, and Lamine actually shows herself to be quite apologetic towards Edelgard for her failure.
* NighInvulnerability: Thanks to her Dark Rafail Gem, which allows her to take more hits than were humanly survivable for most and makes the wearer practically invincible if they access its powers at the right moments.
* PetTheDog: She’s genuinely appreciative of Caspar trying to separate and free her from her handler and very visibly angry by the fact that the Agarthans not only [[{{Geas}} made her]] attack him but also [[BerserkButton stopped her from healing him.]]
* ReluctantMonster: Doesn't want to fight for Agartha, but is compelled to serve them due to Myson's {{Geas}}. Lamine tries to interpret Thales's order FromACertainPointOfView in order to MercyKill Edelgard and save the younger woman from the Agarthan's machinations and later shows genuine regret when she fails to do so with a muttered: "Damn. Not enough power. Sorry, kid. Failed".
* ShockAndAwe: Her primary combat spell is Bolting, with Meteor not far behind. In both the canon story and this one, both are spells with ''very'' limited use, which means the fact that she can use them so frequently should be impossible, though it's unclear yet if this is because she's a VoodooZombie or if she was simply that powerful, even in life. It's the one she uses to attempt to MercyKill Edelgard in chapter 73.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Despite being a very womanly character, Claude is bemused to note that she looks more like Emile/Jeritza than she does Mercedes.
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[[folder:Elizabeth Daphnel]]
* CoolBigSis: It's implied that she was this to Maurice. Renata's narration in Chapter 87 mentions that while Maurice was like a little brother to all of them, Daphnel was outright inconsolable when he succumbed to the effects of the Crest of the Beast.
* {{Foil}}: As Ingrid herself notes, Elizabeth is essentially a dark reflection of her descendant, what Ingrid could have become if her own chivalric sense of loyalty and duty was bounded to someone a ''lot'' worse than [[KnightInShiningArmor Dimitri]]. Unlike Ingrid, Elizabeth found herself sworn to a monster and Ingrid herself is notably unnerved by thier cosmic similarities despite thier very different paths.
* GenderFlip: The original game's Daphnel uses the generic male Holy Knight portrait, but this interpretation of the character is a woman.
* GoOutWithASmile: After Ingrid deals the killing blow to her, Elizabeth just gently murmurs that now [[TogetherInDeath she will be with Julius again]] and gives Ingrid a gentle and proud smile, urging her to never lose her own way as she dies.
* HappilyMarried: With Julius Charon, as shown in their brief interaction in Chapter 91. The fact that the Agarthans [[KickTheDog stole their wedding rings]] from them after being [[UnwantedRevival forcibly resurrected]] is described as being just another act of indignity in a long line of sociopathic behavior.
* LadyOfWar: Renata recalls that Beth was always poised and stoic in combat, which is why it's rather surprising when her first line of dialogue is laced with profanity.
* MountedCombat: A incredibly capable LadyOfWar who is also a master horse rider, making the combination of speed and skill deadly in her hands.
* NobleDemon: Even among [[TragicMonster the]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]], she holds herself to a surprisingly knightly standard and rule of conduct. She's legitimately apologetic of Griffith's boorishness and states that he was always lacking some social graces and is utterly ashamed and pained by her former UndyingLoyalty to Nemesis, but still notes that as her ParentalSubstitute she could not show anything less.
* SoProudOfYou: Claude notes that she looks deeply impressed at Ingrid's AngerBornOfWorry rant towards Sylvain and unabashedly proud of her once Ingrid shows herself capable to clashing with her combatwise.
* WouldntHurtAChild: As Renata muses, Elizabeth has to major soft spot: her fellow [[TrueCompanions Elites]] and children. She even notes that Elizabeth's soft spot for children is so strong that even in her current [[VoodooZombie state]] she would not harm Agarthan children.
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[[folder:Griffith Gautier]]
* TheCynic: One of Renata's memories indicates that he coped with the horror of where their powers and weapons really came from by snarking that it's not worse than anything they'd ever done before.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He watched his entire family burn in a forest fire, one at a time. Raiders set the hay bales on fire, and the summer wind carried it into the trees. He took his five brothers and ran away from their swords and into the woods. The fire came after them like a living thing, a demon. His family then either fell back into the flames, died choking to death on the smoke, or died from exhaustion after carrying him to the edge of the woods and the water.
* DeadpanSnarker: Speaks "even more dryly than their voices sounded in general now".
* EvenEvilHasStandards: While he might easily be the [[{{Jerkass}} the prickliest]] of [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]], it’s made clear that he holds both Edelgard and The Agarthans in absolute contempt because he’s perfectly aware that both are such [[SoreLoser sore losers]] that they would [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum burn the world to ashes as long as it stops their enemies.]]
* GoOutWithASmile: After Sylvian lands the killing blow on him, he looks up at Sylvain and beams with raw pride as he dies, a look of incredible relief in his face so deep than Ashe himself feels overwhelmed by it.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Chapter 103 makes it abundantly clear that a lot of his more {{Jerkass}} moments are actually just hiding a ''lot'' of grief and guilt. He sounds almost sick to his stomach when he realizes that Maurice's cursed blood also affected his descendants and despite what appears to be an utter LackOfEmpathy about his legacy he does feel a great deal of guilt about how it affected Sylvain. He also points out that Seiros rightfully had no obligation whatsoever to forgive the Ten Elites after what they did and vehemently argues that they all deserved their first deaths.
* JerkJustifications: It's implied that his comment about how unwittingly benefitting from the slaughter of the Nabateans wasn't any worse than the things they'd already done was a way to cope with his own grief and shame, but Renata called him on it all the same as a vain attempt to justify the situation.
* LackOfEmpathy: Gives absolutely no apology about his legacy and the actions he did ended facilitating Sylvain’s rather horrible childhood, stating that all of his actions [[IDidWhatIHadToDo were done in order to survive the chaotic and completely lawless land they lived in]] and to think that he ''intentionally'' planed for his descendants to have a horrible life due to it outright madness. Granted, a lot of this comes from the JerkJustifications he’s firmly holding into, but he’s so callous about how he talks to Sylvain and justifies himself than even [[LadyOfWar Elizabeth Daphnel]] calls him out for baiting Sylvian. Chapter 103 shows that he actually has a HiddenHeartOfGold beneath all of his callousness, however.
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[[folder: Achilles Goneril]]
* ApologeticAttacker: When he initially confuses Byleth for Sothis, he shows notable hesitance in fighting her at first and he rueful admits that he's well aware that fighting Byleth (who shares her body with Sothis) makes him feel understandably guilty. Of course, he's still deeply [[BaddieFlattery impressed with Byleth’s mettle and daring.]]
* BloodKnight: Was very clearly having the absolute time of his life fighting against both of his descendants and Balthus and was very open in his [[WorthyOpponent appreciation of their combat skill and tenacity.]]
* BoisterousBruiser: It’s implied by both Renata and later Michael’s [[ADayInTheLimelight Interludes]] that Achilles Goneril used to be this before it all went to hell for the Ten Elites. Both Renata and Michael mentioned that Achilles was the kind of man who was quick to laugh and genuinely do his best to raise the spirit of others with a joke and he’s described as a man with a naturally boisterous spirit. The fact that he used the very brutal looking Freikugel in battle (and is currently using Freikugel Λ) pretty much cements that he’s just as much a physical fighter as his descendant, [[CuteBruiser Hilda]].
* FaceOfAThug: He’s described as having a rugged, thuggish look about him that hides the fact that he’s incredibly gentle and considerate towards those he considers his TrueCompanions, as seen in Michael’s [[ADayInTheLimelight Interlude]], and Michael himself notes that his looks sharply contrast with his overall friendly, boisterous and considerate persona if you didn’t know him in the first place.
* LightningBruiser: Famed for it, even among his fellow Ten Elites. “Achilles Goneril was a whirlwind of death, carving through lines of cavalry on foot”. The fact that he’s able to fight against [[TheAce Holts]], [[CuteBruiser Hilda]] and [[BoisterousBruiser Balthus]] at the same time speaks volumes about how deadly he is.
* StealthMentor: Despite being forced to fight against our heroes and his two descendants and being a very powerful enemy to overcome, he outright actually gives [[BrilliantButLazy Hilda]] a rather wise piece of advice in the middle of battle, all in the tone of a father gently teaching their children a lesson: “The world will never give you anything easily, my Hilda. [[EarnYourHappyEnding You'll always have to fight for it, in one way or another. So never stop struggling, alright?]]"
* SuperStrength: While not as famous as Michael's prodigious strength, his is no joke. Dimitri worriedly notes that it was documented that Achilles could sent armored knights flying into ballistas and formations like stone flung from a catapult.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Dimitri notes that Achilles seems to have the same kind of genuinely boisterous and cheerful air about him as [[KnightInShiningArmor Alois]]. The same kind of friendliness.
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[[folder: Julius Charon]]
* ApologeticAttacker: His grief and despair at being forced to fight Lysithea is painfully evident.
* CastingAShadow: While among [[TragicMonster the]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]] [[TheArchmage Angel Lamine]] is the magical powerhouse, Julius is no slouch with his mastery over the dark magic spells that he slings in combat. The fact that he's able to easily match [[TeenGenius Lysithea]] blow for blow with his dark magic while at the same time fighting over half a dozen people makes it pretty clear that he's ''the'' most powerful user of this particular branch of magic in the setting.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Although by the time he makes his debut calling him ''evil'' is a major exaggeration, he's the member of [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]] who shows the most grief at being forced to fight his descendant (in his case, Lysithea, whom he calls his "beautiful granddaughter"), makes it very ''very'' clear that he finds Myson's experimentation of his family [[ThisIsUnforgivable utterly unforgivable]] and he's shown to be HappilyMarried with [[LadyOfWar Elizabeth Daphnel]]. Among the many possible EvilVirtues an enemy can have, Love is easily the one he enbodies the most.
* GoOutWithASmile: Dies utterly at peace with the fact Lysithea was the one who took him out and his last words towards his descendant are tenderly paternal and filled with the utmost pride at the young woman.
* HappilyMarried: With Elizabeth Daphnel, as shown in their brief interaction in Chapter 91. The fact that the Agarthans [[KickTheDog stole their wedding rings]] from them after being [[UnwantedRevival forcibly resurrected]] is described as being just another act of indignity in a long line of sociopathic behavior.
* ILetYouWin: More openly shown that with Renata Fraldarius, as he not only leaves himself blatantly open for attacks, but Cyril actually notes that Julius actually stabbed himself with Thunderbrand the first moment he could in order to give the heroes a winning chance against him. And even ''then'', until Lysithea deals the killing blow he was still able to comfortably fight against the heroes.
* MagicKnight: While not as nightmarishly powerful as [[CombatMedic Angel Lamine]], the man is no slouch at magic in any way considering he’s perfectly capable of comfortably matching [[TeenGenius Lysithea]] blow for magic blow, throwing powerful [[ArmorPiercingAttack Luna]] spells and being an absolute master of [[CastingAShadow dark magic spells such as Hades and other variations of this line of magic considering how much he favors using them]]. Byleth also notes that Julius was the pioneer of the Mortal Savant fighting style and his [[DanceBattler agility and grace]] just spoke to his incredible skill with a sword, [[MasterSwordsman skills]] shown in full on chapter 102.
* PapaWolf: Julius Charon is absolutely and utterly ''enraged'' when he reveals to both Michael and Achilles what [[HatedByAll the Agarthans]] did to Lysithea (calling her his beautiful granddaughter when talking about her), how they brutally and callously experimented on her, shaking with barely suppressed anger and regret. He also shows himself to be viscerally disgusted by the fact that he’s being forced to fight Lysithea in Shambala.
* SoProudOfYou: Openly makes a point to call Lysithea a “miracle” without a hint of shame.
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[[folder:Jason Dominic]]
* [[ABoyAndHisX A Man And His Dragon]]: The narrative in Chapter 91 notes that he's actually quite fond of the Wyvern he rides, openly smiling at it and showing his first PetTheDog moment by literally gently petting his mount. Macuil himself notes that even during Jason's first and original death, he refused to abandon his Wyvern.
* AffectionateNickname: Calls Annette, his descendant, "little bird."
* DragonRider: He’s a Wyvern Lord, after all.
* DropTheHammer: Wields Dark Crusher with incredible skill.
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in that he's her ancestor and not her father, but he seems actually quite pleased that Annette is both such a NiceGirl and has a talent for healing. He also seems to be truly happy that Annette is nowhere near as warlike as he was in life and his last words as he dies are words of pure encouragement towards Annette.
* ILetYouWin: Blatantly drops Dark Crusher on his foot, utterly shattering it and giving both Ash and Annette the chance to get the better of him in order to finally defeat him.
* TheJuggernaut: Even among [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]], Jason is described as utterly unrelenting and unstoppable. Managing to fight one on one in a airborne battle against Macuil, tearing enemies apart by the dozen while Leonnie can only watch and his later confrontation against Sylvain, Lorenz, Dorothea and Constance just adds to this.
* LightningBruiser: Described by Sylvain as being unfairly nimble while still hitting obscenely hard thanks to Dark Crusher. During a brief clash between Jason and Sylvain, Jason’s blows are described as being so strong that the ground beneath Sylvain’s feet actually cracks from the force.
* MageKiller: While Sylvain is unsure of it was either something he had while alive or something that comes from Jason’s particular [[VoodooZombie situation]], his [[ResistantToMagic Magic Resistance]] is absolutely insane: He’s bombarded by spells flung by [[LadyOfBlackMagic Constance]], [[BlackMage Lorenz]] and [[GlassCannon Dorothea]] and he basically shrugs off the constant assault with very little difficulty.
* PeacefulInDeath: After Ashe rips the Crest Stone from his chest, Jason calmly succumbs to his death with an air of utmost relief and peace, his last words only being encouragement towards Annette.
* VillainRespect: Seems geneungly impressed at the fact that Sylvain was willing to fight him without the aid of [[OneManArmy Macuil]] and actually briefly bows in open respect towards Dorothea when she declares the reason [[UndyingLoyalty why]] [[TrueCompanions they]] [[ThePowerOfLove are]] fighting so strongly against The Agarthans.
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[[folder:Simon Gloucester]]
* OutOfFocus: Out of the Ten Elites, he's the one who gets the least focus by virtue of the fact that he interacts with his descendant the least and the fact that when he fights he's often [[BashBrothers teaming up]] with a fellow elite. Even in Chapter 105, where he dies thanks to the work of his descendant, he gets a much less focused send off than the other members among the Ten Elites.
* {{Workaholic}}: If Julius Charon's wry comment as he's dying if anything to go by, Simon lives/lived by the mentality that "sleep was for the weak".
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[[folder:Maurice/The Wandering Beast]]
* AndIMustScream: Makes it clear that his moments of humanity are fleeting; his permanent transformation causes him to rampage and devour humans without any ability to stop himself once the rampages begin. He's been trapped in this form for ''a thousand years''.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: The Elites all recall him being like a little brother to them, and being distraught when he succumbed to the poisoned blood he drank.
* DealWithTheDevil: The Wandering Beast a.k.a. Maurice recounts how the Agarthans offered him godhood in exchange for his service. He took the deal, and ended up regretting it.
* DeathSeeker: The Wandering Beast is ''tired'' after a millennium of wandering the forests of Edmund territory, going berserk, and eating people. He offers to help the heroes besiege Shambhala in exchange for Byleth putting him out of his misery
* TheDreaded: Everyone in the Alliance knows and fears him; when he meets him properly for the first time, Claude notes that his hide is covered in broken weapons from all previous failed attempts to slay him. Even The Agarthan soldiers are terrified of him, calling him "The Great Beast."
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Alyssa, whom he calls “my Alyssa”. It’s strongly implied that she was the woman whom the other members of the [[TrueCompanions Ten Elite]] were teasing him about. According to Maurice, Marianne looks just like Alyssa.
* ItCanThink: The Wandering Beast surprises Dimitri, Claude and the others when he reveals that he can talk and holds a conversation with them before he goes berserk
* KarmicTransformation: [[ObliviouslyEvil Maybe]]. The only reason he had the power that warped him into the Wandering Beast was because [[WouldHurtAChild he was involved in the murder of Lian]], consuming his blood and taking his bones to 'ascend into godhood'.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Maurice deeply regrets taking Agartha's deal with the devil, and all the subsequent harm he did both to Lian and to innocent people as the monsterous Wandering Beast.
* PeacefulInDeath: Despite his last moments being incredibly tragic, he dies in the arms of his beloved descendant while tearfully apologizing to both Indech and Sothis and having both of them genuinely and tenderly mourn the man he was forced to become. After his death, his body turns starlight…finally at peace.
* PetTheDog: Seems genuinely concerned for his descendant, Marianne, upon meeting her and realizing she has the Major Crest; he both gives her some warnings, tells her a bit of the truth about their 'curse', and shoos her away when he starts to feel his mind slipping again.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: To Marianne, in his human form.
--> ''Claude'': Maurice...it was shocking how much he looked like Marianne. He was slender, slight, his scarred skin lightly tanned and soft looking; his long dark blue hair lies around his shoulders and throat. His clothes are bloodstained and torn, yet not too different in design from Marianne's priestess robe...was the deisgn passed down through the family...? Pressed at his side was a long bone sword, glittering eerily in the artificial light of Shambhala...Blutrang... He looked so small. So powerless. So strangely young, as if he was merely a few years older than his descendant rather than a thousand.
* TakingYouWithMe: How his death his portrayed even if the intent was not it- Maurice tackling Hagemon Edelgard through the floor, brutally battling with her as both of them are free falling and ending with her impaled on the Viskam power spire and Maurice suffering mortal wounds from both the attack and the fall, wounds from which he in the end succumbs from. His death is also an example of TakingTheBullet, considering all of his actions during his last moments were done in order to protect [[PregnantBadass Byleth]] from Hagemon Edelgard.
--> ''Maurice'' I...could sense the children...I just... wanted...to do one thing right...My body moved on its own...
* WouldntHurtAChild: It seemed to have been his main [[EveryoneHasStandards standard]] in life, even at his worst. According to him, the suffering he himself suffered as a child made him completely unwilling to harm children. Which is why The Agarthans told him the blood he drank came from some sort of beast sacred to Sothis.
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!!Soldiers and Civilians

[[folder:Marian]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: She genuinely does not understand why the [[PlayingWithSyringes physical enhancements]] given to all Agarthans are seen as [[HarmfulToMinors horrifying]] by [[NiceGuy Ashe]] and [[MamaBear Byleth]]- she points that the process in the end is done so their people can [[PatrioticFervor serve Agartha all the better]], she did it to [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes spare her sick grandmother from the painful and often times deadly process]] and argues that Ashe’s role as TheSquire means he’s no different from her considering he’s barely older than her. But as Ashe points out, it ''is'' different because their circumstances are different: if not for [[WarIsHell the war]] he would not be in the position he’s now in the first place and reveals that [[SaintlyChurch the Church of Seiros]] provides room and board for orphans and the infirm, free of charge or class restrictions. This information actually leaves her in a clearly [[StunnedSilence shocked and uncomprehending muteness.]]
* ChildSoldier: She's ''thirteen''.
* CuteAndPsycho: During her conversation with Dimitri, Marian switches between spouting the traditional poisonous Agarthan [[FantasticRacism rhetoric]] and, like [[TokenHeroicOrc Asta]] before her, showing a wide-eyed kind of [[ConstantlyCurious wonder]] about the outside world and asking questions about it and she switches between both elements of her personality with chilling speed. [[KnightInShiningArmor Dimitri]] is both deeply disturbed by it and finds it absolutely tragic that such a young girl like Marian has been affected by [[BigBad Thales]] in such a way.
* GadgeteerGenius: Turns out Marian is not only interested in mechanics of all types, but when she entered the Agarthan army she was initially in repairs and construction before she got shifted into surveillance. This makes her aid in finding the hidden doors in Shambhala all the more essential.
* GoalInLife: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with her, but several times she has shown a great fascination towards the ocean and makes it clear the wonder of the outside world that she’s most excited about seeing with her own eyes is the ocean.
* HeelFaceTurn: Fully cemented in Chapter 97, when she ardently declares that she wants to protect the world and all of its beauty from [[BigBad Thales]] and his machinations.
* ItIsDehumanizing: Exclusively refers to [[UnwittingPawn Edelgard]] as "The Puppet" and [[UndyingLoyalty Hubert]] as “The Mutt” not only due to her own FantasticRacism but as a sign that the Agarthans as a whole consider them nothing more than tools to be used at best and utterly [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness expendable]] at worst.
* OneSteveLimit: Downplayed. Her name sounds similar to ''Marianne''.
* OriginalCharacter: Marian has no canonical counterpart and is created to expand more on Agartha culture.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: The reason for her TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior about the man she killed? The man took out his frustrations about losing the war on her by kicking her repeatedly.
* PetTheDog: Genuinely shows notable sympathy towards [[spoiler:Justine’s condition due to the “failed” augmentation.]]
* RaisedByGrandparents: Hinted by Marian herself, who believes Agartha winning the war is the only way for her grandmother to live in the outside world and not die bellow ground, and she’s adamant about the idea of her grandmother dying ''not'' being an option. It’s also made quite clear that her grandmother is the person Marian [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes loves]] the most.
* StealthExpert: She actually manages to fallow our main heroes and sneak to Shambhala almost undetected, with only [[HyperAwareness Yuri]] managing to catch her.
* SuperSoldier: She’s one, as it turns out. Chapter 79 reveals that all Agarthans soldiers are [[PlayingWithSyringes given]] general physical enhancements. It's a procedure, according to Marian, that was learned from studying dragon's blood and genetic editing. Everyone who enters the army is subjected to it after they pass initiation; it gives them peak human physical or magical performance depending on their proficiency. Said process is done when they are [[HarmfulToMinors twelve years of age.]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Speaks casually about murdering a man for kicking her and cracking her ribs. She also expresses amusement at the thought of what will happen to Edelgard once [[spoiler:Thales decides she's served her purpose]], laughing while telling Dimitri how powerless she is to escape their control - which is especially disturbing when you remember [[spoiler:the experiments the Agarthans preformed on her killed her siblings and drastically shortened her life.]]
* VillainousBSOD: Perhaps 'villain' isn't ''quite'' the right word, but Marian starts showing bouts of distress when she ponders what will happen to [[AllLovingHero Mercedes]] and [[CoolBigBro Emile]] should Agartha be victorious in the war, alternating between frantically repeating the justifications she'd been taught and slipping into sulky silence.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Her genuinely complimenting Mercedes, Lysithea and Dimitri comes off as this since she repeats the racist dialogue she's been taught almost in the same breath.
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[[folder:Kronya]]
* AdaptationalExpansion: A ''lot'' of more {{Backstory}} is given to her in this story to explain her character and her [[PsychopathicManchild particularities]] outside being the rather flat CardCarryingVillain she was in the original story. [[spoiler:Her mother was arrested on suspicion of being a dissenter, causing her and her sister Atra to enlist in the Agarthan military. She took to killing like a duck to water, went AxCrazy, and now worships the ground Thales walks on.]] It actually makes her quite the TragicVillain in hindsight despite how unrepentant and [[AxCrazy bloodthirsty]] she is and it does indeed makes her a considerably more pitiable figure in the end. At the end of day, it becomes quite obvious that she was just a tragic, utterly disposable UnwittingPawn for Thales and the rest of The Agarthan leading powers.
* CainAndAbel: Is the Cain to [[spoiler: Atra's]] Abel.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:Instead of having her heart ripped out by Solon as a sacrifice for a dark magic ritual, Kronya is viciously stabbed to death by Byleth.]]
* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: As seen in Atra's POV chapter in ''The Knights of Fódlan'', while Atra is perfectly aware that her sister was an AxCrazy assassin that had gone too far to ever be saved or redeemed in any kind of way, she tearfully and heartbreakingly admits to Yuri that she still is mourning and a part of her is absolutly devastated at Kroyna's death because at the end of the day Kronya was ''her sister'' and she still loved her despite all the evil that she did for Thales. Yuri himself assures Atra that this reaction is perfectly normal and holds her in his arms while Atra break down and cries for the death of the sister she used to have before Thales got his hands on her.
* IWantMyMommy: Her last words as she lays dying from Byleth’s [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge brutal stabbing assault]] are to weakly ask for her mother and beg her to save her. In Kronya’s case this just paints her as the tragic, twisted figure that she is when we later learn that the StartOfDarkness that shifted her from the [[UsedToBeASweetKid playful and loving sister she used to be]] to the woman she [[AxCrazy became]] all started with her mother’s arrest and death in Agartha.
* ProfessionalKiller: While in the {{Canon}} games its implied that her murder of Jeralt was more of crime of opportunity and part of a BatmanGambit by the Agarthans, both [[DefectorFromDecadence Asta]] and this series strongly imply that in this series Kronya is officially The Agarthans “Pet Assassin” and that she’s been greatly enjoying her role for a while now.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: How Dimitri describes her- skipping like a child, [[ForTheEvulz taking almost a childlike glee in her cruelty]], [[GigglingVillain having a disturbing amusement in the rage she causes]] and overall being someone who is clearly [[AxCrazy not right in the head.]]
* SuperSoldier: She was one, as it turns out. Chapter 79 reveals that all Agarthans soldiers are [[PlayingWithSyringes given]] general physical enhancements. It's a procedure, according to Marian, that was learned from studying dragon's blood and genetic editing. Everyone who enters the army is subjected to it after they pass initiation; it gives them peak human physical or magical performance depending on their proficiency. Said process is done when they are [[HarmfulToMinors twelve years of age.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Atra's POV chapter in The Knights Of Fódlan tragically shows that Kronya used to be a mischievius and loving sister to Atra before Thales sank his claws in and turned her into the person she became. It's almost painful seeing the kind and playful sister Kronya used to be, the sister Atra dearly loved.
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[[folder:Miles]]
* TheApprentice: To several Agarthan doctors, most notably [[MadDoctor Solon]]. Despite his youth in comparison to most of the Agarthan leadership, [[TeenGenius he's skilled enough to be a one of the people included in Edelgard's transformation into Hegemon Husk]], meaning that he learned quite a bit from Solon.
* BearerOfBadNews: He's the one who tells Edelgard how her mother died during the Tragedy Of Duscur, which is the final nail of her emotional sanity.
* PetTheDog: His participation in the operation that made Edelgard into Hegemon Husk means that he's not quite ready to make a full HeelFaceTurn (even if he's notably ''very'' [[GuiltRiddenAccomplice conflicted]]), but it's revealed that he was one of the main reasons the rescue of Princess Altina was possible.
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[[folder:Lucy]]
* TheCaretaker: Towards Justine von Hresvelg, who grew up to be her MoralityPet and the reason Lucy defected from Agartha in the first place. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Thales]] intended Lucy to only be Justine's [[TheHandler handler]] until they needed to use the younger girl, but Lucy grew far too fond of the younger girl and made sure to escape Shambhala with the other girl.
* HeroWorshipper: She's a mixture of utterly star-strucked and shocked at the fact that “Atra Of The Surface” is both alive and in army that is fighting Agartha.
* MamaBear: Towards Justine von Hresvelg. As noted by both Claude and Dimitri, it takes a incredible amount of care and love for someone who was as indoctrinated as most Agarthans are to snap of said indoctrination in order to save someone you care for and despite her nervous disposition, she does not regret saving Justine in any way.
* TheMedic: What her role was when Shambhala. Dimitri immediately recruits her to be The Caretaker of the Agarthan children they have with them because of this.
* SilkHidingSteel: She's understandably a NervousWreck when interacting with both Claude and Dimitri as she explains how she helped Justine von Hresvelg escape Shambhala but the fact that ''did'' do it in the first place speak volumes of how strong she really is. Later chapters shows her much more composed and relaxed and her spine of steel more apparent.
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[[folder:Tiana von Riegan]]
* CheshireCatGrin: Her grins are described as “foxlike”.
* TheDreaded: Even in Foldan she’s known as The "Demon Queen" and she’s one of the very few characters that make both [[SugarAndIcePersonality Byleth]] and [[BloodKnight Dimitri]] nervous about meeting.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her reunion with Claude in Chapter 79 pretty much cements her perfectly: [[AngerBornOfWorry furiously berating Claude for being reckless and worrying her so much]] before making it clear that she's [[SoProudOfYou utterly and astronomically proud of everything Claude has managed to achieve in Fódlan]] and [[GoodParents without hesitation hugging him and telling how much she loves him as his breaks down in her arms]].
* FamilyOfChoice: How she describes her relationship with [[BoisterousBruiser Nader]]. It’s a neat mirror to Claude’s [[BigBrotherInstinct own]] [[CoolBigBro relationship]] with Bernadetta, which is pointed by Claude himself.
* GoodParents: [[MommasBoy Claude]] proudly and without hesitation calls his mother the bravest person that he knows, all his memories show just how much they love each other and his reunion with her in chapter 79 is one of the very few moments where he cries TearsOfJoy while in her embrace as she firmly and heartwarmingly affirms just how much she loves him and how proud of him she is despite how utterly terrified for his safety she was.
* HappilyMarried: Kirah is the only love of her life and anyone else does not in any way whatsoever register for her. She without hesitation became TheRunaway in order to stay with him and her love for Kirah is going even stronger and more passionate decades later.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: When Dimitri reports the truth about Crests to his allies, Tiana is described as having glass of wine in her hand and having a strong desire for several more with rapid succession.
* TheLadette: Not only quite a skilled LadyOfWar in combat, but she’s capable of drinking both Lord Gautier and Lord Charon under the table and mock Count Rowe at the same time.
* LadyOfWar: Described as cutting an intimidating figure who radiates power and she’s an incredibly skilled HorseArcher thanks to decade to living and ruling over [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Almyra]] alongside her husband. Her first scene in the series is of her being a FrontlineGeneral leading the Almyran TheCavalry that saved Holtz, his forces and the forces on Fraldarius's land from being overwhelmed by [[FourStarBadass Count Bergliez]] and she herself is the one kills Count Bergliez in said battle.
* LonelyRichKid: Very strongly implied, considering Judith was her OnlyFriend before she became close friends with [[PowerTrio Lambert and Rodrigue]].
* MachiavelliWasWrong: As she herself points out, “Fear isn't loyalty; poor kings and Emperors always get the two conflated at their peril. If they know that, yet haven't changed how they treat their own people, then nothing anyone can say will help them.”
* MamaBear: As Claude begins remembering his ForgottenFirstMeeting with Byleth years before, he darkly notes that an Agarthan mage tried to kill him and Byleth when they were exploring the temple of Shiva and Selene. Tiana’s reaction to hearing this? Blatant homicidal TranquilFury so fearsome and protective than it actually startles Dimitri, all coupled with a wild snarl in her face.
* MasterArcher: Considering she was the one who taught Claude, it’s only to be expected.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: She was a [[PlatonicLifePartners very close friend]] with both Lambert and Rodrigue during her years in the officer's academy and Rodrigue even helped Tiana to escape from Fódlan (while Lambert is strongly implied to have intentionally turned a blind eye to said escape). When Tiana finally sets foot on Fódlan as part of the Almyra army for the first time in years, Rodrigue laments this trope as he should have noticed Claude's resemblance to his mother and how it has been years since he and Lambert last saw Tiana and Tiana teases both Felix and Glenn just like a CoolAunt would when she finally meets them in the flesh and is nothing but gentle and almost motherly to Dimitri.
* PowerTrio: Formed one with Rodrigue and Lambert when they were attending the Officer's Academy. Once she and Rodrigue meet again their friendship is [[PlatonicLifePartners instantly rekindled like nothing ever changed.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Firmly establishes herself as this the moment she first interacts with our main characters.
* RulingCouple: With her husband, Kirah. Everything implies that she’s the [[FrontlineGeneral more]] [[LadyOfWar martial]] of the two while Kirah is more [[TheGoodKing the good]] [[ThePhilosopherKing Philosopher King]]. Despite this, it’s made quite clear that she has not only [[TheHighQueen earned the respect of her fellow Almyran but she’s also an incredibly capable and wise ruler]] but at the same time her husband is [[RankScalesWithAsskicking quite the fearsome and powerful warrior whenever he finds the need to show it]].
* TheRunaway: As in Canon, she left Fódlan to marry the love of her life, Kirah the King of Almyra.
* RunawayBride: Before she became TheRunaway to join [[OneTrueLove Kirah]] in Almyra, she was [[ArrangedMarriage supposed]] to marry [[HateSink Count]] [[EntitledToHaveYou Gloucester]]. Of course, she absolutely and categorially refused to be married to Gloucester and with the help of Judith, Rodrigue and her own brother she managed to escape to Almyra.
* StacysMom: Holtz mentions in a letter to Claude that she’s just as beautiful as he remembers her being and dryly snarks that Balthus cannot laugh at him in any way because he’s sure the other man would think the same.
* StunnedSilence: Her only reaction when Claude [[TheGadfly gleefully]] reveals the situation [[SharingABody Byleth and Sothis]]. He’s utterly amused at having caught his mother utterly flabbergasted.
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[[folder: King Kirah]]
* AmazonChaser: Fell head over heels in love with Tiana when she tried to attack him during thier first meeting in order to protect her friends. As he tells his son, how could anything else happen when he's Almyrian? Claude then wryly bemoans the fact that he shares his father's taste in partners.
* BigDamnHeroes: In Chapter 104, he personally recues Mercedes from being [[ZergRush overwhelmed]] by Agarthan troops.
* BoisterousBruiser: In the middle of what could be the most dangerous fight for the future of Fódlan, and he's all smiles and confident good cheer.
* TheCavalry: What his role amounts in the FinalBattle, arriving JustInTime to aid the heroes against Nemesis.
* DragonRider: Like all the most powerful Almyrian Generals, he rides his own personal wyvern. Claude's memories about learning how to ride his own wyvern all but states that it was Kirah who taught Claude everything to know about said creatures.
* TheGoodKing: Of Almyra. All of Claude's memories of him paint him as an incredible wise and intelligent king who does his best for the people of Almyra. It's worthy of notice that Claude's intellectual and almost philosophical way of leading is strongly hinted to be him following his own father's example, meaning that Kirah is essentially Claude's role model in how to be TheGoodKing in the first place.
* GoodParents: All the memories Claude has of Kirah are incredibly fond and show that he holds him in very high esteem, making it clear that he considers Kirah both an incredibly loving and [[PapaWolf protective father]] and also someone whose [[ThePhilosopherKing wisdom, intellect and sage advice]] are greatly respected by Claude.
* HappilyMarried: With Tiana. Kirah is the only love of her life and anyone else does not in any way whatsoever register for her. She without hesitation became TheRunaway in order to stay with him and her love for Kirah is going even stronger and more passionate decades later. Kirah in turn absolutely adores his spitfire wife and reveals that it was LoveAtFirstSight for him.
* LargeAndInCharge: Mercedes describes him as being massively tall, and considering she's dating [[GentleGiant Dedue]], Kirah must be even more impressively big in size.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Outside thier physical build, Claude is basically a younger Kirah in term of charm, affability and sheer intelligence. Mercedes notes that they even have the same smile.
* OddFriendship: While his wife being [[PlatonicLifePartners very close friends]] with both Lambert and Rodrigue is not a surprise in hindsight, Kirah's easy friendship with Rodrigue and his absolute respect and fondness for Lambert's memory can come off as utterly bizzare in the eyes of Fódlan natives.
* ThePhilosopherKing: Claude's inner mussing paint Kirah as a deeply pensive and analytical man as a king, as well as someone whose sage council and wisdom is deeply respected by almost everyone in his kingdom.
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: One of the very few people capable of fighting [[WorldsStrongestMan Nemesis]] one-on-one on relatively even ground for any amount of time.
* RulingCouple: With his wife, Tiana. Everything implies that he’s the [[TheGoodKing the good]] [[ThePhilosopherKing Philosopher King]] and she's more the [[FrontlineGeneral more]] [[LadyOfWar martial]] of the two. Despite this, it’s made quite clear that he is [[RankScalesWithAsskicking quite the fearsome and powerful warrior whenever he finds the need to show it]] and she has [[TheHighQueen earned the respect of her fellow Almyran by also being an incredibly capable and wise ruler]].

