Suikoden Tierkreis/Characters

The character sheet for Suikoden Tierkreis.

Plot-Related Starbearers

The Hero/Sieg

• Big Eater: Implied to be one.
• Catch Phrase: "We won't know until we try!"
• Character Development: The most prominent example in the entire game.
• Determinator
• Dumbass Has a Point: Simple-minded rather than dumb, but still.

Roberto: At times like this, I envy your... simplicity.

• Happily Adopted: By the chief of Citro Village.
• Hello, Insert Name Here
• Heroic Mime: Averted.
• Hot-Blooded
• Keet: Borders on this.
• Kid Hero: He's 15.
• Magnetic Hero
• Motor Mouth: In the English dub, at least, though he slows down later.
• The Nicknamer: Lampshaded.
• Playing with Fire
• Simple Staff: His starting weapon.
• You Gotta Have Grey Hair: Light-grey.
• Yuuki Kaji: His seiyuu in the Japanese version.

Marica

• The Archer: In terms of personality, she fits the bill.
• Combat Medic: Learns the best healing skills in the game.
• Making a Splash
• Sexy Backless Outfit
• Tsundere: Type B.
• White-Haired Pretty Girl
• Zettai Ryouiki

Jale

• Kuudere: On the dere side toward his childhood friends.
• Nice Hat
• Power Fist: His starting weapon.
• Shock and Awe

Liu

• Bare Your Midriff
• Facial Markings/Tron Lines: After he becomes the new leader for the Scribes.
• The Smart Guy: Eventually became The Strategist for you team.
• Squishy Wizard
• The Strategist
• Victorious Childhood Friend: Len-Lien.

Rajim

• Parental Substitute

Hotupa

• An Axe to Grind: His starting weapon.
• Big Fun
• Intrepid Merchant
• Megane

Moana

• Meganekko

Erin

• Girlish Pigtails
• The Medic: Her support skill.
• Silk Hiding Steel: The sweet and gentle maid of an inn, who works as a Reverse Mole and fights with the party. Then there's her cooperative attack with her dad.

Logan

• Blade on a Stick: His starting weapon.
• Cool Old Guy
• Papa Wolf
• Stone Wall: His defense is higher than his offense.

Wahie

• Cool Old Guy
• The Obi-Wan

Zahra

• Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate
• Power Fist

Eunice

• Beleaguered Assistant: Poor girl.
• Hospital Hottie

Neira

• Divine Possession: Ninulneda takes over her body from time to time.

Nimni

• Blade on a Stick

Nemne

Zenoa

• Bald of Awesome/Bald Women
• Deadpan Snarker
• Figure It Out Yourself
• Jerkass
• Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Apparently.
• Squishy Wizard

Chrodechild

• Incest Subtext: Hilariously lampshaded by Asad.
• Lady of War
• Living Emotional Crutch: She is apparently one to her sister, given how Fredegund joined the Order.
• Oblivious to Love: Poor Asad.

Meruvis

• Bishonen
• Mr. Fanservice
• Number Two: To Chrodechild.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue half.

Roberto

• Blatant Lies/Suspiciously Specific Denial: When Sieg has just returned after being thrown to the Ravine of Infinity along with Liu and Chrodechild, Roberto tells him how angry he is and that he is not happy to see him. With a completely cheerful face.
• Mr. Fanservice
• Tsundere

Fredegund

• The Atoner
• Heel Face Turn
• Incest Subtext: Hilariously lampshaded by Asad.
• Lady of War

Guntram

• La Résistance: Leads the resistance against Order in Pharamond.

Asad

• Cannot Spit It Out/Dogged Nice Guy: Poor guy.
• Dark-Skinned Redhead
• Facial Markings
• Hot-Blooded
• Mr. Fanservice
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red half.
• Unknown Rival: Has one-sided rivalry with Meruvis.

Manaril

• Love Martyr: For Rizwan.
• White-Haired Pretty Girl

Shams

• Dark-Skinned Blond
• The Wise Prince

Mubal

• High-Class Glass
• My Name Is Not Durwood: Actually, it's "Mubal", not "Scholar Guy". Later in the game, he doesn't bother anymore.
• Parental Substitute: For Manaril.

Diulf

• Authority Equals Asskicking
• Big Badass Wolf
• Fragile Speedster
• Glass Cannon

Servillah

• Fragile Speedster

Lycia

• Big Eater
• Fragile Speedster

Luo-Tao

• Bare Your Midriff
• Facial Markings/Tron Lines
• Mr. Fanservice

Len-Lien

• Bare Your Midriff
• Facial Markings/Tron Lines
• Victorious Childhood Friend: For Liu.

