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Main Story Characters
The player
- The Ace: Pick a Life, any Life. You will be better than any newbie has any right to be, and will eventually match the Life's Master and go beyond their skill with the DLC to Deity of the Life. This also has a tendency to snowball, as mastering one Life means you've got the stats to hit the ground running with another profession.
- Ambadassador: Basically becomes this for Castele in the main story.
- Actual Pacifist: Can be played deliberately, as all storyline fights have an option to back down and let someone fight in your stead. And once a player starts making friends, they can be brought along as companions and defend the player.
- Deity of Human Origin: In the DLC, attaining God/Creator Rank in a Life by completing Divinus' challenges is implied to turn you into this based on the way Elmie treats you as an equal if you're a God/Creator-ranked Woodcutter. Gameplay-wise combat/gathering Lives get a stat-boosted Super Mode with a regenerating bar for said Life's Limit Break or a Secret Art for crafting Lives that instantly crafts an item with a high chance of a greater quality item. Becoming God/Creator-ranked in all Lives removes equipment restrictions based on Lives.
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]
- Heroic Mime: Keeping in tone with the game, this is relentlessly lampshaded by Flutter being your mouth-piece. The only time the player gets a dialog option, it's three choices of ellipsis.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Flutter/Yuelia if female.
- Kleptomaniac Hero: The player is encouraged to grab a whole lot of items out in the field or in town. Anything found could be eventually used in a Life.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Flutter/Yuelia if male.
- Purely Aesthetic Gender: Averted with end-game gear, and played straight for the rest of the time. Some of the best armor is female only.
- Speaks Fluent Animal: Or understands them at least.
Flutter/Butterfly
A talking butterfly who serves as the player's companion and voice.
- Angel Unaware: It takes a low level of genre saviness to guess that she's actually Yuelia.
- Catchphrase: "Your wish has been heard!"
- Deadpan Snarker
- Deuteragonist: Flutter will never leave your side for the entire game and has just as much significance to the plot as the player does, if not more. She's even the one who ultimately saves the world at the final hour.
- Equippable Ally: a non-weapon example, She spends her time perched on the player's neck acting as a rather spiffing bowtie, which is what allows them to get an audience with the king.
- Exposition Fairy: Inverted — she doesn't know much about the world, and her inevitable questions serve as convenient prompts for other NPCs to explain things that might look odd for the player character not to already know. This avoids the other way for giving exposition.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With a female player.
- Hurricane of Puns: Unashamedly loves using them.
- Non-Human Sidekick: To the player.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With a male player.
- Shapeshifter Default Form: Yuelia comes to prefer her butterfly form to her human one by the end of the story.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Sugar water.
- Voice for the Voiceless: Speaks on behalf of the protagonist.
Castele
Erik Stone
The King of Castele. He has the form of a little boy, yet is a grown man with a wife and daughter. Weird.- Giving Someone the Pointer Finger: Often. It's also how he casts magic.
- Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: Inverted. He fights with magic while Ophelia uses a sword.
- The Good King
- Happily Married: To Queen Ophelia
- Holy Hand Grenade
- Light 'em Up
- Manchild: Literally. It was a prank by the Elder Dark Sultan.
- Magic Missile Storm
- Older Than They Look: No, this is not a boy king situation.
- Papa Wolf: Does not take it well when Hughes suggested locking up his daughter Laura, and when he thinks she's in danger from the Napdragon, he rushes in to help her with his imposing presence.
- Rousing Speech: Loves giving these and gets grumpy when circumstances prevent him from doing so.
- Supernaturally Young Parent: Caused after getting into an escalating prank war with the Elder Dark Sultan.
- What's Up, King Dude?: Invoked. Erik allows all the common folk of Castele to walk into his royal court to chat with him. However, the guards insist they at least dress decently.
Ophelia
Castele's queen. She has a sense of mischief and dotes on her husband and daughter.- Blow You Away
- Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: Inverted. Her husband is the magic user on account of his smaller stature, and Ophelia is the melee fighter.
- Happily Married: To King Erik.
- Hidden Depths: After spending much of the game a Satellite Character to King Erik, we learn she has the strongest connection to the Elderwood and spirits of nature living there.
- Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: The DLC makes her a recruitable ally.
- Lady of War: Ophelia is far and away one of the strongest characters in the game, having been a famous Paladin before her crowning. She saved Erik numerous times during their adventures, while other people are either admiring her strength or want to challenge her.
- Retired Badass: If you go through the paladin life, you'll find out she used to be one.
- Spin Attack
Princess Laura Stone
Castele's tomboy princess. She harbors dreams of seeing the world, and often sneaks out on adventures.- Blow You Away
- Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: Depending on the time of day you recruit her.
- King Incognito: Dresses like a boy to flee the castle and go on adventures.
- Sweet Polly Oliver: Disguises herself as a boy in a blue hat.
- Rebellious Princess: Rails against her father's knee-jerk ban on leaving the castle, and has support from everyone in there except for the King.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something
Hughes
The king's personal advisor and researcher. An authority on history and science.- Gag Nose: A long pink nose, where most characters' noses are the same color as the rest of their faces.
- Insufferable Genius
- Wrong Assumption: Laura mistook him for trying to usurp Erik's throne and kill the Napdragon, while in reality he only tries to protect the dragon from the Doomstone effect.
Pam
A friendly landlady who loves to chat with everyone. She always has candy in her pockets.- Parental Substitute: To the player and Yuelia / Flutter.
- Strong Family Resemblance: All her sisters look exactly like her.
Pierre and Butch
- Anime Hair: Pierre.
- Distracted by the Sexy: The reason why Noelia can easily manipulate Pierre and the reason he is so eager to help Hughes with his Goddess' Airship research is because he fell in love with Leilah.
- The Dividual
- Hollywood Genetics: There is about zero chance one would guess they're brothers just by looking at them.
- Perma-Stubble: Butch
- Pet the Dog: Butch clearly loves his pet dragon Chompy.
- Sibling Team
Falcon
A mechanic who runs a small garage. He used to be a pilot until he grew too fat to fit in the cockpit.- Chekhov's Gunman: Your first encounter with him will be during one of Flutter's "Exploring Castele" requests and a chat much like those had with other shopkeepers. Moving into the log cabin will also make him your next-door neighbor.
