History VideoGame / Brigandine

* BellyDancer: One of the new class trees in Runersia is the Dancer class, promoting into Rogue then Assassin, but in practice, they also wear the trope's default outfit and have damaging dances that can cause various status effects. Guimoule and Shinobi had plenty of them.

* TheTheocracy: The Mana Saleesia Theocracy, calling themselves the "true followers" of the Rune God, with many of it's followers being genuine {{Good Shepherd}}s, KnightTemplar fanatics or [[PunchClockVillain PunchClockVillains]].
* UncertainDoom: The fate of Talia and Tim Gustav if their respective nations are defeated is left ambiguous.

** Rubino and Talia are stubborn in believing that their path leads to justice/freedom respectively while Eliza believes that she and her country are choosen to end the war. This is despite Guimoule helping out in defending Norzaleo from Gustava as well as destroying the Hazamu nation, therefore granting the Shinobi tribe freedom.

* SacrificialLamb: Playing as Shinobi or Mana Saleesia will introduce you to some characters who are only appearing early in the story before the actual gameplay begins and flashbacks. The moment the story kicks in, they die. They're still playable but must be unlocked in the Challenge Mode, which is mostly considered non-canon:
** Shinobi's example is Rei, Medessa's daughter and Talia's CoolBigSis figure, who blew herself up during a botched mission in Mana Saleesia because some men grabbed her, she's about to be captured, and [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled the Shinobi laws decreed that she should choose death.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: The leaders of the three good nations (Norzaleo Kingdom, Republic of Guimoule and the Shinobi Tribe) are unable to settle their differences and ally with each other due ultimately being kind and idealistic but very stubborn people leading opposing armies. In particular:
** Rubino and Talia in particular are stubborn in believing that their path leads to justice/freedom respectively while Eliza believes that she and her country are choosen to end the war. This is despite Guimoule helping out in defending Norzaleo from Gustava as well as destroying the Hazamu nation, therefore granting the Shinobi tribe freedom.

* HotterAndSexier: With different art styles, Runersia has no shortages of {{Stripperiffic}} ladies when compared to Forsena (which has little to no skimpy ladies) and it's not just limited to the Shinobi Tribe either; though they make up half of the female population, not the majority.
* IJustWantToBeFree: The Shinobi Tribe desires to be free of being used as mercenaries by the other nations and from the impeding chaos of the war that threatens to take away even more of their freedom. Just like with Norzaleo's obesession of justice however, the other countries question why the Tribe needs to conquer the other nations to achieve their freedom.

** When playing as Mana Saleesia and many players tend to hold the same sentiments towards Rudo afterwards. [[spoiler:Rudo ordered a massacre of the Mohanna Sect knights and his followers do it without question in a fanatic frenzy. And when one of his loyal, but kindly follower Selena ''dared'' to faint at the wanton cruelty, Rudo ordered her imprisonment. This, along the slaughter, caused several Mana Saleesia Knights like Frederico and Cyrus to ''leave'' out of disgust.]]

* MsFanservice: The Shinobi Tribe in their entirety, being full of beautiful [[NubileSavage NubileSavages]] in scantly-clad attire.
* MysticalPregnancy: The Shinobi Tribe have a rule in which women that reached the age of 18 are required to bathe in magical spring in order reproduce and bear children.

* DysfunctionJunction: The Holy Gustava Empire has tons of unwanted exiles here and there, so their cast does include crazed fanatics, someone who looks like a playwright, but likes to punch people in the face, a lady who's TooKinkyToTorture and likes giving out orgasms (and she's the token healer!), and the Emperor's sister who has a brocon and is DressedLikeADominatrix, whip and all...

* TheTheocracy: The Mana Saleesia Theocracy, calling themselves the "true followers" of the Rune God, with many of it's followers being genuine {{Good Shepherd}}s, KnightTemplar fanatics or [[PunchClockVillain PunchClockVillains]].