** Characters/VerdantMoonAzureWindMainCharacters

!Students of the Officer's Academy
!!The Golden Deer

[[folder: Hilda Valentine Goneril]]
* BodyCountCompetition: In Chapter 75, she and Balthus engage in one once inside [[spoiler: the main palace in Enbarr]]. It's clearly half irreverent enjoyment and half ShipTease between them.
* CuddleBug: Hilda's very touchy feely and her first action of choice whenever she's comforting someone dear to her is basically to hug them as much as she can. This is best seen with both Marianne (rushing to hug her, and later starting a GroupHug with all the Golden Deer members, after the [[spoiler:the truth of The Crest Of Maurice was revealed to them all]] and with Claude (giving her BestFriend a combination of TheGlomp and a BearHug in order to show him [[spoiler:that his status as half-Almyran does not change a single thing about their relationship]], all while tearfully professing her [[UndyingLoyalty her absolute friendship and heartfelt loyalty.]]
* GirlyBruiser: Although she would prefer not to do the bruiser part, Hilda is extremely girly and effective with an axe in hand.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: She's not particuarly tall by any means. It does not hinder her ability to crush enemies with axes in the slightest.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Her relationship with Claude has this dynamic.
* PlayingWithFire: How the Combat Art, Apocalyptic Flame, fittingly manifests in this story.
* ShipperOnDeck: Is shown to support Ignatz/Flayn and Marianne/Ashe, among others.

[[folder: Lysithea von Ordelia]]
* AllGirlsLikePonies: Upon deciding that she needs more mobility to keep up with her classmates, Lysithea quickly become enamored with a black pegasus whom she quickly starts riding into battle.
* AngerBornOfWorry: Lysithea is ''not amused'' by Claude's idea of 'distracting' the Death Knight so she can hit him with Death Spikes, or when he grabbed and shielded her from hitting the ground during [[spoiler: the battle with the Umbral Beast in the Mausoleum]].
-->'''Lysithea''': You call that a distraction?! [...] You moron!
* BerserkButton: She does not like being reminded that she's the youngest kid in the class. More seriously, [[spoiler: she's ''furious'' when Edelgard brings up her dead siblings as a reason she should have joined her, saying that having her own losses don't justify inflicting her own childhood on thousands of other people in Fódlan.]]
* BrokenBird: Showed fully on [[spoiler:chapter 78, where she not reveals every detail of her absolutely horrifying DarkAndTroubledPast but her emotional turmoil is showed for everyone to see, being sadly resigned and even [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness meek]] about her fate and her past. Her reaction to her [[TrueCompanions friend’s]] horror to her circumstances is both tired and resigned and even with the TearsOfJoy she holds back when ''everyone'' tells her that [[YouAreNotAlone they will do everything in their powerful to help her]] she’s described as looking far older than she should.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her side story in "The Knights of Fódlan" gives a peek into the Agarthans' experimentation on her and her siblings. She watched her siblings be taken away one by one, listened to them scream and eventually die before she herself was finally subjected to the procedure... which she survived, but at the expense of a shortened life.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Her feeling for Cyril. It does not help that she gives him an utterly impassioned a heartwarming YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech during The Battle Of Shambahala that everyone around her heard firsthand. When its pointed out by Linhardt that ''everyone'' knows about her feelings and that Claude himself has a bet placed about when she will get together with Cyril, she's utterly mortified and plans to get revenge, much to the amusement of those around her.
* FriendOrFoe: In Chapter 41, Lysithea ignorantly [[spoiler:attacks Marianne after her Crest turns her into a Demonic Beast.]]
* ItsPersonal: Once she learns of their existence, Lysithea has it in for the Agarthans due to the fact that they were responsible [[spoiler:for conducting the Crest Experiments on her and her family.]] As far as she’s concerned, [[ArchEnemy Myson]] is nothing more than a dead man walking and she will take the ''utmost'' care to make his end as excruciating as possible.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lysithea usually refuses to show fear in public, so Dimitri hearing her openly panic is an immediate sign that something very, very bad is about to happen. [[spoiler:Fort Merceus being about to get blown to kingdom come by javelins of light would perfectly fit the bill for such panic.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She's the shortest and youngest of the Deer, but she's a magical powerhouse, repeatedly tearing Demonic Beasts in half and blasting holes in any enemy foolish enough to mess with her.
* ShipTease: With Cyril.
* ShutUpHannibal: Gives a ''ruthless'' version of this to [[spoiler:Edelgard during the Battle of Enbarr, refuting her propensity for blaming the Church and the existence of Crests for things like the Crest experiments conducted on Edelgard and Lysithea, all the while [[CurbStompBattle completely dominating her fight]] with the older woman.]]
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Considering that he was directly responsible for her absolutely nightmarish DarkAndTroubledPast, [[spoiler:chapter 78 shows that Lysithea has, 100% understandably, absolutely ''zero'' respect for Emperor Ionius and spends the whole chapter basically showing how utterly unforgivable, pathetic and unfit she considers him. Her personal, mocking epithet for the man is “The Weak” and [[BigBrotherInstinct Claude]] fully agrees with her consensus.]]
* SurvivorsGuilt: Implied in her POV chapter in the Knights of Fódlan side story. She laments that she always seems to be powerless to save anyone who cares about her as she watches Byleth sleep [[spoiler: after her brush with death.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: She's a platonic sort towards Claude; she's constantly irritated by his teasing and frequently yells at him in exasperation, but she genuinely admires and trusts him... She just has trouble saying so.
* YouKilledMyFather: “I'M HERE FOR MY SIBLINGS, YOU MURDERING BASTARD!”

[[folder: Marianne von Edmund]]
* BadassPreacher: She's training to be a priestess, and is highly devout. She's also more than magically strong enough to make you regret crossing her.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Coldly rebukes a soldier who expresses irritation over Ashe's crying after Lonato's death and demands he apologizes. Later on, [[spoiler: she coolly rebukes Hubert's insults and derision of Bernadetta and her faith and isn't afraid to get into the middle of the fighting in order to provide healing to front line soldiers.]]
* CombatMedic: A skilled healer and a very talented attack mage.
* DrivenToSuicide: Obliquely implies she's had these feelings [[spoiler: while explaining the history of the Crest of the Beast to Byleth and her classmates.]] She mentions a letter in which one earlier holder of the crest warned her descendants to 'choose to fall while there was still enough human left in you to die'. Ashe quickly begs her not to give up, and she seems to have new confidence [[spoiler: going into the war]].
* TheIdealist: Firmly believes HumansAreGood deep down, which is why she’s of the firm opinion that the Agarthans civilians in the end will side with them.
* ShutUpHannibal: Marianne is not impressed by [[spoiler: Hubert's attempt at a HannibalLecture when they meet on the battlefield at Brigid]], calling out his hypocrisy and noting that he's no less 'devoted' then she is.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: The Crest of the Beast gives Marianne a powerful transformation in which she can become a demonic beast while still mostly maintaining her humanity; however, she looses almost all control over the form and [[spoiler: Maurice indirectly warns her that her transformed state may eventually become permanent, just like his]].
* TwiceShy: With Ashe. They get together [[spoiler: right before the Battle for Garreg Mach]].
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: When she’s worried that her SuperpoweredEvilSide might overtake her, everyone from [[DeathSeeker Maurice]], to [[BigBrotherInstinct Claude]], to [[LoveInterest Ashe]] to [[TeamMom Byleth]] rush to reassure that she’s a lot more powerful in every sense of the word that she believes herself to be.

[[folder: Bernadetta von Varley]]
* ActionGirl: She matures into one with Byleth's tutelage and support.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Bernadetta’s [[AdaptationalBadass Major]] Crest of Indech, rather than enabling her at chance to launch an additional strike in quick succession, multiplies her attack threefold; for example, one arrow fired projects two additional arrows launching alongside it (think similar to [[Franchise/{{Naruto}} Shadow Clones]] and/or [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Tsubame Gaeshi]]).
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Byleth's DeclarationOfProtection to her made her decide to transfer over to the Golden Deer so she could be close to and support one of the few people who showed her kindness.
* BetaCouple: She and Felix form one late in the story.
* BigShutUp: When finally pushed to her breaking point hearing Count Gloucester disparage Claude for his Almyran heritage, Bernadetta yells at the top of her lungs to "'''SSHHHHUUUUUT'' UUUUUUUUPPPPPP!'''''"
* CowardlyLion: Bernadetta repeatedly makes it clear she's terrified of war and violence; but she still throws herself into the thick of it again and again because she believes it's the right thing to do.
* CoolBigBro: Considers both Claude and [[spoiler: Yuri]] to be this.
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:She deserts the Empire after Edelgard is revealed to be the Flame Emperor.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: It's strongly implied she's developing one with [[spoiler: Lian/Indech]]; he's clearly quite fond of her.
* InsecureLoveInterest: She is in total disbelief when Felix admits that he loves her, babbling about how she's not good enough for him, how she's still fighting against her fears and what could he possibly see in her? Felix disagrees vehemently, thank goodness.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to the Flame Emperor during the Holy Tomb battle.
-->'''Bernadetta''': This is the person who wants to change Fódlan? What good c-could come from h-handing power to someone who c-can do this without hesitation? You...you don't value your people's lives any more than my father does! You'd never be a good ruler. You'd just be one more tyrant. And I...I won't let you! I won't let you take my f-friends, or the Crest Stones, or Fódlan! We're...definitely going to stop you!
** Later on, Bernadetta goes ''nuclear'' on Count Gloucester and the knights rallying him after they ignore all of the hard work Claude has put in protecting Fódlan in favor of hating him for being half-Almyran.
-->'''Bernadetta''': '''SSHHHHUUUUUT ''UUUUUUUUPPPPPP!'' SHUT UP!''' Just – just ''shut'' your ''goddess-damned'' mouth, you ignorant, peasant-murdering, power-grasping ''imbecile!'' And you...all of you! You should be disgusted and ashamed of yourself...have you forgotten the last six months?! Are you so blind, so contemptuous, so ''completely without honor'' that you're just going to ''forget'' everything Claude von Riegan, Prince Khalid, has done to save you in this war? You there! Sir Dagdar...I saw Claude save your life with my own eyes during the Battle on Myrddin bridge! He deliberately made himself a target for the flying mages and held them off while giving our army directions to reorganize in the midst of the ambush! As for you! Lady Tina. Just yesterday you were effusively praising how much Claude valued the lives of even the lowest of his soldiers, how he had dreamt up plans for battle that gave us our precious low-casualty figures, stating how other lords would have discarded them as impractical and the losses 'necessary'. Has that magically become untrue because his father is King Kirah of Almyra?! What do we care about the wars of men long dead, that bones and dust would compel us to hate those we have never even ''met''? I've watched, all these months, as Claude ''agonized'' over the losses our army has taken! Spend sleepless nights hammering out the plans that took us from one victory to the next, saved not only our own people but those trapped by Adrestia's tyranny as well! He was the one who warned you before the war began that there was danger in the future; it is thanks to ''him'' that you were prepared for war, that the Alliance between Leicester and Faerghus was even possible! I saw with my own eyes how he valued lives, ''our'' lives; when our people would have rejected him the way you're trying to now! There is nothing more true than this... '''Khalid loves Fódlan!''' And you would turn on him now?! After he has fought so hard to save you, ''knowing that he would lay down his life for you'', you call him a monster and an exile from Fódlan because of his ''birth?!'' Are you so craven?! Are you like Thales and his Agarthans, discarding those who aren't one of you as ''less than human?! '''Well?!''''' Speak up!
* ShamingTheMob: Bernadetta does this to the knights rallying after Count Gloucester in her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech above with added support from her friends and allies. It works with the two knights she called out earlier being rendered speechless and the other knights soon kneeling in front of Claude in shame.
* ShutUpKiss: Showing how much more confident she is, ''she'' plants one on Felix when he's [[GibberishOfLove fumblingly trying to articulate his feelings to her]], right in the middle of the battlefield while the army around them cheers on.
* SixthRanger: She transfers to the Golden Deer shortly after the battle with Miklan.
* TookALevelInBadass: Bernadetta goes from being terrified of her own shadow to volunteering for missions on her own, to becoming an archer knight, to being brave enough to call out the ''Flame Emperor'' and swear to stop them no matter what, even when surrounded by their troops.

[[folder: Leonie Pinelli]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Like Claude, she found [[spoiler: Ren Von Riegan's FlippingTheBird moment]] absolutely hilarious, bursting into laughter just at the reminder of it.
* BerserkButton: [[WasOnceAMan Demonic Beasts]] become this to her after [[spoiler: Jeralt's death]], cursing out the Flame Emperor when they transform a couple of their soldiers [[spoiler: during their invasion of the Holy Tomb]]
* TheDeadHaveNames: Invokes this as a threat to the Flame Emperor.
-->'''Leonie''': Do you know the names of the children of Remire? Don't worry, Captain Jeralt told me. [[ToThePain I'm going to carve each and every one of them into your skull.]]
* HeroWorshipper: To Jeralt, who taught her all she knows about fighting.
* OddCouple: She and Lorenz are shaping up to be this; they grew up in completely opposite social structures, but they're almost always seen fighting together, and Claude has contributed to TheBet on when they'll come out and admit it.

[[folder: Raphael Kirsten]]
* TheBigGuy: A very simple guy with simple needs, who happens to be very bulky and trained to be a capable War Master for Byleth to call on.
* BoisterousBruiser: Very upbeat and very strong, maintaining his cheerful attitude both in and out of battle.
* OutOfFocus: Doesn't get as much screentime as some of his other classmates.
* SpiritedCompetitor: Is mentioned to have gotten into arm wrestling contests with Caspar.
* WiseBeyondHisYears: Raphael knows a lot about grief, giving Byleth useful and succinct advice on how to help Ashe when the latter is grieving for Lonato while she's spinning her wheels, uncertain what to do. He also has a habit of leaving arrogant, self entitled royals (such as [[BigBadWannabe Edelgard]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe Lord]] [[FantasticRacism Gloucester]]) in complete StunnedSilence when poking holes into thier delusions with his simple, common words of wisdom.

[[folder: Ignatz Victor]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Like Claude, he found [[spoiler: Ren Von Riegan's FlippingTheBird moment]] absolutely hilarious, bursting into sniggers just at the reminder of it.
* LuminescentBlush: When Hilda catches him and Flayn hugging, she cheers them on, resulting in him blushing furiously.
* OutofFocus: Like Raphael, he tends to blend into the background compared to some of other students.
* ReluctantWarrior: Would rather be painting. Though he feels conscience-bound to fight, and can come to the rescue when least expected [[spoiler: like when he uses his keen eyesight to sling a broken golem into the breach in Garreg Mach's gates during the siege]].
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: His dynamic with Flayn is suggested to be something like this.

[[folder: Lorenz Hellman Gloucester]]
* ApologeticAttacker: “I'm terribly sorry, but you're all in our way”
* BreakTheHaughty: Getting chewed out by Byleth for disobeying her during the rescue for Flayn, endangering everyone else in the process, deflates Lorenz's ego significantly.
* HumblePie: Eats some when he's sidelined during the Flayn rescue mission for disobeying Byleth for the sake of showing off. After that, he's much less pushy and less concerned with credit.
* UnknownRival: Byleth and Edelgard both note at the beginning that Lorenz repeatedly tries to undermine Claude and considers himself a competitor as the ruler of the Alliance, but the latter doesn't really acknowledge his efforts - only occasionally expressing annoyance of him.

[[folder: Flayn]]
* CombatMedic: Moreso now with Byleth's training than she was [[spoiler: back when she was called Cethleann]], but Flayn can fight to a degree in between moments of providing powerful healing to her allies.
* DamselInDistress: After [[spoiler: Jeritza/Emile]] kidnaps her, prompting Byleth and the Deer to look for and eventually rescue her.
* NiceGirl: No one, excluding [[FantasticRacism Agarthans]] and [[spoiler: Edelgard]], have anything negative to say about her; she's incredibly compassionate and very kind to everyone she meets.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Chapter 100 makes it abundantly clear that The War Of Heroes left her with some rather noticeable phycological scars, and the Battle Of Shambahala are just making it worst for her. During her part in the chapter, he constantly switches between actively helping her allies and remembering The War Of Heroes with [[WarIsHell horrified clarity.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Went from being a helpless kidnapping victim to a competent CombatMedic who has no fear going into the thick of things.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Byleth, for rescuing her.

!!The Blue Lions

[[folder: Felix Hugo Fraldarius]]
* AmazonChaser: Instantly becomes interested in Bernadetta after she disarms and defeats him during the Battle of the Eagle and Lion.
* AngerBornOfWorry: [[spoiler:His reaction to seeing Dimitri’s one on one fight against one of [[WasOnceAMan The White Dragons]] and the reckless tactics used to defeat it? Rushing forward without hesitation to give Dimitri [[TheGlomp one hell of a hug]]….which is fallowed by a ''furious'' tirade about his idiocy and self-sacrificing nature. Dimitri is actually both utterly confused yet absolutely ecstatic by Felix’s obvious [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther care for him.]]]]
* BigWHAT: Felix hollers the word "WHAT?!" at the top of his lungs when he learns about how Bernadetta's father "raised" her.
* CannotSpitItOut: Felix has enormous difficulty telling anyone - LoveInterest and close friends alike - that he cares about them, that he worries, or that he's sorry about something. [[spoiler: He finally manages to spit out his feelings for Bernadetta in chapter 69 after defeating her father.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Delivers one to [[spoiler: Maximus Varley during the Battle of Hrym]], from yanking him off his horse to breaking three different weapons he uses through the duration of the duel before finally bashing him unconscious with a hit to the head.
* CruelMercy: Felix doesn't kill [[spoiler:Count Varley... but he does strip him off his lands and titles, give them to his abused daughter and wife respectively, and banish him from Fódlan.]]
* EmbarassingNickname: "Lixie", which only [[BigBrotherMentor Glenn]] calls him by. Interestingly but fittingly for someone like [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Felix]], he's more embarrassed at the fact that Glenn is openly using it in front of their friends and allies than the nickname in itself.
* GibberishOfLove: Descends into babbling [[spoiler: when he realizes Bernadetta heard him say he loved her]] while trying to fumble through a proper confession.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Felix is rough around the edges, but he repeatedly shows he cares more than he lets on. He tries in his own way to pull Byleth out of her grief [[spoiler: over losing her father]] and offhandedly makes it clear on several occasions that he thinks Bernadetta is a strong person long before he confesses to her.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Considering his overall character and personality, the fact that his reaction upon learning [[spoiler: the AwfulTruth about the Heroes' Relics and the Crests is first indulge in StressVomit and later almost ''beg'' Indech to take the Aegis Shield off his hands shows how utterly and completely horrified Felix is about the real tragic and twisted past of the items.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Count Varley during [[spoiler:their duel in Hrym.]]
-->'''Felix''': Do you always run your mouth this much? All you've proven is just how weak you are. You can't win loyalty without threatening to slaughter people in retaliation. You endlessly scream about deserving their respect by dint of a cosmic accident, when most people live past their second birthday without thinking the world owes them something for that achievement. You heap abuse on your daughter, your servants, your people; all who have no recourse against you, and think that doing so makes you powerful. You're so desperate to increase your name that you would sell your daughter as if she were a bed slave, when if you were ''actually'' a man of capability and respect, you wouldn't need to stoop to gutter crime. [...] The woman I love is ''still'' suffering because of you! You abused her...called her worthless...convinced her no one would ever want her! One of...the bravest people I've ever met... still lives if fear of you. ''You''! You worthless, pathetic, spineless waste of air! You aren't worthy to carry her shoes!
* StressVomit: His reaction to [[spoiler:learning the truth about the origin of the Heroes' Relics.]]
* SurroundedByIdiots: PlayedForLaughs. Felix grumbles that he's surrounded by lunatics when they get distracted by Balthus' love life in Shambhala. Byleth retorts that if he's down there with them, what does that make him?
* YouRemindMeOfX: Indech fondly and very bittersweetly compares him to Shiva in his inner mussing on chapter 98. Turns out that while he was alive Shiva shared both Felix’s unfettered drive to better himself at all cost and his almost unrelenting pace when pushing himself.

[[folder:Dedue Molinaro]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Normally the epitome of a quietly pleasant, considerate and utterly erudite GentleGiant and a man utterly filled with compassion, but when vowing to…[[ImpliedDeathThreat talk]] to Odesse about his machination of [[ThePurge the Tragedy Of Duscur]] his rage is so evident that it actually spooks [[CuteAndPsycho Marian]] and makes Byleth take note of it.
* CommonalityConnection: Dedue befriends Bernadetta for their interest in plants and quietly spending their time in the green house together.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[ThePurge The Tragedy OF Duscur]] was ''nearly'' this towards him, for very obvious reasons. And it’s made clear in Dedue mussing on Chapter 98 that if it were not for [[BestFriend Dimitri]] he would have been consumed by his grief all together.
* {{Fainting}}: [[GentleGiant His]] reaction upon learning [[spoiler:the [[AwfulTruth horrifying]] history behind both the Heroes' Relics and the Crests]] is to understandably faint dead away. Being a survivor of [[ThePurge the Tragedy of Duscur]] obviously meant that he could very painfully sympathize with [[spoiler:the Nabateans and their tragic history]] and hearing about it became a bit too [[TraumaButton much]] for Dedue.
* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Completely understandably wants [[ArchEnemy Odesse’s]] head on a spike.
* MommasBoy: In an interesting parallel to fellow foreigner Claude, in Chapter 98 its shown that Dedue was particularly close to his own mother while she was still alive and he still currently remembers her with the utmost reverence and respect.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Normally, a heroic character like [[GentleGiant Dedue]] [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge beating a man to death to the point that their head is nothing but red pulp]] would raise major alarm flags (and it does with Dimitri)….but considering the victim of said brutal death was the man directly responsible for the massacre of his people, Odesse’s death at Dedue’s hands is ''very'' deserved.
* SecretKeeper: He learns of Claude's Almyran heritage after hearing Claude speak his native language. After he asks Claude of what intention he has in mind for Dimitri and what made Claude deciding to come to Fódlan, Dedue lets him be and promises to keep his secret safe.
* ShipTease: With Mercedes.
* TakingTheBullet: During [[spoiler: the battle on Myrddin Bridge]], Dedue shoves Dimitri out of the way and covers Mercedes to protect them from a tomahawk, resulting in it hitting him in the back. Fortunately, Mercedes is able to heal him.
* YouKilledMyFather: Goes on a screaming rant towards the killer of his people, Odesse, right before pounding him into the consistency of salsa.
--> “I am a man of Duscur!” He roared. “You murdered a friend of my people! Framed my brothers for the crime! Used the massacre of women and children merely to hide ''your crime''! Do not act as though you don't remember! After you killed the king of Faerghus, you framed my people to hide your involvement. You cowered in the darkness while my home was destroyed and my family killed for ''your crime''! If you were so righteous, why didn't you claim it as your own?! I think you know better! That massacre does not happen without the one you ''instigated''! You killed my people too, simply because they were there and they were in your way! You framed us! You left the results of your evil! My people's blood cries out from the ground and you don't even care!”

[[folder: Mercedes von Martritz]]
* AdaptationalBadass: Zigzagged. In ''Three Houses'', Mercedes could not learn Abraxas as a playable character and only had it as a midboss at the end of Crimson Flower if not recruited. She can wield it here, doing so in the FinalBattle.
* AllLovingHero: Easily one of the most compassionate characters in the story, Mercedes's heart is open to everyone, no matter who they are or where they're from. She [[spoiler: takes the Agarthan child soldiers that the army captures under her wing, treating them like normal children and patiently tolerating their learned FantasticRacism and wariness.]]
* BerserkButton: Mercedes does ''not'' like it when people hide behind their faith while committing atrocities. She calls out a Western Church fanatic early in the story and scorns them in more detail during her POV chapter in the Knights of Fódlan, noting that cruel extremists who justify thier evil actions behind zealotry and religious fanaticism are a special kind of evil.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Everyone - including [[OneManArmy Byleth]], [[TheChessmaster Claude]] and [[AntiHero Yuri]] - flinches away from the TranquilFury she emits when [[spoiler: Jeritza/Emile]] reveals to her that [[spoiler: The Agarthans tortured him with sleep deprivation to trigger his Death Knight persona]]. She's also perfectly willing to fight to kill during the war in order to bring about its end.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Gender flipped. Mercedes loves [[spoiler: her brother Jeritza/Emile]] very much and is ''not pleased'' to find out how [[spoiler: Agartha]] treated him.
* CoolBigSis: [[AllLovingHero She]] is this not only towards [[BigLittleBrother Emille]], but chapter 79 reveals that she has become this towards all The Agarthan children under her care as well as they obviously care a great deal about [[MoralityPet her]] and they all show genuine fear and dismay at the idea that Mercedes might be hurt or killed in combat to the point that even [[CuteAndPsycho Marian]] sounds sick at her idea of Mercedes getting hurt.
* FlatWhat: When Mercedes learns that the Agarthans used sleep deprivation and drugs to drive Jeritza into his berserk Death Knight state, her response is, ''They what.'' in what the narration describes as a very flat tone.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: As noted by Claude, if [[AllLovingHero Mercedes]] thinks you're a slimeball, you must ''really'' suck (in reference to her adoptive father).
* ShipTease: With Dedue, the pair being just shy of an OfficialCouple.
* SugaryMalice: Noticeably ''averted'', compared to her canon self from ''Three Houses''. This version of Mercedes more openly expresses disgust with people by raising her voice at or directly insulting offenders.

[[folder: Ashe Ubert]]
* BreakTheCutie: Suffers this during Lonato's rebellion. Despite his best efforts, he can't convince his adoptive father to surrender, the latter actually ''attacks him'' in a fit of rage and ultimately he breaks down crying after losing him and so many people he knew in the militia.
* NiceGuy: Forgives easily and is very kind, worrying about the people of Abyss even as he's fleeing for his life from the Chalice's defense system.
* TwiceShy: With Marianne, until their RelationshipUpgrade.

[[folder: Ingrid Brandl Galatea]]
* AngerBornOfWorry: Gets very protective of both Sylvain and Dimitri at various different points in the story.
* LadyOfWar: Aspiring to be one. Early on, for instance, she all but begs Byleth to bring her along to fight Miklan.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Chides Sylvain for his CasualDangerDialogue with Dimitri at the Great Bridge of Myrddin, before joining in on it herself.
* OutOfFocus: Doesn't receive a huge amount of screentime compared with most of the other Blue Lions.

[[folder: Sylvain Jose Gautier]]
* BerserkButton: Gets pissed [[spoiler: when Edelgard tries to emotionally bait him with the pain his Crest has caused him, snapping that [[BigBrotherBully Miklan]] was just a terrible human being who used being disowned as an excuse to be his worst self, and to not 'pass the buck' by making his decisions solely about his lack of a crest.]]
* CallingTheOldManOut: While most interaction between our heroes and their ancestors among the Ten Elite are filled with both SympathyForTheDevil (from our heroes to [[TragicMonster the]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]]) and raw, utter [[SoProudOfYou pride towards their descendants]] from the Ten Elites, the fight between Sylvain and Griffith is completely different. Sylvain spends the whole fight absolutely ''furious and disgusted'' about hellish legacy his ancestor left him to suffer and becomes absolute [[TheBerserker enraged and lost in his emotions]] after listening to Griffith apparent absolute lack of remorse for the legacy he left behind, to the point that he almost becomes consume by his long stirring resentment during their fight until [[AngerBornOfWorry Ingrid steps in and make sure to stop Sylvain from all but killing himself.]]
* CasualDangerDialogue: Out off all the Blue Lions, he's the one who indulges in this most. Considering its subtly implied that all the Blue Lions use this tactic to keep Dimitri sane during battle, its just another sutble sign that Sylvain is a lot more that his "ladykiller" persona reveals.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: He does ''not'' do well in enclosed spaces, which is something that was born from [[BigBrotherBully Miklan]] throwing him down a well. While in {{Canon}} this is treated as a horrific NoodleIncident but never really fully explored, here it’s made clear that the experience left some pretty deep scars on him.
* FreakOut: Considering how he was treated all througth his childhood becuase he ''had'' a crest (both by [[BigBrotherBully Miklan]] and [[MealTicket almost everyone around him]] outside [[ChildhoodFriends Felix, Dimitri, Ingrid and Glenn]]) it makes absolute sense that when he learned the AwfulTruth about the Crests he bursted into [[LaughingMad wild, unhinged laugther]] at the twisted {{Irony}}. It actually took a worried Dimitri and later a CooldownHug [[ShipTease from]] Dorothea for the mania to disperse from Sylvain and the laughter to disolve into quite tears.
* TheGadfly:
** Loves to tease Dimitri about his love life; first blatantly asking him DidYouJustHaveSex in chapter 43 before nagging him about the status of his relationship with Claude [[CasualDangerDialogue right in the middle of the battle on the Great Bridge of Myrddin.]]
** He also gleefully teases Felix about his feelings for Bernadetta, blatantly acting friendly with her and asking her about her writing specifically to make the former [[GreenEyedMonster jealous.]]
* LadykillerInLove: Implied to be falling for Dorothea.
* MissedHimByThatMuch: Sylvain is notably dismayed when he learns in Chapter 78 that [[spoiler:during Atra and Glenn’s whole “information gathering mission” they actually came to his family’s territory and he never managed to stumble into them while they where there.]] Glenn sheepishly admits that considering the fact that both he and Atra were trying their best to fly under the radar and his own [[spoiler:amnesia]] , Sylvain finding him would have been impossible.
* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo: Sylvain recounts an incident where he accidentally offered a girl some tea spiked with sedative. She forced him to drink it first, and it knocked him out cold.
* ShutUpHannibal: Sylvain is not impressed [[spoiler: with Edelgard starting a war and justifying it by removing the Crest System, noting that he has no interest in avenging his own pain by causing the deaths of thousands of people and tells her not to pass off responsibility for human evil onto Crests and the Nabateans.]]
* YouShallNotPass: In order to allow grant Macuil time to completely disarm the [[FantasticNuke The Javelins Of Light]], Sylvain pulls this in Chapter 98 against Jason Dominic.

!!The Black Eagles

[[folder:Edelgard von Hresvelg]]
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: As the war drags on, Edelgard's [[spoiler:approval rating drops dangerously low; her civilian subjects riot in the streets, many of her soldiers do nothing to stop them, and all she has left are a few hardline loyalists and the Agarthans who plan to dispose of her once she outlives her usefulness.]]
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Despite everything that she did, Claude still spares her some pity when she finally dies, noting that she only became what she was because of Thales. Dimitri is outright horrified.]]
* AllForNothing: Chapter 52 has Edelgard forced to face the fact that [[spoiler:she threw away hundreds of Imperial lives in the Battle of Garreg Mach and has nothing to show for it.]]
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Chapter 80 is an interlude showing her imprisonment at the hands of the Agarthans, where for much of the chapter she's trapped by some sort of headgear that essentially acts as a muzzle. Several times she's nauseous enough to vomit—including during a truly sickening beating by an enraged Odesse—but she's forced to choke it back down because it has nowhere to go. She's finally free to speak by the end of the chapter...when she's StrappedToAnOperatingTable and about to be prepped for transfiguration into the Hegemon Husk, and she's sedated before she can have any release.]]
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: After chapter 51, Edelgard starts getting the odd interlude every now and then from her point of view. They also count as [[VillainEpisode Villain Episodes]].
* BigBadWannabe: She thinks that she's TheChessmaster who [[spoiler:is using Agartha to her own ends, and that she's a noble revolutionary who is reclaiming stolen land for her kingdom and 'saving' humanity from the Nabateans.]] Edelgard does succeed in starting a war of reunification, but her ruthlessness alienates her fellow students, her use of DirtyBusiness and demonic beasts turn her people against her to the point of open revolt, [[spoiler:Maximus Varley, who she released under the assumption she could control him, attacks Hrym and slaughters hundreds of her own people]], and she repeatedly underestimates Claude and Dimitri even as they invade deeper and deeper into Adrestia. Finally, despite thinking that she's TheStarscream to Thales, [[spoiler:she's actually just an UnwittingPawn whose actions have only served Agartha's goal of destroying Fódlan.]]
* BreakTheHaughty: Edelgard is hit ''hard'' by this in [[WhamEpisode chapter 73]]. After seeing both the Immaculate One and the Immovable tearing through the Titanus and Demonic Beasts that were meant to be her trump cards, almost being killed twice - first by Glenn, then at the end of a CurbStompBattle with Lysithea and Sylvain who both [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tell her how self-serving and immoral her decisions have been]], learning about Claude's status as the Prince of Almyra (meaning her invasion of the Alliance would have likely ended in disaster and bloodshed even if everything ''had'' gone as planned), she enters the castle to find Thales and Myson calmly having a discussion and planning to pull their troops out. When she attempts to confront him and force the issue, Thales summons [[CombatMedic Angel]] [[VoodooZombie Lamine]], who hits her with Bolting and almost kills her.
* BrokenPedestal: Becomes this to Dorothea, Linhardt and virtually everybody acquainted with her during their times in the academy in light of her declaration of war. As the war goes on, [[spoiler:the other Black Eagles (sans Hubert) who had initially joined her cause eventually started to see Edelgard in the same light as she starts to commit even more amoral and ruthless actions to win the war and promptly defect to Byleth, Claude, and Dimitri's side, one by one]].
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Turns out, being a warmongering YoungConqueror is a ''lot'' more problematic and difficult that the game would have you believe, and her whole CharacterArc in the series is a painful reminder about the harsh realities of war.
** In order to provide funding for her armies, Edelgard has to raises taxes, which puts a strain on the economy.
** Most of the food gets sent to the army, while the rest is rationed among civilians, which causes famine in many cities.
** As Edelgard finds herself facing one defeat after the other, she resorts to even more desperate and immoral acts to try to eke out a victory.
** The constant defeats cause the citizens to have doubts about the war and begin protesting [[spoiler:in Enbarr. When Edelgard tries to quell the protest, the citizens see through her lies and half truths, which leads to a couple of bricks being thrown at her. One brick grazes her shoulder, and after she dodges the other one, one of her guards kills the protester who threw it, which sparks a riot in her own capital city.]]
** Finally, despite her plans to be TheStarscream, [[spoiler: she has far less power against Thales than she thinks.]] She's so blatant about her intention to betray him that [[spoiler: Thales had plans to remove her regardless of if she'd won the war or not,]] and despite being in the heart of her powerbase when she confronts him, [[spoiler: he easily reduces her back to a powerless prisoner and plans to strip her of her free will via {{Geas}} to ensure she serves the role he'd groomed her for.]]
* DefiantCaptive: She [[SpitefulSpit tries]] her best against Odesse in chapter 80, but to say that it did not go [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown her way]] is a ''major'' understatement.
* DivideAndConquer: In Chapter 55, Byleth deduces that [[spoiler:after failing to prevent the Kingdom and Alliance from teaming up, Edelgard's objective is to drive a wedge between the two by using Gloucester (who doesn't bite) and Acheron (who does) to kill Dimitri and Rodrigue and make it look like the Alliance intended to backstab the Kingdom from the beginning.]]
* EtTuBrute: She's shocked and dumbfounded by [[spoiler:Petra's]] "betrayal", and wonders if [[spoiler:Caspar or Ferdinand will turn on her next.]] She's indeed dumbfounded in chapter 72 when she sees [[spoiler:Ferdinand among the rebels and arguing her peaceful surrender.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Edelgard is a ruthless extremist willing to plunge Fódlan into war to fix its societal issues, but she is utterly devastated to learn [[OnlyFriend Hubert]] is dead.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Edelgard is willing to do almost anything to reunite Fódlan, but even she sees [[spoiler:releasing Count Varley to the front lines as an absolute GodzillaThreshold and is horrified to discover the Agarthans' transhuman project. However, this doesn't stop her from making use of the resurrected Elites, or from unleashing Count Varley to stop her people from rioting.]]
* EvilIsNotAToy: Edelgard is struck with a mundane version of this [[spoiler:in regards to their dealings with Count Varley. She orders him to subdue the rioters in Hrym banking on Ferdinand to keep him from going too far, not realizing that he will simply usurp Ferdinand's authority and start killing everyone.]]
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Lysithea and Sylvain's opinion of her, [[spoiler:remarking that they too have suffered because of both Crests and the Agarthans but have not resorted to the measures she has, not the least of which being siding with the Agarthans themselves.]]
* GodzillaThreshold: As the opening stages of the war turn into several crushing defeats for Adrestia, [[spoiler:Edelgard notes she is getting desperate enough to let Count Varley out of prison to help turn the tide even though "blood, slaughter and ruin would follow him should he be put at the head of an army against foes who were encroaching on what he considered 'his land'". By Chapter 68, she has actually crossed that line and sent him to subdue the rioters, with predictably bloody results.]]
* HeelRealization: Edelgard spends most of the second half of Chapter 80 realizing she was nothing more than a power-crazed tyrant who only ever cared about herself.
* HumiliationConga:
** The whole war is a long, ''painful'' and constant one for her. [[spoiler:The war only lasts for a few months, the heroic forces led by Byleth, Dimitri, and Claude don't suffer a single meaningful loss, and the only ground she's able to gain in western Faerghus is swiftly undone when Almyra intervenes on the heroes' side.]]
** The Battle of Enbarr exemplifies this like nothing else. [[spoiler:Between the sheer numerical superiority of the combined Alliance-Kingdom-Church forces, having obtained information on Enbarr's defenses from captured Agarthans, and the participation of both The Immaculate One and the Immovable, the Imperial army quickly crumbles. Not only that, but during said battle there's the Edelgard vs. Sylvain and Lysithea fight. The two avoid or block her every attack, refute her attempts at garnering their sympathy, and verbally dress her down. In the end she's grievously injured by Lysithea and is almost finished off by Sylvain before Hubert teleports her to safety.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Edelgard accuses the Church of altering the truth to suit her own ends in the exact same breath she [[spoiler:lies her ass off about who really destroyed Fort Merceus.]]
* IAmTheNoun: [[spoiler:In one of the [[VillianEpisode Edelgard interludes,]] she says, "I am the revenge of the my murdered siblings upon the world that sacrificed them, of the people mistreated and stomped on by the 'Crest bearing nobility!'"]]
* IgnoredEpiphany: Her thoughts indicate that [[spoiler:several of the heroes' dressing-downs are getting to her more than she cares to admit, but she keeps pushing forward regardless.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Her final fate, in chapter 93. Stripped of her free will and forced into the Hegemon Husk, she battles the students before being attacked by Maurice, and the two fall several stories through the floors of Shambhala before she's impaled on the Viskam spire.]]
* InternalReveal: Chapter 80 has Edelgard discover Dimitri was her long-forgotten stepbrother.
* IRejectYourReality: Edelgard claims to be more open minded than any aristocrat before her, but in her [[spoiler:interludes this quirk rapidly spirals out into a refusal to acknowledge that Byleth, Claude and Dimitri are winning the war, or that they have justifiable grievances against her that aren't rooted in 'propping up Fódlan's current circumstances'.]] Even when [[VoodooZombie Renata]] [[LadyOfWar Fraldarius]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech spells out her lack of clarity and self-serving narrative]], she refuses to consider taking Blaiddyd's advice to flee, refusing to abandon her sense of righteousness or her belief that she's Fódlan's savior.
* ItsAllAboutMe: There's a subtle but tangible undercurrent to Edelgard's interludes; for all that she talks about improving her people's lives, she only thinks about that in terms of ''her'' ideals and ''her'' beliefs, by using ''her'' experiences and none others.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Contrary to every route in the original game, she dies in chapter 93 with no dignity or grandeur. Instead, she suffers the fate of every citizen who was forcibly turned into a Demonic Beast—her will stripped from her, her voice lost, and her body destroyed. Like her nameless citizens whom she carelessly sacrificed, her only real purpose was to be Thales's disposable pawn.]]
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: The opinion the author has of her, describing her as knowing nothing while playing the "I know more than you sheeple" card. It is consistently shown that [[spoiler:Edelgard bought off and believed the lies that the Agarthans had told her and claims to have the high ground when compared to everyone else. She was also under the impression that the people she tried to reach out to (such as Sylvain, Lysithea and Byleth) would understand and support her when they knew the truth; in reality, her ruthlessness had alienated them]].
* LovingAShadow: Chapter 73 reveals that [[spoiler:she’s just as much in love with Byleth]] as in canon and is absolutely [[VillainousBSOD broken]] when [[spoiler:Thales offhandedly mentions that Byleth is in a [[{{Polyamory}} relationship with both Claude and Dimitri]]]]. The [[{{Deconstruction}} rub]] here? [[spoiler:Edelgard has shown herself time and time again to be someone who discards any kind of dissenting opinion, including ''Byleth's'', and her connection with the older woman is absolutely flimsy in comparison to Byleth’s connection to both Claude and Dimitri. Her heartbreak also has some disturbing elements of [[EntitledToHaveYou entitlement]]; basically, she “loves” Byleth without truly knowing the other woman in any meaningful way whatsoever.]]
* MoralMyopia: Calls Rhea/Seiros a "beast" who is controlling people and lying to them, despite the fact that Edelgard herself does the exact same thing.
* NeverMyFault: In Edelgard's mind, everything that goes wrong with her plans for Fódlan is either Sothis' fault, [[spoiler:Thales' fault]], or Claude's fault.
* ThePoorlyChosenOne: [[spoiler:Twice over, in the opinion of the Agarthans. Both Marian and much later Thales himself consider her a terrible champion against the dragons in hindsight. Marian point-blank tells Dimitri that she personally believes he would be much better suited for the role than Edelgard and in chapter 73 Thales himself openly admits that ''Claude'' would have been a much better champion for the Agarthans to have than Edelgard, bluntly stating: "I choose poorly; I should have waited until he stepped into Fódlan and whisked him away, made him our chosen dragon slayer. He has more guile in one finger than she possessed in her entire body".]]
* ProperlyParanoid: Edelgard is portrayed as paranoid and distrusting when she questions the nature of Claude's sudden and easy friendship with Dimitri. Setting aside the fact that their coalition ''does'' end up ruining all of her plans, Claude works hard to present himself as an untrusting schemer, and Dimitri, while cordial and polite, is a closed individual, even among his fellow Lions. It's only natural that she would suspect these two suddenly having such a strong friendship, given their statuses as heir apparent to the other two countries of Fódlan.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Edelgard's apprehension about Claude's sudden and easy friendship with Dimitri turns out to be spot-on, as they ''do'' end up ruining all of her plans together. However, in the biggest case of {{Irony}}, ''she'' was one who started the war which made said coalition possible. Their friendship and budding romantic relationship had nothing to with her and they were not planning to ally against her before the war started, because in their relationship she was a complete non-issue. Both Dimitri and Claude going against her turned out to be a SelfFulfillingProphecy due to her actions.
* SmugSnake: Edelgard is extremely arrogant and overconfident, thinking [[spoiler:she's TheStarscream to the Agarthans when in reality, she's just the Agarthans' dupe from start to finish.]]
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: [[spoiler:In chapter 80, being prepped for her transfiguration under Agarthan imprisonment.]]
* SurroundedByIdiots: Edelgard's opinion of her war council, remarking in her head that she's close to just firing them all and leaving only Hubert and [[spoiler:Hanneman.]] Which becomes darkly ironic in Chapter 73, [[spoiler:considering that Thales himself considers her something of a LeeroyJenkins incapable of knowing when it's best to retreat and Odesse openly scorns her for her failures.]]
* ThisMeansWar: Once it's revealed that [[spoiler:Edelgard is the Flame Emperor, Byleth realizes that her attack on the Holy Tomb is an act of war and that they have to be ready for a full conflict with the Empire.]] Sure enough, the formal declaration comes the next chapter.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Throughout their school year together, Edelgard expresses bemusement at both Claude and Dimitri's personalities. [[spoiler:She's confident she can sweep them aside once she starts the war, believing Dimitri to be too naïve and guileless to make a good king and Claude to be an overconfident schemer who's in way over his head. She also dismisses the idea that they would work together. After they inflict multiple crushing defeats on her without any significant losses, she re-evaluates her opinion on Claude, but persists in dismissing Dimitri as reliant on Claude and Byleth rather than a significant player in his own right - even after her own people start speaking favorably of him right before rioting against her.]]
* UnknownRival: As the story goes on, Edelgard grows to develop an incredible ''seething'' hatred for Claude in the most visceral of ways due to a great helping of EvilCannotComprehendGood, FantasticRacism and [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] on her part- She's absolutely (and utterly 100% erroneously) convinced in her belief that Claude is a ruthless, uncaring manipulator who cares about nothing but his own goals, ambitions and desires and would do anything in his power to TakeOverTheWorld, and therefore Edelgard treats him as her own personal ArchEnemy. And while Claude ''is'' one of the main enemies Edelgard has in the story, Claude himself has absolutely ''no'' idea Edelgard hates him in such a personal way and the main reasons why he's so strongly opposed to her are solely driven by the fact that he considers her an absolutely deplorable and amoral ruler and a major case of StupidEvil in how she has handled the war. Basically, her hatred towards Claude is all based on Edelgard's own delusions and myopic ideas, while her brutal and amoral actions done in order to take him down in turn have only [[CreateYourOwnHero served to galvanize his desire to take her down in order to save everyone from both her actions and the actions of her Agarthan allies.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Despite fancying herself TheStarscream, by chapter 73 it [[spoiler:becomes plain that in reality, Edelgard was nothing but a tool that Thales used to destabilize Fódlan and kill as many people as possible to achieve his plan to take the surface for Shambhala. When she attempts to confront him, he merely has Lamine blast her into submission and takes her prisoner again as they retreat, leaving Adrestia to the United Army.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Dimitri's flashbacks in chapter 70 strongly indicates that Edelgard was this. [[spoiler:She was fierce but kind, encouraging him to stand up for himself, playing with him and fussing over an injured kitten, making their current relationship all the more tragic.]]
* VillainousBreakdown:
** [[spoiler:Edelgard in chapter 73 gets this as the truth sinks in to her that she is nothing but an UnwittingPawn and all of her plans have been crushed.]]
** [[spoiler:She's broken down even further in chapter 80, when she's taken prisoner by the Agarthans and learns that Hubert—the one person she trusted to always be at her side—is dead. The chapter is one long breakdown for her, culminating in a young Agarthan boy telling her how her mother really died and that Dimitri is her stepbrother—all while matter-of-factly stating that he's prepping her to be "transfigured" and deployed at a moment's notice, implicitly as the Hegemon Husk. It's while this happens that she realizes what characters have been trying to convince her of for the whole story—that she's fighting the wrong enemy, that she's not as powerful as she thinks she is, and that everything she's done has only destroyed the home she wished to save.]]
* YouDoNOTWantToKnow: An Agarthan civilian and former apprentice to Cornelia informs Edelgard that she doesn't want to know what happened to Anselma. When she persists, it's revealed [[spoiler:she was duped into thinking the Tragedy of Duscur would be nothing more than a simple ruckus; when she saw her second husband decapitated, she fled into a nearby forest, tripped, and died of internal bleeding.]]

[[folder:Hubert von Vestra]]
* {{Angrish}}: One could very strongly argue that ShutUpHannibal moments are his metaphorical AchillesHeel as both times he's given one, [[spoiler:first by Marianne and later by Bernadetta]], he's left spluttering in rage and without any logical defense to their words. For all of the wordplay he enjoys dishing when giving smug lectures, Hubert really ''cannot'' counter whenever someone has a logical point.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: His death due to being [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stabbed]] by an Obsidian Dagger is described as being ''excruciatingly'' painful.
--> To his horror, he started to see the veins in the child skin were turning black, his body jerking sharply and his eyes rolled up into his head. Glancing at Hubert was something even worse; the blood dripping from his side wound sizzled when it hit the ground; the smell of rotting flesh hit his nose as bubbling blood began to drip out of his nose and mouth and eyes, and the once sneering, eternally composed Lord Vestra was thrashing in agony, his screams bubbling because of the blood in his throat.
* EtTuBrute: Feels this way towards Bernadetta, as she chooses to side with the Church instead of her homeland.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Hubert is stabbed by [[spoiler:[[CruelAndUnusualDeath an Obsidian blade]] from an Agarthan child whose mother perished in the battle in Brigid, claiming revenge on Hubert for getting his mother killed]].
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Marianne calls out Hubert for his hypocrisy, saying that he's just like the "weak people" relying on their goddess, with the only difference being that he's blindly faithful to Edelgard instead of Sothis. Hubert doesn't take this well
* OnlyFriend: He's the only person genuinely loyal to Edelgard - everyone else is either using her for their own ends or abandons her once they discover the lengths she is willing to go to to change Fódlan.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Edelgard.

[[folder:Dorothea Arnault]]
* AffectionateNickname: Calls Edelgard "Edie." Hubert is "Hubie," Bernadetta is "Bernie," Ferdinand is "Ferdie," etc. [[spoiler:She stops using nicknames for Edelgard and Hubert after TheReveal that Edelgard is the Flame Emperor.]]
* CooldownHug: Gives one to Sylvain after the AwfulTruth about the Crests drives him into such a FreakOut that he goes into LaughingMad.
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:She deserts the Empire after Edelgard is revealed to be the Flame Emperor.]]
* EtTuBrute: After the true identity of the Flame Emperor is revealed, Dorothea does not take [[spoiler:Edelgard's]] betrayal very well.
* ShipTease: Has some with Sylvain.

[[folder:Linhardt von Hevring]]
* AfraidOfBlood: Is squeamish at the sight of blood. This is also why he refuses to go along with [[spoiler:Edelgard]] and stayed fighting for Byleth, Claude and Dimitri's cause together with Dorothea.
* BerserkButton: After [[spoiler:knowing the AwfulTruth of the origins of Crests and the Heroes' Relics, Linhardt is infuriated by Edelgard's insistence on painting the Nabateans as the villains and framing the Crests and Relics as creations of mankind]].
-->'''Linhardt''': That – that-! ''You're what's revolting'', [[spoiler:Edelgard!]] How ''dare'' you say humans were ''justified'' in committing that horrific massacre solely because humankind ''benefited'' from it?! Because we ''benefit'' from it by carrying [[spoiler:their stolen blood and bones?!'']] Where does Agartha get off thinking they were entitled to commit murder and mutilate corpses simply because they were humans? ''Humans'' caused the cataclysm with their power hunger, ''humans'' were fighting and killing each other without any input to survive in the aftermath! The enemy was always [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humankind]], spitting in the face of their kindness to us!
* CombatMedic: Perfectly capable of being of using powerful destructive spells such as [[PlayingWithFire Ragnarok]] but [[MartialPacifist far prefers to use his magic to heal others and greatly dislikes killing]].
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:He deserts the Empire after Edelgard is revealed to be the Flame Emperor.]]
* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier: Being a healer and medic at heart, it’s made quite clear that his dislike and misgivings about taking a life in battle has never truly left him. [[NiceGuy Indech]] actually commends him for his kind heart and points out that his sense of mercy and hatred for blatant violence are perfectly good traits to have.
* MommasBoy: In a chapter focusing on Linhardt in the "Knights of Fódlan" side story, he is more fond of his mother than he is of his father, and chose to follow her advice than to return to his father's side.
* ShipTease: With Hapi.
* UnPerson: Not him, but he starts to treat [[spoiler:Edelgard as one and no longer see her as the house leader that he spent time with in the academy when the war starts]].

[[folder:Petra Macneary]]
* ForcedIntoEvil: Petra has little choice but to join [[spoiler:Edelgard's]] cause lest her country, Brigid, suffers for it.
* HeelFaceTurn: After being freed from her ForcedIntoEvil situation, Petra defects from the Empire in Chapter 63.
* HostageSituation: She is a political prisoner of the empire. This is why Petra was forced to join [[spoiler:Edelgard]] at the start of the war. [[spoiler:When contacted by the heroes that they plan to set her free and bring her back to Brigid, she's all too happy to join their side and eventually joined the United army]].

[[folder:Caspar von Bergliez]]
* DragonTheirFeet: Caspar is the only member of Edelgard's still loyal inner circle explicitly shown to survive the war. [[spoiler:He is left behind by the heroes to maintain order in Adrestia after Edelgard's defeat.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: When he [[spoiler:joins Edelgard in her war.]]
* LethalChef: According to Lysithea and an amused Cyril, anyway.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Caspar only [[spoiler:joined Edelgard's cause because she convinced his father to do so. So even if he finds many faults in Edelgard's war, he only presses on out of loyalty for his father]].

[[folder:Ferdinand von Aegir]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:He deserts the Empire after the Hyrm massacre.]]
* MoralityPet: He tries to be this towards Edelgard, bless his heart, but she's too far gone.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Why he stayed fighting for [[spoiler:Edelgard's cause at first. He has a strong duty to lead his country and need to set Edelgard on the right path. Though he eventually joins Byleth, Claude and Dimitri's side when Edelgard chooses to send Maximus Von Varley out and he is nearly killed for it, realizing that Edelgard's too far gone]].
* OnlySaneMan: During his time [[spoiler:fighting on behalf of Edelgard's side, he's the sole voice of reason among the empire and he is the only one to point out that they are losing the war and need to sue for peace, but Edelgard ignores him completely and he ultimately jumps ship after the Hrym massacre.]]
* RelationshipUpgrade: With Constance in Chapter 97, with Ferdinand all but declaring his love for her after he [[IKissYourHand kisses her hand]] which basically leaves the young woman adorably swooning.
* ShipTease: With Constance.

!!The Ashen Wolves

[[folder:Yuri Leclerc]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Like Claude, he found [[spoiler: Ren Von Riegan's FlippingTheBird moment]] absolutely hilarious, bursting into sniggers just at the reminder of it.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Yuri's Crest Power in canon is to stop counterattacks. Here, he can turn [[{{Invisibility}} invisible]] at will.
* BirdsOfAFeather:
** He and Claude immediately hit it off, both being [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] [[TheChessmaster chessmasters]] who trick their enemies into underestimating them with lazy, playful exteriors hiding their sharp minds. [[spoiler:They're also both considered social outcasts, Yuri for being a street rat and Claude for his mixed-race heritage, who became cynical and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] as both a self defense and coping mechanism.]]
** He and Atra share deep regrets over previous immoral choices they made, and struggling to really find their feet in Fódlan.
* TheChessmaster: Despite [[spoiler:Aelfric holding his mother and some of his men hostage]], Yuri is able to turn the tables on him with nothing but a few well-placed comments and some unexpected new allies in Byleth and her students.
* DecapitatedArmy: Mentioned in his interlude to be his primary strategy during battles. Yuri likes to go after the nearest commander and kill his way down the chain of command until there are only demoralized infantry left who can be pressured into surrender.
* {{Determinator}}: Spends the whole of Chapter 101 pushing his body to the limit and to the breaking point in order to reach Nemesis's coffin and destroy the slumbering warlord before he can awaken. No matter how utterly exhausted he is and no matter how many killing blows he barely manages to dodge, Yuri does not deviate from his mission because he's well aware he ''cannot'' afford to do so. [[YankTheDogsChain Unfortunately for him, moments after he arrives at the chamber where the caskets for the Ten Elites are stored, Nemesis awakens from his own before Yuri is able to deal the finishing blow]].
* AFatherToHisMen: Fiercely protective and devoted towards his friends and the people of Abyss, calling them "my people". All throughout the story it's made utterly clear that thier wellbeing and safety are his top priority and the loyalty he commands from the people of Abyss is only matched by the sheer devotion he has towards them and their wellbeing. Part of the reason he's able to push himself so much in Chapter 101? Because he's constantly using his loved ones and his people as inspiration in order to make sure he reaches Nemesis in time, to the point that it's almost as if ThePowerOfLove is all that's sustaining him near the end of the chapter.
* MommasBoy: In his interlude, his thoughts turn to his mother when he's in mortal peril.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: In canon, it's known that "Yuri" is an alias and his real name is something that begins with "Reg". [[spoiler:Chapter 101 gives him the birth name Regulus.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: As Byleth notes in Chapter 94, Yuri being openly worried and anxious is something so rare that is outright worrying in itself.
* ThePromise: Made one with his mother sometime before the Battle of Shambahala, to return to his mother after the battle is over alive.
* RelationshipUpgrade: In Chapter 97 with Atra, with Yuri giving her a NowOrNeverKiss and gently telling her to keep herself safe, which utterly leaves her lovestruck and adorably flustered.
* ShipTease: With Atra.
* TheSpymaster: Becomes this [[spoiler:to the Kingdom-Alliance-Church army during the war]], turning his gang of rogues into a massive network of informants that repeatedly brings useful information to the leaders when it's most useful.
* TheTease: Yuri openly flirts with all three of the protagonists, but besides that is willing to let them be with each other in peace

[[folder: Balthus von Albrecht]]
* BodyCountCompetition: In Chapter 75, he and Hilda engage in one once inside [[spoiler: the main palace in Enbarr]]. It's clearly half irreverent enjoyment and half ShipTease between them.
* BoisterousBruiser: Believes that the best way to understand a person is to get into a fight with them; he generally enjoys himself in combat [[spoiler:even keeping his spirits up in battle during the war]].
* ButtMonkey: Downplayed, but he tends to be on the receiving end of jokes during the Cindered Shadows mini plot, from cowering under [[MamaBear Byleth's]] DeathGlare for implying he'd sell information on Claude to Count Gloucester, getting teased over his impractical battle outfit or Yuri's semi-serious threat to [[spoiler: sacrifice him to the golem chasing them after they trip the Chalice's defenses.]]
* ChildhoodFriends: Was this with Holst and Hilda; [[spoiler: Balthus is very happy to see his friend again after the Battle for Garreg Mach]].
* INeedAFreakingDrink: When Dimitri reports the truth about Crests to his allies, Balthus is described as having desire for a stiff shot of booze.
* ShipTease: He has a lot with Hilda; they're just shy of being an OfficialCouple.

[[folder: Constance von Nuvelle]]
* BreakTheCutie: She's devastated when [[spoiler:Ferdinand [[FaceHeelTurn defects to Edelgard's side when she declares war]], given that their obviously has mutual feelings for each other. Fortunately, they're reunited after the Battle for Hrym]].
* LadyOfWar: Elegant, composed and ladylike, and also effectively flying artillery between Bolting and her magic-providing crest.
* OneManArmy: She almost single-handedly stalls [[spoiler:the Imperial Army that's storming Garreg Mach]] by hitting them with Bolting and setting the field they're standing on ablaze, causing an unknown number of casualties as they scramble to do damage control.
* RelationshipUpgrade: With Ferdinand in Chapter 97, with Ferdinand all but declaring his love for her after he [[IKissYourHand kisses her hand]] which basically leaves the young woman adorably swooning.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Balthus/Hilda.
* StarCrossedLovers: She and Ferdinand seem to be this when they find themselves on opposite sides of the war. [[spoiler:Byleth is not about to let that stand, and with Ferdinand's defection from Edelgard's cause, they're together once again]].
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[[folder: Hapi]]
* HiddenDepths: Hapi reveals during the Parley with [[spoiler: Edelgard and Hubert]] that her parents are farmers, following up by pointing out that by starting a war in sowing season and dragging their farmers into the army, they've destined their kingdom for harsh famine. [[spoiler: Edelgard]] can only offer a LameComeback that she doesn't understand the nuances of ruling.
* NervesOfSteel: Isn't afraid to taunt The Death Knight before hitting him with a powerful spell, even when he's less than a dozen feet away from her and she doesn't have any heavy armor. She later pulls off a similar stunt against [[spoiler:Ren von Riegan,]] summoning three demonic beasts and attacking him with that same powerful spell. Keep in mind that [[spoiler:the demonic beasts instinctively target ''her'' and that Ren is capable of fighting both Claude and Dimitri simultaneously.]]
* TheNicknamer: Aside from her canon "Coco," "B," "Yuri-bird," "Chatterbox," and "Didi" for Constance, Balthus, Yuri, Byleth, and Dimitri respectively, she also has "Mourning dove" for Atra and "Coyote" for Claude.
* OnlyOneName: As in canon, her last name- if she has one- is unknown. A minor character in one of the "Knights of Fódlan" side stories mentions that "farmers' girls don't get last names," so it's likely that she does not.
* ShutUpHannibal: Isn't impressed by [[spoiler:Edelgard's]] decisions in starting the war, questioning how she can be 'for the people' when she's directly doing them an immense amount of harm.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Balthus/Hilda.
* ShipTease: Has a bit with Linhardt.
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!Abyss residents
[[folder:Atra]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Like Claude, she found [[spoiler: Ren Von Riegan's FlippingTheBird moment]] absolutely hilarious, bursting into sniggers just at the reminder of it.
* TheAtoner: Atra is ''defined'' by her [[spoiler: guilt over participating in the Tragedy of Duscur in service to Agartha]], having left everything she knew and dedicated herself to protecting Fódlan from [[spoiler: Agartha's]] ultimate plans.
* BerserkButton: The Flame Emperor/[[spoiler:Edelgard]] is this to her; Atra either addresses them with SugaryMalice or seething rage, repeatedly referring to them as an evil idiot. Given that [[spoiler: her initial trust and belief in Thales resulted in her participating in the Tragedy]], she can't fathom how someone can [[spoiler:seemingly willingly]] knowingly allow them to make [[WasOnceAMan Demonic Beasts]] out of their own people and employ [[MadDoctor Solon]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's normally one of the nicest, most soft-spoken members among our heroes and due to her status as TheAtoner, she can come off as a little unsure of herself and more than willing to do anything in her power to truly make amends. During Chapter 97 however, she goes ''nuclear'' on some Agarthans who call her a traitor, snarling and shouting that she will not let Thales prattle on about sacrifice and humanity's glory when he's the lowest piece of scum there is, grinding and murdering his way through thousands of innocent lives. And as Chapter 97 goes on and on she becomes more and more livid, obviously finally having a chance to unleash all of the anger and anguish she felt ever sense the death of her mother and what The Agarthan High Council forced her to do.
* CainAndAbel: Is the Abel to [[spoiler: Kryona's]] Cain.
* CategoryTraitor: In the eyes of [[spoiler:Thales, his inner circle and those loyal to them among The Agarthans.]]
* ChildSoldier: Was deployed as one of the soldiers responsible [[spoiler:for the Tragedy of Duscur]] as a child.
* ConstantlyCurious: Downplayed, but Atra is quite enthusiastically fascinated in learning everything she can not just about Fódlan but the 'surface world' in general. She goes out of her way to steal historical books from church vaults [[spoiler: including memoirs written by the Elites]], is visibly enraptured by ocean travel despite being seasick, and spends [[spoiler: all the army's downtime]] in Brigid asking elders questions or just wandering the land.
* DefectorFromDecadence: She defected from [[spoiler:Agartha following the fall-out of the Tragedy of Duscur, horrified of what role she has in the massacre and wanted to atone]].
* FlamingSword: Atra's weapon is a flame sword.
* HeroWorshipper: Her conversation about Pan is tinged with almost gushing hero worship about the legendary figure. It's somewhat implied that Pan's own [[DefectorFromDecadence defection]] and his very similar reasons to her own centuries before is something of a inspiration of her own.
* GratuitousGerman: When trying to convince the lords of the existence of those who slither in the dark, [[spoiler:Atra says a couple of sentences in German. Seteth immediately recognizes the language and goes pale, and the [[WordOfGod author's notes]] indicate that German is being used to represent an Agarthan language.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: She and [[spoiler: Glenn]] spent the four years since [[spoiler: The Tragedy]] doing everything in their power to [[spoiler: arrest and undermine Agartha's missions on the surface.]]
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Has this sort of relationship with [[spoiler:Glenn]].
* TheMagnificent: In chapter 78, [[spoiler:Lucy]] reveals that Atra has earned her own epithet among the Agarthans: “Atra Of The Surface.”
* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: A purely theorical case. According to the author's notes for Chapter 37, Atra would never join the player on the canon Crimson Flower route.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Poisoning the wine barrels at the Duscur/Faerghus convention, weakening everyone present and triggering the resulting massacre that would become The Tragedy]] was this for Atra, who up until that point had been indoctrinated into [[spoiler: Agartha's history and FantasticRacism towards the people of Fódlan]]. Afterwards, she dedicated her life to trying to stop them.
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:The Tragedy of Duscur]]. Atra doesn't fully believe she'll ever atone for it, even as she does her best to thwart [[spoiler:her former home, Agartha]].
* ObliviousToLove: {{Downplayed|Trope}} in the fact that while at first glance it seems that the more subtle declarations of devotion completely fly over her head (as noted by both Dimitri and a frustrated Yuri), its later showed that part of it comes from the fact that she’s an InsecureLoveInterest who while having obvious romantic feelings for Yuri [[ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe firmly believes he could not return them due to her past and trauma.]] Chapter 97 makes it very, ''very'' clear that the feelings are [[RelationshipUpgrade completely and utterly mutual between both of them.]]
* OriginalCharacter: Atra is an [[spoiler:Agarthan]] OC who has no canon counterpart.
* RelationshipUpgrade: In Chapter 97 with Yuri, with Yuri giving her a NowOrNeverKiss and gently telling her to keep herself save, which utterly leaves her lovestruck and adorably flustered.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives a ''magnificent'' one about [[BigBad Thales]] and all of his disturbing and disgusting hypocrisies and lies and how they have negatively impacted their people as a whole
--> “There was no hatred for Shambhala on the surface, no plans to descend her to 'finish us off'; they didn't even remember us. Thales is a man who lies so much he doesn't remember what the truth sounds like!. They were not our enemies; not until we made them so! Would any of us accept the murders of our families and our children as a victory for humanity? Would we look at the mutilation of our children as something we should be grateful for? Would any of you?!. If they were as savage and bloodthirsty as Thales said, would I still be alive?”
* SoProudOfYou: She’s utterly and absolutely overjoyed when [[CuteAndPsycho Marian]] declares that she wants to protect the outside world and all the beauty it has from [[BigBad Thales]] and his machinations. She’s just radiating so much gleeful vindication and sheer parental pride at the fact that her people ''can'' change that she wears an absolute [[WhenSheSmiles beaming smile]] for the first time in the series after hearing Marian's declaration.
* SpannerInTheWorks: ''In spades!'' Atra meeting Byleth, Claude and Dimitri and telling them about [[spoiler: Agartha, their hand in the Tragedy and their plans for Fódlan]] results in them warning their nobles and preparing for future conflict with [[spoiler: Thales and Shambhala]]. Because of this, both the Kingdom and the Alliance are ready for war when [[spoiler: Edelgard]] marches on Garreg Mach after declaring the church and all who side with them her enemies. Without [[spoiler: Cornelia, whom Rodrigue was able to capture and remove from power thanks to information Atra and Glenn gave him]], Faerghus shed its internal instability and rallies behind Dimitri who becomes king without a hitch and allies with Leicester rather than the two fighting independently of each other. The result? Total humiliation for [[spoiler: Adrestia]] and [[spoiler: Thales struggling to switch strategies rather than flying under the radar for five years of war, knowing that he's now facing a united and powerful front rather than two desperate lands ravaged by war.]]
* SuperSoldier: She’s one, as it turns out. Chapter 79 reveals that all Agarthans soldiers are [[PlayingWithSyringes given]] general physical enhancements. It's a procedure, according to Marian, that was learned from studying dragon's blood and genetic editing. Everyone who enters the army is subjected to it after they pass initiation; it gives them peak human physical or magical performance depending on their proficiency. Said process is done when they are [[HarmfulToMinors twelve years of age.]]
* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler:After the Empire blows up Fort Merceus just to kill the heroes with [[NukeEm The Javelins Of Light]], Atra mutters a disbelieving "...Unverzeihlich...", which is German/Agarthan for "unforgivable", followed by having a ''major'' yet utterly understandable FreakOut than Thales would still use such weapons.]]
* TokenHeroicOrc: She's this for [[spoiler:the Agarthans]] as whole.
* {{Unperson}}: Chapter 78 reveals that common rank and file among the Agarthans were told that she was killed shortly after breaking into and then out of Shambhala with other deserters. Assassinated, according to [[spoiler:Lucy]]. It seems quite clear that the ruling power among the Agarthans are ''not'' pleased with [[TheAtoner her]] [[SpannerInTheWorks opposition of their plans.]]
* WhenSheSmiles: At her most joyful, she’s described as having the kind of absolutely beaming and beautiful smile leaves others stunned after witnessing it. [[LoveInterest Yuri]] was ''certainly'' left completely in awe of it.
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!The Three Nations
!!The Holy Kingdom Of Faerghus
[[folder:Rodrigue Achille Fraldarius]]
* ActionDad: Father to Glenn and Felix, and father figure to Dimitri. Also an accomplished warrior and respected general.
* CombatMedic: As a Holy Knight, he is capable of both healing and fighting.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: When Dimitri reports the truth about Crests to his allies, Rodrigue is described as having a desire for a stiff shot of booze.
* NumberTwo: Rodrigue is the clear second-in-command of the Kingdom forces, and killing him is second only to killing Dimitri in any antagonists' plans to destroy Faerghus.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The investigation, capture and execution of [[spoiler:[[TheMole Cor]][[ManipulativeBastard nelia]]]], which is something that its strongly implied to been done under his command for the most part, is definitely one for him.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: He and Lambert are close friends with [[spoiler:Tiana von Riegan during his years in the officer's academy and even helped Tiana to escape from Fódlan. When Tiana finally sets foot on Fódlan as part of the Almyra army for the first time in years, Rodrigue laments this trope as he should have noticed Claude's resemblance to his mother and how it has been years since he and Lambert last saw Tiana]].
* PowerTrio: Formed one with Lambert and [[spoiler:Tiana]] when they were attending the Officer's Academy.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Pretty much his defining trait.
* RoaringRampageOfRescue: Discussed in Chapter 47 when Felix notes how Rodrigue will probably react to the knowledge that [[spoiler:Imperial forces are coming down on his prince and sons' heads. And lo and behold, Rodrigue ''is'' indeed the one who's leading TheCavalry that comes to the aid of our heroes during [[TheSiege the Battle of Garreg Mach.]]]]
* ShutUpHannibal: When [[spoiler:Count Varley]] rants about how it's his right to keep his commoners downtrodden, Rodrigue coldly tells him that any man who cannot respect his inferiors doesn't deserve power over them.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Byleth views Rodrigue as the epitome of a lordly, chivalrous knight, and is utterly [[ActuallyPrettyFunny stunned]] to hear him [[NotSoAboveItAll refer]] to Dimitri's uncle Rufus as having "the military sensibilities of a drunk, concussed wyvern."
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Due to the various nails preventing Dimitri from going completely feral and stopping the Battle at Gronder, Rodrigue never has to sacrifice himself to save his prince and lives to reach Enbarr.]]
* TearsOfJoy: Breaks down when [[spoiler: Glenn finally manages to return home and meets him after four years of believing his older son was dead.]]
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[[folder: Glenn Fraldarius '''(Spoilers)''']]
* AngerBornOfWorry: He doesn't curse or get ''too'' angry, but Glenn is very exasperated by [[spoiler: Dimitri, Felix and Atra's]] antics on the battlefield.
* AmnesiacHero: While Atra managed to save his life, Glenn developed traumatic amnesia due to the pain from his severe injuries and spent for years not knowing who he was.
* AmnesiacLover: Is this to Ingrid, something he feels quite guilty about when they reunite.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Willingly walked to his presumed death during the Tragedy of Duscur in order to save Dimitri (whom he considered his brother) and ensure he escaped alive.
* CoolBigBro: His nature was so ingrained that he treated Atra this way despite his memories of his actual brother(s) being suppressed. Upon reuniting with Felix and Dimitri, Glenn slips right back into the role with ease despite still not having fully recovered.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He and Atra spent the last four years doing everything in their power to undermine Agartha's missions in Fódlan.
* InTheBlood: Just as Felix utterly dismantled [[GeneralRipper Maximus Varley]] with all the utmost scorn possible, Glenn also ruthlessly personally deconstructs another AxCrazy disgusting racist with delusions of grandeur. In his case, being Odesse. Dedue also notes that despite Glenn’s normal KnightInShiningArmor behavior he’s also quite the BloodKnight beneath it all.
* IShallTauntYou: Takes a darkly gleeful amusement in utterly enraging Odesse with his vicious comments and almost gives a SlasherSmile while driving his enemy into a VillainousBreakdown.
* LightningBruiser: Every time he fights against an enemy he’s described as such and words such as “whirlwind of death” or “blur of speed” are often used to describe how fast he moves in comparison to his enemies. Combined with his already impressive MasterSwordsman credentials and it’s made clear than he’s on a whole other level as a warrior in comparison to most of our heroes and only [[TheAce Byleth]] can match him. Outside of facing [[VoodooZombie The Elites]], every fight he takes part ends with him [[CurbStompBattle absolutely dominating]] his enemies and the only thing that saved [[TheHeavy Edelgard]] from getting sliced to ribbons in their short bout was Hubert’s quick thinking.
* MasterSwordsman: The one of the youngest knights in Faerghus, a title he ''earned'' through sheer capability. Even with how much he's improved, Felix still considers himself to be in Glenn's shadow.
* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: A purely theorical case. According to the author's notes for Chapter 37, Glenn would never join the player on the canon Crimson Flower route
* NiceGuy: Glenn considers Atra [[LikeBrotherAndSister one of his closest friends]] and does not hold her in any way responsible for the actions of her people during the Tragedy of Duscur despite her presence there, which comes as no surprise considering she saved him from his canon fate in said tragedy. He also shows himself to be a friendly, charming and pleasant young man who is both a CoolBigBro with BigBrotherInstinct towards both Felix and Dimitri, a gentle and loving fiancé towards Ingrid and overall one of the best examples in the series of a genuine KnightInShiningArmor the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus has under their command.
* SoProudOfYou: Notes with great pride that Felix might have just surpassed him once he realizes that his little brother defeated [[LadyOfWar Renata Fraldarius.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Thanks to the timely intervention of Atra, Glenn survives the Tragedy Of Duscur albeit scarred and amnesiac.
* TraumaButton: Chapter 102 reveals, in his inner dialogue, that Glenn still has considerable PTSD around fire and [[PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars that his scars tend to hurt whenever he’s in the presence of powerful fire spells.]] Obviously and understandably, elements of the Tragedy of Duscur still haunt him even to this day.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Glenn lost his memories as a result of injuries and trauma sustained in the Tragedy of Duscur.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[SparedByTheAdaptation Him surviving of the Tragedy of Duscur]] makes it nigh impossible to talk about him without bringing up major plot points.
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[[folder: Miklan Gautier]]
* AdaptationalDumbass: In ''Three Houses'', Miklan is noted to be a skilled bandit leader, suggesting a talent for leadership and tactics. In this fanfic he mostly just leads his gang by being the biggest brute around, and is noted for having been given little more than very basic training by his father.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Downplayed. While he's still murderously jealous of his younger brother, his canon self's implied kidnapping and rape of Faerghan villager women is never mentioned. Most likely this is because the chapter in which he appears was published long before the release of the DLC wave that revealed this.
* JerkassHasAPoint: When cornered by the heroes, Miklan rants at the them, dropping two main points. Neither is directly addressed at the time, and they're disregarded seemingly because it's [[{{Jerkass}} him saying them]]:
** First, that Sylvain would run Gautier territory into the ground. While Miklan himself is not exactly a sterling example of what a leader should be when it comes to anything more than commanding a bandit gang, he's not wrong that Sylvain, prior to his character development, does not take his future duties seriously and goes out of his way to anger the very people he'll need to work with once her inherits his father's position.
** Second, that Count Galatea would never allow Ingrid to become anything more than, "some rich old man's bedwarmer". Ingrid is under immense pressure by her father to marry someone who will reverse Galatea territory's dire fortunes. It's only when the war breaks out, in which she fights against his wishes, that he begins to relent.