- The Mentor: To Robin.
Port Puerto
Olivia Pescado
Port Puerto's governor, who is drawn to the pirate Life. She's a little rough around the edges.- Blow You Away
- Brother–Sister Team: Works together with her brother Andy in running Port Puerto.
- Child of Two Worlds: Her parents were on opposite sides of the Port's population, aristocrats and pirates. Her conflict revolves around performing her duty as the aristocratic governor of Port Puerto, or to pursue what she actually wants as pirate captain.
- Dressed to Plunder: In her pirate outfit.
- Idle Animation: She regularly runs her hand through her hair when on her boat at night.
- Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: Depending on the time of day you recruit her.
- Pirate Girl
Andy Pescado
Advisor to his older sister Olivia, the governor of Port Puerto.- Anime Hair: It resembles soft serve ice cream. Or a swirling poo.
- Arbitrarily Large Bank Account: Flutter actually has to talk him out of throwing a several day long party with lots of food to thank the player for what (s)he did in the Port Puerto chapter. He almost considered throwing a year long feast instead. A player going through the Mercenary Life will discover that he's financially supporting Santos, who's a very heavy spender.
- Blade Spam
- Brother–Sister Team: Works together with his sister Olivia in running Port Puerto.
- Child of Two Worlds: Same as his older sister, but he's more comfortable as a noble.
- Cutscene Incompetence: If you take him along as ally, he will be much more useful than what your first meeting with him would let you think.
Luciano
The hardworking steward of Port Puerto. Friction between the pirates and aristocrats keeps him busy.Brutus
Was once a dastardly pirate from Port Puerto. Recently he seems to be under Olivia's thumb.- Dressed to Plunder
- Pirate: Type II, while not particularly romantic, he and his crew are goofy adventure seekers.
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: Brutus and his crew have an actual reason for sitting around doing nothing, as Elise asked them to try and dissuade Olivia from the Pirate Life.
- Talk Like a Pirate
Robin
A gutsy young pilot from Port Puerto. His dream is to fly higher than anyone has ever flown.- Ace Pilot
- Chekhov's Gunman: He's seen as early as the game's opening animation, but nothing indicates he has any role in the main story until the "next chapter" tease at the end of the Elderwood arc.
- Implied Love Interest: For Aurora and Noelia, to whom his well-being seems to be quite important.
- Wrench Whack
Crankshaft
A gifted mechanic who has lost his way in Life. He is haunted by memories of the past...- Chekhov's Gunman: It's completely possible to miss him before he becomes relevant. If you do notice him, his position on your radar will at best be "Hey, that's the owner of that mechanic's shop near the airship.".
- Drunk on Milk: Stumbling, stuttering, and slurring when you first meet him due to... sadness. Never mind that he spends all his time at the local bar, and displays all the symptoms of a depressive alcoholic.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Larkin.
- Meaningful Name: He's a mechanic named after a mechanical part.
- My Greatest Failure: Losing his friend Larkin.
Aurora
Crankshaft's daughter. As a mechanic, she adores machines. She is also a talented inventor.- Brainy Brunette
- Improbable Weapon User: Throws paper airplanes at monsters.
- Lab Coat Of Science And Medicine
- Missing Mom
- Throw Down the Bomblet
- Wrench Wench
Al Maajik
Daemon Hellborn/Damien Helbourne
Al Maajik's Dark Sultan. Each year, droves of would-be heroes attempt to assassinate him.- Casting a Shadow
- Dark Is Not Evil: He is the Dark Sultan of a city renowned for its evil magic. His palace stretches into the sky and wouldn't be out of place in Halloween Town. He sits on a throne that just screams "I'm the bad guy". Then you actually talk to him, and find out that he's basically a young boy just trying to live up to his royal duties, and that Al Majik is hardly more evil than Castele.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: The only people that he knew before the player shows up are his mother, his guardian, his dog, and the heroes absolutely convinced that he's the Big Bad of the continent. Both him and his inner circle have to be taught what the word "friend" even means.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: No matter what version you have, he'll have an intimidating name.
- Sheltered Aristocrat: The only people that he knew before the player shows up are his mother, his guardian and his dog.
- Shock and Awe
- Wacky Parent, Serious Child: In regards to his father. Thank the Goddess for Demona's genes.
- Young and in Charge: A 15 year-old Dark Sultan.
Cerberus
A mythical beast summoned from the magical realm to protect the Dark Sultan. Loves walkies.- Canine Companion
- Deathbringer the Adorable: In spite of his name and title, he's really just a normal dog that loves walks and plays with Odin.
- Shout-Out: To Classical Mythology.
Demona
Damien's strict, unforgiving mother. Her dream is for Damien to become a great Dark Sultan.- Education Mama
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She means well, but the stress of losing her husband and raising Damien have made her easily upset at plenty of things.
Odin
The stoic and stalwart captain of the Maajiknights. He is actually quite shy and sensitive underneath.- Gentle Giant: If you enter the Al Majiik palace at night, you'll find him playing with Damien's dog.
- Implied Death Threat: An implication of his "I don't want to be friends with you because it may keep me from doing my job correctly." speech. He may be basically telling the player that if (s)he turns out to be a False Friend to Damien, he'll personally make sure (s)he's no longer a threat.
- Irony: He refuses to become friends with anyone, Damien included, by fear that it will make him less efficient in protecting Damien's life. Which is a sign of how much he cares about Damien.
Eldred
A skilled Wizard who is Damien's personal aide. A loyal servant of the Dark Sultan dynasty.- Court Mage: A wizard serving the Dark Sultan.
- Legacy of Service: Served Damien and his father.
- Old Retainer
Prior/Elder Dark Sultan
Damien's father, who passed the throne to his son. He is enjoying his Life outside of his stone prison.- Came Back Wrong: A very mild case: he used to have legs and they're showing no sign of coming back despite what he claimed just after getting unsealed.
- Faking the Dead: Demona was not happy when she found out he'd been doing this all along.