** The Republic of Guimoule and the Mana Saleesia Theocracy have also hated each other due to a schism that caused by the actions of it's founders. [[spoiler:Mohanna Carradine, disciple of General Zai and eventually founder of the Mohanna Sect stole the Mana Stones of the Zai Sect and spread them throughout Runersia believing that the blessings shouldn't be monopolized. General Zai did not react to this betrayal due to wanting to prevent an armed conflict but his followers did not share his opinion, triggering the Thirty Year Mana Stone War.]]
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Mana. It enables certain individuals with great strength in power and magic and enables them to summon and control monsters.
* BadassNormal: The Holy Gustava Empire is the only nation without the Brigandine armor and they live in a land devoid of resources and mana yet they can stand strong against each of the each five nations.
* BellyDancer: One of the new class trees in Runersia is the Dancer class, promoting into Rogue then Assassin, but in practice, they also wear the trope's default outfit and has damaging dances that can cause various status effects. Guimoule and Shinobi had plenty of them.

* CompositeCharacter: Grappler type classes are a combination of Forsena's Grappler and Monk: Monks as the first tier are basically treated like Rangers instead of being a 2nd tier possible branch from Priests, and their attacks cause KnockBack. As Grapplers, they gain a white element just like Monks (Forsena Grapplers were colorless). And like Forsena Grapplers/Champions, they cannot cast magic at all and became more pure close-range brawler, losing the [[KamehameHadoken Prana Burst.]] (Though in exchange, they get a no-KnockBack LifeDrain-based [[{{Shoryuken}} uppercut attack]].)
* TheCorruption: Mana on Runersia is speculated by a few characters to increase the people's aggressivity, locking the continent into an endless war. This is the main reason why [[spoiler:Aurora]] wishes for the player to [[spoiler:eliminate the Rune God, although in some scenarios where you side with the Rune God, such as Guimoule, it may be interpreted as a SecretTestOfCharacter: Mana may be corruptive, but strong-willed humans can suppress its corruption and use it for good, ending wars and shaping their own destiny. He left the realm in peace afterwards.]]

* ArmyofThievesAndWhores: The United Islands of Mirelva, an alliance between the pirate leaders of the seven small islands of Mirelva. The Holy Gustava Empire also apply due to them accepting exiles and individuals unwanted by the their respective countries as long as they are loyal to the regime.

* TheTheocracy: The Mana Saleesia Theocracy, calling themselves the "true followers" of the Rune God, with many of it's followers being genuine [[GoodSheperd GoodShepherds]], KnightTemplar fanatics or [[PunchClockVillain PunchClockVillains]].

** In a sense, if you're using Norgard, Langueborg would count as he's from Norgard but joins Leonia because he doesn't like Vaynard. Unlike Luintail, he doesn't come back. Luckily for Vaynard, he's usually considered a moron for him to bother.

* ObviousBeta: The original game is missing a lot of plot points, Bulnoil is TheUnfought, and when you beat all opposition, the story ends with how the land prospered in peace, even if you play as [[TheEmpire Esgares.]] Grand Edition feels like the game Brigandine should have been, but NoExportForYou unfortunately.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: It varies based on which country you play as... In "Brigandine: Grand Edition," it depends on which country you play as in Story Mode, but the extended endings suggest New Almekia (Idealism) to be the eventual victor. In Multiplayer Mode, however, it primarily leans toward Cynicism, as evidenced by how, in the second scenario, both New Almekia (Idealism) and Leonia (Idealism) start out defeated by Esgares (Cynicism) and Norgard (Cynicism), respectively. This leaves Caerleon as the only remaining country of good guys. However, Idealism stood a better chance because in a further latter scenario, Caerleon still stands while Norgard defeated Esgares.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Langueborg; he gives an entire speech about seeking vengeance upon his first defeat, but is no more powerful than expected for the rematch.