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!!The Leicester Alliance
[[folder: Judith von Daphnel]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Like Claude and Leonie, she is highly amused by [[spoiler:Ren von Riegan's disrespect towards Thales.]]
* IfOnlyYouKnew: After the war starts, Judith puts forward the theory [[spoiler: that Agartha used the Insurrection of the Seven to influence a vulnerable Edelgard after the deaths of her siblings.]] Needless to say, she is ''far'' more right than she knows; [[spoiler: Agarthan doctors ''participated'' in the Insurrection to implant the Crest of Flames into Edelgard, and have her set up as their UnwittingPawn to [[FinalSolution attempt to wipe out the people of Fódlan]].]]
* OnlyFriend: Was this to [[spoiler: Claude's mother Tiana]] in the Alliance before she met [[spoiler: Rodrigue and Lambert during her time in the officer's academy.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Like Rodrigue and Seteth.
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[[folder: Lord Acheron]]
* BoomHeadshot: Acheron meets his death via a Blaiddyd-powered javelin through the skull during the battle at the Great Bridge of Myrddin.
* ButtMonkey: Nobody gives him any kind of respect, and we mean ''nobody''. [[EmotionlessGirl Byleth]] outright groans when remembering working with him and later calls him an idiot, [[UpperClassTwit Lorenz]] completely agrees with Byleth’s statement, [[TheTrickster Yuri]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Claude]] do nothing ''but'' mock him, [[BoisterousBruiser Balthus]] constantly pulls exasperated faces when talking about him or in his presence, [[BrilliantButLazy Hilda]] treats him as a verbal punching bag and even [[NiceGuy Ashe]] and [[ShrinkingViolet Bernadetta]] are [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe utterly incredulous]] when the learn about him and witness his personality first hand. Hell, even [[GodIsGood Sothis]] herself utterly [[FlatWhat looks down]] upon Acheron!
* TheCorruptible: Is easily persuaded by [[spoiler:Edelgard to turn on the Alliance when the war starts.]]
* DirtyCoward: For all his bluster and posturing, he folds easily under pressure, such as when he realizes that he's inadvertantly attacked and insulted both ''Lady'' Hilda Goneril and Claude, who is the Riegan heir and therefore ''the next leader of the Alliance.'' [[spoiler:More seriously, he betrays the Alliance when the war starts, feeling intimidated by the Empire's might. It's also implied that Edelgard promised to give him more power under her new regime.]]
* DirtyOldMan: As dryly pointed out by Hilda, it does not surprise her in the least that Acheron did not recognize Claude at first glance… after all, Acheron was the kind of man who would not recognize her if not for the fact that he once spent a whole afternoon staring at her breasts. [[MamaBear Byleth]] was ''not'' impressed in the least after hearing Hilda say this.
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[[folder: Count Gloucester]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] due to what has been revealed in ''Three Hopes'': In this fic, the Count was [[spoiler:the one responsible for the deaths of Godfrey Riegan and Raphael’s parents]], whereas in ''Three Hopes'' it’s revealed that [[spoiler:the Count had nothing to do with it and that it was actually those who slither in the dark who orchestrated the tragedy]].
* ArrangedMarriage: Used to have one with [[spoiler:Claude's mother. Claude's mother naturally wasn't interested and absolutely loathed Gloucester that she'd rather run away to Almyra with Kirah, who is a prince at the time Tiana made her escape]].
* EntitledToHaveYou: How [[spoiler:Count Gloucester ultimately felt about Tiana Von Riegan as the daughter of house Riegan, who led the Alliance at the time and felt that it is within his right to have Tiana to be his wife. Tiana naturally loathed him for being like most nobles who try to suck up to her because of her position and ultimately chose to run away to Almyra]].
* {{Foil}}: Is one to Count Varley, Bernadetta's father. While Count Varley openly disdains the poor, Count Gloucester hides his true feelings about them behind a mask of nobility. Lorenz has mixed feelings about his father while Bernadetta is terrified of hers. Count Gloucester is beaten by words, while Count Varley is beaten by swords.
* HateSink: In his brief second appearance in Chapter 85, Count Gloucester is revealed to be little more than a hypocrite and racist who is heavily implied to be hating Claude [[spoiler:out of anger and jealousy over Claude’s mother for rejecting him and fleeing her arranged marriage]]. As a result, the entire chapter consists of him getting absolutely ''buried'' by multiple [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech speeches]] and [[ShutUpHannibal rebuttals]] from Claude’s friends when he tries to turn the Alliance against him.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** Accuses Claude of plotting to steal Fódlan when he himself [[spoiler:plotted to murder Godfrey Riegan to take control of the Alliance before Claude was even born]].
** In Lorenz’s POV chapter in ''The Knights of Fódlan'', Lorenz mentions how his father thinks very little of the people living in his lands despite saying that a nobleman’s duty is to his people.
* VillainousBreakdown: Gloucester slowly loses his cool as more and more people [[ShutUpHannibal destroy him verbally]], ''including his own son'', and eventually ends up unable to speak due to being overcome with emotion.
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!!The Adrestian Empire
[[folder: Maximus Varley]]
* AdaptationNameChange: Due to the fic being written before the release of ''Warriors: Three Hopes'' confirmed his given name to be Grégoire, he is named Maximus here.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Due to the fic being written before the release of ''Warriors: Three Hopes'', which portrayed him as a snivelling DirtyCoward, he is portrayed as a violent GeneralRipper here.
* GeneralRipper: Described by Edelgard as such.
-->'''Edelgard''': [E]ven in small matters, the man had no concept of collateral damage. Blood, slaughter and ruin would follow him should he be put at the head of an army against foes who were encroaching on what he considered 'his land'.
* GodzillaThreshold: How he is treated by Edelgard due to his GeneralRipper status and [[TheSociopath his own personality]]. As the opening stages of the war turn into several crushing defeats for Adrestia, Edelgard notes she is getting desperate enough to [[spoiler:let him out of prison to help turn the tide even though "blood, slaughter and ruin would follow him should he be put at the head of an army against foes who were encroaching on what he considered 'his land'". By Chapter 68, she has actually crossed that line and sent him to subdue the rioters, with predictably bloody results.]]
* HateSink: Maximus Varley doesn't get a lot of screen time, but he spends every sentence he gets being as loathsome as possible. Not only did he tie Bernadetta to a chair and lock her in the attic to 'teach her to be quiet', he's repeatedly implied to have been physically abusive as well; on top of that, he even turns protecting her into a KickTheDog moment - [[spoiler:after catching Yuri as a would be assassin, he didn't tell Bernadetta that - instead, he has a maid take her to a window and force her to watch his men beat Yuri nearly to death]] to ensure she wouldn't 'disgrace him' by 'slumming it with commoners' again. Maximus holds commoners in such deep contempt that, [[spoiler:when Edelgard reluctantly lets him out of house arrest in order to suppress the riots that have sprung up against her]], Maximus leads the army to slaughter people armed with stones and bricks and their bare hands. [[spoiler:When Ferdinand attempts to countermand his violent orders at Hrym, Maximus attacks and usurps him before ordering the city to be razed as punishment for defying the Emperor.]] When Felix confronts him in a duel, Maximus is unrepentant, claiming "when animals snap at their masters, it's prudent to cull the herd".
* OverzealousUnderling: Edelgard orders Count Varley to suppress a civilian riot in Hrym. He promptly usurps Ferdinand's authority and orders the rioters to be put to the sword. The civilians are forced to turn to the heroes for salvation, and the whole incident fractures the Empire's already deteriorating morale.
* PersonaNonGrata: In Chapter 69, [[spoiler:Felix declares his intent to ensure Count Varley can never return to Fódlan after his defeat.]]
* TheSociopath: Easily the most morally disgusting and reprehensible general of [[TheEmpire Adrestia]] under the command of Edelgard that is not Agarthan. A chillingly brutal and monstrous AbusiveParent towards his daughter? Check. An abhorrent [[AristocratsAreEvil classist asshole]] who treats the common people with absolute disdain, a horrifying amount of LackOfEmpathy and considers their life to be [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain utterly inconsequential to him]]? Check. A disturbing GeneralRipper that [[AxCrazy viciously and without any kind of mercy]] tries to subjugate those that he considers traitors to his country even if they are [[InnocentBystander innocent civilians]]? Check. Someone who is so brutal about his [[PatrioticFervor jingoism]] that he considers any non-Adrestian to be [[FantasticRacism inherently lesser than himself]]? The man is easily one of the most outright evil characters in the whole story and it’s no surprise that even those on his side [[EvenEvilHasStandards consider him]] to be a [[YouMonster monster.]]
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[[folder: Heather]]
* OnlyOneName: In her own words, "farmers' girls don't get last names."
* OriginalCharacter: She has no canon counterpart.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her surrender to Dimitri prompts many of her fellow soldiers to follow her example, which causes them to survive the destruction of Fort Merceus. They are then able to communicate with their families and tell them what happened, and the knowledge that [[spoiler:Edelgard tried to kill her own soldiers in an attempt to take out Claude and Byleth]] is a major trigger for the riots in [[spoiler:Enbarr]].
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[[folder: Justine von Hresvelg '''(Spoilers!)''']]
* AbdicateTheThrone: Says plainly that she has no desire to attempt to ascend the throne of Adrestia. Given her injuries and somewhat helpless state, she clearly fears being a PuppetKing.
* CuteMute: The injures she received as a result of the failed implant of the Crest of Flames, among other things, scarred her vocal cords. She's also very sweet and gentle.
* MoralityPet: Was this for Lucy, who defected from Agartha to save her from being forcibly transformed into [[AndIMustScream a White Dragon]]. Subverted with Edelgard. Not even Justine's [[spoiler:pleas and lack of desire for war was enough to sway her older sister from the cause.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: She’s incredibly [[NiceGirl sweet natured]] and caring (to the point that she shows genuine worry when witnessing a harmless DopeSlap given to [[ConstantlyCurious Claude]] by [[{{Tsundere}} Lysithea]] and later shows open worry towards [[TheCaretaker Lucy]]) and her overall demeanor is described as both soft and shy. Considering her [[PlayingWithSyringes past]] this is perfectly understandable.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In canon, all of Edelgard's siblings are deceased. Here Justine survived the Agarthan experiments, but was reduced to a helpless mute cripple.
* SuperWheelchair: [[MedievalStasis Fódlan]] is already a place where a ''normal'' wheelchair would come as utterly fantastical, so her ''hovering'' one absolutely astonishes Dimitri and pretty much absolutely delights [[ConstantlyCurious Claude.]]
* TraumaButton: [[PlayingWithSyringes Understandably]], just hearing [[BigBad Thales's]] name causes Justine to flinch in terror.
* WalkingSpoiler: Like Glenn, her mere ''existence'', makes it impossible to talk about her without bringing up major plot points.
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!The Nabateans

[[folder:Sothis]]
* AffectionateNickname: Is very fond of calling Byleth's students 'delinquents'.
* AmnesiacHero: Sothis lost all her memories upon waking up in Byleth's body, even forgetting the basic knowledge of [[spoiler: her godhood]].
* BerserkButton:
** Sothis is ''furious'' to discover that there is scripture written in her name claiming that she considers foreigners and mixed-race children unclean/evil, only avoiding going on a rant when [[spoiler: Claude begs her not to wake anyone and by doing so give his heritage away.]]
** She also gets angry when innocents are harmed. [[spoiler: Agartha and Laputa found this out the hard way when they bring their war to her doorstep, endangering the humans who had being trying to escape it along with her family. Sothis wipes both their forces out single-handedly]].
* CooldownHug: Gives one to Claude [[spoiler: while he's in the midst of a Freak Out over learning that the 'scripture' that declared mixed-race children like him unclean was a lie.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Almost rivals Claude for the number of snarky remarks she throws out.
* GodzillaThreshold: Reluctantly crossed this in Fódlan's past when [[spoiler: it became clear that Agartha and Laputa would continue to fight despite the fact that they had virtually destroyed the world. In order to save humanity, Sothis destroyed both kingdoms so thoroughly only one city (Agartha) or a handful of towns (Laputa) survived the purge, and so little remained that they slipped out of history altogether.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Has a mild one when she and Byleth witness one of her memories in a dream, upset that she lost her memories of her children. [[spoiler: It's heavily implied she has a much worse one when Indech reveals the AwfulTruth about the relics and the slaughter at the Red Canyon]], Byleth noting that she's been quiet and subdued ever since.
* LikeASonToMe: It eventually becomes clear that Sothis considers Byleth a daughter to her [[spoiler: calling her Rhea's 'sister' when demanding that she explain everything to her.]]
* MamaBear: Sothis quickly comes to adore Byleth and her students (though she hides somewhat by calling them 'delinquents' and frequently teases them) and is willing to give her Divine Pulse [[spoiler: and eventually fuses her heart into Byleth's body]] in order to ensure their safety. [[spoiler: Given her affection and protectiveness towards her own children,]] it's not surprising.
* RageBreakingPoint: Hits this in Chapters 76/77 due to a combination of [[MamaBear fierce protective fury]] towards Byleth’s “delinquents”, open frustration at having to deal with the [[VoodooZombie the Ten Elites]] and her absolutely visceral disgust at just how low the Agarthans are [[YouMonster willing to sink]] to come out on top and [[spoiler: chapter 76 ends with Sothis so absolutely ''enraged'' at the concept of [[WasOnceAMan the White Dragons]] that her anger actually bleeds to Byleth’s consciousness and starts [[ImHavingSoulPains hurting Byleth without meaning to.]]]] [[spoiler:In chapter 77 her rage becomes clearly apparent when, with utter [[GoodIsNotSoft chilling ease]], she manages to take down all of [[WasOnceAMan the White Dragons]] in Enbarr that were giving our heroes so much trouble with just [[OneHitKill one]] single use of the [[StarPower Sirius]] spell.]]
* SharingABody: With Byleth, due to the nature of the latter's birth.
* ShipperOnDeck: Sothis is aware of the developing feelings between Dimitri, Claude and Byleth and encourages them to be honest with their feelings for each other.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Due to a number of variables, including the Ashen Wolf's participation and Byleth being less reckless in her pursuit of Kronya, [[spoiler: Sothis gets through the Battle of the Sealed Forest with her individuality intact.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Is very upset with [[spoiler: her daughter, Rhea/Seiros, and the fake scriptures she wrote after winning the war with Nemesis, demanding to know what she did to her 'sister' Byleth and chastising her in particular for maintaining Fódlan's toxic isolationism.]]
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[[folder: Rhea]]
* AscendedExtra: In all canonical versions of the story other than Crimson Flower, Rhea is captured at the end of Part I and spends all of/nearly all of Part II in a cell. Here, she escapes and eventually regroups with the heroes, allowing her much more screentime.
* BeneathTheMask: Chapter 99 shows that beneath her pious BigGood personality, Seiros is a lot snarkier, HotBlooded and takes trollish delight in pissing off her enemies. She playfully blames Claude for bringing back her old attitude. She's also touchingly (due to how human her reaction is) and hilariously insulted when Byleth wryly muses that both Macuil and Indech told her that Seiros had a real LeeroyJenkins trait in her youth, pointing out (almost with a pout) that Macuil has ''no'' leg to stand and judge her in that regard. She's a lot more ''human'', playful and emotional than the mask she was forced to wear for centuries suggested.
* BigGood: One of the most prominent forces of good in the series. And while the series takes its time exploring her [[TraumaCongaLine trauma]], [[NotQuiteTheRightThing all the mistakes and missteps she took as the Bishop]] and how ''human'' as a character she is in great detail, there is absolutely no doubt that at the end of the day she has the protection, safeguarding and care of everyone under her watch as her first priority.
* DramaticIrony: Rhea [[spoiler: put Sothis's heart inside Byleth's chest when she was a baby]] both in hopes of saving a life and giving her mother a chance to be reborn. However, due to the scriptures she [[spoiler: both invented after the war with Nemesis]] and pushes as the Archbishop causes [[spoiler:the amnesiac Sothis to be wary of her and decide to keep her initial awakening a secret to avoid Byleth being accused of heresy.]]
* HeelRealization: Her stunned reaction to Claude's ArmorPiercingQuestion along with Sothis's unhappiness with her decisions [[spoiler:as Seiros and in the modern day]] suggest that she's had a silent one.
* InadequateInheritor: She says that she is this to [[spoiler:Sothis when she finally gets to speak to her mother again]], saying that she never managed to truly solve Fódlan's problems and couldn't keep everything from going wrong.
* LadyOfWar: Claude ''immediately'' has her pegged as one due to the graceful way she moves and how she holds herself, thinking to himself that she moves with a warrior's grace and that she was the air of someone who has been in the thick of it several times. Claude is of course 100% correct, considering that she's [[spoiler:Saint Seiros herself]] and later on during both the Battle of the Holy Tomb and [[spoiler:the Siege on Enbarr Rhea goes on to prove that she has not lost any of her [[MasterSwordsman skill with the blade]] in any way whatsoever.]]
* LeeroyJenkins: At the end of the [[TheSiege Battle for Garreg Mach]], Rhea [[spoiler:as the Immaculate One]] pursues the retreating [[spoiler:Empire army]], overstretches herself and ends up [[spoiler: getting shot down with a [[FantasticNuke Javelin of Light]], is badly injured and has to hide away in Lake Teutates until the Kingdom-Alliance-Church army come to rescue her.]]
* TheMagnificent: Like in {{Canon}}, her [[spoiler:draconic form is also known as "the Immaculate One.'']]
* MamaBear: Alongside both Seteth and Indech, her main role during [[TheSiege the Battle of Enbarr's Palace]] is [[spoiler:doing her best to protect the students from the constant assault of their enemies, always keeping an eye on them and backing them up whenever they need of her aid.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Rhea’s horrified, repentant and absolutely ashamed reaction [[spoiler:upon hearing about Lysithea’s DarkAndTroubledPast and the fact that she was utterly unware of it]] utterly shows this type of sentiment on her part. Worthy of notice is the fact that she's [[PoseOfSupplication kneeling]] while asking [[spoiler:Lysithea]] for her forgiveness.
-->'''Rhea''': I'm sorry, I failed you and your family so completely, I don't deserve to be in your presence. […] No, but I could have ''intervened'' on your behalf...and far more importantly, I've known about Agartha ''my whole life''. I've done terrible things in the name of keeping them from having power over humanity again, and I've watched them for any sign of stirring. Yet I became foolish and caught up in my own desires, and I allowed this to happen to you and your family right underneath my nose. […] I claimed it as my duty to protect the people of Fódlan, but I allowed myself to lose my way. If I had been truly, properly vigilant, this would not have happened. I insist you raise this grievance against me after the war, so your parents might be awarded compensation to ensure their continued comfort.
* OneManArmy: Just like in the game, Rhea is a capable warrior in her own right, [[spoiler:and her Immaculate One form is capable of laying waste to entire armies.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Byleth muses to herself in private that Rhea has become like a mother figure to her after she goes missing.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: For some reason, her name is spelled as "Serios" throughout the story.
* WillfullyWeak: Byleth notes with open respect and admiration than she’s considerably holding back against The Agarthans foot soldier, obviously taking care to not permanently harm them or kill them. Considering the kind of horrifying [[TraumaCongaLine experiences she’s had with The Agarthans as whole]], the fact that she’s actually holding back in order to spare the Agarthan rank and file speaks volumes about the compassion she’s still capable even with her past.
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[[folder:Seteth]]
* DishingOutDirt: Because Sothis managed to heal some of the damage Seteth gained at the War Of Heroes, during The Battle Of Shambhala he was able to tap into his draconic abilities and use his skills at Earth Magic (fitting, considering his title as “The Earthshaker”) in combat. And while Seteth ''does'' point out that he’s not at full strength quite just yet, he does hope that in time he will be able to fully tap into his complete draconic form and regain all his power back. Chapter 98 shows that his [[DishingOutDirt control over earth]] is so powerful that he has limited control over [[ExtraOreDinary metal as well]], even if secondary ability is considerably weaker due to how long he has spent without being able to use his abilities.
* HeroicBSOD: When Flayn is kidnapped. He has another one later when [[spoiler:he sees the resurrected Fraldarius. It's strongly implied that he is lost in his memories of the slaughter of his people.]]
* LeeroyJenkins: He, of all people, charges in half-cocked when [[spoiler:faced with Agarthans attacking Rhea's probable location.]]
* LightningBruiser: Described as being this in Chapter 76 by Byleth, [[spoiler:moving so fast in the battlefield that he's described as a "blur of silver" and being a DanceBattler while tearing through his enemies as if they were not more than parchment.]]
* TheMagnificent: In a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] version of NamedByTheAdaptation, Seteth, like [[spoiler: Seiros, Indech and Macuil before him]] also gets a particular name for his [[spoiler:draconic form. In his case, it's the Earthshaker.]]
* OhCrap: He’s openly and understandably rather dismayed when he witnesses first hand just how ''many'' [[FantasticNuke Javelins Of Light]] The Agarthans still have on reserve.
* NumberTwo: Acts in this capacity for the united Kingdom-Alliance-Church army, leaving the protection of Garreg Mach and the safeguarding of the faithful to Catherine.
* PapaWolf:
** Toward Flayn.
** Towards the other students of Garreg Mach as well. Alongside both Indech and Rhea, his main role during [[TheSiege the Battle of Enbarr's Palace]] [[spoiler:is doing his best to protect the students from the constant assault of their enemies, always keeping an eye on them and backing them up whenever they need of his aid.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Stern as he may be, Seteth is a caring and attentive Bishop. He chides Dimitri for not taking better care of himself and loosing sleep, and clearly disapproved of [[spoiler: his sister's decisions after the war with Nemesis to continue pushing her falsified scripture even after they defeated him.]] Notably, he accepts [[spoiler: Claude's reveal that he is Prince Khalid]] without batting an eye despite his status as a Bishop.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Pointed out by Byleth herself to Bernadetta to put the other girl at ease about talking to Seteth. Despite coming off normally as aloof, stern and somewhat intimidating at first glance, Seteth is actually an incredibly kindhearted and considerate man who is always willing take time listen to others no matter the situation or subject and is one of the best examples of a genuine ReasonableAuthorityFigure in the whole setting.
* SuperSenses: Similarly to [[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Toph from Avatar]], its revealed that his [[DishingOutDirt Geokinetic magic]] grants him the ability to sense the vibration of the earth, which in turn allows him to not only sense the location of others and their number but also detect the difference between earth and metal. While he ''does'' outright admit that it has a long time since he’s pulled such a subtle application of his abilities and they have notably atrophied, both Marian and Raphael point out that he should still be able to pull it off.
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[[folder:Lian]]
* AffectionateNickname: Calls Byleth "Little Sister" with deep fondness after learning that [[spoiler:his mother's heart and spirit reside inside of her]].
* AscendedExtra: In the game, you only meet him if you play Linhardt and Leonie's paralogue. Here, Lian/[[spoiler: Indech]] joins the army to help his siblings and presumably [[spoiler: confront Agartha once and for all]], becoming a prominent side character in the process.
* BerserkButton: Judging first by his notable DeathGlare and later by his absolutely ''horrified'' reaction while [[spoiler:listening to Lysithea recount her incredibly painful DarkAndTroubledPast]], it’s made very clear that [[NiceGuy Indech]] considers sadism and cruelty against [[InnocentBystander innocent civilians]] to be absolutely unforgivable.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: Chapter 74 shows us firsthand that while normally Indech is a borderline AllLovingHero due to how incredibly compassionate and friendly he is, he's just as capable as Seiros/Rhea; like her, he is an utterly ''terrifying'' force on the battlefield in his draconic form. In fact, he comes across as even ''more'' dangerous and deadly because of his unnerving TranquilFury while destroying his enemies. Both Glenn and Dimitri find themselves deeply unsettled at seeing him in this state when comparing it to Indech's normal compassionate, charming and gentle NiceGuy self and agree that they are quite relieved [[GladHesOnOurSide he's on thier side.]]]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: One of the very few moments where [[NiceGuy Indech]] looses his cool is during his fight against Michael Blayddid in Shambhala, where Indech is ''desperate'' to have Michael answer the most important question in his mind: [[WasItAllALie if his feelings for Vishnu were truly genuine]], because Vishnu very clearly ''did'' love Michael.
* BigBrotherMentor: Towards Byleth and the students of Garreg Mach as a whole.
* CoolBigBro: Towards Byleth, considering that he calls the much younger woman "little sister" after learning that she's [[spoiler:the host of his mother's heart and spirit]] and always treats her with both incredible brotherly fondness and gentle teasing amusement. His interactions with both Seteth and Rhea also very strongly hints that he's this towards them, as Rhea is utterly at ease around around him to the point that she both knew he would [[spoiler: protect her at Lake Teutates after she fled from the Empire]] and is utterly comfortable with him on an emotional level and Seteth acts less like TheStoic [[NumberTwo second in command]] of the Church of Seiros that he normally is and more like a sheepish little brother when Indech gently admonished him. He might not ''always'' agree with their choices, (in fact, [[spoiler:he proves himself to be utterly against the [[ManipulativeEditing changes in history]] Seiros and Seteth did after the War of Heroes, considering the act to be incredibly dangerous]]), but it's made clear that [[spoiler:Indech]] both holds family in incredibly high regard and loves his own with everything he has.
* FriendlySniper: When not using his [[MakingASplash water manipulating abilities]] he's seen fighting with his personal bow, The Inexhaustible, and he's shown to be an ''incredibly'' skilled marksman with it (said skills no doubt coming from [[spoiler:the centuries he's had to practice with it.]]). He's also easily one of the gentlest, most compassionate and friendliest souls in the whole story unless [[BewareTheNiceOnes pushed into anger]].
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: “Indech couldn't understand it. They had held their culture and their 'progress' as so sacred they were willing to kill his mother over it and destroy the whole world, yet they destroyed it with their own hands to avoid having to breathe the same air as the civilizations that came to be in the land they abandoned?”
* InelegantBlubbering: Breaks down completely [[spoiler:when Byleth channels Sothis and he sees his mother for the first time since her murder ''over a thousand years ago'']], hugging her and crying while babbling and [[ItsAllMyFault blaming himself]] for what happened after they were separated.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Has one with Bernadetta, encouraging her sewing, praising her and generally keeping an eye out for her.
* TheMagnificent: Like in {{Canon}}, his [[spoiler:draconic form is also known as "the Immovable.'']]
* MakingASplash: Can control water, and uses it to swamp enemies in waves or [[spoiler: destroy Titanus and Demonic Beasts alike during the storming of Enbarr.]] His control over water is so precise that he's able to directly choose how water affects others, as seen during [[spoiler:the battle for Hrym]], where the same currents of water that were utterly gentle and harmless towards Byleth and the other students were used as deadly weapons against the Empire's forces.
* NiceGuy: ''In spades''. Lian/[[spoiler: Indech]] is a gentle, friendly and incredibly compassionate soul, who is happy to give suggestions to Bernadetta about a plush toy she's making and offer Dimitri useful advice about grief and forgiveness. [[spoiler: He gently reassures the students after revealing the AwfulTruth about their Crests and Relics]], and when he learns that Marianne carries [[spoiler: the Crest of the Beast]], rather than revile her, he embraces her out of compassion and [[spoiler: tells her that there is a chance that Sothis can purify the lingering radiation that causes her crest's degenerative qualities]]. He also shows nothing but the utmost kindness and respect to [[TheAtoner Atra]], calling her very brave for [[spoiler: abandoning Agartha and showing no resentment whatsoever toward her despite what her people did to his family.]] He even expresses pity toward the state [[spoiler: [[AndIMustScream Maurice]] and [[VoodooZombie Michael Blaiddyd]] are currently in, even though they profited from the slaughter of his siblings,]] musing that they might have been ObliviouslyEvil and that even if they weren't, no one deserves to be trapped in their current state.
* PapaWolf: Alongside both Seteth and Rhea, his main role during [[TheSiege the Battle of Enbarr's Palace]] [[spoiler: is doing his best to protect the students from the constant assault of their enemies, always keeping an eye on them and backing them up whenever they need his aid.]]
** Indech also seems to have developed a rather parental attitude towards Marian as well, as seen in Chapter 98, where he spends his time fiercely protecting her and shielding her from view so the other Agarthans in Shambhala don’t notice her.
* TragicKeepsake: His alias [[spoiler: is the also the name of his preteen nephew, who was murdered to create the Crest of the Beast a thousand years ago.]]
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[[folder: The Scholar]]
* AloofBigBrother: For his own personal reasons he's lot pricklier towards Rhea and Seteth than [[CoolBigBro Indech]] is, but he ''does'' care about them quite a bit. Towards Indech and later Byleth he's considerably more gentle and affable.
* TheArchmage: Is mentioned to have written books on all masteries of magic, which his son Lian read avidly.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Because sometimes even [[HiddenHeartOfGold he]] cannot help himself, he makes it abundantly clear that he does ''not'' like the idea of either Indech or Cihol being anywhere close to the [[FantasticNuke Javelins Of Light]] due to the fact that the radiation might poison them thanks to potential close proximity. He also shows himself considerably warry about accidentally bringing down Shambhala down on all of our heroes if he fails to deactivate the Javelins Of Light, and this is despite that both Rhea and Indech showing nothing but the utmost confidence that he’s able to do it. He also does not bother to hide his concern towards the students and Rhea’s plan to confronting Thales and his Inner Circle and openly tells them to be careful.
* TheBlacksmith: Like in canon, he forged weapons like the Sword of Begalta and the Sword of Moralta. He intends to give those and other such weapons to the students, knowing they will need their power to battle Agartha.
* BlowYouAway: You don’t earn the title of [[TheMagnificent The Wind Caller]] by being anything less that the most powerful wind mage in the setting, after all. Able to use his wind magic not only for incredibly devastating offensive spells but also for defensive spells and supplementary affects (increasing his speed, agility and maneuverability), Macuil’s sheer versatility and control of his wind magic makes it clear that nobody has come anywhere as close to mastering the element as he has. Considering wind is his draconic element, it makes absolute sense that his control and mastery of said elemental magic is so complete.
* DefrostingIceKing: Byleth notes how big a step it is for him to willingly grant humans the use of his sacred weapons—Crest-bearing humans, at that.
* ElementalMotifs: Quite fittingly considering one of his [[BlowYouAway main]] magics, its wind. Claude actually compares him to a storm, Harsh and unpredictable.
* FamilyMan: Used to be this. His son, Lian, was the apple of his eye and his biggest joy and he was very clearly and absolutely HappilyMarried. The death of of both his wife and son was an absolutely ''brutal'' CynicismCatalyst for him. Considering the main way Byleth and the others appeal to him into joining with them against Agartha and the soft spot he has for some of his family members, its made clear that he's still this....just buried under centuries of cynicism and justified anger.
* IGotYouCovered: Showing how much [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart he truly has]], during the fight against Griffith Gautier and Elizabeth Daphnel he’s constantly backing up Claude, Sylvain and Ingrid and pulling BigDamnHeroes moment for the students…all while grumpily warning them to keep an eye and focus in the battle.
* IWarnedYou: Furiously says as much to [[spoiler: his sister, Seiros]] when he's told about the new war with Agartha and the conflicts with [[spoiler: Agartha]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: ''Very understandably'' has a major problem with every [[ThisIsUnforgivable atrocity]] committed by the Argarthans towards his family, has little patience for Seiros and how she [[ManipulativeEditing dealt with Agartha]] (or more to the point, how [[IWarnedYou she didnt]]) and overall is TheCynic among his siblings. Despite this, He absolutely loves his family (and has a particularly soft spot for Indech, Flayn and Byleth/Sothis), several times shows himself to be a lot more [[HiddenHeartOfGold compassionate and kindhearted]] towards the students of Garreg Mach that one would expect someone with his past to be (something that's actually pointed out several times), is several times described as being a genuinely good man underneath all of his taciturn attitude and despite his snarling and cold attitude it does not take long for him to agree to join our heroes against Agartha.
* TheMagnificent: Like in {{Canon}}, his [[spoiler:draconic form is also known as "The Wind Caller.'']]
* OneManArmy: All of the Nabateans are this when they cut loose, but during the Battle of Shambhala he goes above and beyond. Between his [[TheArchmage magical abilities]] and his own powerful draconic abilities it’s very strongly implied that he’s the main heavy hitter during the battle. Took down several dozen Titanus out with very little trouble, tossed countless enemies aside with chilling ease and one of the extremely few characters that actually sent more than one member of [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]] running, to say that he’s doing his lion share would be an understatement. Only [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination Hegemon Husk Edelgard]]]] gives him difficulty, but he’s able to bounce back from [[spoiler: her]] attack as well, with a little help from Byleth and Mercedes.
* TheSmartGuy: Indech fondly hypes him as a RenaissanceMan: he's [[TheArchmage an absolute master of all fields of magic]], the [[UltimateBlacksmith greatest blacksmith in the series]] and he was implied to be the Nabatean [[CoolTeacher most interested in teaching others and was a fantastic teacher on his own rigth]]. It's also all but stated that he was TheStrategist for Rhea during the War of Heroes.
* TheWorkaholic: The other saints, Rhea, and Byleth all note with fond exasperation and concern at his tendency to work through nights and neglecting eating.
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!Agartha