- Half the Man He Used to Be: When freed from his prison his lower half don't come back for some reason and forced to rely on his Psychic Powers for mobility.
- Manchild: Faking the Dead is completely legitimate tool for a prank war as far as he's concerned.
- No Name Given
- Power Floats: Eldered's nightime dialogue implies he already did this before he got sealed and had to use it to compensate his lack of legs.
- Sealed Badass in a Can: Of the immature Escalating War variety.
- Wacky Parent, Serious Child
- Was Once a Man: Implied by his apperance and the fact that he seems to exist as an ectoplasm of sorts.
Magnificus
A would-be hero obsessed with challenging the Dark Sultan in a fight to the death.- Absurdly Dedicated Worker: Combined with Ridiculous Procrastinator. His situation after the Al Majiik chapter is a mix of these two tropes. He refuses to go back to Castele without killing Damien, but at the same time just keeps putting off the task because he doesn't feel quite ready yet. It results in him spending day and night right outside the palace while being an available combat ally.
- Bling of War: He's got a shiny golden suit of armor and gilded gear, so he looks the part of a hero, but...
- Fake Ultimate Hero: The man's a moron who simultaneously can't work up the courage to face Damien in a fight and has the will to not leave until he does so. He tries to get the player to make the first strike and will cower behind him/her, even if they're a noncombatant who hasn't picked up a weapon once.
- Foil: To Odin.
- Glory Hound
- Lovable Coward: The only ally who will cower in the midst of combat.
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: His defense does seem to be higher than his other stats.
Elderwood
Danuta
An ancient spirit who protects the Elderwood. She can communicate with trees across Reveria.- Beary Friendly
- Gentle Giant: The largest living creature in Reveria and a very peaceful one.
- Nature Spirit
- No-Sell: According to the Elder Dark Sultan, Danuta is completely immune to the strongest magic.
- Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Her pigtails.
- Time Abyss: She knew Celestia while she was in Reveria.
Leilah
A sweet forest girl who loves to hear tales of the world from her traveling elder brother Pino.- Friendly Sniper: A sweet and innocent girl who happens to defend herself with a bow and arrow.
- Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: Uses a bow and arrows while her brother Pino uses a knife.
- Little Bit Beastly
Pino
A servant of the forest who travels the world under the dispensation of the Great Spirit Danuta.- Guys Smash, Girls Shoot
- Knight Templar Big Brother: To Leilah
- Little Bit Beastly: DLC content allows the player to copy his animal ears.
Levitania/Terra Nimbus
Larkin
A pilot whose whereabouts went unknown for a very long time. He is Crankshaft's old friend.- Expy: With his blue clothes, blonde hair, goggles, and being vaguely middle aged, he bears a striking resemblance to Cid Highwind.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Crankshaft.
- Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated
Plushling
Fluffkin/Furlin
A species with rich folklore, said to be descended from the ancients who created the world.- Licked by the Dog: He seems to like Noelia a lot.
- Pokémon Speak: Mostly says variations of Gigi and gaga. Noelia understands him perfectly.
- Precursors: Provided the rumors are true.
- Shockwave Stomp
- Unskilled, but Strong
Starlight Garden
Todd Divinus
The divine creator of all of Reveria. He has long watched over the people from above.- A God I Am Not: Even though he's definitely higher up than normal humans are, he claims that he's not as all-powerful and godlike as most people would like to believe, though he is amused by such thoughts.
- God Is Good
- King of All Cosmos: Basically what you'd get if you'd take Santa Claus, made him into a god, gave him an obsession with gardening and made him awkward and easily talked down by his creations.
- Physical God
- Winged Humanoid
Celestia
The goddess who brought the gift of Life. She believes everyone should enjoy their Life.- Casting Ashadow
- Bragging Rights Reward: By the time you can bring her on adventures, you've handled the worst the game has to offer.
- Deity of Human Origin: Celestia was a normal woman in Reveria's distant past, becoming a messaniac figure after she saved the world through her efforts to unite all living beings. This attracted Divinus' attention, and they fell in love shortly after.
- Healing Hands
- Light 'em Up
- Magic Missile Storm
- Missing Mom: Celestia vanished before the game starts, and her family has no idea where she went. This only gets averted once the player has gone through the Origin Island's bonus dungeon entirely, whereupon Celestia comes back.
- Physical God
Yuelia aka Flutter
An unusual young woman unaccustomed to the ways of the world. Often gazes pensively at the sky.- Bearer of Bad News: Before she tells the group made out of the player and part of the Castele royal court, she's one of the few to know just how much danger Reveria actually is in.
- Blithe Spirit
- The Chooser of the One: The player getting involved the parts of the story happening outside Castele is mostly due to her basically saying "Hi, your world is going to disappear if you guys don't do something. And by you guys, I mean [the player].". Her monologues before that point of the story indicate that she was indeed looking for someone for the task.
- First-Person Peripheral Narrator: Her monologues at the beginning and end of each story chapter are supposed to be happening while the Player Character is sleeping, but make the actual, real life player more aware of what's going on than most in-game characters.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
- Healing Hands
- Holy Hand Grenade
- Humanity Ensues: She wishes to become human and stay in Reveria at the end of the story.
- I Never Told You My Name: One of the first things she does while finally appearing to the other main story characters? Calling the player by his/her name, when she ostensibly has never met the player before.
- Light 'em Up
- Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: The Light Feminine to Noelia's Dark Feminine, being dressed in white and associated with the sun.
- Magic Missile Storm
- Morphic Resonance: Flutter tends to be represented in white, yellow or both. She's blonde with a white dress.
- Mortality Ensues: Gives up her deific status to save the world, hereby becoming a mortal woman. To Yuelia's credit, she takes to it well and still has her powers.
- Naïve Newcomer
- Sleep-Mode Size: See Flutter.
- Trademark Favorite Food: As it turns out, Yuelia doesn't actually like sugar water. She just ate it to keep up her butterfly disguise.
Noelia
A mysterious young woman who tries to appear older than she is. She seems to be hiding her true feelings.- Casting a Shadow
- Dark Is Not Evil: Anyone with an ounce of genre savviness would mark her as the bad guy to Yuelia's good guy. All that Noelia's doing is looking for an alternate means of preventing the world ending that won't rely on a seemingly impossible goal.
- Foil: To Yuelia.
- Hero of Another Story: Noelia and her gang in Port Puerto are this until the Levitania chapter.
- Intelligible Unintelligible: Speaks Furlish and can communicate with Furlin just fine. However, Peachy speaks in an older dialect so she needs Furlin to translate what Peachy says.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold
- Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: The Dark Feminine to Yuelia's Light Feminine, being dressed in black and associated with the moon.
- Mind Manipulation: On Pierre and Magnificus. Turns out to be Brainwashing for the Greater Good.
- Not So Stoic
- Shock and Awe
- Sleep-Mode Size
Life Guilds and Masters
Guild Master
The NPC that changes your character's Life.- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
- Inexplicably Identical Individuals: Each town has one, and they look exactly the same.
Paladins
Monsters and creatures of evil never take a holiday, and neither does the valiant Paladin. With weapon in hand, become a shield of the innocent and the sword of the weak.General tropes:
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Paladin quests seems to be based on using new techniques, killing a large number of small monsters, a single large monster, or shaking apples out of trees.
- Bling of War: The Hero armour.
- City Guards: Appears to be their day-to-day function.
- The Dragonslayer: Many of the Paladin quests involve defeating some kind of dragons. Hell, an NPC of this class is even literally named Dragonslayer.
- Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: The starter uniform has no helmet and the Hero armour has a female-only tiara. Averted with Mustang, Porthos, and the generic paladins are all wearing a helmet.
- Knight in Shining Armor
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Though several named Paladins in-game forgo the usage of shields.
- Militaries Are Useless: Most of the generic unnamed paladins and even some of the named ones are seen sleeping on the job and looking like the most scared ones in the face in actual danger.
- Shield Bash: Referred to as the Shield Charge.
- Shockwave Stomp: The Jump Strike technique. It's rather bright and flashy. It's also present in the Life's stronger Limit Break. All the Paladin allies have their own variation.
- Spin Attack: The Spinning Attack, Tornado Spin, and Axel Moon techniques.
- Sword Beam: The Lightning Strike and Final Fulmination techniques to an extent. The Luminaire, Sword of Light and Lumina Blade techniques play it straight though.
Mustang
Castele's Paladin captain and also the Paladin Master. Admired by his troops, he has a distinctive mustache.- Cool Sword: "The Captain's Sword"
- Big Ol' Eyebrows
- A Father to His Men
- Gag Nose
- Never Heard That One Before: Captain Mustang makes a point of telling new Paladins that any mustache-related humor is discouraged.
- Top-Heavy Guy: He has the same build as Odin.
Tad
A Paladin who studies a lot, yet acts like a know-it-all. He is quite knowledgable about beasts.Ignatius
A failed blacksmith that reconverted into a Paladin.- My Greatest Failure: Interrupting his blacksmith life.
- My Greatest Second Chance: He's determined to do better in his Paladin Life. He will be doing a little smithing on the side also by the time the player becomes a Legendary Blacksmith.
- Shield Bash
- You ALL Look Familiar: He has the same model as the paladin guards in Castele.
Mr Apfel
- Trademark Favorite Food: These life challenges that consist of picking fruit from trees mentioned earlier? All given by him.
- You ALL Look Familiar: Either that or he has an identical twin brother running the Castele weapon shop.
Porthos
- Big Eater
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: When he gives the player challenges, he insists that he's not foisting off the hard work on him/her so he doesn't have to leave the food market.
- Shield Bash
- Stone Wall: It's his personal nickname and he has the stats to back it up.
Roslyn
- Mascot: She's the paladin seen in the opening scene and supplementary material.
- Spin Attack
Isobel
- Authority Equals Asskicking: Subverted. She's the Paladins' second-in-command, yet as a party member she has lower stats than the lower-ranked Roslyn.
- Number Two: Right under Mustang in the chain of command.
- Shock and Awe: Seen in her version of the Paladins' Shockwave Stomp.
- Spin Attack
Dragonslayer
Mercenaries
Allegiance to none, a soldier to all. You only need your trusty blade and keen skills to get the job done. Oversize claymore totally included!General tropes:
- Fashionable Asymmetry: The Starter Equipment.
- Mighty Glacier: Claymores are slow but hit hard. Mercenaries receive bonuses to their toughness and hitpoints and can wear the heaviest of armors.
- Shockwave Stomp: The Shockwave, Supershockwave, Earthquake, Volcano, and Big Bang techniques are all sword-based versions.
- Sword Beam: The Full Swing and Heavy Swing techniques.
Cervantes
The aged Mercenary master who has cheated death many times. Knows his glory days are behind him now.- BFS: A "Silver Claymore".
- Expy: Of Don Quixote
- The Genie Knows Jack Nicholson: Some translations of his "this is not a quizz show" line from the tutorial quest actually mention television by name.
- Mascot: He's the mercenary seen in the opening scene and supplementary material.
- Meaningful Name: Don Quixote was written by Miguel de Cervantes.
- Shockwave Stomp
- Sword Beam
Bard
The owner and propietor of the Crown and a former Mercenary. His old buddies are his best customers.Jude
A fainthearted Mercenary who believes that running away is just another type of battle strategy.- Arbitrary Skepticism: In the tutorial quest, he says he suspects his father and his friends made up some of their youth stories right after mentioning those about "islands in the sky". Yet he has a job that makes him regularly deal with carrot-like monsters.
- Cannot Spit It Out: He'll congratulate you for becoming a Hero, but after that his dialogue for that rank will be Visible Silence.
- Informed Flaw: By the time you are a Master, he claims he hasn't even been able to kill a starter mob in the Grassy Plains, even if you've been taking him on quests.
- Lovable Coward: He can't handle the weakest monsters in the game.
Gustaf
A Mercenary on dispatch to Mount Snowpeak. Loyal to his leader and a valuable asset in battle.Santos
A former Mercenary, now captain of Port Puerto's elite guard. Recalls his wild youth with nostalgia.- I Owe You My Life: He at some point ran out of money and was starving, but Andy decided to pay his expenses.