* StoryBranchFavoritism: New Almekia, especially in ''Grand Edition''. Aside of being the one that was directly affected by Zemeckis' rebellion, it also has the exclusive scenario linked with the true BigBad (Bulnoil), linked with Cador and Halley. And it's the only one that has an extended ending when compared to its ''Legend of Forsena'' edition. (Other kingdoms play out their default ending after defeating Bulnoil) And generally, getting the most out of it required extra planning[[note]]For those extra scenarios, Halley needs to encounter Cador at least once, but she only joins if you have a certain number of castles and haven't reduced Esgares into two castles (Cador would've left Esgares if that happened). So good luck increasing the number of your castles while keeping Esgares alive, and making sure that Caerleon didn't stream roll Forsena while you're being careful in boxing Esgares.[[/note]].

* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Caerleon's Wild Knights (Eloute-Gush-Lecarra) and the Rand family team (Miguel-Castor-Liguel)

* AllTheOtherReindeer: The Holy Gustava Empire are treated very poorly by the other countries due bring descendants of exiled rune knights, to their lack of Brigandine and their location in the impoverished northern lands.

* RedBaron: "Mad Monarch" Dryst, "White Wolf" Vaynard, "Silent Wise King" Cai, "Knight Master" Dinadin, "Goddess of the Night" Brangein, "Silver Knight" Guinglain, "Killer Doll" Iria, "Shooting Star" Halley, and "Death Knight" Cador
* RedOniBlueOni: the friendship between Palomides (Red Oni) and Yvain (Blue Oni)

* SinisterScythe: Dryst is a sinister man that uses a scythe as his weapon.

* {{Ninja}}: Shiraha and Kazan
* NotBloodSiblings: [[spoiler:Cai and Merriot]]

** The Rand siblings Miguel, Castor and Liguel. Serving kingdoms are mere jobs for them because they're told to uphold their family names by serving different kingdoms, and they can be convinced the country that has their sibling in it, depending on the combination[[note]]Castor will join Liguel's country if encountered; Liguel will join Miguel's country if encountered; while Miguel... will end up joining a country that has both Castor and Liguel together if all three are in the same battle[[/note]], it could either spell a HeelFaceTurn or FaceHeelTurn to your kingdom. Their mid-low levels means that the AI will be less than likely to deploy them to see this at play.

* SealedEvilInACan: The Snake of Chaos {{Ouroboros}}
* SiblingYinYang: The Belferes twins Mira and Millet
* SinisterScythe: Dryst

* SmallNameBigEgo: Langueborg

** And despite Leonia being a very peaceful, pacifistic country, there is no option for allying with New Almekia and Caerleon in story-wise (even if both countries are good). Leonia must crush all countries in order to win.

* GratuitousNinja: Forsena's setting is that similar of medieval Europe... which suddenly has ''two'' ninjas in form of Shiraha and Kazan. And in a lesser manner, Japanese-style {{Samurai}}[=/=]Shogun are also abundant in this medieval Europe setting.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Discussed during the confrontation between Vaynard and Dryst. The latter said that the two and Zemeckis are the only 'honest' people in Forsena, [[AtLeastIAdmitIt they make it clear that they will conquer Forsena]], as opposed to the others that claimed that they don't want to conquer, but invaded other nations anyway. [[VillainHasAPoint Kind of hard to argue against Dryst in that department]], Vaynard can only debate about their true purpose of conquering, his is less selfish.
* JackOfAllStats: Norgard as a kingdom. None of its roster, monsters and Vaynard included, reached level 20 at the beginning of the game, thus there is no CrutchCharacter at all. However, they are very well-spread in class types and each knights are very competent in their jobs (even the lower-leveled ones like Noie and Elaine have cases of MagikarpPower)
* KamehameHadoken: The Monk's Prana Burst where they put their palms open together and push forward, unleashing a long range Fireball, akin to [[Franchise/StreetFighter the latter trope namer.]]
* KillerRabbit: Fairies (evolved form of Pixies) are primarily support units whom you'll most often use for their React.[[note]]grants an extra turn to an ally[[/note]] They're small, cute, and squishy, and it's not unheard to kill them in one hit from a high-end unit such as Dragon. Yeah, well, good luck hitting the cute little fairy with their ungodly evasion, and if they counter, there's a good chance it will [[OhCrap apply Charm on your big badass dragon.]]
* TheLancer: Most countries have their main 'NumberTwo' play this role, including Gereint from New Almekia, Dinadan from Caerleon, Guinglain from Norgard, Kiloph from Leonia and Iria from Iscalio. Esgares' used to be Cador, but [[spoiler:after his betrayal, Esmeree takes his place.]]
* LateCharacterSyndrome: A lot of characters can be obtained via quest and quite late to the game at that. By the time you get them, unless you performed badly, you probably already have a set of core parties that they end up being sent to quests mostly.
* LetsGetDangerous: Dryst upon promotion to Super Tyrant
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: Dryst's answer to Ulster's objection in the ending of Iscalio, also doubling as a DareToBeBadass. [[spoiler:If he objects so much of re-engulfing Forsena into war, all Ulster had to do is to make his new Padstow the most badass nation of new Forsena, beat Dryst and the rest and then apply his new more peaceful rule.]]

