History DarthWiki / Blissrune

* MakeMeWannaShout: She has some sound attacks.

%%* CanadaEh

* DropTheHammer: He rarely uses it though. His FinishingMove is even a straight punch.

* TakeThatMe: [[spoiler:He recognizes Cristina's speech under Blissrune influence as not so different than the usual routine...]]
* TotallyRadical: Has such speech patterns.

* TheCynic

* BarrierWarrior

* HotBlooded

* ShieldBash

* AntiHero

* CanadaEh

* GoodIsNotNice
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold

* PlayingWithFire

* CloudCuckooLander

* DumbBlonde
* GenkiGirl
* GirlyRun
* GlacierWaif

* PersonOfMassDestruction

* SpoiledBrat
* SuperStrength

* BladeBelowTheShoulder
* CastingAShadow

* DarkIsEvil

* ItsAllAboutMe

* JackOfAllStats

* {{Ninja}}

* ShotoClone

* BadassNormal
* {{BFS}}

* TheBrute
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower

* KnightTemplar
* MemeticBadass: In-universe.

* SlaveToPR

* TheCynic
* DeadpanSnarker
* FourEyesZeroSoul

* ThePerfectionist

* BlowYouAway

* IaijutsuPractitioner

* {{Ronin}}
* SamuraiCowboy

* MakingASplash

* BladeSpam
* DumbBlonde: Passes off as this.

* FlashStep
* FragileSpeedster

* TheUnfought

* ChildSoldiers
* CreepyChild

* HotBlooded

* KillerRobot

* ActionGirl

* ArtificialHuman
* AxCrazy

* LightIsNotGood
* NietzscheWannabe

* StrawNihilist
* ThirteenIsUnlucky
* TragicMonster
* TranshumanTreachery

* GirlishPigtails

* OurLichesAreDifferent

* SelfMadeOrphan
* SinisterScythe
* SleepyHead

* IaijutsuPractitioner

* RoseHairedSweetie

* CardSharp
* {{Cowboy}}

* CoolShades

* KiManipulation

* NervesOfSteel
* NinjaRun
* TheQuietOne

* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to the rest of his coworkers' Red. (even Yaki)
* TheStoic

* GroundPound

* LonelyDollGirl
* MakingASplash

* ShyBlueHairedGirl
* StalkerWithACrush

* ReiAyanamiExpy

* ShyBlueHairedGirl

* MagicKnight

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver
* ReverseGrip

* AmbiguouslyGay

* DudeLooksLikeALady

* ChivalrousPervert

* LargeHam
* LongHairedPrettyBoy

* ShockAndAwe

* HumanHardDrive
* LaserGuidedAmnesia

* MysteriousWaif
* PerpetualFrowner

* ExposedToTheElements: When fighting.

* SocialDarwinist

* TheStoic
* TrainingFromHell

* BadassCape
* CuteBruiser

* GlassCannon
** SquishyWizard
* LightEmUp

* MagicalGirl
* MotorMouth

* PlayingWithFire

* MysteriousPast

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:She's a Crystal clone. And Mint was cloned from her.]]

* CloningBlues: To a degree. [[spoiler:She's partially like Zee, a Crystal clone.]]

* CloningBlues

* {{Bishonen}}

* {{Bishonen}}: Though perhaps a bit pale and sickly-looking.

* HurtingHero: He's a guy who already lost everything, nearly down to interest in other people. He still doesn't let that hinder his determination to see dreams that are far away from his reach come true.

* [[HurtingHero Hurting Heroine]]: She knows that one day, Blackrune corruption will take over her.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She doesn't walk and her feet never touch the floor.

* DoesNotLikeShoes

* RatedMForManly

%%* PeekABangs

* BladeOnAStick: His main close-combat weapon is an odd lance-sword hybrid.

%%* ContraltoOfDanger

* BigBrotherInstinct / OverprotectiveDad: Mint notes in ''the Kanmuri City Siege'' that he acts a bit of both, as he won't let her fight ever.

* BadassBaritone: Almost exaggerated: his voice is extremely deep, and he's also one of the strongest in the setting, seeing as Merilith is legitimately afraid of him.

* [[spoiler:[[HasTwoMommies Has Two Genetical Mommies]]: Her genes are a mix of the original Nami's and Cristina's.]]

