Suikoden V/Lucretia and Her Allies

Lucretia Merces

 * Bi the Way: It's implied that she seduced both Lelei and Cius, and had a husband in the past. However, she's far closer to Lelei.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: She has a nigh-incomprehensible sense of humor, which includes giving an over the top Awesome McCoolname that's a sentence on its own to your castle when you first get it.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Darkskinned Blonde: She has the same look as the Karaya from Suikoden 3.
 * Expy: Of Zhuge Liang.
 * Heel Face Turn:
 * Odd Name Out: She's one of the few Suikoden strategists who are not of the Silverberg lineage, the other being Shu in 2. And even with that, it should be noted that Shu was nevertheless the student of a Silverberg. Lucretia has no (known) connection at all.
 * Rescue Arc: The Prince must bust her out of prison before she can be recruited.
 * Shoot the Dog:
 * Shout-Out: Her feather fan and over-all look seems to be a fond nod to legendary strategist, Zhuge Liang. Not to mention her tactics.
 * Strange Syntax Speaker
 * The Strategist: The games makes it firmly clear that she's one of the absolute best in the whole series, and shows it in the actual battles she orchestrates...with planning bordering on precognition, just like the person she's based on.
 * Thousand-Yard Stare: Her portrait expression exhibits this when she is dishing out her strategic advice.
 * The Strategist: The games makes it firmly clear that she's one of the absolute best in the whole series, and shows it in the actual battles she orchestrates...with planning bordering on precognition, just like the person she's based on.
 * Thousand-Yard Stare: Her portrait expression exhibits this when she is dishing out her strategic advice.

Lelei

 * Ambiguously Lesbian: Though it's only ambiguous because its never explicitly stated.
 * Back-to-Back Badasses: With Cius during their unite attack.
 * Bodyguard Crush
 * Butch Lesbian|Lipstick Lesbian: She has traits of both. If nothing else, Lucretia ironically wears the pants in the relationship.
 * Lima Syndrome: It's implied she fell for Lucretia while guarding her cell.
 * Right-Hand Hottie
 * Royal Rapier
 * Statuesque Stunner: However, she finds her height embarrassing and tends to stoop. This gets played for laughs in one of the bath scenes.
 * The Strategist: Is taking lessons from Lucretia.
 * To Be a Master
 * Undying Loyalty: To Lucretia.
 * Undying Loyalty: To Lucretia.

Cius

 * Back-to-Back Badasses: With Lelei in their unite attack.
 * The Champion: To Lucretia.
 * The Fettered: He's an honorable sort who values duty above all else.
 * The Generic Guy
 * Out of Focus: Compared to Lelei, he gets very little attention and/development.

Cathari

 * Badass
 * Badass Cape
 * Career Killer: She's an assassin.
 * The Gunslinger
 * In the Hood
 * Les Yay: With Lucretia, who she is implied to have been in a relationship of some sort at one point.
 * Mysterious Past
 * Rule of Cool: The outfit, the gun, the mysteriousness, etc.
 * Sniper Rifle: Her weapon - incidently, one of the few gun-users in the Suikoden universe.
 * Super Speed: Like Stallion and Cedric before her, she's the one who gives you the ability to run like the wind across the world map.
 * Super Speed: Like Stallion and Cedric before her, she's the one who gives you the ability to run like the wind across the world map.