* ManBehindTheMan: Bulnoil. [[spoiler:During the Battle of Lidney, he immobilized King Doremiditt of Norgard during his duel with Zemeckis, ensuring the later's rise to power. He then manipulated the Almekian ministers to convince King Henguist of Almekia to falsely frame Zemeckis of treason. Then he ordered the Death Knight Cador to plan the seeds of the coup and to convince Zemeckis to rebel against Alemekia, sparking the rebellion and the continent wide war as a result.]]
* MoralityPet: Vaynard's sister, Esemeree, serves as this for Zemeckis

** Noie is inflicted with a fatal illness, but she won't die until you finished the game as Norgard (or being in the 3rd scenario for Multiplayer, where she's be nonexistant from get-go). Also if you defeat Norgard, she will also vanish, implying that she died.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Ninja Master class. How cool is it to control a super ninja in the middle of European Medieval setting?? However, to get that class, you must first recruit Shiraha or Kazan, both which are only available after the fall of Esgares, and you still need someone with an Expert status on Ranger (which can be hard to maintain until you defeat Esgares) to promote into a ninja and then level them up to Level 20 to become Ninja Master, and their stats are nothing special to write about and their selection of spells pale with other supports or offensive spellcasters. All in all, Ninja Masters tend to be more trouble than its worth. Of course, there is a way to use the class more practically, and that's by playing as Esgares, which already had Shiraha from the start, but getting another of your knights to become ninja like Shiraha and Kazan, even as Esgares, are still kind of impractical.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Cador and (exclusively in Grand Edition) two Esgares minor characters Eniede and [=MelTorefas=] eventually get killed and then Bulnoil resurrects them as Death Knight-like characters.]]

* CaptainErsatz: Looking back at Brangien now, one can't help but be reminded of [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Princess Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Landvaldear]], a fellow Archer Princess who can get haughty, is blonde, and is voiced by Creator/MichikoNeya. Brangien came first though.
* CardCarryingVillain: Bulnoil in ''Legend of Forsena''.

* ForTheEvulz: In Legend of Forsena ,Bulnoil really has no discernible reason to summon Ouroboros other than [[CardCarryingVillain HE'S EVIL]]. Grand Edition characterizes him as a StrawNihilist, believing that destroying the world using Ouroboros will put an end to the never-ending cycle of conflict and suffering that mankind has caused.

* RiskingTheKing: The ruler of a country usually is the strongest knight. Which makes sense to use them a lot in battlefield. But if they go down in battle ... it means full retreat for the rest of the party.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: All country's leaders.
* SquishyWizard: Caster type characters tend to be squishy; Priests are notably less squishy than Mages. You ''can'' avert this by multiclassing your character, but it's not recommended due to [[MasterOfNone their stat growth going out of whack.]] Notably, Caerleon is the [[PlanetOfHats Squishy Wizard kingdom]], they have a disproportionate number of caster knights and their king is TheArchmage. Perfect for those who like playing a mage army.

