Suikoden V/The Godwin Faction

Marscal Godwin

 * A Nazi by Any Other Name
 * Bald of Evil
 * Big Bad: He's the ruthless head of the House of Godwin.
 * Bling of War: His outfit is particularly fancy.
 * Blue Blood
 * Fantastic Racism: Xenophobic and disrespectful of the 'lesser demi-human races'.
 * The Mourning After: His wife was assassinated by Nether Gate.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:

Gizel Godwin

 * Affably Evil
 * Arranged Marriage: Had one to Sialeeds when he was a kid.
 * Perfectly Arranged Marriage: It's implied he viewed it as this.
 * Belligerent Sexual Tension: Has some with Sialeeds, though it comes off more as mutual bemused Foe Yay.
 * Bishounen
 * Blue Blood
 * The Charmer
 * Duel Boss
 * Enigmatic Minion: He doesn't share his father's extremist views, but still supports him for his own reasons,
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Love Makes You Evil:
 * Manipulative Bastard: What he's become, according to Sialeeds, his ex-fiancé.
 * Villainous Valor: Only at the end of the Game.
 * Xanatos Roulette: His favorite type of plan. Lampshaded by Marscal and Sialeeds, who point out that his Stormfist plan only succeeded through blind luck -
 * Villain Ball: It should be noted that his planning tends to have repercussions for him in the long run.
 * Villain Ball: It should be noted that his planning tends to have repercussions for him in the long run.

Dolph

 * Complete Monster
 * Creepy Monotone
 * Duel Boss
 * The Dragon
 * Emotionless Guy
 * Forgotten Childhood Friend: To Lyon
 * Implacable Man: Every time he is defeated, he gets right back up.
 * Monochromatic Eyes
 * Monochromatic Eyes

Childerich

 * Axe Crazy
 * Blood Knight
 * Confusion Fu: He fights in an odd, unpredictable manner, using fluid movements to fox his opponent in a very similar manner to Voldo of Soul Calibur fame.
 * Duel Boss
 * Expy: Remember Luca Blight...? Childerich's personality will certainly remind you...
 * Facial Markings
 * Hidden Weapons: He fights using two hidden wrist-blades.
 * Humiliation Conga:
 * The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: By the time you reach the final face-off with him, he's pissed off enough people to earn himself a few willing to declare "Leave Him to Me!" Take them along to that conflict, and they'll actually argue over this.
 * Slasher Smile: He sports a contemptuous smirk.
 * Stupid Evil: He kills Godwin supporters just because their town was conquered by the prince's army. The survivors of his rampage quickly re-evaluate their loyalty to the Godwins.

Dilber Novum

 * Anti-Villain
 * The Rival: To Boz Wilde. The pair are known respectively as "Dilber of the West" and "Boz of the East".
 * Worthy Opponent

Bahram Luger

 * Alas, Poor Villain:
 * Anti-Villain
 * Honor Before Reason:
 * My Country, Right or Wrong

Salum Barows

 * Blue Blood
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive: A medieval variation.
 * Fat Bastard: He's almost spherical.
 * : After.
 * Large Ham
 * Not So Different: Whereas the Godwins push forward more offensive policies, he supports more peaceful actions. Despite these, few actually trust his welcoming smile, as in many ways he's Not So Different than his rival faction...
 * : Receives one from Sialeeds when.
 * Smug Snake
 * Smug Snake

Euram Barows

 * Blue Blood
 * Dirty Coward: Although he thinks he's terribly brave, of course.
 * The Dulcinea Effect: As seen when he encounters Princess Lymsleia.
 * Expy: Like Snowe Vingerhut of Suikoden IV, Euram is an Upperclass Twit.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Hopeless Suitor: For the Princess.....
 * Stalking Is Love: ....Although her obvious rebuttal lands on deaf ears.
 * Large Ham: Like his father.
 * Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
 * Rich Idiot With No Day Job
 * Tome of Eldritch Lore:
 * Upperclass Twit
 * Rich Idiot With No Day Job
 * Tome of Eldritch Lore:
 * Upperclass Twit

Luserina Barows

 * And Now for Someone Completely Different: She is used to swap party members in and out of the Prince's team. She's also nothing like the rest of her family.
 * Arranged Marriage: Salum continuously tries to get her into one with the Prince.
 * The Atoner: Feels she has to be one for her family's actions, even though she's not asked to.
 * Blue Blood: The Noble House of Barrows.
 * Cannot Spit It Out: It's implied in a few scenes that she has a crush on the Prince.
 * English Rose: Her character type.
 * Hair Decorations: She sports an alice band.
 * Hair of Gold: She sports a veritable river of long, wavy honey blonde hair.
 * Proper Lady / