The character sheets for the Star Ocean series:
- Star Ocean: First Departure
- Star Ocean: The Second Story / Second Evolution
- Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope
- Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness
- Star Ocean: Anamnesis
- Star Ocean: The Divine Force
Recurring characters
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Welch Vineyard
Welch Vineyard
Voiced by (Japanese): Tomoe Hanba
Voiced by (English): Melissa Fahn (First Departure, The Second Evolution, Integrity and Faithlessness, and The Divine Force), Julie Maddalena (Till the End of Time), Laura Bailey (The Last Hope), Sarah Pitard (Anamnesis)
Welch in Star Ocean: Anamnesis -Twin Eclipse-
A young girl with a peculiar sense of style who always carries around a big pointer. A self-designated creator, she claims that she builds various useful items, but the details are unknown. She semi-forcefully decides to join protagonists throughout history on their ventures, most frequently as a supporting craftswoman, but sometimes as a direct combatant as well.
- The Blacksmith: In some games, she appears as a NPC responsible for Item Crafting.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: In The Last Hope, Welch slacks off, performs cosplay while on duty and pulls pranks but she is still a good support operative and efficient synthesis aid.
- Crash-Into Hello: In Second Evolution. Notable in that she falls from the sky and on top of Claude/Rena...
- Crutch Character: In Second Evolution. Depending on your party makeup, Lv.30 Welch can be recruited while your main team is only half that level. Sure, they catch up to her, but...
- Erotic Dream: There is a skit in Till the End of Time where she's asleep at her desk. During which, she's apparently dreaming of having a make-out session, since she can be heard making kissing sounds in between playfully telling whoever she's with to stop. Followed by, "not here".
- Expressive Accessory: Her "handy stick" sometimes changes form to better fit the situation. For example, in The Last Hope it will open its palm when Welch raises it to her ear to listen something, and go limp when Welch puts it away. In the promotional render for The Last Hope it's seen making a V-sign. When Welch is playable, it can also change into a palm or a fist to slap and punch enemies.
- Genki Girl: She's always cheerful and upbeat.
- Girlish Pigtails: Her usual hairstyle. Subverted in The Last Hope, in which she has purple hair tied by a single ribbon.
- Improbable Weapon User: She fights with "handy sticks" - which are sticks with a pointing hand at the end. She uses it to slap, poke, or punch enemies.
- Mysterious Past: Her origin is unknown, but she is implied to be a 4D being. In Till the End of Time, this would explain how she has a compact communicator, which is far too advanced for Elicoor II's level of technology. It'd also explain the similarity between the way she dresses and Blair's attire. And it could be the reason she's always the same age in each game, since The Eternal Sphere is a virtual reality MMORPG.
- Nice Gal: Very friendly. In The Last Hope, she continues to help the crew after they are abandoned by the USTA.
- Optional Party Member: She can be recruited in the Updated Re Release version of the first and second games.
- Otaku: In Second Evolution, you can go to a "fanfic" (doujinshi) sale in Fun City. In one Private Action, Welch will drag Claude there forcibly. And she is very...ahem...familiar with the various genres.
- Plucky Comic Relief: She provides a good portion of the fourth's game humor.
- The Prankster: In 4, she enjoys trolling the crew of the Calnus.
- Promoted to Playable: Welch appears as a playable character in First Departure, Second Evolution and Anamnesis.
- Recurring Character: Welch appears in every Star Ocean game starting from the third game. She's nonexistent in the original versions of the first and second game, but when both got remade, she made it to both as a playable character.
- Shipper on Deck: In 4, Welch ships Edge and Reimi. She also shows great interest in Faize and Lymle after they accidentally kiss.
- Significant Birth Date: According to Anamnesis, her birthday is on April Fools' Day.
- Tomboy: The dictionary in The Last Hope defines her as "a beautiful, if tomboyish, young operator who provides external support for the Calnus from the USTA's Earth headquarters."
- Voice with an Internet Connection: In The Last Hope, Welch speaks to the crew through a holographic projector, but she serves the same purpose.
- Yaoi Fangirl: In First Departure during a private action, Welch is seen talking with the fangirl trio who try to pitch to her their yaoi fanfiction, which she gets a bit excited about. Make what you will as well of the fact that her favourite food is chocolate-dipped banana.
- You Don't Look Like You: She's usually a blonde with Girlish Pigtails, and wears blue-and-black clothes. Come The Last Hope, and she suddenly has purple hair, wears glasses, and her outfit is purple with orange tights. Her later designs are much closer to her usual look.
Puffy
Puffy
A young prankster girl.
- The Blacksmith: She is an inventor in Till the End of Time.
- Butt-Monkey: Most of her encounters with the current player party usually end up with either her tripping when running away from them followed by a Comedic Underwear Exposure and dropping an item that the party needs to progress or being fed something that makes her sick, although since she's usually the one to start trouble with the party, she usually has it coming.
- The Prankster: Loves playing pranks on the main characters.
- Recurring Character: Appears in every Star Ocean game.
Ruddle Crispin
Ruddle Crispin
A traveler who is always lost.
- Lethal Joke Weapon: In 2, he grants you a Scumbag Slayer, a otherwise pathetic sword that instantly kills any enemy with "Scumbag" in its name.
- No Sense of Direction: A Running Gag in the series. Ruddle is frequently lost and asks the player for directions.
- Recurring Character: Appears in every Star Ocean game.
- Unexpected Virgin: Claims to have never had a girlfriend.
Gabriel Celeste and Ethereal Queen
Gabriel Celeste and Ethereal Queen
Two recurring superbosses in the series. They're often fought at the bottom levels of the Maze of Tribulations (or Wandering Dungeon in SO4).- Battle Theme Music: Have their own battle theme, "The Incarnation of Devil".
- Inconsistent Dub:
- Gabriel Celeste also goes by "Gabriella Celesta" in FD and SO2. In SO3, he is called "Gabriel Celesta".
- Ethereal Queen's name was translated as "Iseria Queen" in SO2.
- Legacy Boss Battle: They are also bosses in other tri-Ace games, like Valkyrie Profile, Radiata Stories and Infinite Undiscovery.
- Light Is Not Good: They're called Celestial Beings, have angelic motifs and halos, but are bosses.
- Superboss: They're usually the most powerful secret bosses in the games (though Freya is stronger than them in SO3).