Diadora (see below)

Nova (see below)

Sophia (see below)

Vaslof (see below)

Resno (see below)

Ordovic

• Back from the Dead
• Really Seven Hundred Years Old

Kashgar

Indrik

Diiwica

Other Starbearers

Anya

• Gossipy Hens
• Motor Mouth

Selen

• Action Mom
• Hot Mom
• Power Fist

Sisuca

• Mama Bear
• Team Mom: Self-proclaimed example.

Tongahiti

Gadburg

• Bald of Awesome
• The Blacksmith
• Cool Old Guy

Luvais

• Dead Wife: Why he is so eager to bring down the Order, since his wife (who unknowingly had joined the Order) died from a relatively light illness and refused treatment.
• My Greatest Failure: See the entry inside spoiler tag above.
• Nice Hat
• Stealth Hi Bye: Does this throughout the game.

Muro

• Gentle Giant: Because it's very rare for Auster Folks to be outside their homeland, people instantly run away when they see him.
• Mighty Glacier

Semias

• The Gambling Addict

Wustum

• Supreme Chef

Nomno

• Big Eater
• Blade on a Stick
• Heavy Sleeper
• The Unintelligible: He never says anything other than "Zzzz...", which is why Sieg thinks he is asleep in his recruitment (while in reality he is hungry).

Yadima

Icas

• Casanova Wannabe
• Handsome Lech

Morrin

• Tsundere: Type A. Given just what kind of person Icas is, she has right to become one.

Yovel

• Butt Monkey: Poor guy. As if having his sister drag him around isn't enough, at one certain quest, he is unable to take off his mask thanks to a certain prankster.
• Cool Mask: Subverted.
• Cute Shotaro Boy: A little old since he is roughly at Sieg's age, but he can qualify.
• Hero Worshipper: To Sieg.
• Mr. Fanservice

Geschutz

• Facial Markings

Minen

• Badass Cape
• Guns Akimbo
• Tsundere: Type A.
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Has green hair.
• Zettai Ryouiki: Grade S.

Buchse

• Cold Sniper
• Facial Markings
• Mr. Fanservice
• Not So Stoic: When Tsaubern gives Tickle Torture to him near the end of the game.
• The Quiet One
• The Stoic:
• Tall, Dark and Handsome

Khemia

• Engineer Exploited For Evil

Hafin

Nakil

• Dark-Skinned Blond

Sotah

Nhazu

• Cute Shotaro Boy

Dogha

Maybelle

• Clingy Jealous Girl: And how.
• Rose-Haired Girl
• Stalker with a Crush: Given that she tries to sneak to Sieg's room on regular basis...

Sphiel

• An Ice Person
• Cloudcuckoolander: She asks people if they want snow... by throwing it at them.

Balsam

Yod

• Robot Buddy

Nuzhat

• Good Is Not Nice

Rekareka

Tuhululu

Numnu

• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Played for Laughs.

Dromon

Felecca

• Cuteness Proximity
• Stripperiffic

Xebec

• Knife Nut: Xebec's staring weapon.

Gorno

• No Indoor Voice: Lampshaded during a quest with his otherworld self.

Autar

• Cute Bruiser
• Cute Shotaro Boy: If demihumans can count, then he is.

Chein

• Blade on a Stick
• Fiery Redhead

Ouragan

• Career Killer

Yula

• Gameplay and Story Segregation: Said to be on par with Chrodechild during her recruitment. Statistically Speaking... not so much.
• Lady of War

Mourgent

• Old Master

Amaralicht

• Those Two Guys: With Quillard.

Quillard

• Those Two Guys: With Amaralicht.

Bosche

Lathilda

• Stripperiffic

Lubberkin

• Ocular Gushers: Given all the crap he has gone through, can you really blame him?
• Trapped in Another World

Hina

• Cute Bruiser
• The Napoleon: Which makes her look like at Manaril's age, while in reality, she is at around the same age as Sieg.

Savina

• Sickeningly Sweethearts: With Darrow.

Darrow

• Sickeningly Sweethearts: With Savina.

Megion

Eusmil

Nictis

Namna

• Guide Dang It: He is the hardest character to recruit in the entire game.

Taj

• Undying Loyalty: To Shams.