!!Leaders

[[folder:Thales]]
* BigBad: Is the ultimate architect of most of the evil that's befallen Fódlan, with Edelgard being both his wannabe [[TheStarscream would-be usurper]] and ultimately his victim.
* BerserkButton: [[DefectorFromDecadence Atra’s]] defection and [[SpannerInTheWorks all the problems she has caused because of it]] infuriates both Thales and Odesse so much that a captured Edelgard mentions that she can ''feel'' their rage for Atra even without naming her.
* DirtyCoward: How Rhea regards him during her and Byleth fight against him, being a FlunkyBoss that hides behind his [[BarrierWarrior shield spells]] and his men throwing themselves at them while he strikes from afar.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Neither Odesse or Thales are able to comprehend how [[KnightInShiningArmor Dimitri]], whom both consider a half-mad boy-king, is able to turn all of Edelgard's citizens against her through sheer kindness and charisma.
* EvilChancellor: His title in Agartha is 'the High Chancellor'; to name ''some'' of his evil acts, he [[spoiler: signed off on the Tragedy of Duscur]], regularly deploys child soldiers to the field and shows no regard for their wellbeing or safety, teaches Shambhala's citizens a sham history and imposes FantasticRacism on their understanding of the people of Fódlan, and runs his city as an Orwellian cult where any dissention gets you disappeared or ''worse''.
* EvilSorcerer: A capable magic user with a mixed range to spell and a monstrous and sociopathic attitude to match.
* FantasticRacism: Regards the people of Fódlan as little more than animals and savages, and even that's more dignity than he affords [[spoiler: the Nabateans]].
* {{Irony}}: Despite essentially being the man in charge of The Agarthans and considering himself above everyone else who is not Agarthan, he's actually the first member of the main ruling council who dies at the hands of our heroes.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:In Chapter 73, Thales turns the resurrected corpses of Edelgard's siblings into White Beasts to sic on the advancing heroes.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: In chapter 73, [[spoiler:when the heroes are StormingTheCastle, Thales tells Edelgard point-blank that he is not going to piss away any more of his men on her completely lost cause.]]
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:How he is killed in Chapter 99. Rhea manages to slice througth all of Thales's powerful shield spells and deal and substantial wound, which is fallowed by Byleth not wasting any time and slicing off his head with contemptuous ease.]]
* OhCrap: Has a major one when Sothis manifests herself to him near the end of Chapter 97, recoiling in abject terror at her presence and later trying to block one of her attacks along Myson and Odesse to absolutely no avail.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to [[spoiler:Edelgard in Chapter 73 that completely and utterly breaks her.]]
-->'''Thales:''': I know better than to apply the best of my men to a lost cause. You cannot win this battle. You lost long ago, you just refused to realize it. The Riegan boy outwitted you, the Fell Star drew in more hearts than you, and the Blaiddyd boy hits harder than you. I had been under the impression, when you outlined your plans to reunite Fódlan under yourself, that you had the drive and the intelligence to make it possible. Yet you failed at every opportunity. You failed to break apart Riegan and Blaiddyd's love affair with the Fell Star, failed to kill the Fell Star's vessel when she was in your grasp for months before reclaiming her full power, and failed to do anything but lose ground in the war you started, even with our assistance.
* VillainousBreakdown: Has a brief one when Lysithea declares during [[spoiler: parley with the Empire]] that [[GodIsGood Sothis]] saved humanity by destroying ancient Agartha, attempting to order [[spoiler: Riegan]] to shoot her and the other army leaders.
** Has another major one in Chapter 97, when several of out heroes give him multiple ''merciless'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech one after the other, completely countering his [[FantasticRacism abhorrent and utterly disgusting rhetoric]] with cold, hard facts and proving quite redily than Thales and The Agarthan inner circle are nothing more than disturbingly myopic [[SoreLoser sore losers]] whose utterly sociopathic behavior makes them completely and utterly reprehensible in every sense of the world.
** In Chapter 99 he easily has his biggest one, pretty much loosing all of his composure and falling into a desperate, horrified and rabid rant when he notices that Shambhala is rising from underground without his permission and pretty much looses any dignity and his sanity takes a sharp turn downward when its revealed to him that [[DefectorFromDecadence Atra]] was responsible for said action.
* VillainousFriendship: For all their absolutely disgusting FantasticRacism and utterly sociopathic attitude towards everyone who is not Agarthan, [[spoiler:Chapter 73 shows that the trio of Thales, Myson and Odesse truly do consider each other close friends and allies, Thales openly admiring Myson's intelligence and resourcefulness and treating Odesse like an HonestAdvisor with genuine grievances which he respectfully answers. Myson and Odesse in turn both advise and talk to Thales with open honesty and are perfectly at ease in voicing their opinions, even if it's a dissenting one.]]
* VillainRespect: By the end of the war, Thales considers Claude to be a WorthyOpponent and laments that his intelligence is, in his mind, being squandered by the Children of the Goddess.
* YouHaveFailedMe: After failing to conquer Fódlan, he violently subdues Edelgard and takes her to Shambhala to be turned into a Hegemon Husk while the Empire is left to burn.
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[[folder:Myson]]
* ArchEnemy: Towards the whole Charon Line, considering he was the one responsible for the experiments that killed all of Lysithea’s siblings and granted her a second Crest at the cost of a drastically shortened lifespan. [[PapaWolf Julius]] can barely [[SuppressedRage stop his body shaking from rage]] when talking about what Myson did to Lysithea and when she learns ''who'' was responsible for her horrifying experience she makes it ''very'' clear that Myson is ''hers'' to [[ItsPersonal deal with]].
* CastingAShadow: A skilled user of Dark Magic, with his preferred spell being the infamous [[HPToOne Bohr Χ]] spell, but he’s also more than capable of using other dark magic spells such as Hades and his own variation of Dark Spikes T.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Polite, quite [[PragmaticVillainy adverse]] of unnecessary cruelty and violence, [[UnholyMatrimony very clearly in love with his fiancé]] and not someone who lets his temper get in the way of his work. And of course, an absolutely [[MadScientist vile]] man who is just as utterly [[FantasticRacism abhorrent]], [[LackOfEmpathy amoral]] and [[WouldHurtAChild extreme]] as the other member of The Agarthan inner circle. He’s just a lot calmer and restrained about it.
* {{Geas}}: He placed one on [[spoiler: the Ten Elites]] to ensure their obedience; unfortunately for him, it's not perfect. He mentions placing [[spoiler:Edelgard under one during [[WhamEpisode Chapter 73]] to ensure they got what they need out of her with Adrestia falling to the Kingdom-Alliance-Church army]].
* KarmicDeath: Was "[[LudicrousGibs turned into mulch]]" by Lysithea, the only member among her siblings who survived his [[PlayingWithSyringes inhuman experiment.]]
* KilledOffscreen: Out of the triumvirate that currently lead Agartha, he's the only one whose death we don't get to see in the main story, but considering than Lysithea outright states that she "[[LudicrousGibs turned him into mulch]]", it's clear his death was a messy thing indeed.
* MadScientist: For the Agarthans as a whole, and an incredibly intelligent one considering Thales holds his intellect in incredible esteem.
* NoOntologicalInertia: With his death, the {{Geas}} placed on [[spoiler: the Ten Elites]] to ensure their obedience is broken, and they are allowed to be a ''lot'' more helpful and blatant in allowing the heroes to kill them for real.
* OhCrap:
** Has a minor one when [[spoiler: Blaiddyd]] lunges at him with clear intent to kill while he's showing [[spoiler: him and Fraldarius off to Edelgard and Hubert]].
** He mentions it only in hindsight, but he likely had one when [[spoiler: Fraldarius openly said that she'd kill him if she got the chance]], given that he pleads with Thales to put them back on ice while he tries to improve his {{Geas}}.
** Has a major one when Sothis manifests herself to him near the end of Chapter 97, recoiling in abject terror at her presence and later trying to block one of her attacks along Thales and Odesse to absolutely no avail.
* PragmaticVillainy: Myson dislikes cruelty and suffering that doesn't serve a specific purpose. [[spoiler:He stops Odesse's beating of Edelgard in chapter 80, telling him firmly that attacking a defeated prisoner is beneath him.]]
* SecretPolice: According to Atra, he's in charge of it as the commander of the 'neighborhood watches' in Shambhala.
* TheSociopath: Played in the most unnerving and creepiest (yet textbook) way possible, when talking about the experiments done to Lysithea’s family. He knew on an intellectual level that what he did to her family was cruel and unconscionable, but as far as he’s concerned everything in the end was worth it because he learned and perfected his greatest successes. The Author goes to describe Myson as the kind of person who knows he's doing something horribly evil, but is able to do the mental exercises to convince himself it's necessary and he’s able to say with a straight face that the awful things he did do meet noble goals.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Unlike [[LargeHam Thales]] or [[AxCrazy Odesse]], he almost never looses his cool in any way and in most of his interaction with other people he’s [[FauxAffablyEvil calm, controlled and genuinely affably soft spoken and polite]], which actually makes the atrocities he commits as Agartha main’s MadScientist all the more disturbing.
* UnholyMatrimony: With [[EvilGenius Bias]], his fiancé. They actually seem to be genuinely quite in love, with Myson sharing a surprisingly [[AnywhereButTheirLips tender]] moment with her, speaking with soft fondness towards her and its obvious that he holds her intelligence and competence with great regard and treats her as an equal partner in his work.
* VillainousFriendship: For all their absolutely disgusting FantasticRacism and utterly sociopathic attitude towards everyone who is not Agarthan, [[spoiler:Chapter 73 shows that the trio of Thales, Myson and Odesse truly do consider each other close friends and allies, Thales openly admiring Myson's intelligence and resourcefulness and treating Odesse like an HonestAdvisor with genuine grievances which he respectfully answers. Myson and Odesse in turn both advise and talk to Thales with open honesty and are perfectly at ease in voicing their opinions, even if it's a dissenting one.]]
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[[folder:Odesse]]
* {{Angrish}}: His reaction towards the multiple TheReasonYouSuckSpeech that drives Thales into his secondary VillainousBreakdown in Chapter 97? Snarling at Bernadetta and calling her a “bitch”. This turned out to be the [[InsultBackfire wrong thing to do]], as it just gave both Bernadetta and Glenn more ammunition for their respective speeches towards him and leaves Odesse verbally flailing.
* ArchEnemy: Towards Dedue. Considering his actions led to [[ThePurge the Tragedy of Duscur]], it’s made abundantly clear that the normal GentleGiant that is [[SoleSurvivor Dedue]] wants nothing more than to have Odesse head on a pike. And completely understandably so.
* AxCrazy: Utterly unabashed in his vicious and sadistic savagery and ''anything'' is capable of setting his volcanic temper off and has him resort to uncontrolled violence.
* BerserkButton: [[DefectorFromDecadence Atra’s]] defection and [[SpannerInTheWorks all the problems she has caused because of it]] infuriates both Thales and Odesse so much that a captured Edelgard mentions that she can ''feel' their rage for Atra even without naming her.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Neither Odesse or Thales are able to comprehend how [[KnightInShiningArmor Dimitri]], whom both consider a half-mad boy-king, is able to turn all of Edelgard's citizens against her through sheer kindness and charisma.
* EvilSorcerer: An absolute AxCrazy sociopath who turns out to be quite skilled at the use of both [[LifeDrain Nosferatu]] and [[PlayingWithFire Ragnarok]].
* GeneralRipper: Atra reveals that he was the one who carried out [[spoiler:the Tragedy of Duscur]], among other missions. [[spoiler:A captured Edelgard in chapter 80 compares the look in his eyes at his RageBreakingPoint to that of [[AxCrazy Maximus Varley]].]]
* HonestAdvisor: Serves as one to Thales, giving him his truthful opinion and criticizing some of his decisions while expressing concerns about Myson's desire to put the Einherjar back on ice.
* {{Jerkass}}: Unlike [[FauxAffablyEvil Myson]] he never ''bothers'' to hide his absolute [[KickTheDog unpleasantness]], [[AxCrazy explosive temper and bloodlust]] and just how utterly [[FantasticRacism disgusting, useless and counterproductive he finds working alongside Edelgard]]. Atra describes him to our heroes as a twisted GeneralRipper and in every scene he’s in he goes to prove her right, his absolutely vicious and horrifying [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown assault on a captive Edelgard]] in chapter 80 just being the pinnacle of how twisted and unrepentantly cruel he normally is.
* KarmicDeath: As the main architect of the Tragedy of Duscur, it’s utterly fitting that his death comes at the hands of the three main survivors of the horrific tragedy among the cast in Chapter 102: his arms get utterly ruined by Dimitri, he gets impaled by Glenn with his sword and ends up literally [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge beaten to death in the most vicious way]] by [[BewareTheNiceOnes Dedue]]. And it could not have happened to a more disgustingly despicable monster.
* LifeDrain: A skilled user of the Nosferatu spell, according to Atra.
* MadeOfIron: Much to the frustration of Dedue, [[PlayingWithSyringes the experiments]] every Agarthan gets preformed on them when they are children makes them a lot more durable than anything else outside [[OurDragonsAreDifferent The Nabateans]] and [[VoodooZombie The Ten Elite]], and Odesse is not different. He’s able to easily survive blows from [[SuperStrength Dimitri]] that would have turned any another human into paste ten times over, for one.
* NeverMyFault: As Glenn darkly point out, screaming about how it's the heroes' fault that Nemesis has awoken once again falls short very quickly when one remembers that it was the ''Agarthans'' who not only made him the monster he became in the first place but also kept his body and made him a failsafe.
* OhCrap:
** Has a major one when Sothis manifests herself to him near the end of Chapter 97, recoiling in abject terror at her presence and later trying to block one of her attacks along Thales and Myson to absolutely no avail.
** Has easily his biggest one yet in Chapter 102 when he realizes that [[TheDreaded Nemesis]] is awake once again, absolutely going pale white with horror and shriekingly blaming the heroes for the awakening of the slumbering warlord, to the point that at the end of his rant he weakly mutters that he’s as good as dead and goes into a burst of [[LaughingMad hysterical giggling]]…but then [[TakingYouWithMe decides to take all the heroes he’s fighting with him along for the ride.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: In chapter 80, the captured Edelgard attempts to spit in his face and whip him with her chains. Having finally had enough, he begins kicking her and snarling insults in Agarthan (which is borrowed from German, in case certain parallels were too subtle):
-->''"Hundin! Nutzlos hundin! Schwein! Inzuchtig kretin!"[[labelnote:Translation]]"Bitch! Useless bitch! Pig! Inbred cretin!"[[/labelnote]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Given to Edelgard after the aforementioned beating:
-->"Your idiocy is only matched by your delusions of grandeur. Your mutt is dead, rotting from the obsidian poison. Your palace burns. Your lands have been surrendered, some of them happily welcoming, the Fell Star's army. There is ''no one'' left who is loyal to you, and there were precious few to begin with. You are ''nothing'' and ''no one'', so cease your posturing and squawking and go to your cage with a little ''dignity!''"
* TheSociopath: Chapter 98 goes a long way to show that he’s this beyond all contestation. At first he didn’t even [[ButForMeItWasTuesday remember]] [[ThePurge the Tragedy of Duscur]] because in his eyes Dedue and his people were simply ''that'' [[FantasticRacism unimportant in the scheme of things as far as he was concerned]]. But when he ''does'' remember The Tragedy he spitefully and sadistically tells Dedue that he was completely unrepentant about said disgusting atrocity and in his own words: “I'd do it again without hesitation for my home. I'll kill a thousand more Duscur surfacers if it will bring me to my goal – the world for Agartha!”
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: After the many setbacks due to [[TheMillstone Edelgard's actions]] Odesse, laments that they'd have been better off keeping her in a lab and just plain killing off Ionius and let the chaos run from there.
--> “We could have simply spirited her off to Agartha, then killed the Emperor – it would have been easy. With him dead, those seven fat idiots would have [[EvilPowerVacuum torn each other apart to claim the throne for themselves]]. They would have dropped the Empire into a civil war that would have killed three times the surfacers this war has, and thrown the other countries into chaos as they tried to claim land in the aftermath.”
* TautologicalTemplar: As Glenn notes, someone like [[AxCrazy Odesse]] shouldn’t be able to use [[ReligionIsMagic Faith Magic]] normally. The series implies that Odesse’s ability to use Faith Magic came from his uncompromising certainty, sociopathic fervor and faith in Thales and the Agarthan’s cause, which somehow counted as a kind of faith in its own right.
* VillainousBreakdown: Glenn makes him absolutely loose his shit ''twice'' and in Chapter 98 he breaks out into a rabid, furious rant about how [[SpannerInTheWorks Glenn]] utterly ruined all of his careful planning. He’s so utterly and viscerally enraged and furious that he sounds almost animalistic and Dedue notes that it’s almost as if he cannot contain his rage and sheer volcanic savagery and hatred. His tone of voice shrieking and inhuman.
* VillainousFriendship: For all their absolutely disgusting FantasticRacism and utterly sociopathic attitude towards everyone who is not Agarthan, [[spoiler:Chapter 73 shows that the trio of Thales, Myson and Odesse truly do consider each other close friends and allies, Thales openly admiring Myson's intelligence and resourcefulness and treating Odesse like an HonestAdvisor with genuine grievances which he respectfully answers. Myson and Odesse in turn both advise and talk to Thales with open honesty and are perfectly at ease in voicing their opinions, even if it's a dissenting one.]]
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[[folder:Bias]]
* EvilGenius: The master of mechanics of Shambhala, Bias is described as the one who creates/maintains the Titanus and [[spoiler: maintains the [[VoodooZombie Ten Elites]]'s cryostasis.]]
* EvilMentor: It’s implied she’s this towards Pittacus, who actually calls her Sensei.
* KilledOffscreen: Like her lover Myson, but unlike him we as of yet do not know who did the deed itself.
* PragmaticVillainy: She shares this attitude with her fiancé. She casts a basic healing spell at Edelgard after her [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beatdown]] by Odesse not because she feels any kind of realistic sympathy towards [[UnwittingPawn her]] but because Edelgard is needed alive in order to start [[PlayingWithSyringes the experiments on her.]]
* UnholyMatrimony: With [[MadScientist Myson]], her fiancé. They actually seem to be genuinely quite in love, with Myson sharing a surprisingly [[AnywhereButTheirLips tender]] moment with her, Bias actually being openly loving, affectionate and teasing towards Myson and it’s obvious that she holds his own intelligence and competence with just as much regard and he holds hers and she consider him to be an equal partner in her work.
* VillainousFriendship: While her relationship with Myson is that of UnholyMatrimony, she also seems to share a relaxed one with Thales and Odesse considering she calls them “brothers” with open fondness.
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[[folder:Diado]]
* AdaptationalKarma: Compared to canon Verdant Wind, where they were a full KarmaHoudini, Cornelia is caught for her role in the Tragedy of Duscur and is executed offscreen.
* AdaptationNameChange: A minor example. Although "Cornelia" was always a fake name, canon had not revealed her real name at time of writing, so she is given the name Diado.
* FalseFriend: To Anselma/Patricia- while acting as a concerned and helpful confidant, she tricked her into setting up the Tragedy of Duscur.
* TheMole: Agartha's spy inside the Kingdom.
* OddNameOut: Most of the core Agarthan leaders are named after the seven sages of Greece. "Cornelia", on the other hand, is given the name Diado.
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[[folder:Pan]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: He was sent into King Loog's army as sleeper agent with the expressed message of fueling the war and orchestrating it so it destroyed both kingdoms, so Agartha could swoop in and lay claim to the surface. Or that was the plan originally, as Pan would go on to have his loyalties divided almost as soon as King Loog welcomed him into his inner circle. His memoirs expressed a constant awe at the freedom the people of the north had, to travel where they wish without permission, to write tales without censorship, trials that operate on the possibility of innocence being declared...and he fell in love with it, with Loog and his kindness and his sense of responsibility to his people's well-being and happiness. It was so different from Shambhala, and Pan couldn't bring himself to destroy it. Instead he [[BecomingTheMask took the mask he had put on and made it his real face, helped Loog win the war, and threw out the plants meant to assassinate him. He and his men assimilated into the Kingdom and lived out happy lives there, never returning to Shambhala.]] This is actually why he's considered Agartha's biggest traitor, at least before Astra also defected.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: The author outright compares Pan's relationship with Loog as being similar to Robin's own friendship with Chrom in Fire Emblem Awakening.
* LongDeadBadass: By the time of the series he's has been dead for centuries, being TheStrategist and Honest Advisor for King Loog, the creator and founder of Holy Kingdom of Faerghus.
* TheMagnificent: Hilariously, one of his titles is ''actually'' "Pan The Magnificent".
* SpannerInTheWorks: For Agartha centuries ago. It's all but stated that Pan's original plan was to TheMole among King Loog's Court for Agartha...but Pan fell in to love with the outside world, developed UndyingLoyalty towards King Loog and threw all those plans out the window, living the rest of his life as a loyal friend and legendary hero for the people of the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus. It's strongly implied by both the narration and Atra that Pan was considered Agartha's biggest traitor because of this and it's only now that she herself has pulled her own DefectorFromDecadence act that he no longer is enemy number one in the minds of the Agarthan ruling power.
* ShroudedInMyth: While most of Agartha consider him to thier most legendary "traitor", the rest of the world just knows him as [[TheGoodKing King Loog's]] most loyal friend, strategist and advisor. The fact that he was Agarthan in the first place was only known to the people of Shambhala at the time and Atra and Glenn only managed to pieces together when they found his memoirs.
* TheStrategist: Legendary for this, he became [[TheGoodKing King Loog's]] most skilled strategist and his most trusted [[HonestAdvisor advisor.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: Granted, [[LongDeadBadass he was born several centuries before the current Agarthan ruling power]], but he's the only Agarthan ruling power in recorded history who has completely turned away from thier xenophobic and sociopathic ideals and has chosen to life in the outside world in peace.
* UndyingLoyalty: His fellow Agarthans at the time ''thought'' Pan had this for them, but in the end the developed this for [[TheGoodKing King Loog]].
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!!Nemesis and the Ten Elites/The Einherjar (Spoilers)

