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Bastian
A famous painter hailing from a land to the west of Orsterra, and the creator of Love Unforgotten.
- The Lost Lenore: Despite marrying four times, he never forgot his first love. Her passing inspired him to paint a depiction of what he imagined she would have become had she lived to be a grown woman, working on it until the end of his career.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: He is discussed by Captain Leon when Tressa notices Love Unforgotten on his merchant ship near the end of her Chapter 1... and is never mentioned again.
Baltazar
A Dread Pirate with a legendary treasure, and an old friend of Captain Leon before passing.
- All That Glitters: He was never satisfied with a pirate's life, instead wanting to have been a merchant.
- Armor-Piercing Question: When he asks Leon if his rival and friend has anything he would die to protect, what he would consider his most precious treasure, Leon doesn't think on it, but later comes to realize he has nothing that qualifies for that. This is what kickstarts Leon's Heel–Face Turn.
- The Bet:
- He is introduced in Leon's flashback with the two of them sailing their ships through a storm to a new island. Whomever sets foot first on the land wins all the treasure on the island. Baltazar won.
- In his final meeting with Leon, he bet a gem Leon's always had his eye on, in exchange for whatever Leon considered his most precious treasure. Baltazar died in the ensuing race through a storm, though his ship did reach its destination before Leon's, and the whole event gave Leon an epiphany about his life thus far.
- Posthumous Character: He is long dead by the time of the story, appearing only in Leon's flashbacks.
- The Rival: Was this to Leon, racing to see who could get to treasures first.
- Street Urchin: Grew up as one alongside Leon.
Edbart
A knight of the ancient kingdom of Ferlen, whose shield is regarded as a legendary treasure.
- Posthumous Character: Has been dead for ages, though his legend lives on.
King Beowulf
The first king of Hornburg, and the man that entrusted the Ravus family with the Dragonstones.
- Posthumous Character: As expected of a man that founded a centuries-old kingdom.
Graham Crossford
The man who saved Alfyn's life during the epidemic. It is his selfless act that motivated Alfyn to become an apothecary. While he is seen only during flashbacks in Alfyn's story, he ends up playing a far more important role in the overall plot than he initially appears.
- Broken Pedestal: A very mild example. While he was a man as noble as Alfyn saw him to be, in his moment of weakness after losing his wife, he unwittingly set off the chain of events that nearly led to The End of the World as We Know It.
- Character Death: He dies after H'aanit slays Redeye.
- Didn't Think This Through: Accompanies Lyblac to the Gate of Finis and agrees to participate in a ritual, not realizing until the last moment that Lyblac had been lying about bringing his deceased wife Back from the Dead. Once he figures it out, he wounds Lyblac and interrupts the ritual, at the cost of losing his humanity and turning into the abomination Redeye.
- Died Happily Ever After: Defeating Galdera reveals that he was able to find peace in the afterlife with his wife after H'aanit slayed Redeye.
- Fate Worse than Death: He was twisted by Lyblac into Redeye after an attempt to summon Galdera gone wrong and is just barely lucid enough to comprehend the horrible things he's done and wish for someone to come along and put him out of his misery.
- The Lost Lenore: His wife suffered from the same epidemic as Alfyn, but died before he returned with the cure.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome:
- He somehow took a feather from the fearsome Ogre Eagle to make the elixir that saved Alfyn's life.
- The final dungeon reveals that before he became Redeye, he managed to prevent Galdera from possessing his body by focusing on the image of his family and grievously injured Lyblac, interrupting her ritual.
- One Degree of Separation: The man who saved Alfyn also turns out to be the man who originally wrote the very journal Tressa obtains from Leon. He also saved Ogen's life, giving a connection between Ogen and Alfyn. And he's none other than the Arc Villain of H'annit's story.
- Two Aliases, One Character: He is seemingly absent for most of the game, until the endgame reveals he was Redeye, the rampaging monster serving as H'annit's primary Arc Villain all along.
- Unwitting Pawn: He was manipulated by Lyblac into becoming a vessel for Galdera. He only managed to escape at the last moment due to Heroic Willpower but he devolved into a mindless monster soon after, becoming Redeye that H'aanit and her master end up hunting.
Melyssa
Ogen's wife, who was murdered by one of his patients.
- The Lost Lenore: Her death at the hands of a criminal whose wounds her husband treated shaped Ogen into the cynical apothecary he is today.