* BareYourMidriff

%%* BareYourMidriff

* ChristmasCake: She's 38 and single. She hates this trait of hers because by her age, Merilith already had her, and this only adds to her inferiority complex.

* SuperOCD: He constantly switches between different tics to forget about his situation.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Got where he was because he handed a CurbStompBattle at the last Japanese fortress.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Formed the Saints by herself, taking down several assassins sent on her way.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Killed his predecessor with a [[BadassDriver guided drone kamikaze attack]].

* AnAxeToGrind: One with a long handle.

* AnAxeToGrind: Unlike Ken's, his axe has a short handle though.

* CarryABigStick: His WeaponOfChoice is a long-hilted club.

* HairTriggerTemper: He really doesn't like hotheads who can't take advice.

--> A R System operative, infiltrated in Seki City's hierarchy. She's sent by R' to spy on rebels, but fails horribly at being unnoticed. She's also a mole in the Halo, having worked as Zack's secretary for a long time.

* ConsolationBackfire: [[spoiler:In ''the R'', she tries to consolate Zack, now serving under her, saying that while Seki City is no longer under his rule, they can still work together to make it greater. By the end of the game, the city is in ruins.]]

* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: The end result of ThePowerOfFriendship and ThePowerOfLove. Her desire to do something for Zack (even a MercyKill) and her love for Hiyoru drove her away from the R System (who wants nothing to do with both) right to Ken's group (who have the only thing she still cares for).]]

* {{Yandere}}

--> Norou's daughter, who also doubles as his private underling. She doesn't quite rival the Crystals, but far surpasses the average human ability. [[spoiler:She's also his attempt to replicate Project Crystal after being deprived from materials. While she lacks the material infusion and the ability to do so, she sports all the other traits of the Crystals.]]

* TheBerserker: She's always sent to charge at things first hand, ready to die. [[spoiler:Johnny saves her from a would-be SuicideAttack.]]

'''Reiei:''' You're unarmed?\\

* ExtremeDoormat: Starts out as this. [[spoiler:This is exploited by Reiei, [[TheMole mole] that he is, into actually betraying the Fright Branch when pointing the duplicity of Norou and his various ventures. This does wear out after such a LogicBomb, even when Johnny rescues her.]]

--> A God Clans adoptee who eventually grew to oppose their politics. He is very discontent with his assassination of the Japanese leader being thrown into Gouta's list of awesome feats and himself being almost erased from history. He was sent to Seki City to serve under Zack.

* TheAce: He has been such, but promptly was kicked back.

Though, in their attempt to create their [[McGuffin Grail]], the "Gate Halo", a religious organization, organized a secret in Europe: they channeled holy magic's very essence into a vessel, a simple stone which became the [[TitleDrop Blissrune]]. With its creation, they discovered that [[EvilIsNotAToy it was not exploitable]]: very soon, it started [[TheCorruption modifying the land around and channeling its power into everything around it]]. The Gate Halo lost an invaluable part of its staff this day. Two [[EvilCounterpart similar incidents]] were reported in completely opposite locations (America and Japan to contrast the Blissrune's creation in Western Europe), with much more evil-looking powers infesting the land instead, which were referred to as the Bloodrune and Blackrune. Due to the power of the runes, mankind lost its hold on Earth progressively when several attempts to hold back the corruptions only resulted in their power dwindling.\\
After these failures, the "Gate Halo" was overtaken by a part of it and renamed to "New Gate Halo", with the new aim to govern humanity's new settlements. Their rule quickly became tyrannical though, and they attempted to monopolize all the existent {{Magitek}} weapons for their personnel's use. The country of Japan rebelled against the New Gate Halo's behavior, but at the end of the year, the country surrendered, forced by their country's total Blackrune corruption to ask their enemies for help. The New Gate Halo answered negatively, letting Japan progressively hang themselves and fell in one swoop, resulting in an attempted genocide.\\

* AntiHumanAlliance: To a degree, the [[MonstersAnonymous Guild of the Night]], who intend to do right to the many victims of FantasticRacism. (Though it does accept some humans, those shunned for using BlackMagic.)\\
This aspect of the Guild comes more to the picture with Merilith, since she is the leader of the group [[spoiler:and it was formerly the New Gate Halo Night Branch, all fired in one shot by Soujirou after his induction as the Halo's Guru]]; count her history as the MonsterLord during the Monster Wars and it's clear that the Guild bears some resentment towards humanity.