[[folder:Nemesis]]
* ArchEnemy: Understandably towards all the Nabateans (especially Rhea), considering his monstrous actions at Zanado.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Survived the CrapsackWorld that Fódlan used to be during his time and became the leader of the Ten Elites by essentially being the WorldsStrongestMan. During Flayn's flashback in Chapter 100 to the War of Heroes, she remembers Nemesis being almost a force of nature unto himself: slicing enemies with no problem, tanking even some of most powerful magic spells thrown at him and tearing his opposition apart with chilling and bloody ease. As Chapter 102 shows, several centuries of being held in suspended animation does not seem to slow him much either, considering that he is able to rather easily block and counter attacks from both Macuil and Indech while fighting King Kirah at the time.
* BrokenPedestal: For ''all'' the Ten Elites. As a despairing Renata painfully muses in chapter 87, Ronan was held in ''incredibly'' high [[LikeAGodToMe regard]] by the Ten Elites before his killing of Sothis (with the implication being that, just like with Renata, Ronan saved each of the Ten Elites from similarly dark situations). But both his [[AmbitionIsEvil desire to conquer and rule]] and the moment he killed Sothis and gave all The Elites her blood to drink were the moments that, in Renata's own words, he "dragged all of us down into the eternal flames."
* TheDreaded: ''Everyone'' is afraid of facing this guy once he awakens, both our main heroes and Ronan's old allies alike. Be it because they still remeber his monstrous actions and savagery (As the Nabateans do), because his status as a ''brutal'' case of BrokenPedestal and the feelings of intense betrayal his followers have about him (the Ten Elites), the fact they ''know'' he will kill them all on a whim as he has done in the past unless they manage to compleatly control him this time (the Agarthans) or because they dread the idea of fighitng him in combat (our main heroes) the shadow of fear Nemesis creates is a long one indeed.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Something that has bitten the Agarthans ''hard'' ever since they initially made contact with him. The original Agarthans tried to demand his cooperation and control him as their agent (and this is ''after'' he proved himself ruthless, cunning and brutal enough to find and kill Sothis in her sleep in the Holy Tomb). His reaction? Nemesis killed most of the with contemptuous ease, leaving only the alchemists who begged for their lives and Nemesis was only swayed when they swore they could construct weapons for him that would have no rivals. Even then, he swore to [[YouHaveFailedMe kill them if they failed to impress him.]] This is actually the ''main'' reason why the current Agarthan ruling power is so incredibly hesitant to awake him and treat him as an [[GodzillaThreshold absolute last option]], because they know that there is nothing really stopping Nemesis from deciding that the Agarthans are [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness utterly disposable]] and killing them all once he awakens.
* FatalFlaw: His ultimate flaw was the belief that he had all the answers, which evolved into a fixation on [[GodhoodSeeker obtaining godhood]] and ''being god'' when he followed the Agarthans and discovered Sothis sleeping. Combining that with having grown up in a world where you had to be willing to do -anything- to survive (at least, as he saw it), combined with having Agarthan advisers whispering to him, turned all that greatness he possessed into an unfathomable cruelty and tyranny. And because of that charisma, that genuine affection for the Elites that he had, and the good he'd been able to do...he dragged them all down with him, as well as many others.
* AFatherToHisMen: Before he got consumed by his [[AmbitionIsEvil delusion of godhood]] and his bloody and absolutely uncompromising certainty [[TheOnlyOne that he was the person worthy of being the true leader of the world]], he ''was'' this towards the Ten Elites. Both Michael and Renata bitterly reminisce about him as a quasi-parental figure and it's made very clear that before he killed Sothis and gave all of the Elites Nabatean blood to drink alongside the weapons made from thier bones, that they all held him in the highest regard due to having saved all of them from their respective [[DarkAndTroubledPast horrible pasts]] during a time Fódlan was a [[CrapsackWorld lawless no mans land]] and giving them [[TrueCompanions a place to belong]]. This made [[BrokenPedestal Ronan]]'s [[ThisIsUnforgivable betrayal and crossing the moral line so heinously]] so painful for the Ten Elites.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Once upon a time, a nameless baby was born from the hung corpse of his mother. Said baby would grow up to be the leader of a band of thieves and then into Nemesis, the feared King of Liberation.
* GeniusBruiser: How Indech grudgingly describes Nemesis-an incredibly powerful bandit and warrior shaped by the brutality of the world he lived in who nevertheless was distressingly smarter anyone else who tried to invade the Holy Tomb before him: he watched the Agarthan Strike teams fail, and figured out how to bypass most of the golems and other protection in the Holy Tomb – and destroy the few he couldn't avoid.
* TheGhost: As of Chapter 90 he has only been directly seen in Reneta Fraldarius's Backflash in her ADayInTheLimelight. Despite this, his presence is ''certainly'' felt in the story in one way or another. It's not until Chapter 101 that his coffin is finally seen and the chapter ends with the {{Cliffhanger}} of his coffin being blasted wide open from the inside, signifying his return.
* KickTheDog: Among the many vile acts he preformed during his lifetime after killing [[GodIsGood Sothis]], that he was perfectly willing to use Flayn like a twisted parody of a battle standard during The War Of Heroes has to be one of the most pointlessly cruel ones he's done. If not for Ren's [[FriendlyFire actions]] this would have been Flayn's horrible fate. And while she was saved from said fate, it's made clear that she ''still'' has PTSD from that moment.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: This story runs with the theory that the name "Nemesis" was actually a NomDeGuerre as well as a very strongly implied MeaningfulRename. His real name? Ronan.
* NayTheist: Or so Indech believes him to be. The Nabatean theorizes that Nemesis couldn't accept that Sothis could be so benevolent, so loving, when his life and the lives of those around him were characterized with such horror and brutality. That he was astounded that Sothis was real, and sleeping ([[HeroicRROD of course, sleeping ''only'' after she singlehandedly not only saved the world from Agartha and Laputa but used all her power to heal the damage they had done of the world]]) while Fódlan suffered. He decided that if she would sleep through this then [[AGodIAm someone]] needed to take her place.
* {{Ubermensch}}: The [[AllThereInTheManual comments]] done by the Author in chapter 87 imply that Nemesis once upon a time was this, with elements of UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans. He hated the chaos and endless violence he suffered through as a child and wanted to unify humanity into a functioning society, not just a warlord cult he could rule over. He was intensely charismatic, easily the strongest and most capable man of his era, intelligent and a great leader. Too bad about that FatalFlaw of his.
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[[folder:Michael Blaiddyd]]
* AffectionateNickname: Refers to Renata Fraldarius as "Rena."
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Indech revealing that Vishnu was utterly in love with Michael ''completely'' leaves Blayddid thunderstruck and obviously utterly guilt-ridden and the more Indech pushes for Michael’s own answer about his feeling the more distracted and chaotic he becomes until he explodes with an utterly anguished, agonized and emotional roar: of ''course'' Michael did not know that the blood he drank or the bones that made his weapon belonged to Vishnu. Vishnu was ''the only man he had ever loved'', but he utterly missed the signs of what should have been obvious and that is something that has always utterly haunted him.
* ApologeticAttacker: When he clashes with Dimitri in Brigid, Michael apologizes, saying that he can't stop himself while preparing an attack.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: For starters, we learn in chapter 91 that Michael’s parents were actually killed and eaten [[ForcedToWatch right in front of him]] by a CannibalClan. The fact that he furiously muses that he hates [[HatedByAll The Agarthans]] more than the people who killed his parents in the first place, despite being a pretty horrendous thing to witness, just shows how absolutely detested The [[BigBad Agarthans]] are as a whole.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Chapter 91 is told from his point of view, and we get to explore a little more about his past and doomed romance with Vishnu as he and the rest of [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]] await our heroes in Shambhala.
* DrivenToSuicide: From Indech's recollections, Michael lost the will to live during the final battle between Nemesis and Seiros, deliberately leaving himself open to a fatal attack. Given that he was friends with/possibly in love with Vishnu, whose blood and bones became his crest and relics, he was probably in this state for while a while.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: It's ''very'' difficult to call [[TragicMonster him]] evil in any capacity considering his current [[VoodooZombie situation]], but Michael shows unabashed bitter disgust at the sheer depravity the Agarthans are willing to sink in order to win.
* IdenticalGrandson: Michael Blaiddyd bears such a close resemblance to Lambert Blaiddyd (Dimitri's dad) that in chapter 64/65 while fighting against Dimitri, the younger quickly mistakes them for the same man at first glance.
* LightningBruiser: Fast and strong enough to easily keep up with Dimitri while fighting him in Brigid, and in chapter 76 he once again shows elements of this when he manages to be agile enough to catch both Rhea and Byleth by surprise and actually manages to briefly overpower [[LadyOfWar Rhea]] in combat. Later during the Battle of Shambhala he shows his LightningBruiser credentials by fighting Glenn, Felix, Bernadetta and Dimitri while having a particularly painful conversation with Indech.
* MadnessMantra: “I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I didn't know! I didn't know! I DIDN'T KNOW“.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Implied to have become suicidally depressed when he found out the source of his Crest and lance, apologizing to Indech multiple times before his first death. He's not any happier about his current status as a VoodooZombie.
* ReluctantMonster: Doesn't want to fight for Agartha, but is compelled to serve them due to Myson's {{Geas}}. It's also implied that he was unaware of the [[HumanResources source]] of his crest and relic until it was too late.
* RescueRomance: A rare case of this being a male rescuing a male scenario, but still absolutely falls into this category. In Michael’s [[ADayInTheLimelight Interlude]] on chapter 91 we learn that his strong infatuation/romantic feelings for Vishnu came about when the Nabatean saved him and some of his fellow Ten Elites from several Demonic Beasts. Tragically and painfully heartwarming (considering what would happen later on to Vishnu), it seemed that Michael shared Dimitri’s non-eloquence when dealing with someone he was attracted to considering his nervous demeanor and babbling in front of the gently amused Vishnu during their first meeting and later on just before their first kiss.
* SoProudOfYou: Similar to how Ren shows this attitude towards Claude, Michael is nothing but absolutely and utterly proud of the man Dimitri is in comparison to him. In his own words- “He was stalwart and bold and fiercer on the field than Michael himself had ever been. He wants to tell that boy how amazing he was, how he has surpassed Michael himself, how sorry he was for leaving him with the legacy he had”
* SuperStrength: Everyone who possesses the Blaiddyd Crest has this and he's no different, nor was he weakened by centuries of being frozen—he casually stops Edelgard's impulsive attack on Fraldarius by catching her wrist mid-swing and ''crushing it''.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: [[IAmAMonster Furiously aware]] of how ironic it turned out that someone whose DarkAndTroubledPast was suffering at the hands of cannibals in the end became a cannibal himself when he drank to blood of the person he loved above all others. It’s made abudandly clear that this particular fact has been haunting and him driving him borderline insane with both horror and guilt for a long time.
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[[folder: Renata Fraldarius]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: She's the narrator of Chapter 87 [[spoiler:in lieu of Edelgard, who is being prepped for the Hegemon Husk transformation at the time.]]
* BerserkButton: Her ADayInTheLimelight episode shows that she has 0 patience for any IDidWhatIHadToDo justification, furiously musing that the same kind of justification was a dime a dozen among the sociopathic warlords that the Ten Elites took down during thier time and tried to [[NeverMyFault justify thier monstrous actions as something they needed to survive while refusing to accept how monstrous they had become]]. It's the main reason why she among the Ten Elites seems to be the most viscerally hateful towards the Agarthans (and ''all'' the Ten Elites utterly hate the Agarthans).
* DarkActionGirl:
** She is one of the few formidable opponents that Byleth actually struggles against with in Chapter 62, managing to fight Byleth on pretty even ground, which actually makes her one of the most skilled warriors in the whole story considering this is after Byleth's FusionDance with Sothis.
** Chapter 77 has her fighting against Dimitri, Felix, Bernadetta, Leonie and Dedue at the ''same time'' and easily holding her own against their combined assaults with [[LadyOfWar great skill and elegance]]. In terms of pure, elegant martial skills she just might be the most dangerous of the [[VoodooZombie resurrected]] Ten Elites.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Chapter 87 reveals that [[spoiler:when Fódlan was still a no-man's-land dominated by competing factions after the Cataclysm, a preteen Renata was taken by a warlord as a bed-warmer, as her only other option was starving to death. One day, Nemesis and three other future Elites invaded the village and killed the warlord; Renata freed herself from her chain to the bedpost right as Nemesis came into the room, and he was so impressed by her strength that he invited her into his group.]]
* FriendlyEnemy: A less openly amicable version of this, maybe, but this is basically how she interacts with our heroes in chapter 77. She makes it very clear that she has great respect for those fighting against her, takes her time to outright [[StealthMentor point out their mistakes in battle in hopes that they will correct them and get much better for it by the time they have to face “The King”]] (very obviously referring to Nemesis) and openly shows pride and satisfaction when they manage to push her back and keep her on her toes. When [[WasOnceAMan The White Dragons]] appear on the battlefield she not only outright warns them, but also directly [[VillainousRescue saves both Felix and Dimitri from being turned to ashes by one of them and seconds later attacks another to save Mercedes and Dedue.]]
* GoOutWithASmile: As she is succumbing to her wounds gained by her SuicideByCop in Chapter 100 she dies utterly at peace and content, her only words being her incredible pride towards Felix and heartfelt apology towards all those she harmed in life.
* HappilyMarried: Implied. Chapter 87 mentions that she had prayed for family and refers to her meeting her “darling Edward”.
* IDieFree: [[AllInTheManual In the comments]] on chapter 100, the author states that part of her SuicideByCop was done because she felt that Nemesis was awakening and she refuses to once again fight for him or be forced to be his slave and considering how [[GoOutWithASmile utterly at peace and pleased she's during her last moments]] it's made clear that as far a she's concerned she died with her freedom intact.
* MagicKnight: Uses [[{{Boomstick}} the Arrow of Indra]] to great effect in chapter 77 as both a normal spear and the magical weapon that it is, and she’s just as capable of using [[{{Teleportation}} Rewarp]] as all the other members of the Ten Elites.
* MamaBear: According to Macuil, she died protecting her children.
* MasterSwordsman: Out of the Ten Elites she's by far the most skilled swordsman in among the group and even when when leaving very obvious opening for our heroes to exploit she still has the air of someone who is barely trying. It's what essentially cottons Felix and Bernadetta that her death is basically Renata invoking SuicideByCop, as they clearly didn't believe she could have been defeated otherwise with her skills.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Expresses regret for what she did while fighting alongside Nemesis and, implicitly, taking Shiva's blood and bones for power.
* NotSoStoic: Out of all the The Einherjar, Renata actually comes off as one of the most [[TheStoic coldly professional, aloof and distant towards their descendants]] in comparsion to how most of the The Einherjar act [[SoProudOfYou towards them]]…..so seeing her act all pettily indignant after Felix calls her a “maid” brings to mind more of a frustrated mother and less a deadly LadyOfWar.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives Edelgard a harsh one after the latter talks down to Blaiddyd for urging her to flee Adrestia, calling her a brat who isn't nearly as smart as she thinks she is.
--->'''Renata:''': [=YoUu...aRe nOo HeRo. YoUu...aRe...just thEir t-tooL...lIke Us nOw. StUpId liTtLe giRl...dId you rEaLly ThinK, wHeN yOu saw t-their works AnD m-mAdE use oF tHeir evil...thAt yYou wouLd e-ever be a hero? [...] S-ShE's j-jUsT l-like Nemesis. D-Drinking bLoOd and c-calling iT righteous. M-MaKing hEr pEoPle, w-who fOoLishLy t-truSt her, a-accomplices to i-it AlL. S-Save yYour sYmpaThy f-for our dEscEndents. [...]. YoU...tRulY kKnow n-nothing. =] Nemesis c-commiTTeD aN unParaLelled e-evil...Serios was yYour hero, y-your sAlvAtion. We weRe tHe fOoLs...who n-naively trusted him...]] [=Y-YoU m-mock the idea t-that there are things you cannot come back from. T-That...is wHaT...MaKes you A fFool.=]
* ReluctantMonster: Doesn't want to fight for Agartha, but is compelled to serve them due to Myson's {{Geas}}. It's also showed more than once that she is utterly horrified and absolutely disgusted by the actions she did while serving Nemesis and has absolutely ''no'' desire to serve the Agarthans in any way.
* SirSwearsALot: Her focus chapter shows that both her internal and external monologues are rather foulmouthed.
* SoProudOfYou: All throughout her fight against Felix and Bernadetta in Chapter 100 Felix notes that Renata is watching him with a look of sad longing mixed with tired yet fierce maternal pride (to the point that Felix notes that she looks like his own mother) and the more the fight goes on the more notable said pride becomes in her face and attitude. Shortly before succumbing to her death thanks to her SuicideByCop, she outright makes it clear that she immensely proud of not only Felix, but how the Fraldarius Family has grown ever since her death.
* StealthMentor: Her main role in chapter 77- using her fight against the heroes to not only test their abilities and combat capabilities but also subtly pushing them to better themselves in the middle of the battle, all for the purpose of preparing them for when they have to face Nemesis in combat. Several times during the battle with the heroes she points out their mistakes in hope that they will learn to correct them and even openly shows [[SoProudOfYou satisfaction]] when they manage to push her back and corner her. Since she’s still an ''enemy'' she’s not particularly merciful when [[TrainingFromHell ruthlessly taking advantage of their mistakes and forcing them think on their feet and adapt]] but it’s made very clear that she’s doing it in order to make them strong enough to fight against Nemesis.
* SuicideByCop: Both Felix and Bernadetta note that Renata, at the last moment, basically allowed herself to be run through by Felix's sword in order to end the fight. While she gently tries to dissuade that notion and her attitude is filled with SoProudOfYou energy, the narrative ''does'' implies that this is in fact the case: Renata choose to die at the hands to her beloved descendant instead to living to harm him and her living family.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Myself, in her case. She notes that she placed the same emotional barriers around herself that Felix does and she used to be just as much a prickly JerkWithAHeartOfGold with her own TrueCompanions as Felix is with his.
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[[folder:Ren von Riegan]]
* DeadpanSnarker: None of the [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]] have any respect for The Agarthans, but Ren is by far the most ''vocal'' and openly mocking of them among The Elites. Even with the {{Geas}} he has, the sheer disdain he has for The Agarthans is made as blatant as humanly possible with him.
* CasualDangerDialogue: As Chapter 94 shows, a fully sentient Ren is just as much a glib chatterbox in the middle of the battlefield as Claude.
* FlippingTheBird: Proving that irreverence towards those they do not respect is InTheBlood for the Riegan family. In Chapter 72 after failing his initial assault against the main heroes during the parlay, Thales orders Ren von Riegan to once again attack, but the resurrected warrior, after staring at Claude with notable interest for a moment, turns to Thales and slowly and very deliberately flips the other man off before turning turning back into Enbarr. Claude is [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually left in hysterical laughter after witnessing said actions from his ancestor.]]
* FriendlyEnemy: Once he’s able to speak normally in spite of his [[VoodooZombie situation]], he proves himself to be the best example of this among the Ten Elites. Openly cheerful, quite [[MotorMouth talkative]], gregarious, deeply and blatantly impressed with our heroes, [[SoProudOfYou immensely proud of his descendant]] and roguishly irreverent. All in all, he comes off as an AffablyEvil version of Claude, which is something that is pointed out by member of both sides.
* FriendlyFire: In Chapter 86, Flayn recalls being viciously attacked by Nemesis, and Seteth comments that it was pure luck that one of Riegan's arrows hit Nemesis in the back...until Flayn reveals that ''she saw him aiming''.
-->'''Flayn:''' Ren didn't miss. Ever.
* IGotYouCovered: Proving that even his [[VoodooZombie current predicament]] cannot erase the fact that the Ten Elites genuinely used be [[VillainousFriendship quite close]] when they were alive, in chapter 77 he aids Renata several times as a long-ranged sniper in her own fight against the heroes [[ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask while at the same time facing both Claude and Dimitri.]]
* ImplacableMan: Part of it clearly comes from being a VoodooZombie and the {{Geas}} he's under, but Chapter 76 quite clearly shows that the guy does. not. ''stop''. Fight against both [[AwesomenessByAnalysis Claude]] and [[SuperStrength Dimitri]] at the same time? Sure, why not. One shotting several [[WasOnceAMan Demonic Beasts]] that are attacking you? Frustrating, but doable. Get shot with [[ManaBurn Banshee]] InTheBack by [[BlackMage Hapi]]? It's [[BodyLanguage implied]] that if he could curse, he really would like to, but that does not stop him for long.
* MasterArcher: As noted by Flayn, he never misses a shot, and having a dark replica of Failnaught at his disposal only makes this worse for the heroes.
* PerpetualSmiler: Although it’s made quite clear that a ''considerably'' amount of it comes from being a StepfordSmiler and a StepfordSnarker (ironically making him quite similar to his descendant), Michael fondly notes that Ren is ''still'' able to smile. And almost every time he interacts with our main heroes Ren has an impressed and gently [[ActuallyPrettyFunny amused]] attitude to him.
* ReluctantMonster: Doesn't want to fight for Agartha, but is compelled to serve them due to Myson's {{Geas}}. Ren von Riegan has absolutely no respect in any way for Thales to the point he openly defies the other man in the most insulting manner possible. Chapter 73 hints that his irreverence towards the Agarthans is actually quite common for him and he tends to find new ways to disobey their orders as much as he can.
* TheSneakyGuy: Ren fondly calling Claude Khae (the diminitve nickname of his real name, Khalid) spooks Byleth quite a bit, because that means Ren was skilled to get close enough to either her or Dimitri in order to hear the nickname being uttered and none of them were able to detect his presence.
* SniperDuel: In chapter 76, against Claude, while Dimitri backs up Claude. Byleth describes the duel as being like a "dance" due to the skill of both combatants.
* SoProudOfYou: While more {{Downplayed|Trope}} than most examples due to the very strange circumstances, in chapter 75, his brief interaction with Claude shows that Ren is actually quite excited and more than a little wistful at meeting his descendant and even goes to fondly (or as fondly as someone in his [[VoodooZombie state]] can be) and openly say that he finds Claude's banter ActuallyPrettyFunny. The fact that Ren is legitimately frustrated and angry at being forced to fight Claude also shows aspects of this. Chapter 94, where he's able to speak more freely, makes it abundantly clear that he's so proud of the man Claude has become that he's ready to burst, sheer parental longing being very obvious in his face and tone of voice.
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[[folder:Angel Lamine]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: During her fight against Claude, it’s made clear that she finds the much younger boy actually incredibly charming and funny considering how often she snorts with laughter and manages to sound amused with [[DeadpanSnarker Claude]]’s banter despite her own [[VoodooZombie situation]]. She goes on to fondly [[InTheBlood compare him to Ren’s own sarcastic predilection]]. She also says that seeing [[spoiler:Caspar punch her handler]] was also funny, but it also ended up marking him as an enemy, causing her to not only attack him, but prevent her from healing him.
* AffectionateNickname: Refers to Michael Blaiddyd as "Mike."
* AmazonianBeauty: Claude theorizes in his inner thoughts that she used to be this when she was alive, noting that her physical build is more powerful than most women (thinking that she looks like she could rip a tree up with her bare hands) but even in her zombified state the shade of her good looks she used to have are very firmly there.
* ApologeticAttacker: She’s described as being “rueful” while fighting Claude in Shambhala.
* TheArchmage: Without a doubt the strongest magic user among [[TragicMonster the]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]], bar none. Outside of [[CastingAShadow Dark Magic]] (which seems to have been Julius's area of expertise among them) she is able to cast the most powerful variations of [[ElementalPowers Elemental Magic]] in the setting at a rapid pace without any kind of negative repercussion, to the point that it's mentioned that what she's doing should literally be impossible, and being a Combat Medic meant that she also had the most powerful support spells in her arsenal as well. The ''only'' mage capable of matching her in skill is [[spoiler:Macuil]] and it was stated that he spent is very long life studying every branch of magic.
* BerserkButton: Chapter 76 shows that she takes healing as SeriousBusiness, and she’s openly furious at the fact that the Agarthans stopped her from healing Caspar after forcing her to attack him.
* CombatMedic: Although the [[TheArchmage combat]] part is emphasized a ''lot'' more. In chapter 76 she’s by ''far'' the biggest threat, casting [[ShockAndAwe Bolting]] and [[DeathFromAbove Meteor]] with such skill, strength and consistent impunity that almost everyone among our main heroes show frustrated incredulity at the fact that she’s able to pull said assault off and [[TeenGenius Lysithea]] herself states that what Lamine is doing should be impossible for any normal mage to do. Later in her fight with Byleth, Lamine not only proves herself to be [[CombatParkour incredibly agile while casting powerful spells]], but she’s also the only character in the whole series capable of [[{{Counterspell}} countering]] [[PowerNullifier Silence]]. And while she does not show the healer aspects in Chapter 76, her BerserkButton shows that she takes the concept of healing as SeriousBusiness. In chapter 103 she makes it clear that she would ''far'' prefer to be only a healer than the battle archmage she was forced to become, noting with longing that “Patching up my family and the people I gave my protection did more to create the world I wanted than a lifetime of war and killing.”
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Spent almost all her life saving herself and her mother from roving rapists and marauders. As she notes to Glenn, such a thing shapes a person. Not only that, but her birth father was a DirtyCoward who abandoned both her mother and herself to a group of bandits himself.
* DeadpanSnarker: While not as glib as Ren or bitter as Griffith, her duel with Claude shows that she has a pretty deadpan sense of humor and can keep up snarking with the best of them, even if she's bemused by Claude's CasualDangerDialogue.
* TheDreaded: Among the Ten Elites, ''she’s'' the one our main heroes are most warry and worried about. Considering she’s capable of casting [[ShockAndAwe Bolting]] and [[DeathFromAbove Meteor]] with impunity, as well as her mastery other incredibly powerful spells its made clear that she’s the most powerful [[TheArchmage magic user among The Elites by a wide margin]] and every one of our heroes treat her as being the number one priority to defeat. It actually speaks volumes of how dangerous she is considered by our heroes that it actually takes ''another'' [[TheArchmage master of magic]] such as [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Macuil]] to actually push her back.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: It's ''very'' difficult to call [[TragicMonster her]] evil in any capacity considering her current [[VoodooZombie situation]], but Lamine shows genuine rage and disdain when learning that [[WasOnceAMan The White Dragons]] were about to be deployed by the Agarthans, very clearly hating the process that created them in the first place.
* GoOutWithASmile: During her last moments alive after Mercedes deals the killing blow, she's utterly gentle and even somewhat motherly with her descendant. She notes with incredible fondness that she's so [[SoProudOfYou utterly proud of Mercedes]] and lovingly calls her "sweet girl."
* LightEmUp: During her bout against Claude in Shambahala, she shows herself to be incredibly skilled at using combat Faith Magic.
* LoopholeAbuse: In her own words, "Those insufferable, evil – mole-men! – said I had to go and fight; they never said I couldn't talk!". This is referring to the fact that during her duel against Claude she manages to reveal to him via implications that The Agarthan have a reason to cut her duel with him short.
* MercyKill: When the Agarthans prepare to withdraw from Enbarr, Lamine creatively interprets an order to "take [Edelgard] down" and attempts to kill her in order to spare her from whatever horrific fate Thales has in store for her. Sadly for her, it doesn't work, and Lamine actually shows herself to be quite apologetic towards Edelgard for her failure.
* NighInvulnerability: Thanks to her Dark Rafail Gem, which allows her to take more hits than were humanly survivable for most and makes the wearer practically invincible if they access its powers at the right moments.
* PetTheDog: She’s genuinely appreciative of Caspar trying to separate and free her from her handler and very visibly angry by the fact that the Agarthans not only [[{{Geas}} made her]] attack him but also [[BerserkButton stopped her from healing him.]]
* ReluctantMonster: Doesn't want to fight for Agartha, but is compelled to serve them due to Myson's {{Geas}}. Lamine tries to interpret Thales's order FromACertainPointOfView in order to MercyKill Edelgard and save the younger woman from the Agarthan's machinations and later shows genuine regret when she fails to do so with a muttered: "Damn. Not enough power. Sorry, kid. Failed".
* ShockAndAwe: Her primary combat spell is Bolting, with Meteor not far behind. In both the canon story and this one, both are spells with ''very'' limited use, which means the fact that she can use them so frequently should be impossible, though it's unclear yet if this is because she's a VoodooZombie or if she was simply that powerful, even in life. It's the one she uses to attempt to MercyKill Edelgard in chapter 73.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Despite being a very womanly character, Claude is bemused to note that she looks more like Emile/Jeritza than she does Mercedes.
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[[folder:Elizabeth Daphnel]]
* CoolBigSis: It's implied that she was this to Maurice. Renata's narration in Chapter 87 mentions that while Maurice was like a little brother to all of them, Daphnel was outright inconsolable when he succumbed to the effects of the Crest of the Beast.
* {{Foil}}: As Ingrid herself notes, Elizabeth is essentially a dark reflection of her descendant, what Ingrid could have become if her own chivalric sense of loyalty and duty was bounded to someone a ''lot'' worse than [[KnightInShiningArmor Dimitri]]. Unlike Ingrid, Elizabeth found herself sworn to a monster and Ingrid herself is notably unnerved by thier cosmic similarities despite thier very different paths.
* GenderFlip: The original game's Daphnel uses the generic male Holy Knight portrait, but this interpretation of the character is a woman.
* GoOutWithASmile: After Ingrid deals the killing blow to her, Elizabeth just gently murmurs that now [[TogetherInDeath she will be with Julius again]] and gives Ingrid a gentle and proud smile, urging her to never lose her own way as she dies.
* HappilyMarried: With Julius Charon, as shown in their brief interaction in Chapter 91. The fact that the Agarthans [[KickTheDog stole their wedding rings]] from them after being [[UnwantedRevival forcibly resurrected]] is described as being just another act of indignity in a long line of sociopathic behavior.
* LadyOfWar: Renata recalls that Beth was always poised and stoic in combat, which is why it's rather surprising when her first line of dialogue is laced with profanity.
* MountedCombat: A incredibly capable LadyOfWar who is also a master horse rider, making the combination of speed and skill deadly in her hands.
* NobleDemon: Even among [[TragicMonster the]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]], she holds herself to a surprisingly knightly standard and rule of conduct. She's legitimately apologetic of Griffith's boorishness and states that he was always lacking some social graces and is utterly ashamed and pained by her former UndyingLoyalty to Nemesis, but still notes that as her ParentalSubstitute she could not show anything less.
* SoProudOfYou: Claude notes that she looks deeply impressed at Ingrid's AngerBornOfWorry rant towards Sylvain and unabashedly proud of her once Ingrid shows herself capable to clashing with her combatwise.
* WouldntHurtAChild: As Renata muses, Elizabeth has to major soft spot: her fellow [[TrueCompanions Elites]] and children. She even notes that Elizabeth's soft spot for children is so strong that even in her current [[VoodooZombie state]] she would not harm Agarthan children.
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[[folder:Griffith Gautier]]
* TheCynic: One of Renata's memories indicates that he coped with the horror of where their powers and weapons really came from by snarking that it's not worse than anything they'd ever done before.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He watched his entire family burn in a forest fire, one at a time. Raiders set the hay bales on fire, and the summer wind carried it into the trees. He took his five brothers and ran away from their swords and into the woods. The fire came after them like a living thing, a demon. His family then either fell back into the flames, died choking to death on the smoke, or died from exhaustion after carrying him to the edge of the woods and the water.
* DeadpanSnarker: Speaks "even more dryly than their voices sounded in general now".
* EvenEvilHasStandards: While he might easily be the [[{{Jerkass}} the prickliest]] of [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]], it’s made clear that he holds both Edelgard and The Agarthans in absolute contempt because he’s perfectly aware that both are such [[SoreLoser sore losers]] that they would [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum burn the world to ashes as long as it stops their enemies.]]
* GoOutWithASmile: After Sylvian lands the killing blow on him, he looks up at Sylvain and beams with raw pride as he dies, a look of incredible relief in his face so deep than Ashe himself feels overwhelmed by it.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Chapter 103 makes it abundantly clear that a lot of his more {{Jerkass}} moments are actually just hiding a ''lot'' of grief and guilt. He sounds almost sick to his stomach when he realizes that Maurice's cursed blood also affected his descendants and despite what appears to be an utter LackOfEmpathy about his legacy he does feel a great deal of guilt about how it affected Sylvain. He also points out that Seiros rightfully had no obligation whatsoever to forgive the Ten Elites after what they did and vehemently argues that they all deserved their first deaths.
* JerkJustifications: It's implied that his comment about how unwittingly benefitting from the slaughter of the Nabateans wasn't any worse than the things they'd already done was a way to cope with his own grief and shame, but Renata called him on it all the same as a vain attempt to justify the situation.
* LackOfEmpathy: Gives absolutely no apology about his legacy and the actions he did ended facilitating Sylvain’s rather horrible childhood, stating that all of his actions [[IDidWhatIHadToDo were done in order to survive the chaotic and completely lawless land they lived in]] and to think that he ''intentionally'' planed for his descendants to have a horrible life due to it outright madness. Granted, a lot of this comes from the JerkJustifications he’s firmly holding into, but he’s so callous about how he talks to Sylvain and justifies himself than even [[LadyOfWar Elizabeth Daphnel]] calls him out for baiting Sylvian. Chapter 103 shows that he actually has a HiddenHeartOfGold beneath all of his callousness, however.
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[[folder: Achilles Goneril]]
* ApologeticAttacker: When he initially confuses Byleth for Sothis, he shows notable hesitance in fighting her at first and he rueful admits that he's well aware that fighting Byleth (who shares her body with Sothis) makes him feel understandably guilty. Of course, he's still deeply [[BaddieFlattery impressed with Byleth’s mettle and daring.]]
* BloodKnight: Was very clearly having the absolute time of his life fighting against both of his descendants and Balthus and was very open in his [[WorthyOpponent appreciation of their combat skill and tenacity.]]
* BoisterousBruiser: It’s implied by both Renata and later Michael’s [[ADayInTheLimelight Interludes]] that Achilles Goneril used to be this before it all went to hell for the Ten Elites. Both Renata and Michael mentioned that Achilles was the kind of man who was quick to laugh and genuinely do his best to raise the spirit of others with a joke and he’s described as a man with a naturally boisterous spirit. The fact that he used the very brutal looking Freikugel in battle (and is currently using Freikugel Λ) pretty much cements that he’s just as much a physical fighter as his descendant, [[CuteBruiser Hilda]].
* FaceOfAThug: He’s described as having a rugged, thuggish look about him that hides the fact that he’s incredibly gentle and considerate towards those he considers his TrueCompanions, as seen in Michael’s [[ADayInTheLimelight Interlude]], and Michael himself notes that his looks sharply contrast with his overall friendly, boisterous and considerate persona if you didn’t know him in the first place.
* LightningBruiser: Famed for it, even among his fellow Ten Elites. “Achilles Goneril was a whirlwind of death, carving through lines of cavalry on foot”. The fact that he’s able to fight against [[TheAce Holts]], [[CuteBruiser Hilda]] and [[BoisterousBruiser Balthus]] at the same time speaks volumes about how deadly he is.
* StealthMentor: Despite being forced to fight against our heroes and his two descendants and being a very powerful enemy to overcome, he outright actually gives [[BrilliantButLazy Hilda]] a rather wise piece of advice in the middle of battle, all in the tone of a father gently teaching their children a lesson: “The world will never give you anything easily, my Hilda. [[EarnYourHappyEnding You'll always have to fight for it, in one way or another. So never stop struggling, alright?]]"
* SuperStrength: While not as famous as Michael's prodigious strength, his is no joke. Dimitri worriedly notes that it was documented that Achilles could sent armored knights flying into ballistas and formations like stone flung from a catapult.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Dimitri notes that Achilles seems to have the same kind of genuinely boisterous and cheerful air about him as [[KnightInShiningArmor Alois]]. The same kind of friendliness.
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[[folder: Julius Charon]]
* ApologeticAttacker: His grief and despair at being forced to fight Lysithea is painfully evident.
* CastingAShadow: While among [[TragicMonster the]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]] [[TheArchmage Angel Lamine]] is the magical powerhouse, Julius is no slouch with his mastery over the dark magic spells that he slings in combat. The fact that he's able to easily match [[TeenGenius Lysithea]] blow for blow with his dark magic while at the same time fighting over half a dozen people makes it pretty clear that he's ''the'' most powerful user of this particular branch of magic in the setting.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Although by the time he makes his debut calling him ''evil'' is a major exaggeration, he's the member of [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]] who shows the most grief at being forced to fight his descendant (in his case, Lysithea, whom he calls his "beautiful granddaughter"), makes it very ''very'' clear that he finds Myson's experimentation of his family [[ThisIsUnforgivable utterly unforgivable]] and he's shown to be HappilyMarried with [[LadyOfWar Elizabeth Daphnel]]. Among the many possible EvilVirtues an enemy can have, Love is easily the one he enbodies the most.
* GoOutWithASmile: Dies utterly at peace with the fact Lysithea was the one who took him out and his last words towards his descendant are tenderly paternal and filled with the utmost pride at the young woman.
* HappilyMarried: With Elizabeth Daphnel, as shown in their brief interaction in Chapter 91. The fact that the Agarthans [[KickTheDog stole their wedding rings]] from them after being [[UnwantedRevival forcibly resurrected]] is described as being just another act of indignity in a long line of sociopathic behavior.
* ILetYouWin: More openly shown that with Renata Fraldarius, as he not only leaves himself blatantly open for attacks, but Cyril actually notes that Julius actually stabbed himself with Thunderbrand the first moment he could in order to give the heroes a winning chance against him. And even ''then'', until Lysithea deals the killing blow he was still able to comfortably fight against the heroes.
* MagicKnight: While not as nightmarishly powerful as [[CombatMedic Angel Lamine]], the man is no slouch at magic in any way considering he’s perfectly capable of comfortably matching [[TeenGenius Lysithea]] blow for magic blow, throwing powerful [[ArmorPiercingAttack Luna]] spells and being an absolute master of [[CastingAShadow dark magic spells such as Hades and other variations of this line of magic considering how much he favors using them]]. Byleth also notes that Julius was the pioneer of the Mortal Savant fighting style and his [[DanceBattler agility and grace]] just spoke to his incredible skill with a sword, [[MasterSwordsman skills]] shown in full on chapter 102.
* PapaWolf: Julius Charon is absolutely and utterly ''enraged'' when he reveals to both Michael and Achilles what [[HatedByAll the Agarthans]] did to Lysithea (calling her his beautiful granddaughter when talking about her), how they brutally and callously experimented on her, shaking with barely suppressed anger and regret. He also shows himself to be viscerally disgusted by the fact that he’s being forced to fight Lysithea in Shambala.
* SoProudOfYou: Openly makes a point to call Lysithea a “miracle” without a hint of shame.
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[[folder:Jason Dominic]]
* [[ABoyAndHisX A Man And His Dragon]]: The narrative in Chapter 91 notes that he's actually quite fond of the Wyvern he rides, openly smiling at it and showing his first PetTheDog moment by literally gently petting his mount. Macuil himself notes that even during Jason's first and original death, he refused to abandon his Wyvern.
* AffectionateNickname: Calls Annette, his descendant, "little bird."
* DragonRider: He’s a Wyvern Lord, after all.
* DropTheHammer: Wields Dark Crusher with incredible skill.
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in that he's her ancestor and not her father, but he seems actually quite pleased that Annette is both such a NiceGirl and has a talent for healing. He also seems to be truly happy that Annette is nowhere near as warlike as he was in life and his last words as he dies are words of pure encouragement towards Annette.
* ILetYouWin: Blatantly drops Dark Crusher on his foot, utterly shattering it and giving both Ash and Annette the chance to get the better of him in order to finally defeat him.
* TheJuggernaut: Even among [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]], Jason is described as utterly unrelenting and unstoppable. Managing to fight one on one in a airborne battle against Macuil, tearing enemies apart by the dozen while Leonnie can only watch and his later confrontation against Sylvain, Lorenz, Dorothea and Constance just adds to this.
* LightningBruiser: Described by Sylvain as being unfairly nimble while still hitting obscenely hard thanks to Dark Crusher. During a brief clash between Jason and Sylvain, Jason’s blows are described as being so strong that the ground beneath Sylvain’s feet actually cracks from the force.
* MageKiller: While Sylvain is unsure of it was either something he had while alive or something that comes from Jason’s particular [[VoodooZombie situation]], his [[ResistantToMagic Magic Resistance]] is absolutely insane: He’s bombarded by spells flung by [[LadyOfBlackMagic Constance]], [[BlackMage Lorenz]] and [[GlassCannon Dorothea]] and he basically shrugs off the constant assault with very little difficulty.
* PeacefulInDeath: After Ashe rips the Crest Stone from his chest, Jason calmly succumbs to his death with an air of utmost relief and peace, his last words only being encouragement towards Annette.
* VillainRespect: Seems geneungly impressed at the fact that Sylvain was willing to fight him without the aid of [[OneManArmy Macuil]] and actually briefly bows in open respect towards Dorothea when she declares the reason [[UndyingLoyalty why]] [[TrueCompanions they]] [[ThePowerOfLove are]] fighting so strongly against The Agarthans.
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[[folder:Simon Gloucester]]
* OutOfFocus: Out of the Ten Elites, he's the one who gets the least focus by virtue of the fact that he interacts with his descendant the least and the fact that when he fights he's often [[BashBrothers teaming up]] with a fellow elite. Even in Chapter 105, where he dies thanks to the work of his descendant, he gets a much less focused send off than the other members among the Ten Elites.
* {{Workaholic}}: If Julius Charon's wry comment as he's dying if anything to go by, Simon lives/lived by the mentality that "sleep was for the weak".
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[[folder:Maurice/The Wandering Beast]]
* AndIMustScream: Makes it clear that his moments of humanity are fleeting; his permanent transformation causes him to rampage and devour humans without any ability to stop himself once the rampages begin. He's been trapped in this form for ''a thousand years''.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: The Elites all recall him being like a little brother to them, and being distraught when he succumbed to the poisoned blood he drank.
* DealWithTheDevil: The Wandering Beast a.k.a. Maurice recounts how the Agarthans offered him godhood in exchange for his service. He took the deal, and ended up regretting it.
* DeathSeeker: The Wandering Beast is ''tired'' after a millennium of wandering the forests of Edmund territory, going berserk, and eating people. He offers to help the heroes besiege Shambhala in exchange for Byleth putting him out of his misery
* TheDreaded: Everyone in the Alliance knows and fears him; when he meets him properly for the first time, Claude notes that his hide is covered in broken weapons from all previous failed attempts to slay him. Even The Agarthan soldiers are terrified of him, calling him "The Great Beast."
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Alyssa, whom he calls “my Alyssa”. It’s strongly implied that she was the woman whom the other members of the [[TrueCompanions Ten Elite]] were teasing him about. According to Maurice, Marianne looks just like Alyssa.
* ItCanThink: The Wandering Beast surprises Dimitri, Claude and the others when he reveals that he can talk and holds a conversation with them before he goes berserk
* KarmicTransformation: [[ObliviouslyEvil Maybe]]. The only reason he had the power that warped him into the Wandering Beast was because [[WouldHurtAChild he was involved in the murder of Lian]], consuming his blood and taking his bones to 'ascend into godhood'.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Maurice deeply regrets taking Agartha's deal with the devil, and all the subsequent harm he did both to Lian and to innocent people as the monsterous Wandering Beast.
* PeacefulInDeath: Despite his last moments being incredibly tragic, he dies in the arms of his beloved descendant while tearfully apologizing to both Indech and Sothis and having both of them genuinely and tenderly mourn the man he was forced to become. After his death, his body turns starlight…finally at peace.
* PetTheDog: Seems genuinely concerned for his descendant, Marianne, upon meeting her and realizing she has the Major Crest; he both gives her some warnings, tells her a bit of the truth about their 'curse', and shoos her away when he starts to feel his mind slipping again.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: To Marianne, in his human form.
--> ''Claude'': Maurice...it was shocking how much he looked like Marianne. He was slender, slight, his scarred skin lightly tanned and soft looking; his long dark blue hair lies around his shoulders and throat. His clothes are bloodstained and torn, yet not too different in design from Marianne's priestess robe...was the deisgn passed down through the family...? Pressed at his side was a long bone sword, glittering eerily in the artificial light of Shambhala...Blutrang... He looked so small. So powerless. So strangely young, as if he was merely a few years older than his descendant rather than a thousand.
* TakingYouWithMe: How his death his portrayed even if the intent was not it- Maurice tackling Hagemon Edelgard through the floor, brutally battling with her as both of them are free falling and ending with her impaled on the Viskam power spire and Maurice suffering mortal wounds from both the attack and the fall, wounds from which he in the end succumbs from. His death is also an example of TakingTheBullet, considering all of his actions during his last moments were done in order to protect [[PregnantBadass Byleth]] from Hagemon Edelgard.
--> ''Maurice'' I...could sense the children...I just... wanted...to do one thing right...My body moved on its own...
* WouldntHurtAChild: It seemed to have been his main [[EveryoneHasStandards standard]] in life, even at his worst. According to him, the suffering he himself suffered as a child made him completely unwilling to harm children. Which is why The Agarthans told him the blood he drank came from some sort of beast sacred to Sothis.
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!!Soldiers and Civilians

[[folder:Marian]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: She genuinely does not understand why the [[PlayingWithSyringes physical enhancements]] given to all Agarthans are seen as [[HarmfulToMinors horrifying]] by [[NiceGuy Ashe]] and [[MamaBear Byleth]]- she points that the process in the end is done so their people can [[PatrioticFervor serve Agartha all the better]], she did it to [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes spare her sick grandmother from the painful and often times deadly process]] and argues that Ashe’s role as TheSquire means he’s no different from her considering he’s barely older than her. But as Ashe points out, it ''is'' different because their circumstances are different: if not for [[WarIsHell the war]] he would not be in the position he’s now in the first place and reveals that [[SaintlyChurch the Church of Seiros]] provides room and board for orphans and the infirm, free of charge or class restrictions. This information actually leaves her in a clearly [[StunnedSilence shocked and uncomprehending muteness.]]
* ChildSoldier: She's ''thirteen''.
* CuteAndPsycho: During her conversation with Dimitri, Marian switches between spouting the traditional poisonous Agarthan [[FantasticRacism rhetoric]] and, like [[TokenHeroicOrc Asta]] before her, showing a wide-eyed kind of [[ConstantlyCurious wonder]] about the outside world and asking questions about it and she switches between both elements of her personality with chilling speed. [[KnightInShiningArmor Dimitri]] is both deeply disturbed by it and finds it absolutely tragic that such a young girl like Marian has been affected by [[BigBad Thales]] in such a way.
* GadgeteerGenius: Turns out Marian is not only interested in mechanics of all types, but when she entered the Agarthan army she was initially in repairs and construction before she got shifted into surveillance. This makes her aid in finding the hidden doors in Shambhala all the more essential.
* GoalInLife: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with her, but several times she has shown a great fascination towards the ocean and makes it clear the wonder of the outside world that she’s most excited about seeing with her own eyes is the ocean.
* HeelFaceTurn: Fully cemented in Chapter 97, when she ardently declares that she wants to protect the world and all of its beauty from [[BigBad Thales]] and his machinations.
* ItIsDehumanizing: Exclusively refers to [[UnwittingPawn Edelgard]] as "The Puppet" and [[UndyingLoyalty Hubert]] as “The Mutt” not only due to her own FantasticRacism but as a sign that the Agarthans as a whole consider them nothing more than tools to be used at best and utterly [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness expendable]] at worst.
* OneSteveLimit: Downplayed. Her name sounds similar to ''Marianne''.
* OriginalCharacter: Marian has no canonical counterpart and is created to expand more on Agartha culture.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: The reason for her TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior about the man she killed? The man took out his frustrations about losing the war on her by kicking her repeatedly.
* PetTheDog: Genuinely shows notable sympathy towards [[spoiler:Justine’s condition due to the “failed” augmentation.]]
* RaisedByGrandparents: Hinted by Marian herself, who believes Agartha winning the war is the only way for her grandmother to live in the outside world and not die bellow ground, and she’s adamant about the idea of her grandmother dying ''not'' being an option. It’s also made quite clear that her grandmother is the person Marian [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes loves]] the most.
* StealthExpert: She actually manages to fallow our main heroes and sneak to Shambhala almost undetected, with only [[HyperAwareness Yuri]] managing to catch her.
* SuperSoldier: She’s one, as it turns out. Chapter 79 reveals that all Agarthans soldiers are [[PlayingWithSyringes given]] general physical enhancements. It's a procedure, according to Marian, that was learned from studying dragon's blood and genetic editing. Everyone who enters the army is subjected to it after they pass initiation; it gives them peak human physical or magical performance depending on their proficiency. Said process is done when they are [[HarmfulToMinors twelve years of age.]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Speaks casually about murdering a man for kicking her and cracking her ribs. She also expresses amusement at the thought of what will happen to Edelgard once [[spoiler:Thales decides she's served her purpose]], laughing while telling Dimitri how powerless she is to escape their control - which is especially disturbing when you remember [[spoiler:the experiments the Agarthans preformed on her killed her siblings and drastically shortened her life.]]
* VillainousBSOD: Perhaps 'villain' isn't ''quite'' the right word, but Marian starts showing bouts of distress when she ponders what will happen to [[AllLovingHero Mercedes]] and [[CoolBigBro Emile]] should Agartha be victorious in the war, alternating between frantically repeating the justifications she'd been taught and slipping into sulky silence.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Her genuinely complimenting Mercedes, Lysithea and Dimitri comes off as this since she repeats the racist dialogue she's been taught almost in the same breath.
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[[folder:Kronya]]
* AdaptationalExpansion: A ''lot'' of more {{Backstory}} is given to her in this story to explain her character and her [[PsychopathicManchild particularities]] outside being the rather flat CardCarryingVillain she was in the original story. [[spoiler:Her mother was arrested on suspicion of being a dissenter, causing her and her sister Atra to enlist in the Agarthan military. She took to killing like a duck to water, went AxCrazy, and now worships the ground Thales walks on.]] It actually makes her quite the TragicVillain in hindsight despite how unrepentant and [[AxCrazy bloodthirsty]] she is and it does indeed makes her a considerably more pitiable figure in the end. At the end of day, it becomes quite obvious that she was just a tragic, utterly disposable UnwittingPawn for Thales and the rest of The Agarthan leading powers.
* CainAndAbel: Is the Cain to [[spoiler: Atra's]] Abel.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:Instead of having her heart ripped out by Solon as a sacrifice for a dark magic ritual, Kronya is viciously stabbed to death by Byleth.]]
* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: As seen in Atra's POV chapter in ''The Knights of Fódlan'', while Atra is perfectly aware that her sister was an AxCrazy assassin that had gone too far to ever be saved or redeemed in any kind of way, she tearfully and heartbreakingly admits to Yuri that she still is mourning and a part of her is absolutly devastated at Kroyna's death because at the end of the day Kronya was ''her sister'' and she still loved her despite all the evil that she did for Thales. Yuri himself assures Atra that this reaction is perfectly normal and holds her in his arms while Atra break down and cries for the death of the sister she used to have before Thales got his hands on her.
* IWantMyMommy: Her last words as she lays dying from Byleth’s [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge brutal stabbing assault]] are to weakly ask for her mother and beg her to save her. In Kronya’s case this just paints her as the tragic, twisted figure that she is when we later learn that the StartOfDarkness that shifted her from the [[UsedToBeASweetKid playful and loving sister she used to be]] to the woman she [[AxCrazy became]] all started with her mother’s arrest and death in Agartha.
* ProfessionalKiller: While in the {{Canon}} games its implied that her murder of Jeralt was more of crime of opportunity and part of a BatmanGambit by the Agarthans, both [[DefectorFromDecadence Asta]] and this series strongly imply that in this series Kronya is officially The Agarthans “Pet Assassin” and that she’s been greatly enjoying her role for a while now.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: How Dimitri describes her- skipping like a child, [[ForTheEvulz taking almost a childlike glee in her cruelty]], [[GigglingVillain having a disturbing amusement in the rage she causes]] and overall being someone who is clearly [[AxCrazy not right in the head.]]
* SuperSoldier: She was one, as it turns out. Chapter 79 reveals that all Agarthans soldiers are [[PlayingWithSyringes given]] general physical enhancements. It's a procedure, according to Marian, that was learned from studying dragon's blood and genetic editing. Everyone who enters the army is subjected to it after they pass initiation; it gives them peak human physical or magical performance depending on their proficiency. Said process is done when they are [[HarmfulToMinors twelve years of age.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Atra's POV chapter in The Knights Of Fódlan tragically shows that Kronya used to be a mischievius and loving sister to Atra before Thales sank his claws in and turned her into the person she became. It's almost painful seeing the kind and playful sister Kronya used to be, the sister Atra dearly loved.
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[[folder:Miles]]
* TheApprentice: To several Agarthan doctors, most notably [[MadDoctor Solon]]. Despite his youth in comparison to most of the Agarthan leadership, [[TeenGenius he's skilled enough to be a one of the people included in Edelgard's transformation into Hegemon Husk]], meaning that he learned quite a bit from Solon.
* BearerOfBadNews: He's the one who tells Edelgard how her mother died during the Tragedy Of Duscur, which is the final nail of her emotional sanity.
* PetTheDog: His participation in the operation that made Edelgard into Hegemon Husk means that he's not quite ready to make a full HeelFaceTurn (even if he's notably ''very'' [[GuiltRiddenAccomplice conflicted]]), but it's revealed that he was one of the main reasons the rescue of Princess Altina was possible.
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[[folder:Lucy]]
* TheCaretaker: Towards Justine von Hresvelg, who grew up to be her MoralityPet and the reason Lucy defected from Agartha in the first place. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Thales]] intended Lucy to only be Justine's [[TheHandler handler]] until they needed to use the younger girl, but Lucy grew far too fond of the younger girl and made sure to escape Shambhala with the other girl.
* HeroWorshipper: She's a mixture of utterly star-strucked and shocked at the fact that “Atra Of The Surface” is both alive and in army that is fighting Agartha.
* MamaBear: Towards Justine von Hresvelg. As noted by both Claude and Dimitri, it takes a incredible amount of care and love for someone who was as indoctrinated as most Agarthans are to snap of said indoctrination in order to save someone you care for and despite her nervous disposition, she does not regret saving Justine in any way.
* TheMedic: What her role was when Shambhala. Dimitri immediately recruits her to be The Caretaker of the Agarthan children they have with them because of this.
* SilkHidingSteel: She's understandably a NervousWreck when interacting with both Claude and Dimitri as she explains how she helped Justine von Hresvelg escape Shambhala but the fact that ''did'' do it in the first place speak volumes of how strong she really is. Later chapters shows her much more composed and relaxed and her spine of steel more apparent.
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!Others
[[folder:Tiana von Riegan]]
* CheshireCatGrin: Her grins are described as “foxlike”.
* TheDreaded: Even in Foldan she’s known as The "Demon Queen" and she’s one of the very few characters that make both [[SugarAndIcePersonality Byleth]] and [[BloodKnight Dimitri]] nervous about meeting.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her reunion with Claude in Chapter 79 pretty much cements her perfectly: [[AngerBornOfWorry furiously berating Claude for being reckless and worrying her so much]] before making it clear that she's [[SoProudOfYou utterly and astronomically proud of everything Claude has managed to achieve in Fódlan]] and [[GoodParents without hesitation hugging him and telling how much she loves him as his breaks down in her arms]].
* FamilyOfChoice: How she describes her relationship with [[BoisterousBruiser Nader]]. It’s a neat mirror to Claude’s [[BigBrotherInstinct own]] [[CoolBigBro relationship]] with Bernadetta, which is pointed by Claude himself.
* GoodParents: [[MommasBoy Claude]] proudly and without hesitation calls his mother the bravest person that he knows, all his memories show just how much they love each other and his reunion with her in chapter 79 is one of the very few moments where he cries TearsOfJoy while in her embrace as she firmly and heartwarmingly affirms just how much she loves him and how proud of him she is despite how utterly terrified for his safety she was.
* HappilyMarried: Kirah is the only love of her life and anyone else does not in any way whatsoever register for her. She without hesitation became TheRunaway in order to stay with him and her love for Kirah is going even stronger and more passionate decades later.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: When Dimitri reports the truth about Crests to his allies, Tiana is described as having glass of wine in her hand and having a strong desire for several more with rapid succession.
* TheLadette: Not only quite a skilled LadyOfWar in combat, but she’s capable of drinking both Lord Gautier and Lord Charon under the table and mock Count Rowe at the same time.
* LadyOfWar: Described as cutting an intimidating figure who radiates power and she’s an incredibly skilled HorseArcher thanks to decade to living and ruling over [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Almyra]] alongside her husband. Her first scene in the series is of her being a FrontlineGeneral leading the Almyran TheCavalry that saved Holtz, his forces and the forces on Fraldarius's land from being overwhelmed by [[FourStarBadass Count Bergliez]] and she herself is the one kills Count Bergliez in said battle.
* LonelyRichKid: Very strongly implied, considering Judith was her OnlyFriend before she became close friends with [[PowerTrio Lambert and Rodrigue]].
* MachiavelliWasWrong: As she herself points out, “Fear isn't loyalty; poor kings and Emperors always get the two conflated at their peril. If they know that, yet haven't changed how they treat their own people, then nothing anyone can say will help them.”
* MamaBear: As Claude begins remembering his ForgottenFirstMeeting with Byleth years before, he darkly notes that an Agarthan mage tried to kill him and Byleth when they were exploring the temple of Shiva and Selene. Tiana’s reaction to hearing this? Blatant homicidal TranquilFury so fearsome and protective than it actually startles Dimitri, all coupled with a wild snarl in her face.
* MasterArcher: Considering she was the one who taught Claude, it’s only to be expected.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: She was a [[PlatonicLifePartners very close friend]] with both Lambert and Rodrigue during her years in the officer's academy and Rodrigue even helped Tiana to escape from Fódlan (while Lambert is strongly implied to have intentionally turned a blind eye to said escape). When Tiana finally sets foot on Fódlan as part of the Almyra army for the first time in years, Rodrigue laments this trope as he should have noticed Claude's resemblance to his mother and how it has been years since he and Lambert last saw Tiana and Tiana teases both Felix and Glenn just like a CoolAunt would when she finally meets them in the flesh and is nothing but gentle and almost motherly to Dimitri.
* PowerTrio: Formed one with Rodrigue and Lambert when they were attending the Officer's Academy. Once she and Rodrigue meet again their friendship is [[PlatonicLifePartners instantly rekindled like nothing ever changed.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Firmly establishes herself as this the moment she first interacts with our main characters.
* RulingCouple: With her husband, Kirah. Everything implies that she’s the [[FrontlineGeneral more]] [[LadyOfWar martial]] of the two while Kirah is more [[TheGoodKing the good]] [[ThePhilosopherKing Philosopher King]]. Despite this, it’s made quite clear that she has not only [[TheHighQueen earned the respect of her fellow Almyran but she’s also an incredibly capable and wise ruler]] but at the same time her husband is [[RankScalesWithAsskicking quite the fearsome and powerful warrior whenever he finds the need to show it]].
* TheRunaway: As in Canon, she left Fódlan to marry the love of her life, Kirah the King of Almyra.
* RunawayBride: Before she became TheRunaway to join [[OneTrueLove Kirah]] in Almyra, she was [[ArrangedMarriage supposed]] to marry [[HateSink Count]] [[EntitledToHaveYou Gloucester]]. Of course, she absolutely and categorially refused to be married to Gloucester and with the help of Judith, Rodrigue and her own brother she managed to escape to Almyra.
* StacysMom: Holtz mentions in a letter to Claude that she’s just as beautiful as he remembers her being and dryly snarks that Balthus cannot laugh at him in any way because he’s sure the other man would think the same.
* StunnedSilence: Her only reaction when Claude [[TheGadfly gleefully]] reveals the situation [[SharingABody Byleth and Sothis]]. He’s utterly amused at having caught his mother utterly flabbergasted.
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[[folder: Patricia]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Desperate to see Edelgard again, Patricia conspired with Cornelia to smuggle Agarthan soldiers to cause a distraction so she could escape...only for the Tragedy of Duscur to occur and Lambert's death to happen before Patricia's very eyes. Overcome with remorse and shame, Patricia killed herself by falling down a ravine.
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! Main Characters