Tsaubern

• Bunny Ears Lawyer: Has a strange sense of humor and loves to stand around high places for no particular reason, but is also far more in tune with politics than almost anyone else in the Company.
• No Sense of Personal Space: Apparently.
• Tickle Torture: Gives one to Buchse near the end of the game. Buchse is not pleased.

Ramin

• Brown Note: It's unknown which has the effect of making people angry - the music, the instrument or Ramin himself.
• Jerkass: The low-born comment...
• Nice Hat

Misrach

Nofret

Gilliam

Yomi

Chihaya

Tigre

Mun-Tsang

Keflen

Belemuel

• Back from the Dead

Hao-Shi

• Enemy Mine: He still shows hostility even after he joins.

Zayin

Kow-Low

Rufa

• Strange Girl

Enumclaw

The Order of the One True Way

Valfred

• The Dragon: To the One King.
• Evil Old Folks: He's 65, although...
  • Older Than They Look: ...one of Anya's quests notes that he hasn't aged for a long time, so he's probably much older.
• Love Makes You Evil: Everything began when his family was erased by the world fusion long time ago.
• One-Winged Angel
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Yes, his intentions might be good, but still...

Conon

• Dual Boss: With Fergus.
• One-Winged Angel

Fergus

• Dual Boss: With Conon.
• One-Winged Angel

Diadora

• Anti-Villain
• Heel Face Turn
• Hot Librarian

Nova

• Anti-Villain
• Dual Boss: With Sophia.
• Heel Face Turn
• Love Martyr: To his daughter Sophia.
• Stone Wall: Every time you fight the two of them, Nova is standing in front and absorbing all the damage while Sophia nukes you with spells from the back. His stats reflect that too.

Sophia

• Anti-Villain
• The Atoner: After joining the party, as one of her victory quotes shows.
• Curtains Match the Window: Has brown eyes and hair.
• Dual Boss: With Nova.
• Heel Face Turn
• Mind Control Eyes: She has one, apparently. Turns out something is going on related to her backstory...
• Tragic Monster: Dust Sophia. Thankfully, she gets better.

Vaslof

• Battle Couple: With Resno.
• Heel Face Turn
• Worthy Opponent

Resno

• Battle Couple: With Vaslof.
• Heel Face Turn
• Worthy Opponent

Dirk (see below)

Fredegund (see above)

Macoute

• Dirty Coward
• Fat Bastard
• One-Winged Angel
• Smug Snake

Beardsley

• Blond Guys Are Evil
• Light Is Not Good
• One-Winged Angel

Other Characters

The One King

• One-Winged Angel: He is fought in three forms.
• Tragic Monster

Dirk

• Big Brother Mentor
• Blade on a Stick
• Broken Pedestal
• Crutch Character: He is outclassed really fast.
• Face Heel Turn: Dirk joins the Order.
• One-Winged Angel: He transforms into one somewhere in the game, although you don't fight this form in the last standoff with him.
• Redemption Equals Death: Sacrifices himself to save Sieg and his army from a world fusion caused by Valfred.

Other Marica

• An Axe to Grind
• Evil Twin: Subverted. She is just initially considered as one because nobody in the village knows what she is talking about.
• Guest Star Party Member
• Hot-Blooded
• Nice Hat
• White-Haired Pretty Girl

Atrie

• Blue Eyes
• Guest Star Party Member: In an easily overlooked sidequest that grants you Infinity+1 Sword.
• Heroes Prefer Swords
• Like a Son to Me: He is this to the man who is hinted to be Sieg's father.

Cougar

• Death by Newbery Medal
• Guest Star Party Member
• Literal-Minded: This line, sort of.

Cougar: I've never seen a windbag before. What kind of animal is that?

• Ret-Gone

Danash VIII

• Bald Black Leader Guy: He is the Mage Lord, the 'king' of the Magedom.
• Manipulative Bastard
• Ret-Gone
• Tenchi Solution: Deconstructed.

Shairah

• Lady of War
• Ret-Gone

Rizwan

• Abusive Parents: Dear God, where to begin...
• Dark-Skinned Blond
• Hot Mom
• Jerkass Facade: In order to survive the power struggle in the Magedom, she has no choice but to use any means to retain her status. Her final moments also show that she truly cares for Manaril.
• Redemption Equals Death
• Ret-Gone

Kureyah

• Dark-Skinned Blond
• Hot Mom
• Ret-Gone

Nameless Hero

• All There in the Manual: He only appears in the artbook, and his armor hints that he is the Tenkai Star who forcefully became the current One King.