** In Forsena: While New Almekia, Caerleon and Leonia are squarely good with no signs of bad guys, the designated bad guys are filled with people with varying cases of morality. Vaynard overall is a ruler who wants peace, but is very aggressive to achieve it, making him an AntiVillain. And the Knights of Norgard can range from chivalrous men like Guinglain or downright nice ladies like Noie. Dryst is a selfish hedonist along with a lot of his men, but aside of Ulster that actually gave a damn on Iscalio's welfare, some of his knights like Lucia are actually decent, if troubled, person. And then there's Esgares, which runs gamut from a megalomaniac like Paradoll manipulating the Priest Corps, bloodthirsty generals like Esclados to actually nice and personable twins Mira and Millet who are just feared due to superstitions about twins bringing bad luck, not saying something to Zemeckis who's capable of acts of decency despite overthrowing Almekia. And then there's Bulnoil who's just plain evil, period.

* LadyOfWar: Most Lancers, Notably Halley and Iria in Legend of Forsena and Eliza Uzala in Legend of Runersia. The former are mostly lance-wielding elegant lady soldiers, while Eliza differs by sporting a RoyalRapier.

* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: New Almekia and Caerleon are allied in the beginning, but there's one good kingdom left: Leonia. There is no alliance option, to win the game, Leonia must be crushed. The same goes for Leonia against New Alemkia and Caerleon.

* TheEmpire: In Legend of Forsena. After his rebellion, Zemeckis renamed the Almekia Kingdom as Esgares. Just to put more emphasis that he's there to conquer, he changed the term from Kingdom to Empire too. They also have the largest number of castle when compared to the other nations.
** In Legend of the Runersia. The Holy Gustava Empire acts as such, even having a history of almost successfully expanding their territory before being beaten back by the other nations. However, unlike most classical empires, they rule a land that has few resources and mana and they have a sparse number of castles in comparison to the other countries ([[TheTheocracy Mana Saleesia]], [[TheRepublic Guimoule]] and even an alliance of pirates have a large number of cities when compared to them).

* ArtificialStupidity:The AI has a tendency to send their important monster units or their rune knights into the front-lines without any regard for their safety. This leads to situations such a SquishyWizard moving next to an enemy's powerful melee monsters just to finish off a dying unit. Legend of Runersia manages to improve the intelligence of the AI altough not but much.

* CripplingOverspecialization: The Mermen monsters gain bonuses in water tiles in hitrate,evasion, movement and health regeneration. Otherwise, they perform terribly on land which is most of the battle maps in-game. This is averted with the their Runersian successors, the Mermaids, in they have support spells and are able to float in non-water areas.

* DeathOrGloryAttack: Starting in Brigandine:Grand Edition, many dedicated melee Rune Knights have an ability to make a powerful but highly inaccurate attack that deals massive damage if it hits and it can't be used post-movement. Players can mitigate this by having other characters surround and isolate the target (to the point that they could only move one space), in which the attack receives an accuracy boost. In ''Legend of Runersia'', some higher tier monsters also gain one.

** In Forsena:While New Almekia, Caerleon and Leonia are squarely good with no signs of bad guys, the designated bad guys are filled with people with varying cases of morality. Vaynard overall is a ruler who wants peace, but is very aggressive to achieve it, making him an AntiVillain. And the Knights of Norgard can range from chivalrous men like Guinglain or downright nice ladies like Noie. Dryst is a selfish hedonist along with a lot of his men, but aside of Ulster that actually gave a damn on Iscalio's welfare, some of his knights like Lucia are actually decent, if troubled, person. And then there's Esgares, which runs gamut from a megalomaniac like Paradoll manipulating the Priest Corps, bloodthirsty generals like Esclados to actually nice and personable twins Mira and Millet who are just feared due to superstitions about twins bringing bad luck, not saying something to Zemeckis who's capable of acts of decency despite overthrowing Almekia. And then there's Bulnoil who's just plain evil, period.

* SquishyWizard: Caster type characters tend to be squishy; Priests are notably less squishy than Mages. You ''can'' avert this by multiclassing your character, but it's not recommended due to [[MasterOfNone their stat growth going out of whack.]]
** Notably, Caerleon is the [[PlanetOfHats Squishy Wizard kingdom]], they have a disproportionate number of caster knights and their king is TheArchmage. Perfect for those who like playing a mage army.