[[folder:Claude von Riegan]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: His reaction upon seeing [[spoiler:Ren von Riegan's FlippingTheBird moment towards Thales? Unabashed hysterical laughter.]]
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: The repeated assassination attempts Claude experienced in his childhood [[spoiler:as a child of two worlds]] have much more visibly left him emotionally scarred. One of his memories shows the aftermath of him narrowly surviving drowning in a river after [[FalseFriend a couple of boys]] pushed him in and struggling not to break down in tears, wondering what he'd done wrong and why they hated him. He's so used to being used or for the people who are kind to him having ulterior motives that he's frequently [[StunnedSilence stunned silent]] when he's confronted with genuine, sporadic gestures of kindness. In his lowest moments, Claude ponders if Seiros's Scriptures are true and that he shouldn't have been born. [[spoiler: It results in him completely breaking down when Sothis disputes that and tells him she never rejected him]].
* AdaptationalBadass: Claude gets to show more of his tactical acumen in this story, making him even more of a strategist than his canonical counterpart was.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Though Claude in ''Three Houses'' is generally pleasant and charming, he can be very incensitive (especially when he wants to know something), and tends to irritate others freely. Claude in this fanfiction is more openly and genuinely charming and gets along better with people right from the start, [[AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul particularly with Dimitri]].
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In canon, while Claude and Dimitri are perfectly friendly, their interactions are strictly professional when there's any back and forth involved. Claude notes in ''Azure Moon'' that he and Dimitri are very different people, and indeed Dimitri tends to either take Claude's teasing at face value or get angry at it, leading to their interactions having a noticeable lack of playfulness. This is in contrast to Edelgard, with whom Claude jabs much more naturally. The pair interact on a more even level, and even ''flirt'' semi-seriously should they meet in battle. In this story, Dimitri's considerably more receptive to Claude's teasing and interacts with him in a more overtly friendly way, eventually leading to a shared romance.
* AffectionateNickname: Claude calls Dimitri 'Mitya', while Byleth is both 'Teach' and less frequently 'By'.
* AndThenWhat: Demands to know what exactly Lonato plans to ''do'' with his rebellion, and how he plans on making any of his goals a reality, in Chapter 8:
-->"So a militia half the size of the Knights of Seiros is going to walk up to one of the most strategic locations in Fódlan and...do what, exactly? Force your way in, past their stockpiled weapons, past the reinforcements they'd have plenty of time to call upon before you reached them, past the ballista and the magical defenses, and kill the archbishop? Please. No. You want her to look ruthless. You want her to look savage. What better way to do that than have her slaughter villagers armed with woodcutter's axes and fire pokers because a bereaved father wanted answers from her?"
* ArcherArchetype: While Claude can fight with an axe (and to a lesser extent, a sword), his best weapon is the bow.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Being much more adept at and willing to use psychological warfare than [[KnightInShiningArmor Dimitri]] or [[EmotionlessGirl Byleth]], Claude has used several to devastating effect.
** After Lonato [[KickTheMoralityPet attacks Ashe in a fit of rage when the latter tries to talk him down]], Claude steps in and, incensed, throws one after another at him.
--->'''Claude''': I'm sorry, is there a prettier word for a man who'd kill his own son?\\
'''Claude''': I dare presume he loved Ashe in spite of him being adopted? In spite of him being a commoner? I dare presume he was a decent, kind man who disapproved of the killing of children?
** In chapter 71 [[spoiler:when Rhea persists in describing the institutionalized racism against foreigners she created as NecessarilyEvil to stop Agartha]], Claude loses his temper and responds with two:
--->'''Claude''': So I should have just laid there and ''let that nurse suffocate me for being a godless half breed'' when I was eight?!\\
'''Claude''': I thought [[DarkAndTroubledPast y-you, of all people]], would understand...being rejected and hated because of how you were born! H-how could you, of all people, do this to me and everyone who came before me?
* BadassBookworm: Just like {{Canon}}, he’s easily the best example of this in the setting considering his incredible [[ConstantlyCurious thirst for knowledge and information]] that is a prominent character trait in him. Outside that, he easily comes off as being one of the most voracious reader in the series (he spends a great deal of time in the Garreg Mach Monastery library researching for the sake of learning and his own room in the Monastery is filled with books all over his bed, shelves and floor), is apparently quite the MasterPoisoner who has no difficulty creating new ones, is deeply erudite, [[AwesomenessByAnalysis observant and analytical]] in several conversations and shows to have a love of tactics and "schemes". This of course evolves into transforming him into someone who is considered TheAce in terms of war strategies to the point that almost everyone who interacts with him after show great admiration towards his intellect, to the point that even [[BigBad Thales]] himself considers Claude a WorthyOpponent due to his intelligence. And of course, as one of the main three characters in the story he’s one of the most skilled and powerful fighters among our heroes and not someone who just stands back in the battlefield.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Dimitri defending both Cyril and Claude when the two were harassed by a foot soldier for their Almyran heritage which he then promises to keep secret is why Claude comes to completely trust Dimitri.
* BecomingTheMask: Claude, at the beginning, thinks of having Byleth as his professor in fairly utilitarian terms; only to slowly find himself trusting her as a friend, and eventually, a loved one.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Already quite AFatherToHisMen from the get go, Claude is particularly protective of [[ShrinkingViolet Bernadetta]] (basically adopting her as his little sister and having nothing but absolute seething hatred for [[AbusiveParent Maximus Varley]] to the point he’s gleeful at the idea of ruining the older man’s life in every way possible), [[BrokenBird Marianne]] (always making a point of [[MustMakeHerLaugh making her laugh as much as he can]] and absolutely refusing to let anyone mock her faith) and [[{{Tsundere}} Lysithea]] (he shares a [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther teasing older brother/exasperated young sister dynamic with her that nevertheless is filled with mutual respect and familial love]] and he’s [[spoiler:borderline ''homicidal'' in his fury when learning firsthand about her DarkAndTroubledPast with the Agarthans in chapter 78 and vows to not only do everything in his power to cure her but also make those responsible for her condition pay]]).
* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Yuri almost instantly hit it off due to their shared abilities as TheChessmaster and similarly playful/irreverent attitudes.
* BreakThemByTalking: Claude uses this tactic on to Lord Lonato after the latter tries to attack Ashe. He starts off calmly questioning Lonato's motives before poking flaws in his plans and pinning down his true intentions, all the while playing him as easily as a fiddle. Claude breaks Lonato so badly that the grieving lord doesn't react at all as Claude kills him with an arrow.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Once the war begins in earnest, Claude constantly feels the pressure of being the main strategist and being personally responsible for thousands of lives from two countries.
* ClosetKey: Dimitri and Claude serves as this for each other.
* TheCharmer: Easily the most socially adept of the three protagonists, Claude has no problem flirting with and teasing people to get information or just for the fun of it.
* ConstantlyCurious: Just like in {{Canon}}, Claude’s immense curiosity and thirst for knowledge is one of his biggest character traits. He takes genuine and absolute delight in learning about other cultures, history and secrets others might have. And while sometimes he ''can'' be a bit [[InnocentlyInsensitive insensitive and capable of utterly discarding manners when particularly interested in a subject]], most of the time his curiosity and fascination about other cultures is considered a very good thing: [[CoolOldGuy Petra’s grandfather]], [[NiceGuy Indech]] and [[TheAtoner Atra]] are all notably charmed and more than willing to talk about their cultures with Claude and find his interest quite refreshing
* CoolBigBro: Claude finds himself taking Bernadetta under his wing, using his people skills to make her comfortable and encouraging her to open up socially. Eventually he's sufficiently attached to her that he offers to straight-up adopt her into his Almyran family, which she happily accepts.
* CultureClash:
** Claude muses after [[spoiler:Atra tells them about the Tragedy of Duscur and her role in it]] that in Almyra, where being a WorthyOpponent was the highest ideal one could strive for, it's much easier and more frequent for former enemies to meet on neutral ground, become friends, or even marry unless you had done something [[ThisIsUnforgivable truly beyond the pale]]. So he has little reservation forgiving [[spoiler: the clearly-repentant Atra, who had both been a child and not fully aware of her leader's plans]], unlike Dimitri or Rodrigue. To be fair, Claude wasn't personally affected by what [[spoiler:Atra]] did.
** Almyra practices three-way marriages as a matter of course, so Claude has no problem [[spoiler: effectively proposing to both Byleth and Dimitri in chapter 36]] while Dimitri is much more flustered by the idea.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His parents fell in love and married despite everything standing against their relationship. But despite being the Crown Prince of Almyra and a scion of House Riegan, Claude suffered from racism and repeated assassination attempts that wore away his ability to trust anyone other than his parents. One of said assassins was his own cousin, proving that even some of his own family would never accept him.
* DeadpanSnarker: No matter the situation, Claude almost never runs out of dry, witty remarks to mock his enemies or distract his friends from panic or worry.
* DidTheyOrDidntThey: After the three protagonists finally confessed their feelings for each other, certain chapters are rather ambiguous on whether they went all the way in intimacy, such as Dimitri and Claude going to visit Byleth in her dorm room days before the war starts. Chapter 47 gives a confirmation that they did.
* ForeignFanservice: Claude's exotic skin color is noted as a point of attraction for both Byleth and Dimitri. See also MixedAncestryIsAttractive below.
* FreakOut: Has a nasty emotional breakdown when [[spoiler: Sothis tells him that the scripture calling mixed-race children like him was a falsehood, and that she accepts him.]]
* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: After TheReveal of his [[spoiler:Almyran heritage]] several characters have taken to call him by his real name, [[spoiler:Khalid]]: from [[{{Polyamory}} Byleth and Dimitri]], to [[AllLovingHero Mercedes]] to [[LikeBrotherAndSister Lysithea]], to [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Felix]] to the rest of his fellow TrueCompanions. Every time he hears the name being uttered by those close to him he’s incredibly touched because it represents the fact that they all accept him as he is without hesitation.
* GoodParents: Both [[LadyOfWar Tiana]] and [[TheGoodKing Kirah]] are this to him and he absolutely adores them for it. He [[MommasBoy proudly and without hesitation]] calls his mother the bravest person that he knows, all his memories show just how much they love each other and his reunion with her in chapter 79 is one of the very few moments where he cries TearsOfJoy while in her embrace. All the memories he has of his father are incredibly fond as well and show that he holds him in very high esteem, making it clear that he considers Kirah both an incredibly loving and [[PapaWolf protective father]] and also someone whose [[ThePhilosopherKing wisdom, intellect and sage advice]] are greatly respected by Claude.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: ''Barely'' hidden, at that. Byleth, Marianne and Bernadetta all discuss at one point that for all of Claude's arguments that he's shiftiness incarnate and that he should not be trusted, he's actually a young man with an ''immense'' amount of compassion, kindness, and desire to help others. Later Dimitri pointblank states that Claude has ''always'' been a good man, but his DarkAndTroubledPast forced Claude to either hide his heart or push other away to avoid being hurt. Despite being a victim of ''brutal'' [[spoiler:HalfBreedDiscrimination for being half-Almyran, Claude believes that people from different countries, classes, races, and ethnicities can get along if they are given a chance. His overall goal is to facilitate said union in the most peaceful way possible.]] To be honest, ''none'' of his TrueCompanions are fooled by his façade, and they all know that behind all his [[TheChessmaster manipulations and personality]] Claude has one of the gooiest hearts among the cast.
* HumbleHero: He is dumbfounded to learn that his tactical prowess places him on the same level as Byleth on the villains' list of important people to kill. Later he is absolutely confused as to why Yuri, Ignatz, Ashe, and Hapi all seem to perfectly understand why they consider him so dangerous.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Inadvertently drives Bernadetta to tears over [[spoiler:memories of Yuri's 'death']] when prodding her for her backstory. He immediately lampshades it.
-->'''Claude''': I feel like I just kicked a baby wyvern in the wing for the fun of it.
* MilhollandRelationshipMoment: Claude goes through many of these as all of his friends and allies react to discovering his Almyran heritage with unconditional support.
* MixedAncestryIsAttractive: Both Dimitri and Byleth see Claude's distinct skin color and eye color (which in combination points toward his mixed Almyran/Fódlish ancestry) as points of attraction.
* ModestRoyalty: Mercedes playfully points out in Chapter 71 [[spoiler:after Claude openly reveals that he's actually the Almyran royal heir and prince]] that he does not carries himself at all like Dimitri or with the same trappings of someone of his rank, something that amuses Claude.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Claude ''constantly'' outsmarts, outfoxes, and outmaneuvers his enemies and very often is several steps ahead of them strategically. But his enemies almost always fail to see how incredibly intelligent and cunning he is due to the fact that he has ''mastered'' this, often acting like "a fool playing at things he [doesn't] understand."
* ObliviousToLove: Claude isn't that bad compared to Dimitri and Byleth as he is more social savvy of the three, but his trust issues make him selectively oblivious at times as a result of some of the assassination attempts on his life which includes being poisoned by a girl he slept with before. He knows whenever someone's flirting with him and isn't afraid to flirt back, but genuine romantic feelings being reciprocated are new to him. Claude's the first among the three to recognize his feelings for Byleth and Dimitri, but it takes him a while to realize that Dimitri's odd behavior around him is because the prince is in love with him. [[spoiler:Claude calls himself out on this in Chapter 35.]]
* OneHitPolykill: During the [[spoiler:battle of Hrym,]] Claude uses Fallen Star to kill ''nineteen'' soldiers with a single arrow.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Says this to Dimitri word-for-word [[spoiler: while Edelgard's army is marching on Garreg Mach]], and Dimitri has been reserved and aloof [[spoiler: after his [[FreakOut breakdown]] in the Holy Tomb]]. Dimitri promises.
* {{Polyamory}}: With both Dimitri and Byleth, as all three form the main OfficialCouple in the series.
* PostKissCatatonia: [[spoiler: After Dimitri impulsively gives Claude his FirstKiss]], he's left in a dazed, stunned, and distracted state until the ball starts in the evening.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives these out frequently to his adversaries. They can go on for paragraphs, even [[TalkingIsAFreeAction while in combat.]]
* SelectiveObliviousness: Despite how people savvy he normally is, Claude remains oblivious to Dimitri's love for him for a startlingly long time due to his low-self esteem rationalizing it away and insisting that the other prince couldn't ''possibly'' be romantically attracted to him.
* SideBet: Claude muses to himself that he has 15 gold pieces riding on Leonie not confessing to Lorenz before they reach [[spoiler:Enbarr.]]
* SniperDuel: In chapter 76, against [[spoiler:Ren Von Riegan, while Dimitri runs assistance. Byleth describes the duel as being like a "dance" due to the skill of both combatants.]]
* TheStrategist: Effectively becomes this to [[spoiler: the Kingdom-Alliance-Church army after Edelgard starts the war.]] at just eighteen. He's very capable, but it's mildly deconstructed in that he's very stressed out by the role and frequently seeks emotional support from his LoveInterests.
* StepfordSmiler: He's definitely a depressed type at the start. Even as he comes around to the idea that the Golden Deer have his back and truly are his friends, along with Byleth and Dimitri's clear and honest care for him, Claude ''still'' represses sadness, anger, and confusion under a cheerful mask because his experiences has taught him to never show weakness no matter what. Despite how lazy and irrelevant he behaves, inside he's painfully lonely, which is why Dimitri's almost offhanded compliment on his Almyran features had such a profound impact.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Claude often dips into long breaking monologues when squaring off against major characters in battle. They're as long as multiple ''paragraphs'' when against Lonato, and he even does it against [[spoiler:Edelgard.]]
* ThisIsUnforgivable: When Claude discovers that [[spoiler:Edelgard has let Count Varley loose on Hrym's civilians]], he declares that he is tearing her off her throne if it's the last thing he does.
* TranquilFury: Claude reacts to [[spoiler:the massacre in Hrym]] with what is described as "a calm you only felt when you reached the far side of fury".
* WorthyOpponent: It’s outright confirmed in chapter 80 that the Agarthan top brass of [[BigBad Thales]], [[MadScientist Myson]] and [[HonestAdvisor Odesse]] consider him this due to this intellect, cunning and sheer ability to [[SecretChaser search for the truth.]] Both Thales and Myson show genuine disappointment that Claude’s incredible mind was “enslaved by the Fellstar” and Odesse, after being [[FantasticRacism utterly shocked]] at learning of Claude’s intelligence, feels bitterly disappointed. Heck, it’s stated that [[MadDoctor Solon]] himself saw great potential in Claude.
* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:Claude ends up taking command of the armies of the Alliance from his grandfather in Chapter 53 when the latter decides that the war would be too taxing on him, which also handily gives him Failnaught. Claude lampshades this in his own special way.]]
--> '''Claude''': [[spoiler:It ''would'' take a continent-wide war to make gramps finally decide he was too old for this shit.]]
* YoureInsane: Holst affectionately calls Claude "the maddest lord to ever grace Fódlan's landscape" in a letter sent after [[spoiler:he calls in his Almyran brethren to save the Alliance from Imperial forces.]]
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: In Chapter 40, Claude drops his typical nickname of "Teach" and refers to Byleth directly by her given name when warning her to be careful when she goes after Kronya.

[[folder:Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd]]
* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade:
** Due to having Claude as a MoralityChain and not losing Byleth for five years, this version of Dimitri doesn't go through the downward spiral into homicidal insanity that canon Dimitri did on all routes save Crimson Flower.
** Dimitri, though outwardly polite, is privately very guarded and quietly suspicious in the original game, while in this fanfic he is instantly friendly around Claude and the Golden Deer, even revealing sources of trauma he kept long-buried much later into the the canonical Azure Moon story. This goes so far as to border on AdaptationalPersonalityChange.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In canon, while Claude and Dimitri are perfectly friendly, their interactions are strictly professional when there's any back and forth involved. Claude notes in ''Azure Moon'' that he and Dimitri are very different people, and indeed Dimitri tends to either take Claude's teasing at face value or get angry at it, leading to their interactions having a noticeable lack of playfulness. This is in contrast to Edelgard, with whom Claude jabs much more naturally. The pair interact on a more even level, and even ''flirt'' semi-seriously should they meet in battle. In this story, Dimitri's considerably more receptive to Claude's teasing and interacts with him in a more overtly friendly way, eventually leading to a shared romance.
* AmazonChaser: Easily admits to being very enamored with Byleth's combat prowess from when they first met, musing that he might have proposed to her right then and there if it weren't for her [[EmotionlessGirl offputting]] [[TheStoic Stoicism]].
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: In response to [[spoiler:the Empire declaring war on everyone]], Dimitri assumes the throne of Faerghus.
* AxCrazy: His PTSD episodes include violent fits of rage, which he's deeply ashamed of and tries to repress.
* BerserkButton:
** Dimitri despises racists, not at all helped by the Tragedy of Duscur and his guilt over not being able to prevent it. The story is kicked off by him catching a guard harassing Claude and Cyril, losing his temper and flooring him with one punch.
** He also hates nobles who abuse their power and harm the common people. Learning that Lord Gloucester has been running a FalseFlagOperation on his own people for his personal gain leaves him lightheaded with rage.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dimitri is a genuine kind, sensitive young man despite his fits of mania. That doesn't mean he won't punch you through a tree if you're fighting a war to conquer his people. Nearly kill one of his friends, meanwhile, and he'll bring out [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill Areadbhar]] to ''end'' you.
* TheBigGuy: Edelgard sees Dimitri as this among the other faction leaders.
-->'''Edelgard''': It was obvious that he was the weak link among the leaders; half mad (his laughter in the chamber, manic behavior in battle, and absurd fixation on the idea that she had somehow 'betrayed' him made that clear) and likely reliant on Claude for strategy and Byleth to keep himself alive in battle. He was a destructive monster to fight, however. Anyone who wielded Areadbhar was.
* BloodKnight: Whether or not he's consumed by rage while on the field, Dimitri admits that he's comfortable in combat and enjoys it to a certain extent.
* ClosetKey: Claude is this for him, bordering on IfItsYouItsOkay. Dimitri had never been attracted to other men before him, and even now shows no signs of interest in men other than him.
* CurbStompBattle: In chapter 15, an enraged [[SuperStrength Dimitri]] vs [[BlackKnight the Death Knight]] ends up with [[spoiler: Dimitri absolutely ''wrecking'' Jeritza with disturbing ease, first breaking his scythe with casual ease and then delivering a powerful crest empowered blow that pretty much brings him down for the count. The fight is over in mere seconds, and [[TinTyrant the Flame Emperor]] even points out that they should have expected someone with the power of the Crest of Blaiddyd to come out on top.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Not initially, but being around Byleth and Claude causes him to pick this trait up from them, with some notable examples of it coming about during the battle [[spoiler:with [[{{Jerkass}} Lord]] [[DirtyCoward Hevring]]]].
* DidTheyOrDidntThey: After the three protagonists finally confessed their feelings for each other, certain chapters are rather ambiguous on whether they went all the way in intimacy, such as Dimitri and Claude going to visit Byleth in her dorm room days before the war starts. Chapter 47 gives a confirmation that they did.
* FreakOut: Aside from his canonical reaction to [[spoiler: the reveal that Edelgard is the Flame Emperor]] and the massacre at Remire, Dimitri has a few, despite him gradually moving into a better mental state. When [[spoiler: [[TheAtoner Atra]] admits her role in the Tragedy of Duscur and apologizes,]] Dimitri is consumed by grief, shock and rage, demanding to know why. Then he throws a dagger at her, grazing her cheek, before fleeing to the monastery cathedral.
* GreenEyedEpiphany: [[spoiler:Dimitri's jealousy towards Yuri flirting with Claude, culminating in the former giving a playful kiss to the latter, is what made him realizes that he has romantic feelings for Claude.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Dimitri frequently refers to himself as 'the boar' in his own mind, seeing very little of worth in himself due to a mix of SurvivorsGuilt and his AxCrazy tendencies in battle.
-->'''Dimitri''': (to himself) She's too good for a man like me. She deserves someone whole, not a boar struggling with his bloodlust.
* ItsPersonal: Once he learns of their existence Dimitri has it in for the Agarthans due to the fact they orchestrated the Tragedy of Duscur from the shadows.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Dimitri's greatest asset is his honor, mercy, and chivalry, and the effect this has on his enemies and allies alike. [[spoiler:His kindness defuses Edelgard's attempts to characterize him as a mad boar and turns her already-unrestful citizens against her, sparking riots all across Adrestia because they know they'd get a much better deal being ruled by him than her.]]
* LetMeAtHim: During the confrontation between Claude and Count Gloucester in Chapter 85, Seteth has to physically restrain Dimitri from attacking the Count.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: The other heroes decide not to inform Dimitri that Atra was one of the soldiers who helped cause the Tragedy of Duscur, out of fear of how badly he'd take it. Atra finally confesses to him in Chapter 51, and while he does have a manic fit and slashes her cheek with his dagger, he doesn't kill her. Months later and showing just how much of a NiceGuy he trully is, he actually forgives her when he fully understating what was her situation, driving her greatful and deeply remorseful tears.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Lightly implied. Dimitri mentions being completely flummoxed by Claude when they first met, comparing him to a star-turned-human from a famous Faerghus love fable. However - perhaps due to his ObliviousToLove nature - he doesn't realize he has romantic feelings for him [[spoiler: until [[GreenEyedEpiphany chapter 22]]]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Considers failing to convince the lords of Faerghus that Duscur wasn't responsible for the Tragedy, and being unable to stop them from carrying out the resulting massacre of the people, to be his. Admitting as much to Claude helps the Golden Deer leader gain a whole new perspective of him and kicks off the plot.
* NiceGuy: In spades! Half the reason for the plot kicking off is him delivering a heartfelt, completely serious compliment on Claude's visibly [[spoiler: Almyran]] traits. He risks his life [[spoiler: to save a young Imperial civilian without a second thought after [[{{Jerkass}} Lord Herving]] orders an attack on her]], willingly offers Yuri and the Wolves his help almost immediately after their attack on him, and is easily infuriated by the mistreatment of innocent/helpless individuals.
* ObliviousToLove: Due to his belief that he doesn't ''deserve'' romantic love, Dimitri neither notices how affectionate Claude and Byleth are towards him nor his own feelings toward Claude until [[spoiler: Yuri kisses him for freeing them from the initial Chalice defenses.]]
* {{Polyamory}}: With both Claude and Byleth, as all three form the main OfficialCouple in the series.
* RousingSpeech:
** In chapter 75, he has his own chance to shine just before [[spoiler:they enter they main palace at Enbarr.]]
--->'''Dimitri''': Everyone, within these doors is the most dangerous conflict Adrestia has to offer us! The soldiers we fight within will be either desperate and furious, or utterly devoid of scruples – moral or otherwise! Yet this battle must be won – not only to free Fódlan from the threat of tyranny, but to save the common people of Adrestia from the clutches of Agartha! Be prepared for a bitter and terrible struggle; be prepared for the lowliest of tactics and the worst any army is capable of, and remember this! Each of you is ordered to return home alive! Let us finish this together!
** He has another one much earlier, in chapter 13, as he, the Lions, and the Deer are about to fight the Duscur soldiers:
--->'''Dimitri:''' Everyone, what we're about to undertake is a venture most would call 'foolhardy'. To go up against an opponent that is gunning for victory, and fighting to disable...it's a dangerous venture, and it will require more skill and effort than a more 'normal' battle. But I have faith in this cause, and in all of us. Right now, I am surrounded by some of the most competent people I've met in years. We are organized, they are not; we are not desperate, blind with anger, or held back by anything but a desire to save lives rather than end them. So let's win this; for Duscur and for Faerghus! Forward!
* StressVomit: His reaction after [[spoiler: Indech explains the AwfulTruth about the Heroes' Relics and the Crests.]]
* SuperStrength: Everyone who possesses the Blaiddyd Crest has this; Dimitri can knock people through trees by backhanding them, crush skulls with his fists, and snap weapons like twigs.