The Twelve Gods
The creators and guardian deities of the world, each of which is a patron of a particular profession. Foremost among them is Aelfric, the Flamebringer, who led them in a charge against their fallen sibling Galdera 1600 years ago.
- Achilles' Heel: All four of the Optional Boss gods have some form of this because all of their attacks are either purely physical or purely elemental. Reflective Veil cast upon all party members stuffs Steorra's and Dreisang's elemental attacks completely along with damaging them and potentially breaking their guards in the process while Sidestep will similarly render Winnehild and Balogar completely incapable of landing a single hit on said sidestepper with their physical attacks (moreso in Winnehild's case with Balogar's Rune Transfer cast by Tressa).
- All There in the Manual:
- The official guide book reveals that the thirteen gods were created by the primordial goddess Orsa who was the creator and namesake of Orsterra (as in Orsa's terra). Champions of the Continent elaborates that she was their mother who gave birth to them, and their father was another god created by her named Finis.
- The official ''Octopath Traveler'' Tabletop RPG guidebook
establishes the order of the gods' birth, with Alephan being the eldest and Galdera being the youngest. Meanwhile, Dreisang and Dohter are stated to be twins. Their birth order is as follows: Alephan -> Dreisang -> Dohter -> Draefendi -> Winnehild -> Brand -> Sealticge -> Steorra -> Balogar -> Aeber -> Bifelgan -> Aelfric -> Galdera.
- Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: The gods left Orsterra after sealing away Galdera to heal the wounds from their battle.
- Big Good: Aelfric, Flamebringer. He sealed away the God of Evil Galdera, his Sacred Flame keeps the dark god's power in check, and he is revered in the Order of the Sacred Flame.
- Cain and Abel: Champions of the Continent reveals that the thirteen gods are all siblings, making all of them, especially Aelfric, the Abel to Galdera's Cain.
- Counter-Attack: Steorra and Winnehild can each counter any physical attack thrown their way—Winnehild's is especially dangerous because while she only counters one attack per casting instead of three she inflicts nigh One-Hit Kill damage to whoever threw out the attack.
- Crystal Dragon Jesus: Aelfric is held as such by the order of the Sacred Flame.
- Expy: The four gods you fight to unlock the secret jobs are identical to the Asterisk holders from the Bravely Default games. You have to beat the job holders in a boss fight and in doing so, you get a preview of the job's abilities as they're being used on you.
- God of Knowledge: Alephan is known as the Scholar King, and is closely tied to the scholar class, granting the player the option to have a character multi-class as a scholar as a reward for finding his shrine.
- Light Is Good: Aelfric's domain is Light, attributed to the Sacred Flame, and he is revered by the Order as their patron deity.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Winnehild has six arms, one for each of the six weapon types in the game.
- One-Way Visor: Winnehild, Dreisang, Balogar, and Steorra all wear masks covering their eyes during their boss fights. Champions of the Continent reveals that Aelfric also dons a similar mask during his own boss fight in that game, implying all of the Orsterran gods wear one of their own.
- Promoted to Playable: Aelfric is playable in a scripted sequence in Octopath Traveler II.
- Spellblade: Balogar the Runeblade specializes in these. His runes can also give out status conditions, unlike you.
- Status-Buff Dispel: Steorra can cast Restore Balance on a single party member to get rid of any enhancements and prevent that person from receiving any for four turns. Dreisang's Divine Majesty simply prevents enhancements but for the whole party and it lasts for five turns.
- Super Boss: The embodiments of Winnehild (Warmaster), Steorra (Starseer), Dreisang (Sorcerer), and Balogar (Runelord) must be battled in their shrines to unlock the respective jobs for the party.
- Super-Empowering: The main eight leave artifacts corresponding to the various jobs of the protagonists, and interacting with these artifacts will give you one sample of the job in question to allocate to your team as you see fit. The last four on the other hand need to be defeated first to make use of their jobs. Each god is associated with a different job.
- Cleric: Aelfric, the Flamebringer.
- Scholar: Alephan, the Sage.
- Merchant: Bifelgan, the Trader.
- Warrior: Brand, the Thunderblade.
- Dancer: Sealticge, the Lady of Grace.
- Apothecary: Dohter, the Healer.
- Thief: Aeber, the Prince of Thieves.
- Hunter: Draefendi, the Huntress.
- Starseer: Steorra, the Starseer.
- Runelord: Balogar, the Runeblade.
- Warmaster: Winnehild, the Warbringer.
- Sorcerer: Dreisang, the Archmagus.
- Top God: Aelfric is presented as the leader of the twelve.