- Expy: Of Porthos, despite the fact there is a Paladin named Porthos in Castele.
- Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: His background according to Bard's master dialogue. He can currently afford his lifestyle only because Andy is paying for it all.
- Stout Strength
Miguel
A legendary Mercenary who is famed for his bravery. He once fought side-by-side with Cervantes.- BFS: It's longer than he is!
- Parental Substitute: Honorary grandfather to Melusine, having raised her as his own.
- Pintsized Powerhouse: The same size as most kids. Doesn't stop him from cleaving monsters in two.
- Shockwave Stomp
- Sword Beam
- Shout-Out Theme Naming: When paired with Cervantes' name.
- Square Race, Round Class: He's a Plushling mercenary
Melusine
Guardian of Cacto Cove's sealed cave. As Miguel's de facto grandchild, she knows her swords.- Iaijutsu Practitioner
- Meaningful Name: A Melusine is a feminine spirit of fresh waters in sacred springs and rivers in European folklore.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie
Hunters
Let your hunting instincts guide you as you stalk your prey deep in forests or out under the scorching desert sun.General tropes:
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Hunter quests seems to be based on using new techniques, killing a large number of small monsters, a single large monster, or shaking honey out of trees.
- Friend to All Living Things: They're described as being heavily respectful of nature and with DLC content, your pets bond with you better when you travel with them as Hunters.
- Multishot: The Arrowswarm,Fade Shot, Scattershot, and Super Scattershot techniques.
- Rain of Arrows: The Limit Break for this Life.
- Status Effects: Can equip regular, sleep, poison, and stun arrows.
- Trick Arrow: Hunters can equip stun arrows.
Fern
The cool and reserved Master of the Hunters. She also works as guard of Castele's royal gardens.Fletcher
An incredibly skilled but permanently dozing Hunter. Currently travelling Reveria, he is really Fern's mentor.- Forgets to Eat: To the point of collapsing in the tutorial quest.
- Mascot: He's the hunter seen in the opening scene and supplementary material.
- Meaningful Name: A fletcher is someone who makes arrows.
Lucky
Fern's loyal partner. Is sad whenever she's sad and wags his tail like mad whenever she laughs.Huntin' Pete
A hapless and lazy Hunter who shows a lack of talent. He became a Hunter to impress girls.- Break the Haughty
- Character Development: Gloats a lot less about his skills as a hunter as you rank up and is described by Fern as improving in both skill and attitude.
- Small Name, Big Ego: Talks about himself like he's some sort of Hunting master but Fern and Granny Cotton would disagree. He gets over it as you rank up.
Granny Cotton
Grandmother of the hapless Huntin' Pete. Doles out harsh yet helpful advice.- You ALL Look Familiar: Looks no different from any other old lady from Castele.
Roy
A talented Hunter, despite also being a member of the aristocracy. Always seen with his faithful dog.- You ALL Look Familiar: Represented by the "male noble" model.
Boyd
A former Hunter suffering from a broken hear. Often talks about his past spent chasing birds.Wizards
Harness the power of the elements to perform a variety of potent healing and attacking spells. Now that's magic!General Tropes:
- Antidote Effect: The only status effect that keeps you from using magic is sleep and earth magic can cure stun and poison along with regenerating your health. Any other healing items can be replaced with stacks of stamina potion.
- Animal Motif: Cats. The master is one, one of the staves is in the shape of a cat paw and a close-up on Colin's back shows that has a hood with cat ears.
- Armor and Magic Don't Mix: Averted if you manage to attain God/Creator-rank for every other Life.
- Blow You Away / Shock and Awe: Air magic.
- Death from Above
- Healing Hands: Earth magic.
- An Ice Person: Water magic.
- Playing with Fire: Fire magic.
- Robe and Wizard Hat
Jinx
She may just look like a cat, but don't be fooled. She is an exceptionally skilled Wizard Master.- Badass Adorable: As a DLC ally.
- Death from Above: Can call down shooting stars to impact enemies.
- Hurricane of Puns: Every single cat pun one can say, Jinx will say with glee.
- Light 'em Up
- Multiple-Tailed Beast: Unusually, she has two tails.
- Playing with Fire
Colin
- Blow You Away/Shock and Awe
- The Ghost: Early in the wizard life, Hazel and Nox will speak of him and challenge you to kill the monsters that are causing him problems. He can only be found once he settles in the ancient ruins.
- Idle Animation: Scratching his chin.
- Walking the Earth
Nox
A naughty child Wizard with a shy side. Idolises his older Brother.- Blow You Away/Shock and Awe
- Bratty Half-Pint
- Child Mage
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He warms up to you quite fast and becomes your first ally among the wizards.
Hazel
- Mascot: She's the wizard seen in the opening scene and supplementary material.
- Playing with Fire
- Promotion to Parent: With her parents nowhere to be seen and Colin Walking the Earth, she's the one responsible for Nox.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie
- Stealth Pun: She's a witch... named Hazel.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Spooks as far as she's concerned. Doesn't help that she can sense their presence.
- Robe and Wizard Hat
Fabbie/Bumbles
- An Ice Person
- The Klutz: He used to live on Terra Nimbus, but managed to fall off the place when collecting nuts one day.
Skybie
Esmeralda
- Gag Nose
- Old Master: An elderly headmistress of a magic academy.
Miners
Arm yourself with your trusty pickaxe, and get ready to rock some rocks! A cornucopia of precious metals lie in wait deep underground. Can you dig it?General tropes:
- Non-Human Sidekick: Moles, who have their own intelligence network to find good mining spots for a price.
- Powerful Pick: Averted for the most part. Pickaxes can only be used to mine rocks and cannot be wielded as weapons by the player, but Rocque uses his as a weapon in battle as does Duglas in DLC content.
Duglas
The Miner Master. Lacking in social grace, he tries to pass his passion for mining on to his pupils.- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: For all his quirks and sieve-like memory, the man has earned his position. His expertise about gems and mining keeps flashing through.
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Duglas, depending on whether you're male or female, either keeps messing up his phrases with similar words or keeps forgetting that he's the Master and you're the student. As a DLC companion he'll always look around in confusion after performing a charging attack.