** InsistentTerminology: Soujirou refers to himself as "Grandmaster" and insists everyone should refer to him as such, but remains opposed by the Halo aristocracy who thinks the Halo should keep knowledge of its roots and thinks Soujirou has much more stuff to worry about.
* BloodyBowelsOfHell: Bloodrune-infested zones. And as seen when the plot goes to Tate City, the entire North American continent is one such area.
* CardCarryingVillain: The New Gate Halo's Fright Branch has it in the name. It helps that it's also directed by [[MadScientist Norou]], no less an offender of the trope.

* EvilVersusOblivion: A MeleeATrois version, adding the Crystals N and M to the mix. Crystal-M being the Oblivion to the Halo's Evil (The Halo wants to rule mankind, Crystal-M wants to LeaveNoSurvivors.), but the Evil to Crystal-N's Oblivion (Crystal-M only wants to kill humans. Crystal-N's aim is to destroy the entire planet.).
* FantasyKitchenSink: There are all sorts of fantastic species, all of which being as sentient as humans. In fact, around half the cast is made of non-humans, and [[HalfHumanHybrid half-breeds]] are present.

* [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke Magic Genetic Engineering Is The New Nuke]]: The Crystals. Though genetic engineering is far from their only difference with humanity.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The creation of the Blissrune. They wanted the embodiment of holiness, they got it, but HolyIsNotSafe and it has two EvilCounterpart elements that are just as unforgiving.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Sealing the Blissrune via Crystal-A. Crystal-A instantly shut down and went comatose, and two years later, for ''the Rune Wars'', she awakens as the vessel of the very thing she was made to fight.

* MadeOfEvil: The Bloodrune and the Blackrune. Literally. When the holy magic was concentrated into the Blissrune, natural balance condensed the bad and the evil into two other stones.

* NaturalWeapon: The Crystals have automatic WolverineClaws, BreathWeapon, {{Flight}}, and are able to cast magic unlike average humans.

** The R System in general is a Anime/FairyTail shout-out in general.

* TitleDrop: The Blissrune is one ArtifactOfDoom out of the three that are infesting the world.

*** ''Crystal's Hatching'' refers to an even that occurs during the game: the reawakening of Crystal-M

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Mythical Arcane. It can finish off an enemy below 50% health and are very usable even in comparison to supers, aside from its cost of 3 mana meters, and you can only use it in the round that wins you the match. A bit subverted in that it's easier to use in a way depending on your rune pick, making it awesome yet still practical.

* DoubleJump: And no-one is forbidden from using it, not even the MightyGlacier characters.

* FinishingMove: The Mythical Arcane can only be used on opponents below half health (except if you're using the offense rune, which allows to use it on a full-health enemy) and instantly kills them on hit.
* FixedDamageAttack: The Mythical Arcane, again, always deals 1000 flat damage (unaffected by combo scaling or enemy defense boosts), which makes it a OneHitKill since 1000 is a full lifebar's worth of damage.

** ''The Kanmuri City Siege'' starts with Gouta. It's enough that he naturally has the biggest range in the game (barring the rare true projectiles) on his sword attacks, and deals big damage with it or his grabs. But he also has an extra, the first time you KO him each round, he doesn't stay dead, instead having a second wind and near-instantly recovering '''(even mid-combo)''' with 30% of his life. Though, Gouta retains his weakness: he has only a few slow reversals to snap out of pressure.\\
He is of course topped by Norou, the FinalBoss. Norou is great at enforcing dangerous situations for his opponent and is almost constantly safe. Plus he gains extra health whenever he damages you from hits, though this extra health decays over time. If you manage to not crumple under the pressure however, he has no way to escape at all.\\
The expansion ''Crystal's Hatching'' features TrueFinalBoss Crystal-M, who tops Norou. In her normal form, she's already as fast as Mint and as safe as Norou, but she doesn't deal much damage and has short range, giving you chances to get in and knock her down to get her into her sore spot. However, this boss version of her deals increased damage based on her mana, and with 3 mana bars she deals nearly double damage. Count that she also gains mana quicker the less mana she has, and she very often ends up dealing far more damage than her playable counterpart, especially if she gets to spam Pursuit combos to abuse the [[UnstableEquilibrium Mana Vacuum]]. When you get her at 30% life for the first time each round, she instantly generates health based on her mana.