[[folder:Byleth Eisner]]
* TheAce: She is known and feared as the Ashen Demon for being an absolute monster with a sword, even ''before'' Sothis awakens within her and gives her Divine Pulse. Felix, a budding MasterSwordsman himself, comments more than once on how he admires just how good she is with it.
* AdaptationalBadass: Zig-zagged. Byleth has more confirmed skills at the start of the story than her ''Three Houses'' counterpart does, such as archery and healing, and her Crest and Relic-based powers are '''much''' stronger. She is, however, weaker at controlling both her newfound powers and her emotions at the start, resulting in her occasionally endangering herself for her students, burning herself out by abusing her powers, or getting overwhelmed by nausea in the heat of battle, and thus needing to be saved by someone, usually Dimitri and/or Claude.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: This Byleth is more experienced and worldly than her in-game self (she's been to foreign lands, knows pieces of other languages, and knows something about the politics of other lands, traits Byleth doesn't reveal in ''Three Houses'')
* AdaptationalSkill: It's revealed early in the story that Byleth picked up singing at some point.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Finally spills out her love for Claude and Dimitri [[spoiler: in chapter 36 when they meet in the Goddess Tower.]] She doesn't say it in so many words, struggling to articulate exactly how they make her feel but nonetheless makes it clear she can't bear to not be a part of their lives.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: After [[TheSiege the Battle of Garreg Mach]], she becomes the acting Archbishop due to Rhea's being MIA. To say that she's quite [[StopWorshippingMe ill at ease]] with all the trappings her new role has is a major understatement, but she has managed to roll with it the best she can.
* BadassTeacher: Due to her incredible skills as a warrior and mercenary, harming any of her students is something you do [[MamaBear at your own risk]] and being a danger to either Claude or Dimitri is terribly [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend ill advised]].
* BattleCouple: With Dimitri and Claude.
* BerserkButton: ''Don't'' threaten her students, friends, or love interests, and don't ''ever'' insult Sothis by implying the goddess is using her.
-->'''Byleth''': Slave? Slave?! She's my friend! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis She. Is. My. Friend!]] (slashes the Flame Emperor's mask open)
* BigDamnHeroes: During the Holy Tomb battle against the Flame Emperor and Metody, four soldiers soon transform into Demonic Beasts and are about to attack the Blue Lions and the Golden Deer, until Byleth finally awakens as the Enlightened One with Sothis intact, jumps in the nick of time and proceeds to cut down each of the Demonic Beasts with a fully powered Sword of the Creator.
* BigEater: Yuri gently teases her over the fact that she has just as much a SweetTooth as Lysithea does (her sweet of preference being the sponge cake) and is even less subtle about eating "third and fourth helpings" of the stuff.
* DeadpanSnarker: Even before her emotions came out in full, she was capable of some pretty dry asides when she gets annoyed.
* DeathWail: Byleth lets out one after [[spoiler:her father is killed by Thales]]. It's even more jarring because she's still fairly reserved in her emotional responses outside of [[spoiler:her love confession]] up to that point.
* DidTheyOrDidntThey: After the three protagonists finally confessed their feelings for each other, certain chapters are rather ambiguous on whether they went all the way in intimacy, such as Dimitri and Claude going to visit Byleth in her dorm room days before the war starts. Chapter 47 gives a confirmation that they did.
* TheDreaded: Her coldness mixed with her skill in battle was what got her the Ashen Demon moniker and a reputation for being a ruthless, remorseless killer would cuts through dozens of enemies with no more effort than dicing vegetables. In chapter 30, several of Acheron's mercenaries have a major OhCrap when they recognize her, promptly followed by [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere jumping into the rushing river]] to get away from her.
* EmotionlessGirl: Until she meets Claude, Dimitri, and Edelgard [[spoiler: and Sothis's heart awakens within her]], Byleth never expressed any emotion, and didn't experience anything more than the mildest sensations of annoyance, confusion, or concern. She notes when talking to Claude in chapter 17 that she was always aware this wasn't natural, and caused her to feel a slight disassociation from her sense of humanity.
-->'''Byleth''': To be honest, I hadn't understood before. How could I? It's... it's like a blind person not understanding the concept of sight. I knew that people felt things - happiness and sadness and wonder and glee, all of it - but no matter how much I watched, listened and waited, I couldn't make any sense out of it.
* FirstTimeFeeling:
** PlayedForDrama when Flayn is kidnapped. Byleth, who's become increasingly protective of her students and friends, suddenly finds herself overwhelmed with rage and fear at various points while trying to reach her and repeatedly slips up while fighting. This results in her getting shot in the shoulder with an arrow, nearly dying while Sothis repeatedly yells at her to get a grip.
** A more heartwarming version of this trope is when Alois gets her to break down laughing for the first time with one of his puns the day after Flayn is rescued.
* HeroicBSOD: Enters a harrowing one [[spoiler: after Jeralt's HeroicSacrifice]]. She becomes so numb and broken that she spends two weeks in bed barely interacting with the world. She's only partially pulled out of it when Felix brings her on a mission.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: In order to ensure all her friends escape the Chalice's defenses alive, Byleth burns through all her uses of Divine Pulse and then some despite knowing this will most likely be fatal.]] Thankfully, the Ashen Wolves are able to use the Chalice of Beginnings to save her.
* HeroicRROD: [[TimeMaster Divine Pulse]] is a powerful ability that allows Byleth to rewind time to an extent, but she's limited to using it 7-8 times before strenuous use of Divine Pulse starts to take a toll on her and triggers a magical burnout. She ends up getting knocked out for half a day when she uses Divine Pulse nine times and anything beyond ten is fatal to her and she nearly ends up dying from it if it weren't for the Ashen Wolves using the Chalice to heal her. Unfortunately for Byleth, [[spoiler:Thales, Kronya and the Flame Emperor]] know of this weakness and exploit it to their advantage. [[spoiler:Sothis giving Byleth the last bit of mortality she had left has greatly boosted the limits, though how much hasn't been seen yet.]]
* HomeSweetHome: Garreg Mach becomes this for her, as clearly seen in chapter 79 with her absolutely gleeful and delighted reaction upon her return to it.
* InformedAttribute: Her emotionlessness is this. She's treated as similarly unemotional to her canon self in ''Three Houses'', but even as early as her first point of view chapter she jousts verbally with Sothis and panics when she realizes she's been disrespecting Fódlan's three future leaders.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Byleth discovers she's pregnant at the worst possible time: as she and her allies are making preparations to storm Shambhala.
* MamaBear: Do not lay a hand on her students or her either of her LoveInterests, or else you'll find out first hand ''why'' she's called the Ashen Demon. "My students, my responsibility" indeed.
* MorningSickness: [[spoiler: At the start of Chapter 82, Byleth is seen vomiting and initially she, Claude and Dimitri pass it off as stress nausea from the war. Then comes in Chapter 83 where she's throwing up again and Sothis confirms that Byleth is indeed pregnant-- and with ''twins'' at that]].
* NotBrainwashed: The Flame Emperor believes that [[spoiler:Byleth's fusion with Sothis means she has fully taken over Byleth and the human soul that is Byleth Eisner is now gone for good. In reality, Byleth is still mainly in control of her own body while Sothis is but a voice in her own head due to SharingABody.]]
* OneManArmy: She was this ''before'' [[spoiler: Sothis fuses her mortal heart into her.]] After the Enlightened One transformation, she's bordering on being the WorldsStrongestMan, with only the other relic-wielding students and [[spoiler: Rhea/The Immaculate One and Indech/The Immovable]] contesting her crown.
* {{Polyamory}}: With both Dimitri and Claude, as all three form the main OfficialCouple in the series.
* PregnantBadass: All throughout the Battle of Shambhala.
* RousingSpeech: Delivers one right before the Battle for Garreg Mach.
-->'''Byleth''': Everyone, I won't lie to you. This is going to be the hardest, the longest, and the scariest fight we've ever been in. It will be a long, hard day. It will sap at your spirit and your strength. But I know all of you. I know what you're capable of and what you're fighting for. I wouldn't want anyone else standing behind me when I go to war. We ''will'' defend the monastery. We will repel [[spoiler:Edelgard and her allies.]] And aside from making those people look like the idiots they are in the process? We're going to burn this wave of imperialism to a stop, and cast it down into the abyss of history where it ''fucking'' belongs! Now who's with me?!
* ShellShockedVeteran: Her inner musing at start of chapter 79 show that she’s just so ''tired'' (physically, emotionally and mentally) of the war that she has developed some very strong shades of this.
-->'''Byleth''': why couldn't she have just stayed a professor then become a wife why did she have to become a warlord why did she have to step into her older sister's shoes why all of this why Edelgard why\\
'''Byleth''': Isn't this ironic? I've won, we've conquered Adrestia and saved Faerghus and Leiscester, saved the people of Adrestia from becoming cattle, and I don't want to celebrate. I just want to cry, to scream and scream until my lungs give out, ''to put out my eyes'' so I no longer see blood and corpses every time I close them. I want it to be ''done'' and ''over'', I want to hand this responsibility right back to Serios, hide away and sleep for ''years''.\\
'''Byleth''': ...I'm so fucking tired.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Occasionally indulges in this with Sothis.
* StopWorshippingMe: In a case of AdaptationExpansion, Byleth's status as the wielder of the Sword of the Creator is explored, with people such as the villagers from the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus worshiping her as the Goddess' new champion. She's not very comfortable with all the extra attention to say the least.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: As her emotions start to bleed through, Byleth still seems cold and composed at first glance, but prod her a bit and she quickly reveals an intensely caring and empathic center that fusses over every problem that her friends are dealing with, no matter how trivial.
* ThereWasADoor: During the [[spoiler:siege of the Imperial palace]], Byleth tears a hole in a wall because it's faster, causing Leonie to joke that there was a door.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Emotions are completely alien to Byleth at the beginning of the story; as she slowly thaws, she frequently ponders how frightening and intense her feelings are. She comments that both Claude and Dimitri make her feel 'warm', but it isn't until [[spoiler:chapter 36]] that she can even try to articulate that she's in love with them.

!Students of the Officer's Academy
!!The Golden Deer

[[folder: Hilda Valentine Goneril]]
* BodyCountCompetition: In Chapter 75, she and Balthus engage in one once inside [[spoiler: the main palace in Enbarr]]. It's clearly half irreverent enjoyment and half ShipTease between them.
* CuddleBug: Hilda's very touchy feely and her first action of choice whenever she's comforting someone dear to her is basically to hug them as much as she can. This is best seen with both Marianne (rushing to hug her, and later starting a GroupHug with all the Golden Deer members, after the [[spoiler:the truth of The Crest Of Maurice was revealed to them all]] and with Claude (giving her BestFriend a combination of TheGlomp and a BearHug in order to show him [[spoiler:that his status as half-Almyran does not change a single thing about their relationship]], all while tearfully professing her [[UndyingLoyalty her absolute friendship and heartfelt loyalty.]]
* GirlyBruiser: Although she would prefer not to do the bruiser part, Hilda is extremely girly and effective with an axe in hand.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: She's not particuarly tall by any means. It does not hinder her ability to crush enemies with axes in the slightest.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Her relationship with Claude has this dynamic.
* PlayingWithFire: How the Combat Art, Apocalyptic Flame, fittingly manifests in this story.
* ShipperOnDeck: Is shown to support Ignatz/Flayn and Marianne/Ashe, among others.

[[folder: Lysithea von Ordelia]]
* AllGirlsLikePonies: Upon deciding that she needs more mobility to keep up with her classmates, Lysithea quickly become enamored with a black pegasus whom she quickly starts riding into battle.
* AngerBornOfWorry: Lysithea is ''not amused'' by Claude's idea of 'distracting' the Death Knight so she can hit him with Death Spikes, or when he grabbed and shielded her from hitting the ground during [[spoiler: the battle with the Umbral Beast in the Mausoleum]].
-->'''Lysithea''': You call that a distraction?! [...] You moron!
* BerserkButton: She does not like being reminded that she's the youngest kid in the class. More seriously, [[spoiler: she's ''furious'' when Edelgard brings up her dead siblings as a reason she should have joined her, saying that having her own losses don't justify inflicting her own childhood on thousands of other people in Fódlan.]]
* BrokenBird: Showed fully on [[spoiler:chapter 78, where she not reveals every detail of her absolutely horrifying DarkAndTroubledPast but her emotional turmoil is showed for everyone to see, being sadly resigned and even [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness meek]] about her fate and her past. Her reaction to her [[TrueCompanions friend’s]] horror to her circumstances is both tired and resigned and even with the TearsOfJoy she holds back when ''everyone'' tells her that [[YouAreNotAlone they will do everything in their powerful to help her]] she’s described as looking far older than she should.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her side story in "The Knights of Fódlan" gives a peek into the Agarthans' experimentation on her and her siblings. She watched her siblings be taken away one by one, listened to them scream and eventually die before she herself was finally subjected to the procedure... which she survived, but at the expense of a shortened life.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Her feeling for Cyril. It does not help that she gives him an utterly impassioned a heartwarming YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech during The Battle Of Shambahala that everyone around her heard firsthand. When its pointed out by Linhardt that ''everyone'' knows about her feelings and that Claude himself has a bet placed about when she will get together with Cyril, she's utterly mortified and plans to get revenge, much to the amusement of those around her.
* FriendOrFoe: In Chapter 41, Lysithea ignorantly [[spoiler:attacks Marianne after her Crest turns her into a Demonic Beast.]]
* ItsPersonal: Once she learns of their existence, Lysithea has it in for the Agarthans due to the fact that they were responsible [[spoiler:for conducting the Crest Experiments on her and her family.]] As far as she’s concerned, [[ArchEnemy Myson]] is nothing more than a dead man walking and she will take the ''utmost'' care to make his end as excruciating as possible.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lysithea usually refuses to show fear in public, so Dimitri hearing her openly panic is an immediate sign that something very, very bad is about to happen. [[spoiler:Fort Merceus being about to get blown to kingdom come by javelins of light would perfectly fit the bill for such panic.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She's the shortest and youngest of the Deer, but she's a magical powerhouse, repeatedly tearing Demonic Beasts in half and blasting holes in any enemy foolish enough to mess with her.
* ShipTease: With Cyril.
* ShutUpHannibal: Gives a ''ruthless'' version of this to [[spoiler:Edelgard during the Battle of Enbarr, refuting her propensity for blaming the Church and the existence of Crests for things like the Crest experiments conducted on Edelgard and Lysithea, all the while [[CurbStompBattle completely dominating her fight]] with the older woman.]]
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Considering that he was directly responsible for her absolutely nightmarish DarkAndTroubledPast, [[spoiler:chapter 78 shows that Lysithea has, 100% understandably, absolutely ''zero'' respect for Emperor Ionius and spends the whole chapter basically showing how utterly unforgivable, pathetic and unfit she considers him. Her personal, mocking epithet for the man is “The Weak” and [[BigBrotherInstinct Claude]] fully agrees with her consensus.]]
* SurvivorsGuilt: Implied in her POV chapter in the Knights of Fódlan side story. She laments that she always seems to be powerless to save anyone who cares about her as she watches Byleth sleep [[spoiler: after her brush with death.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: She's a platonic sort towards Claude; she's constantly irritated by his teasing and frequently yells at him in exasperation, but she genuinely admires and trusts him... She just has trouble saying so.
* YouKilledMyFather: “I'M HERE FOR MY SIBLINGS, YOU MURDERING BASTARD!”

[[folder: Marianne von Edmund]]
* BadassPreacher: She's training to be a priestess, and is highly devout. She's also more than magically strong enough to make you regret crossing her.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Coldly rebukes a soldier who expresses irritation over Ashe's crying after Lonato's death and demands he apologizes. Later on, [[spoiler: she coolly rebukes Hubert's insults and derision of Bernadetta and her faith and isn't afraid to get into the middle of the fighting in order to provide healing to front line soldiers.]]
* CombatMedic: A skilled healer and a very talented attack mage.
* DrivenToSuicide: Obliquely implies she's had these feelings [[spoiler: while explaining the history of the Crest of the Beast to Byleth and her classmates.]] She mentions a letter in which one earlier holder of the crest warned her descendants to 'choose to fall while there was still enough human left in you to die'. Ashe quickly begs her not to give up, and she seems to have new confidence [[spoiler: going into the war]].
* TheIdealist: Firmly believes HumansAreGood deep down, which is why she’s of the firm opinion that the Agarthans civilians in the end will side with them.
* ShutUpHannibal: Marianne is not impressed by [[spoiler: Hubert's attempt at a HannibalLecture when they meet on the battlefield at Brigid]], calling out his hypocrisy and noting that he's no less 'devoted' then she is.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: The Crest of the Beast gives Marianne a powerful transformation in which she can become a demonic beast while still mostly maintaining her humanity; however, she looses almost all control over the form and [[spoiler: Maurice indirectly warns her that her transformed state may eventually become permanent, just like his]].
* TwiceShy: With Ashe. They get together [[spoiler: right before the Battle for Garreg Mach]].
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: When she’s worried that her SuperpoweredEvilSide might overtake her, everyone from [[DeathSeeker Maurice]], to [[BigBrotherInstinct Claude]], to [[LoveInterest Ashe]] to [[TeamMom Byleth]] rush to reassure that she’s a lot more powerful in every sense of the word that she believes herself to be.

[[folder: Bernadetta von Varley]]
* ActionGirl: She matures into one with Byleth's tutelage and support.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Bernadetta’s [[AdaptationalBadass Major]] Crest of Indech, rather than enabling her at chance to launch an additional strike in quick succession, multiplies her attack threefold; for example, one arrow fired projects two additional arrows launching alongside it (think similar to [[Franchise/{{Naruto}} Shadow Clones]] and/or [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Tsubame Gaeshi]]).
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Byleth's DeclarationOfProtection to her made her decide to transfer over to the Golden Deer so she could be close to and support one of the few people who showed her kindness.
* BetaCouple: She and Felix form one late in the story.
* BigShutUp: When finally pushed to her breaking point hearing Count Gloucester disparage Claude for his Almyran heritage, Bernadetta yells at the top of her lungs to "'''SSHHHHUUUUUT'' UUUUUUUUPPPPPP!'''''"
* CowardlyLion: Bernadetta repeatedly makes it clear she's terrified of war and violence; but she still throws herself into the thick of it again and again because she believes it's the right thing to do.
* CoolBigBro: Considers both Claude and [[spoiler: Yuri]] to be this.
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:She deserts the Empire after Edelgard is revealed to be the Flame Emperor.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: It's strongly implied she's developing one with [[spoiler: Lian/Indech]]; he's clearly quite fond of her.
* InsecureLoveInterest: She is in total disbelief when Felix admits that he loves her, babbling about how she's not good enough for him, how she's still fighting against her fears and what could he possibly see in her? Felix disagrees vehemently, thank goodness.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to the Flame Emperor during the Holy Tomb battle.
-->'''Bernadetta''': This is the person who wants to change Fódlan? What good c-could come from h-handing power to someone who c-can do this without hesitation? You...you don't value your people's lives any more than my father does! You'd never be a good ruler. You'd just be one more tyrant. And I...I won't let you! I won't let you take my f-friends, or the Crest Stones, or Fódlan! We're...definitely going to stop you!
** Later on, Bernadetta goes ''nuclear'' on Count Gloucester and the knights rallying him after they ignore all of the hard work Claude has put in protecting Fódlan in favor of hating him for being half-Almyran.
-->'''Bernadetta''': '''SSHHHHUUUUUT ''UUUUUUUUPPPPPP!'' SHUT UP!''' Just – just ''shut'' your ''goddess-damned'' mouth, you ignorant, peasant-murdering, power-grasping ''imbecile!'' And you...all of you! You should be disgusted and ashamed of yourself...have you forgotten the last six months?! Are you so blind, so contemptuous, so ''completely without honor'' that you're just going to ''forget'' everything Claude von Riegan, Prince Khalid, has done to save you in this war? You there! Sir Dagdar...I saw Claude save your life with my own eyes during the Battle on Myrddin bridge! He deliberately made himself a target for the flying mages and held them off while giving our army directions to reorganize in the midst of the ambush! As for you! Lady Tina. Just yesterday you were effusively praising how much Claude valued the lives of even the lowest of his soldiers, how he had dreamt up plans for battle that gave us our precious low-casualty figures, stating how other lords would have discarded them as impractical and the losses 'necessary'. Has that magically become untrue because his father is King Kirah of Almyra?! What do we care about the wars of men long dead, that bones and dust would compel us to hate those we have never even ''met''? I've watched, all these months, as Claude ''agonized'' over the losses our army has taken! Spend sleepless nights hammering out the plans that took us from one victory to the next, saved not only our own people but those trapped by Adrestia's tyranny as well! He was the one who warned you before the war began that there was danger in the future; it is thanks to ''him'' that you were prepared for war, that the Alliance between Leicester and Faerghus was even possible! I saw with my own eyes how he valued lives, ''our'' lives; when our people would have rejected him the way you're trying to now! There is nothing more true than this... '''Khalid loves Fódlan!''' And you would turn on him now?! After he has fought so hard to save you, ''knowing that he would lay down his life for you'', you call him a monster and an exile from Fódlan because of his ''birth?!'' Are you so craven?! Are you like Thales and his Agarthans, discarding those who aren't one of you as ''less than human?! '''Well?!''''' Speak up!
* ShamingTheMob: Bernadetta does this to the knights rallying after Count Gloucester in her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech above with added support from her friends and allies. It works with the two knights she called out earlier being rendered speechless and the other knights soon kneeling in front of Claude in shame.
* ShutUpKiss: Showing how much more confident she is, ''she'' plants one on Felix when he's [[GibberishOfLove fumblingly trying to articulate his feelings to her]], right in the middle of the battlefield while the army around them cheers on.
* SixthRanger: She transfers to the Golden Deer shortly after the battle with Miklan.
* TookALevelInBadass: Bernadetta goes from being terrified of her own shadow to volunteering for missions on her own, to becoming an archer knight, to being brave enough to call out the ''Flame Emperor'' and swear to stop them no matter what, even when surrounded by their troops.

[[folder: Leonie Pinelli]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Like Claude, she found [[spoiler: Ren Von Riegan's FlippingTheBird moment]] absolutely hilarious, bursting into laughter just at the reminder of it.
* BerserkButton: [[WasOnceAMan Demonic Beasts]] become this to her after [[spoiler: Jeralt's death]], cursing out the Flame Emperor when they transform a couple of their soldiers [[spoiler: during their invasion of the Holy Tomb]]
* TheDeadHaveNames: Invokes this as a threat to the Flame Emperor.
-->'''Leonie''': Do you know the names of the children of Remire? Don't worry, Captain Jeralt told me. [[ToThePain I'm going to carve each and every one of them into your skull.]]
* HeroWorshipper: To Jeralt, who taught her all she knows about fighting.
* OddCouple: She and Lorenz are shaping up to be this; they grew up in completely opposite social structures, but they're almost always seen fighting together, and Claude has contributed to TheBet on when they'll come out and admit it.

[[folder: Raphael Kirsten]]
* TheBigGuy: A very simple guy with simple needs, who happens to be very bulky and trained to be a capable War Master for Byleth to call on.
* BoisterousBruiser: Very upbeat and very strong, maintaining his cheerful attitude both in and out of battle.
* OutOfFocus: Doesn't get as much screentime as some of his other classmates.
* SpiritedCompetitor: Is mentioned to have gotten into arm wrestling contests with Caspar.
* WiseBeyondHisYears: Raphael knows a lot about grief, giving Byleth useful and succinct advice on how to help Ashe when the latter is grieving for Lonato while she's spinning her wheels, uncertain what to do. He also has a habit of leaving arrogant, self entitled royals (such as [[BigBadWannabe Edelgard]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe Lord]] [[FantasticRacism Gloucester]]) in complete StunnedSilence when poking holes into thier delusions with his simple, common words of wisdom.

[[folder: Ignatz Victor]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Like Claude, he found [[spoiler: Ren Von Riegan's FlippingTheBird moment]] absolutely hilarious, bursting into sniggers just at the reminder of it.
* LuminescentBlush: When Hilda catches him and Flayn hugging, she cheers them on, resulting in him blushing furiously.
* OutofFocus: Like Raphael, he tends to blend into the background compared to some of other students.
* ReluctantWarrior: Would rather be painting. Though he feels conscience-bound to fight, and can come to the rescue when least expected [[spoiler: like when he uses his keen eyesight to sling a broken golem into the breach in Garreg Mach's gates during the siege]].
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: His dynamic with Flayn is suggested to be something like this.
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[[folder: Lorenz Hellman Gloucester]]
* ApologeticAttacker: “I'm terribly sorry, but you're all in our way”
* BreakTheHaughty: Getting chewed out by Byleth for disobeying her during the rescue for Flayn, endangering everyone else in the process, deflates Lorenz's ego significantly.
* HumblePie: Eats some when he's sidelined during the Flayn rescue mission for disobeying Byleth for the sake of showing off. After that, he's much less pushy and less concerned with credit.
* UnknownRival: Byleth and Edelgard both note at the beginning that Lorenz repeatedly tries to undermine Claude and considers himself a competitor as the ruler of the Alliance, but the latter doesn't really acknowledge his efforts - only occasionally expressing annoyance of him.
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[[folder: Flayn]]
* CombatMedic: Moreso now with Byleth's training than she was [[spoiler: back when she was called Cethleann]], but Flayn can fight to a degree in between moments of providing powerful healing to her allies.
* DamselInDistress: After [[spoiler: Jeritza/Emile]] kidnaps her, prompting Byleth and the Deer to look for and eventually rescue her.
* NiceGirl: No one, excluding [[FantasticRacism Agarthans]] and [[spoiler: Edelgard]], have anything negative to say about her; she's incredibly compassionate and very kind to everyone she meets.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Chapter 100 makes it abundantly clear that The War Of Heroes left her with some rather noticeable phycological scars, and the Battle Of Shambahala are just making it worst for her. During her part in the chapter, he constantly switches between actively helping her allies and remembering The War Of Heroes with [[WarIsHell horrified clarity.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Went from being a helpless kidnapping victim to a competent CombatMedic who has no fear going into the thick of things.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Byleth, for rescuing her.
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[[Characters/TheSaviorKingTheMasterTacticianAndTheQueenOfLiberation Main Characters]][[note]]Claude von Riegan, Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, Byleth Eisner[[/note]]

[[Characters/TheSaviorKingTheMasterTacticianAndTheQueenOfLiberation Main Characters]][[note]]Claude von Riegan, Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, Byleth Eisner[[/note]]

[[Characters/TheSaviorKingTheMasterTacticianAndTheQueenOfLiberation Main Characters]][[note]]Claude von Riegan, Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, Byleth Eisner[[/note]]
!Main Characters

[[folder:Claude von Riegan]]

* {{Workaholic}}: If Julius Charon's wry comment as he's dying if anything to go by, Simon lives/lived by the mentality that ''sleep was for the weak.''

* ShellShockedVeteran: Chapter 100 makes it abundantly clear that The War Of Heroes left her with some rather noticeable phycological scars, and The Battle Of Shambahala are just making it worst for her. During her part in the chapter, he constantly switches between actively helping her allies and remembering The War Of Heroes with [[WarIsHell horrified clarity.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: Went from being a helpless kidnapping victim to a competent CombatMedic who has no fear going into the thick of things.

* CallingTheOldManOut: While most interaction between our heroes and their ancestors among The Ten Elite are filled with both SympathyForTheDevil (from our heroes to [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]]) and raw, utter [[SoProudOfYou pride towards their descendants]] from The Ten Elites, the fight between Sylvain and Griffith is completely different. Sylvain spends the whole fight absolutely ''furious and disgusted'' about hellish legacy his ancestor left him to suffer and becomes absolute [[TheBerserker enraged and lost in his emotions]] after listening to Griffith apparent absolute lack of remorse for the legacy he left behind, to the point that he almost becomes consume by his long stirring resentment during their fight until [[AngerBornOfWorry Ingrid steps in and make sure to stop Sylvain from all but killing himself.]]

* ProperlyParanoid: Edelgard is portrayed as paranoid and distrusting when she questions the nature of Claude's sudden and easy friendship with Dimitri. Setting aside the fact that their coallition ''does'' end up ruining all of her plans, Claude works hard to present himself as an untrusting schemer, and Dimitri, while cordial and polite, is a closed individual, even among his fellow Lions. It's only natural that she would suspect these two suddenly having such a strong friendship, given their statuses as heir apparent to the other two countries of Fódlan.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: As noted above, Edelgard's apprehension about Claude's sudden and easy friendship with Dimitri turned out to be spot-on, as they ''do'' end up ruining all of her plans together. However, in the biggest case of {{Irony}}, ''she'' was one who started the war which made said coallition possible. Their friendship and budding romantic relationship had nothing to with her and they were not planning to ally against her before the war started, because in their relationship she was a complete non-issue. Both Dimitri and Claude going against her turned out to be a SelfFulfillingProphecy due to her actions.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Willingly walked to his presumed death during The Tragedy of Duscur in order to save Dimitri (whom he considered his brother) and ensure he escaped alive.

** Second, that Count Galatea would never allow Ingrid to become anything more than, "some rich old man's bedwarmer". Ingrid is under immense pressure by her father to marry someone who will reverse Galatea territory's dire fortunes. It's only when the war breaks out, in which she fights against his wishes, that he begins to relevent.

* NoOntologicalInertia: With his death, the {{Geas}} placed on [[spoiler: the Ten Elites]] to ensure their obedience was broken, and they are allowed to be a ''lot'' more helpful and blatant in allowing the heroes to kill them for real.

* GeneralRipper: Atra reveals that he was the one who carried out [[spoiler:The Tragedy of Duscur]], among other missions. [[spoiler:A captured Edelgard in chapter 80 compares the look in his eyes at his RageBreakingPoint to that of [[AxCrazy Maximus Varley]].]]

* TheSociopath: Chapter 98 goes a long way to show that he’s this beyond all contestation. At first he didn’t even [[ButForMeItWasTuesday remember]] [[ThePurge The Tragedy of Duscur]] because in his eyes Dedue and his people were simply [[FantasticRacism ''that'' unimportant in the scheme of things as far as he was concerned]]. But when he ''does'' remember The Tragedy he spitefully and sadistically tells Dedue that he was completely unrepentant about said disgusting atrocity and in his own words: “I'd do it again without hesitation for my home. I'll kill a thousand more Duscur surfacers if it will bring me to my goal – the world for Agartha!”

!!Nemesis and The Ten Elites/The Einherjar (Spoilers)

* BrokenPedestal: For ''all'' the Ten Elites. As a despairing Renata painfully muses in chapter 87, Ronan was held in ''incredibly'' high [[LikeAGodToMe regard]] by The Ten Elites before his killing of Sothis (with the implication being that, just like with Renata, Ronan saved each of the Ten Elites from similarly dark situations). But both his [[AmbitionIsEvil desire to conquer and rule]] and the moment he killed Sothis and gave all The Elites her blood to drink were the moments that, in Renata's own words, he "dragged all of us down into the eternal flames."

* BerserkButton: Her ADayInTheLimelight episode shows that she has 0 patience for any IDidWhatIHadToDo justification, furiously mussing that the same kind of justification was a dime a dozen among the sociopathic warlords that The Ten Elites took down during thier time and tried to [[NeverMyFault justify thier monstrous actions as something they needed to survive while refusing to accept how monstrous they had become]]. It's the main reason why she among The Ten Elites seems to be the most viscerally hateful towards The Agarthans (and ''all'' The Ten Elites utterly hate the Agarthans.)

* IDieFree: [[AllInTheManual In the comments]] on chapter 100, the author states that part of her SuicideByCop was done because she felt that Nemesis was awakening and she refuses to once again fight for him or be forced to be his slave and considering how [[GoOutWithASmile utterly at peace and pleased she's during her last moments]] it's made clear that as far a she's concerned she died with her freedom intact
* MagicKnight: Uses [[{{Boomstick}} the Arrow of Indra]] to great effect in chapter 77 as both a normal spear and the magical weapon that it is, and she’s just as capable of using [[{{Teleportation}} ReWarp]] as all the other members of The Ten Elite.

* MasterSwordsman: Out of The Ten Elites she's by far the most skilled swordsman in among the group and even when when leaving very obvious opening for our heroes to exploit she still has the air of someone who is barely trying. It's what essentially cottons Felix and Bernadetta that her death is basically Renata invoking SuicideByCop, as they clearly didn't believe she could have been defeated otherwise with her skills.

* FriendlyEnemy: Once he’s able to speak normally in spite of his [[VoodooZombie situation]], he proves himself to be the best example of this among The Ten Elites. Openly cheerful, quite [[MotorMouth talkative]], gregarious, deeply and blatantly impressed with our heroes, [[SoProudOfYou immensely proud of his descendant]] and roguishly irreverent. All in all, he comes off as an AffablyEvil version of Claude, which is something that is pointed out by member of both sides.

* IGotYouCovered: Proving that even his [[VoodooZombie current predicament]] cannot erase the fact that The Ten Elites genuinely used be [[VillainousFriendship quite close]] when they were alive, in chapter 77 he aids Renata several times as a long-ranged sniper in her own fight against the heroes [[ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask while at the same time facing both Claude and Dimitri.]]

* TheArchmage: Without a doubt the strongest magic user among [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]], bar none. Outside of [[CastingAShadow Dark Magic]] (which seems to have been Julius's area of expertise among them) she is able to cast the most powerful variations of [[ElementalPowers Elemental Magic]] in the setting at a rapid pace without any kind of negative repercussion, to the point that it's mentioned that what she's doing should literally be impossible, and being a Combat Medic meant that she also had the most powerful support spells in her arsenal as well. The ''only'' mage capable of matching her in skill is [[spoiler:Macuil]] and it was stated that he spent is very long life studying every branch of magic.

* TheDreaded: Among The Ten Elites, ''she’s'' the one our main heroes are most warry and worried about. Considering she’s capable of casting [[ShockAndAwe Bolting]] and [[DeathFromAbove Meteor]] with impunity, as well as her mastery other incredibly powerful spells its made clear that she’s the most powerful [[TheArchmage magic user among The Elites by a wide margin]] and every one of our heroes treat her as being the number one priority to defeat. It actually speaks volumes of how dangerous she is considered by our heroes that it actually takes ''another'' [[TheArchmage master of magic]] such as [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Macuil]] to actually push her back.

* NobleDemon: Even among [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]], she holds herself to a surprisingly knightly standard and rule of conduct. She's legitimately apologetic of Griffith's boorishness and states that he was always lacking some social graces and is utterly ashamed and pained by her former UndyingLoyalty to Nemesis, but still notes that as her ParentalSubstitute she could not show anything less.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Chapter 103 makes his abundantly clear that a lot of his more {{Jerkass}} moments are actually just hiding a ''lot'' of grief and guilt. He sounds almost sick to his stomach when he realizes that Maurice's cursed blood also affected his descendants and despite what appeared to be an utter LackOfEmpathy about his legacy he does feel a great deal of guilt about how it affected Sylvain. He also points out that Seiros rightfully had no obligation whatsoever to forgive The Ten Elites after what they did and vehemently argues that they all deserved their first deaths.

* CastingAShadow: While among [[TragicMonster The]] [[VoodooZombie Ten]] [[ReluctantMonster Elites]] [[TheArchmage Angel Lamine]] is the magical powerhouse, Julius is no slouch with his mastery over the dark magic spells that he slings in combat. The fact that he's able to easily match [[TeenGenius Lysithea]] blow for blow with his dark magic while at the same time fighting over half a dozen people makes it pretty clear that he's ''the'' most powerful user of this particular branch of magic in the setting.

* ILetYouWin: More openly shown that with Renata Fraldarius, as he not only leaves himself blatantly open for attacks, but Cyril actually notes that Julius actually stabbed himself with Thunderbrand the first moment he could in order to give the heroes a winning chance against him. And even ''then'', until Lysithea deals the killing blow he was still able able to comfortably fight against the heroes.

* OutOfFocus: Out of The Ten Elites, he's the one who gets the least focus by virtue of the fact that he interacts with his descendant the least and the fact that when he fights he's often [[BashBrothers teaming up]] with a fellow elite. Even in Chapter 105, where he dies thanks to the work of his descendant, he gets a much less focused send off than the other members among The Ten Elites.

* BearerOfBadNews: He's the one who tells Edelgard how her mother died during The Tragedy Of Duscur, which is the final nail of her emotional sanity.

* TheCavalry: What his role amounts in the FinalBattle, arriving JustInTime to aid the heroes against Nemesis
* DragonRider: Like all the most powerful Almyrian Generals, he rides his own personal wyvern. Claude's memories about learning how to ride his own wyvern all but states that it was Kirah who taught Claude everything to know about said creatures.
* TheGoodKing: Of Almyra. All of Claude's memories of him paint him as an incredible wise and intelligent king who does his best for the people of Almyra. It's worthy of notice that Claude's intellectual and almost philosophical way of leading is strongly hinted to be him following his own father's example, meaning that Kirah is essentially Claude's role model in how to be TheGoodKing in the first place.

* HappilyMarried: With Tiana. Kirah is the only love of her life and anyone else does not in any way whatsoever register for her. She without hesitation became TheRunaway in order to stay with him and her love for Kirah is going even stronger and more passionate decades later. Kirah in turn absolutely adores his spitfire wife and reveals that it was LoveAtFirstSight for him
* LargeAndInCharge: Mercedes describes him as being massively tall, and considering she's dating [[GentleGiant Dedue]], Kirah must be even more impressively big in size.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Outside thier physical build, Claude is basically a younger Kirah in term of charm, affability and sheer intelligence. Mercedes notes that they even have the same smile.
* OddFriendship: While his wife being [[PlatonicLifePartners very close friends]] with both Lambert and Rodrigue is not a surprise in hindsight, Kirah's easy friendship with Rodrigue and his absolute respect and fondness for Lambert's memory can come off as utterly bizzare in the eyes of Fódlan natives.
* ThePhilosopherKing: Claude's inner mussing paint Kirah as a deeply pensive and analytical man as a king, as well as someone whose sage council and wisdom is deeply respected by almost everyone in his kingdom.
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: One of the very few people capable of fighting [[WorldsStrongestMan Nemesis]] one-on-one on relatively even ground for any amount of time.
* RulingCouple: With his wife, Tiana. Everything implies that he’s the [[TheGoodKing the good]] [[ThePhilosopherKing Philosopher King]] and she's more the [[FrontlineGeneral more]] [[LadyOfWar martial]] of the two. Despite this, it’s made quite clear that he is [[RankScalesWithAsskicking quite the fearsome and powerful warrior whenever he finds the need to show it]] and she has [[TheHighQueen earned the respect of her fellow Almyran by also being an incredibly capable and wise ruler]].

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Though Claude in ''Three Houses'' is generally pleasant and charming, he can be very incensitive (especially when he wants to know something), and tends to irritate others freely. Claude in this fanfiction is more openly and genuinely charming and gets along better with people right from the start. See AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul below.

* AdaptationalSkill: It's revealed early in the story that, inexplicably, Byleth picked up ''singing'' at some point in her career as the merciless Ashen Demon.

* AdaptationalBadass: Zig-zagged. Byleth has more confirmed skills at the start of the story than her ''Three Houses'' counterpart does, such as archery and healing, and her Crest and Relic-based powers are '''much''' stronger. She is, however, considerably worse at controlling both her newfound powers and her emotions, resulting in her frequently endangering herself for her students, burning herself out by abusing her powers, or getting overwhelmed by nausia in the heat of battle, and thus needing to be saved by someone, usually Dimitri and/or Claude.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Zig-zagged. This Byleth is more experienced and worldly than her in-game self (she's been to foreign lands, knows pieces of other languages, and knows something about the politics of other lands, traits Byleth doesn't reveal in ''Three Houses''), but this makes her inexplicable gaps in knowledge of very basic things nearly anyone in Fódlan would know, such as what Relics are, rather jarring.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: An unintentional example brought about by poor research on the part of the writer. Byleth correctly deduces that the adverse weather (fog and rain, rather than just fog as in canon) at Magdred Way is artificially induced by magic (which it is), but the way she goes about deciding this is by arguing that the weather at Magdred Way is too drastically different from the weather around Garreg Mach to be natural. The problem here is that Magdred Way is noted in-universe to be incredibly foggy at certain times of the year, and the Garland Moon, which is when the mission takes place, is Fódlan's Spring rainy season.