- Forgetful Jones: He apparently completely forgot about the incident that got him Mistaken for Cheating, to the point that he has no idea what happened to his wedding anniversary gift to Mary. Considering the whole thing happened at The Crown, he may not have been completely sober at the time.
- High-Class Glass: His hero rank dialogue has him picture the castle as full of people with monocles. Then say he'd like to have one.
- Mistaken for Cheating: Turns out he'd mistaken Angela for Mary/Ruby.
- Powerful Pick
Rocque
Duglas's younger brother. He has always dreams of finding his fortune in Al Maajik.- Foreign Culture Fetish: For Al Maajik. He even moves there once the introductory miner's chapter is over.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: In comparison to his brother, Rocque is considerably more on the ball. He's basically the only reason for Duglas remembering to both train and promote the player.
- Mascot: If there's a miner to be found in any supplemental material, odds are it will be him and not Duglas. He's also the miner seen in the opening.
- Only Sane Man: Spends much of the introductory miner chapter translating Duglas's Spoonerisms and confused statements.
- Powerful Pick
- Spin Attack
Mary/Ruby
Duglas' wife.- House Wife: Her locations are the clothes line by day and inside her house by night. The tutorial quest however has her decided on getting a divorce when she thinks Duglas is cheating on her.
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: The ivory skin part is downplayed, but her design is very obviously meant to contrast Angela's.
Angela
A gem lover from Al Majiik.- Extremity Extremist: Specializes in kicks as an ally.
- Mistaken for Object of Affection: The miner tutorial quest mentions her getting mistaken for Mary by Duglas.
Daniel
Woodcutters
Arm yourself with an axe, and take to the forest for that authentic lumberjack Lifestyle. Remember, if you respect nature, nature will respect you!General tropes:
- Nature Lover: Surprisingly enough, yes. Everyone in the profession stresses having a healthy respect for the forest, with the actual nature spirits being happy to tutor the player or provide information just to see the lumber used for noble purposes.
- Mighty Lumberjack: Progressing through the life will grant increasingly larger bonuses to Strength and Dexterity. This Life synergizes well with the Paladin Life as a result. Gets taken up to eleven as the player will end up having to cut down multiple World Trees to progress through the Life.
- Non-Human Sidekick: Leafes
- Spectacular Spinning: Most of the Limit Breaks for this Life.
Heyho
The serious and taciturn Woodcutter Master. He loves trees so much, he can't bear to cut them.- Mighty Lumberjack: Deconstructed. He was a highly skilled Woodcutter in the past but his drive to cut down more and more trees undermined his respect for the forest. He's deeply ashamed of his past abuse of his abilities though acting as your master and regaining the respect of the spirits helps him overcome the past.
- Gets played straighter as a DLC ally. He boasts the 2nd highest attack power out of all allies, surpassing several trained combatants.
- My God, What Have I Done?: The spirits scaring him because he overdid woodcutting made him realize that he wasn't taking the thing seriously enough and quit as a result.
- My Greatest Failure: Was previously blessed by the spirits for his skills, but was too drunk on power and can't bring himself to cut another tree after he saw what he did.
- Spin Attack
Monika
A gentle, nature-loving girl who respects her father. Her knowledge of the forest and trees is vast.- Flowers of Nature: Wears a wreath of flowers like a headband, corresponding with the fact she's a gentle, feminine, nature-lover.
- Improvised Weapon: Throws rocks at monsters.
Forrest
A skilled Woodcutter who lives in the forest. Old pals with Heyho, he dreams of meeting the Forest Lady.- Mascot: He's the woodcutter seen in the opening scene and supplementary material.
- Punny Name
Bracken
Orlando
- Cannot Talk to Women: According to himself, no matter which sex the player is.
- Informed Flaw: His trouble speaking with girls becomes this if the player is female.
- Irony: There is a woman showing some kind of interest in him, but it's a very old one.
- Spin Attack
Elmie
Anglers
Grab your trusty fishing rod, and traverse the land in search of fishing spots! Fishing may seem like an easy job, but if you come home empty handed, you'll be going to sleep hungry.General tropes:
- Animal Motif: Fish. Many anglers wear hoods that look like fish, and several characters in the Life have fish-related names.
- Improbable Weapon User: Allies wield fishing rods in combat.
- Non-Human Sidekick: Cats. They also have their own organization, the Bean Paw Squad, dedicated to finding the best fishing spots. Naturally this effort is so they can feast on fish.
Fisherman Sage
The Angler Master is an excellent fisherman. In his youth he was a traveler, but now he's retired.- Sword Beam: With a fishing rod no less.
Isaac
- Mascot: He's the angler seen in the opening scene and supplementary material.
Marina
A pretty girl and the toast of the Anglers' Association. She sees Guppy as a little brother.- Meaningful Name: A marina is a type of harbor.
Trout
A cat with an expansive knowledge of fish. If you are an Angler, purr-haps it will chat with you.Guppy
- Precocious Crush: He seems to have one on Olivia.
Seabury
Tabita
Cooks
Become a gourmet Cook, and entice even the king with the heavenly taste of your signature dishes! Spice up your Life with, um... condiments!General Tropes:
- Bucket Helmet: A Cooking Pot variation, as part of the Starting Equipment.
- Frying Pan of Doom: The weapon used by all chef allies except Sizzle.
- Item Crafting
- Powerup Food: Chefs are responsible for making food-based healing and buffs. While this doesn't immediately seem useful, these can really help with every other profession's specific needs for a short time.
Alfredo
The always-hungry Cook Master. His motto is: "Never let a dish go cold, unless it's sushi."- Fainting: Alfredo has an unfortunate tendency to faint when too excited. This knocks him out cold during the Cook tutorial quest upon learning that King Erik is paying attention to his Bistro. He even does this in the midst of combat as a DLC ally.
- Having a Blast: His one attack as an ally is to spontaneously explode followed by him Fainting for a few seconds.
- Healing Hands: Maybe. It's more likely that his cooking simply has the same effect as other allies' healing spells.