--> A Halo-affiliated intelligence worker in the Fright Branch, he is in fact a mole working for the Guild of the Night, formed by the vampires and werewolves victims of FantasticRacism by the Halo. He is the son of a werewolf and a Gate Halo priestess, but his StarCrossedLovers parents chose their affiliation over love. He was raised by his mother, and so he tried to get revenge for his actions, but after being defeated by Merilith herself he renounced the meaninglessness of it as it wouldn't bring his life back.

* AgentPeacock: He takes very much attention about himself, wears a tiara and likes primarily feminine clothing.

* MadeOfIron: [[spoiler:He survives Zero's NLC explosion from 5 meters away. Semi-subverted as the bomb mostly affects stone and does nearly no damage to organic material, but a normal would've died under the rubble. Johnny's reaction?]]

* MonumentOfHumiliationAndDefeat: [[spoiler:He bears a trinket holding the last Celestone that the Halo didn't take upon building Kanmuri City.]]

* ArrogantKungFuGuy

* LightningBruiser: Can have extreme bursts of speed equaling Mint's while still being normal (and also much bigger than her), and he hits hard.

* PassiveAggressiveKombat: [[spoiler:With the R System. Ken's objective regarding them is to expose R's lies to his own forces. The pillaging done by him and Mint in ''Pegasus's Descent'' was motivated by her need to upgrade herself for incoming fights against the Halo and Crystal-M.]]

* HumiliationConga: His entire story, much like Zack and Yuzuki's. From his favored position, he goes to have nothing left but visions that drive him crazy.
* IaijutsuPractitioner: He even rubs it in the face of anyone Japanese (and Akihiko).

** JerkassHasAPoint: But [[CassandraTruth nobody listens to him about Akihiko]].
* JusticeWillPrevail: Keeps saying this, though his idea of justice is very Halo-centered.

* TautologicalTemplar: He considers the Halo to be right, and gives himself the right to kill any trespassers — even though, in ''The Kanmuri City Siege'', he fights in front of the Halo's building, not inside any restricted area.

* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:In ''Harbinger's Awakening'', he is this even in comparison to the other two Rune Holders. Because while it's unknown that Zack took hold of the Bloodrune and Crystal-A is still asleep, this bastard is a threat at all times and is waiting for the first moment of weakness of anybody to strike as he proved with Miree. The menace of corruption effectively invalidates a good half of the cast.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: He started in the Japanese faction before betraying them for the Halo.
** HazyFeelTurn: Then he turns on the Halo for the Guild of the Night [[spoiler:but his true "allegiance" was to the Fright Branch and he was a mole in the Guild]]. Despite the ambiguousness of some of his affiliations, he remains a permanent heel.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: In ''The Kanmuri City Siege'', he is treated as a cowardly underling of Gouta, meaning he is no less than a conniving SmugSnake. He progressively gains power with the sequels [[spoiler:and is one of the most feared figures in ''the Rune Wars'']].

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:His thirst for power has him be this, first getting political power by joining the Halo, then using it to train even more and finally betrays them for the Fright Branch and the Guild of the Night to then get an idea of the Blackrune's whereabouts. And when he knows it, he suckerpunches Miree and Merilith, in theory both his superiors, by injuring and corrupting a defeated Miree to use as his servant right under Merilith's nose. Despite being corrupted as a side-effect of his victory, he becomes a big player in the finale, facing off against the other rune holders, Zack and Crystal-A.]]

* BloodKnight: He likes having a good opponent.

* HeroicBuild: But he's actually a villain.

* MilesGloriosus: Passes off as this given that he did only a minor part in the Halo's victory in Japan since Loke, Akihiko and Crystal-M each did at least as much damage as him to the Japanese faction. This leads to much UnderestimatingBadassery and asskicking not in the suspected direction.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Gouta's reputation is exaggerated, but he '''is''' very strong, whereas most people expect him to be a joke. [[spoiler:While canon-wise he does get run over, he defeats a bunch of opponents and it takes Zee to beat him after he had forced Mint and Ken to escape.]]

--> Leader of the Halo's Fright Branch. He's an expert in weaponry, alchemy, and [[TortureTechnician torture]]. He is called to defend Kanmuri City due to the Halo's vigilance.