* CardCarryingVillain: Bulnoil in Legend of Forsena

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Iria. She was originally named Celena and worked as a barmaid. Bulnoil bought her from her father for a silver coin and she became an experiment of immortality. Unfortunately, the experiment was a failure and she did not become immortal; however, she became more powerful at the expense of losing her memories, feelings, and emotions. Bulnoil discarded her once he knew she was a failure. That is when King Dryst found her in the wild and brought her in to be a Knight of Iscalio.]].
* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler: Cador is only in Zemeckis' rebellion so he could at least engulf the continent into war and weaken the seal of Ouroboros. All according to the plan of his true master, Bulnoil]].

* GenkiGirl: Merriot

* PaperTiger: The Esgares Empire under control of the AI. They are the most powerful nation at the start, with many powerful rune knights and the largest number of castles at the beginning. However, they are forced to defend many borders due to being surrounded on all sides by the other kingdoms and if they lose battles, monsters or/and castles too often (which is an inevitabliity due to poor AI), they simply cannot replenish their numbers and will be the first nation to fall. The Multiplayer scenario double-subverts this trait of Esgares: Being forced to defend from many fronts was exactly why they no longer existed at the start of Scenario 3, but that was after they were being the one to destroy New Almekia at the start of Scenario 2... but that was because Norgard set their sights on Leonia first, the moment Leonia was conquered, Norgard immediately attacked Esgares, forcing Esgares to split their forces and eventually leading their defeat.

* SmugSnake: Camden is very much a typical example of the trope, a moustached ProfessionalButtKisser, but turns out to be a subversion. As Iscalio decreed, 'honor and competence do not go hand in hand', and Camden proves himself very capable in combat when he puts his efforts into it.

* TechnicalPacifist: Lyonesse, when Vaynard's agressive attempts to cow Leonia forces her to declare war on Norgard.

* ThrowTheBookAtThem: How the "Silent Wise King" Cai manages to have a weaker physical atttack than the WhiteMagicianGirl

* {{Tsundere}}: Brangien.

* AllTheOtherReindeer: The Holy Gustava Empire are treated very poorly by the other countries due bring descendants of exiled rune knights, to their lack of Brigandine and their location in the improvished northern lands.

* ArchEnemy
** The Norzaleo Kingdom and the Holy Gustava Empire have been enemies ever since the Gustava Incident, a war in which the Holy Gustava Empire nearly conquerered the Kingdom [[spoiler:and exacting retribution against them for their oppression]] until the Republic of Guimoule intervened [[spoiler: Due to the Holy Gustava Empire then setting sights on attacking the Merchant Republic of Gui, prompting the later to seek help to the nation of Moule]] and both it and the Kingdom repelled the Empire.
** The Republic of Guimoule and the Mana Saleesia Theocracy have also hated each other due to a schism that caused by the actions of it's founders. [[spoiler: Mohanna Carradine, disciple of General Zai and eventually founder of the Mohanna Sect stole the Mana Stones of the Zai Sect and spread them throughout Runersia believing that the blessings shouldn't be monopolized. General Zai did not react to this betrayal due to wanting to prevent an armed conflict but his followers did not share his opinion, triggering the Thirty Year Mana Stone War.]]

* TheCorruption: Mana on Runersia is speculated by a few characters to increase the people's agressivity, locking the continent into an endless war. This is the main reason why [[spoiler: Aurora]] wishes for the player to [[spoiler: eliminate the Rune God, although in some scenarios where you side with the Rune God, such as Guimoule, it may be interpreted as a SecretTestOfCharacter: Mana may be corruptive, but strong willed humans can surpress its corruption and use it for good, ending wars and shaping their own destiny. He left the realm in peace afterwards.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: The fate of [[spoiler: Rudo Marco if Mana Saleesia falls.]]