- Status Buff: Most allies are capable of this but he's unique for boosting multiple stats at the same time and he will do this constantly.
- Supreme Chef: Before the player comes along, him and Sizzle are the only chefs working at the restaurant. There are absolutely no complaints about the serving times or the quality, and Sizzle is technically Alfredo's student.
Flapjack
A young waiter at Alfredo's Bistro. A kindhearted yet somewhat doleful youth.- You ALL Look Familiar: Three or four Castele citizens share his model.
Allan
The Royal Cook who makes dishes exclusively for the royal family of Castele. A dessert wiz.- Expy: A chef who resembles Sanji.
- The Rival: Explicitly stated to be the player's friendly rival in cooking.
- Shockwave Stomp
Sizzle
- Playing with Fire
- Improbable Weapon User: A soup ladle in contrast to the other chefs' Frying Pans of Doom
Pedro
- Bucket Helmet
- Mascot: He's the cook seen in the opening scene and supplementary material.
- Retired Bad Ass: In that he used to be a Mercenary before opening his restaurant.
- Super-Senses: Of the Taste variety. Just from a single bite of the player's Fluffy Omelet in the Tutorial, Pedro is able to tell that the eggs and milk came from an easily-offended chicken and generous cow, respectively.
Mary Anne
- Child Prodigy: She's the personal chef to a very rich man and will offer cooking challenges to you after you've ranked up enough as a chef.
- Improbable Age: There are kids her age in other guilds, but they are either studying the theoretical part of magic due to being too young to practice or using a slingshot due to being too young to use a bow.
- You ALL Look Familiar: Has the same model as a little girl playing in the Port Puerto park.
Jill
- Incendiary Component: As an ally, her frying pan will ignite during one of her combos.
Blacksmiths
What would a Paladin do without a sword, or a Miner without a pickaxe? Blacksmiths are simply indispensable in every form! Forge the finest tools, weapons, and armor!General Tropes:
- Item Crafting: Blacksmiths handle creating weapons and armor for Paladins and Mercenaries, tools for themselves and the other crafting classes, along with refining metal ore into useful ingots.
Vulcan
The Blacksmith Master, who is strict on both himself and others. He believes in the value of hard work.- Mascot: He's the blacksmith seen in the opening scene and supplementary material.
- Meaningful Name: Comes from the Roman god, Vulcan, who was the god of fires and smithing.
- Shockwave Stomp
- Suddenly Shouting: Vulcan has a habit of shouting most of what he speaks. It's so bad that he will randomly begin yelling in his sleep.
Fyra
A laid-back, music-loving Blacksmith. She loves the sound of her hammer on steel. Also Vulcan's daughter.- Wacky Parent, Serious Child
- "Well Done, Daughter!" Girl: At higher ranks, she tells the player that she's still an Adept and wants to become a Master to be taken seriously by Vulcan.
- You ALL Look Familiar: She shares her model with a handful of shopkeepers and the employee from the stables.
Steele/Legendary Ironsmith
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Due to the Legendary Ironsmith's dialogue evolving with the player's life advancement while Steele's stays the same, he'll reach a point where he's complaining about Ignatius as Steele but has much kinder words for him as the Legendary Ironsmith.
- Offscreen Teleportation: His daytime location is Mount Snowpeak while his nightime location is his home. Every other NPC besides him that changes place between day and night stays in the same town.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: They share very characteristic facial hair and Steele's hat is very obviously a rolled-up version of the Ironsmith's stocking mask.
Magmia
- Improvised Weapon: Throws rocks at monsters.
- The Unfavorite: Steele being hung up on getting Ignatius back into the forge despite the fact that she's a decent blacksmith herself makes her feel like this.
Ignatius
See in Paladins
Durandal
Carpenters
Weapons and armor of steel and alchemical elixirs? No, yours is a more practical craft. What good is a Paladin if she has no bed to sleep in? All other crafts rest on the product of your skills. Literally.General Tropes:
- Item Crafting: Carpenters make weapons for Hunters and Wizards, rods for Anglers, saws for themselves, processed wood for creating tools, and furniture for everyone.
- Non-Human Sidekick: The last three beavers in Reveria.
Woody
The talented yet timid Carpenter who lacks leadership quantities.- Hammerspace Hair: Literally seems to be holding a never-ending supply of hammers in his hair.
- Promotion to Parent: His sister is young enough to mistake the beavers for dogs and presumably around the same age as Nox.
- Punny Name
- Raised by Grandparents
- Spam Attack: Will throw a bunch of hammers covered in fire and ice in rapid succession for one of his attacks.
- Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Well, he throws an endless series of hammers.
Sawyer
A Carpenter in training who admires Woody. He loves sweets and helping others.- Speaks Fluent Animal: He mentions getting information from the beavers at some point.
- You ALL Look Familiar: Some shopkeepers in Castele look like him.
Marimo
The legendary furniture-crafting Carpenter. He left on a long trip and hasn't returned since.- Stealth Mentor: Briefly becomes this to Woody during the tutorial quest, giving him advice from somewhere where he can be heard but not seen.
- Tough Love: He left Castele in hope that it would help Woody grow a spine, as he tended to rely on him too much when he was around.
Cherry/Poppy
Woody's younger sister.- Child Prodigy: Stated to be more talented than her older brother.
- Shockwave Stomp
Decker
- Mascot: He's the carpenter seen in the opening scene and supplementary material.
- Shockwave Stomp
- Punny Name: He spends his time on a boat deck.
Tailors
Fashion. Everyone wants it, but few can truly *get* it. You can double-stitch your way to the center of any fashionista's wardrobe. And you look FAB-U-LOUS doing it!General Tropes:
- Heart Is an Awesome Power: Making clothing may not seem particularly relevant, but being able to create clothing with skill boosts, magic robes, cloth-based armor, and really awesome curtains is a indispensable service.
- Item Crafting: Tailors are responsible for creating clothing, armor for Hunters and Wizards, cloth and thread for the craftsman's more complicated furniture, and rugs and wallpaper for houses.
- Textile Work Is Feminine: Lampshaded by an ruffian NPC outside the industrial building. He's considering taking tailoring as a Life, but demands you don't laugh at him.