* CrazyPrepared: He knew when Miree would use Reiei to strike him in the back, which is why he awaited for Merilith to be exposed too. Knowing Miree would go after her instead of taking over the Fright Branch like she intended to, he used her loss to remain in control and expose Reiei.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: He had the Light Branch removed by imperial order, because he paid them. [[spoiler:Helps that he is an ally of Soujirou, who had no qualms about taking the bribe.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His on-and-off relationship with Merilith created Miree's issues, some more for himself and Merilith, which caused the Monster Wars, which caused the Gate Halo to create the Blissrune. In short, Norou's indirectly responsible for the borderline-extinction of humanity.

* WildCard: Norou has many acquaintances, but he doesn't even side with the Halo, and is always out for personal interest.

--> A warrior from the Japanese War, he defected after he was sued for failure to protect his superior from the Blackrune corruption during a battle with the Halo. He fled to Kanmuri City and laid low to escape the eyes of the enemy.

* BeneathTheMask: He acts like he's unoffended by his having been dumped by Japan for high treason, but he actually is infuriated at the system and not having his chance at fighting for his country.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He isn't technically human, so he has turquoise-blue skin.

* BystanderSyndrome: In ''Crystal's Hatching'', he does nothing but observe.

* AIIsACrapshoot
* AllCrimesAreEqual: Will turn people in or beat them to dust for using cuss words. Only applies early on.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: It has flashlights for eyes.

* {{Foil}}: To Herz. Despite her being born in the God Clans and him not, she is within the Halo's old aristocratic council while he's a prospect of Soujirou, meaning that they represent the side of the Halo the other was born in. Both have nothing but contempt for each other.

* DoesNotLikeShoes

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Against humanity for using her as a tool and attempting to kill her.

* [[WeCanRuleTogether We Can Kill Everyone Together]]: [[spoiler:After identifying Mint, she proposes this. Mint ends up refusing.]]

* DefectorFromDecadence: Born Japanese, she was forced into serving the New Gate Halo in the War, and she was offed by the Fright Branch after her breakdown following her [[WhereIWasBornAndRazed setting her home on fire]]. When she resurrected due to her scythe, she defected and used a fake name.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mass-murdering is completely okay to her, as long as the Halo pays for its treatment of people as HumanResources.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Maju learns it when Sakura has it so badly in her that she enjoys every ounce of regret and every tear Maju lets out like a bonafide {{sadist}}.
* BreakTheCutie: She didn't take Maju's mass-murder attempt very well — in fact, she was paralyzed from fear and watched Maju kill 6 or 7 other girls before blind rage took over and she faced her.

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: He learned magic from eavesdropping on his masters' teachings back when he was a Gate Halo slave.

* KnightInSourArmor: And sometimes going to UnscrupulousHero on the scale of {{Antihero}}es

* UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot: His odd buggy UncannyValley mannerisms are a far cry from his original mission as an enforcer.

* DifficultySpike: Just after your rival fight come the {{SNK Boss}}es.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: LongList.

* ObviouslyEvil: The Blackrune.

* {{Transhuman}}: A lot of them.
* WorldWreckingWave: The three runes, when they came into being. Also, they could still be seen as doing a triple, extremely slow one.

* VideogameDashing

* BerserkButton: The New Gate Halo in general. Especially Gouta and Loke.
* BloodKnight
* BreakTheCutie: The Japan War has been this to her.
* ContraltoOfDanger

* HotBlooded
* IaijutsuPractitioner

* KiManipulation
* TheLadette
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: In comparison to her rival Reiei.

* PlayingWithFire

* {{Samurai}}: Was educated like one.

* WouldntHurtAChild
* YouMonster: Her insult to the whole New Gate Halo.

* BadassBookworm

* CreepyGood

* DarkIsNotEvil

* NiceGuy: Acts the part, but it's a mask.
* PeekABangs

* TheStoic

* {{Cyborg}}

* DeadpanSnarker

* NiceGuy

* SpockSpeak: Sometimes.

* MrViceGuy

* GreenLanternRing: [[spoiler:While the Crystals are able to create their choice mineral in infinity, Zee is the only one who thinks of creating weapons and her underarmor with it.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: The reason for his poor shape is that he's actually fighting off misinfusion poisoning.

* TheSmartGuy / TheEvilGenius: Depending on your view of Noctus.