* EvilWearsBlack: The Rune Knights of the Holy Gustava Empire wear alot of full black and gray outfits and most of them skirt the edge from being amoral at best to outright malevolent.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During Jazz’s recruitment and report [[spoiler: on Endorian,]] she is also tattooing a rose on Coco. As the others continue the discussion, Coco is still screaming in pain.

* TheTheocracy: The Mana Saleesia Theocracy, calling themselves the "true followers" of the Rune God, with many of it's followers being geniune [[GoodSheperd GoodShepherds]], KnightTemplar fanatics or [[PunchClockVillain PunchClockVillains]].

** When playing as Gustava, [[spoiler:if Tim sides with Aurora, then the Rune God crosses this by possessing Sin Gustav and then forcing Tim to kill him. This gives Tim and the whole Gustava Empire enough reasons to renounce the Rune God and take up arms against him.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The leader of the country usually is the best fighter, though Lance is a double-subversion. He starts out as a wimpy Level 1 Prince, but [[MagikarpPower when leveled up and becoming King, he will show a lot of ass-kicking.]] Lyonesse is similar, she started out as a Level 3 Queen. Rubino later adds up as a Level 5 Prince.

* LadyOfWar: Most Lancers, Notably Halley and Iria in Legend of Forsena and Eliza Uzala in Legend of Runersia. The former are mostly [[BladeOnAStick lance-wielding]] elegant lady soldiers, while Eliza differs by sporting a RoyalRapier.

* TheAce: "Knight Master" Dinadan and "Mr. Perfect" Asmit

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Kings of Norgard, as stated by Brangien, "The throne of Norgard has been passed down to those who were the strongest."
* AxCrazy: Dryst

* BlackKnight: Cador fits this trope to a tee
* BloodKnight: Zemeckis
* BodyguardCrush: Cierra feels this way towards Cai.

* ChivalrousPervert: Gilsus
* CoolBigSis: Carlota acts like this to Lance

* FourIsDeath: The four Esgares generals - Esclados, Gish, Shred and Cador
* EmotionlessGirl: Iria
* EvilMentor: Esclados is this to Gereint
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Noie is inflicted with a fatal illness, but she won't die until you finished the game as Norgard (or being in the 3rd scenario for Multiplayer, where she's be nonexistant from get-go). Also if you defeat Norgard, she will also vanish, implying that she died.
** Also Langueborg of Leonia originated from Norgard, but sticks with Leonia because he doesn't like Vaynard (and unlike Luintail, he doesn't return once Vaynard shows his worth). However, he'd still rejoin Vaynard if Norgard beats Leonia. This is fixed in ''Grand Edition'', as Norgard will get Charlene instead of Langueborg for defeating Leonia.

* FiveManBand:
** Esgares' strongest ones cover these:
*** BigBad: Zemeckis
*** TheDragon: Cador
*** TheBrute: Esclados & Shred (he's also a SixthRanger)
*** EvilGenius: Gish
*** TheDarkChick: Esmeree
** Norgard's main 5 (or 6)
*** TheHero: Vaynard
*** TheLancer: Guinglain
*** TheBigGuy: Palomides
*** TheSmartGuy: Yvain
*** TheChick: Brangien
*** TheSixthRanger: Morholt

* PetTheDog: Zemeckis's treatment to Esmeree is this. Vaynard's soft spot for [[IllGirl Noie]] is too.

* IllGirl: Noie

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Six countries in each game, each of which have about fifteen unique characters. In addition, there are Rune Knights gained via "Quests" available to every country.

Brigandine was released in the U.S. and has since gained cult status (a game from '98 costing $40 now is remarkable). [[NoExportForYou As a result of its low U.S. sales, the expansion pack filled with goodies, called "Brigandine: Grand Edition," was never brought to the U.S.]] The Grand Edition of the game, however, did well enough in Japan that it's available as one of the [=PS1=] Classics/Archive in the Japanese PSN, so you can always give this game a shot if you can keep up with the moonspeak. And if you're well-versed in patching and emulation... well [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Ci_s9mIEg there is an English patch, with some fan dub]], though as of current, it will remove any voice acting outside movies, but the patchers are working on it.