Madam Purl
The kind and serene Tailor Master. She loves to watch her pupils advance under her tutelage.- Improbable Weapon User: A sewing needle.
- Meaningful Name: Comes from the verb to purl, meaning to sew a reverse stitch.
- Status Effects: Can stun enemies by throwing sewing needles at them.
Spoolie
Madam Purl's assistant.- Bad Liar: He can't lie to save his life. Especially when he says it's most definitely not him.
- You ALL Look Familiar: All the generic plushlings look like him.
Zippy
Charismatic sales clerk at the Castele Fashion Boutique. Devoted to fashion. She also has a twin sister.- Meaningful Name: Zippy's name comes from a zipper, a common fastening found on clothing.
- You ALL Look Familiar: Pick who of the following is supposed to be her twin sister: the girl behind the counter in Castele Fashion Boutique (most likely), the waitress at the Appleseed Café, the waitress at Alfredo's Bistro or the waitress at The Crown.
Bobbin
Lives in Al Majiik and loves stuffed animals.- Creepy Doll: He keeps making allusions to how the dolls in the Al Majikk workshop come alive at night. He also gives you the Big Bunny Plushie pattern, the description of which tries to incite a little Paranoia Fuel about how the Bunny is watching you.
- You ALL Look Familiar: The plushlings that can be found in the Starlight Garden after the story ends look like him.
Chic
The tailor from Port Puerto who's housesitting for Madam Purl.- Improbable Weapon User: Throws paper airplanes at monsters.
- Love Interest: For Zippy.
- Oblivious Mockery: After you become a master, his hat magically becomes an identical one that was present from Zippy. He then says that at least it wasn't something ugly like a Shark Cap. Earlier, the Excuse Plot for the player to end up with the Shark Cap recipe is that Zippy wanted to make one for him. Though he also says that he would have worn a Shark Cap anyway if Zippy had given it to him.
Taylor
- Her Name Really Is "Barkeep": Phonetically, at least. She's a Tailor that's named Taylor.
- Improbable Weapon User: She hits monsters with a basket.
- Love Interest: The tutorial quest implies that Spoolie likes her.
- Mascot: She's the tailor seen in the opening scene and supplementary material.
Lyra
- Pimped-Out Dress: Comes with the generic model with which she's represented.
- You ALL Look Familiar: Represented by the "female noble" model.
Alchemists
It's not magic, I say! No, not a scam either! Alchemists can really turn weeds and the like into usable items!General Tropes:
- Item Crafting: Healing and magic potions, bombs of varying sizes and purposes, and accessories like glasses and necklaces.
- Standard RPG Items: Being an Alchemist means you're the one making all those health and mana potions chugged by adventurers!
- Throw Down the Bomblet: All alchemist allies use explosives in combat. You can craft bombs of your own though you can't throw them.
Flamel
The disaster-prone Alchemist Master, who often blows himself up with his own experiments.- Cartoon Bomb: He carries several of these as a DLC ally.
- Demolitions Expert: Became an alchemist due to his love of explosions.
- Shout-Out: To Nicholas Flamel
Beaker
A genius parrot who became an expert on alchemy by observing Flamel's experiments.- Non-Human Sidekick
- Punny Name: A beaker is a common piece of chemistry glassware.
Fizz
An alchemist with a passion for making accessories. Sees herself as matchmaker for star-crossed lovers.- Mascot: She's the alchemist seen in the opening scene and supplementary material.
- Meaningful Name: Fizz's name comes from the onomatopoeic verb to fizz, meaning to bubble.
Rupert
- Born Unlucky: The tutorial quest consists of making him a good luck charm. The charm turns out to be one that aborbs the person's bad luck, but explodes when it gets full. He hardly manages to make it to his love interest's place before it explodes.
Petri
Improbable Weapon User: Throws paper airplanes at enemies as an ally.Professor Snooze
Genieus
Other
Miss Florina
Gladstone Stone
The prior king of Castele and a true nature lover. He likes a laid back Life and rarely goes to town.- Miniature Senior Citizen: He's about the same size as his son who actually got changed into a child.
- Naked People Are Funny: It's hidden by his long beard most of the time, but two of his scenes have him turn his back to the screen.
- Renaissance Man: He's a Legendary Paladin, and is a Master of all the other Lives.
Tome of Shadows
Origin Island DLC
Dogu
A mysterious Dogu doll that has come to Life. It cannot speak well yet manages to communicate.- Eye Beams: As an Ally
- My Master, Right or Wrong: Loves Celestia and tries to fulfill her wishes to the best of her ability even on a day when she was in a bad, bad mood.
- Pokémon Speak
- Power Floats
- Superpowered Evil Side
Grace
A Shrine Maiden at the island shrine. Grandchild of the Spring Elder.- Death from Above: Can call down a shooting star to impact enemies.
- Healing Hands
- Light 'em Up
- Like Brother and Sister: With Leo
- Magic Missile Storm
- Miko
Spring Elder
The Island Elder who loves hot springs more than anything else. Tends to boil over when he's angry.- Big Ol' Unibrow: Type II. He has a single giant white crescent for a unibrow.
- Naked People Are Funny
Leo
The leader of the island warriors. Was raised with Grace as if they were siblings.- Honor Before Reason: Willing to leave Grace in the tower before The Hero and Yuelia intervene.
- Knight Templar Big Brother
- Like Brother and Sister: With Grace
- Multishot
Louisa
The proprietress of the hot springs on Origin Island. Hmm. Doesn't she remind you of someone?- Palette Swap: Of Pam.
Peachy
A girl Furlin who is friends with Grace. Is proud of the fact that she is stronger than any boy Furlin.- Happily Married: To Furlin at the end of the Origin Island plot.
- Pink Means Feminine
- Tertiary Sexual Characteristics
Fred
An elderly man on an adventure around the world, searching for his dream. Tough to keep accurate tabs on.- Irony: His dream to find Lunares coins is so important to him that he doesn't want to see his granddaughter Pam because she'll send him on errands instead. This is the most reliable method of getting Lunares coins.
- Luke, I Am Your Father:
- Red Baron: The Eternal Traveler.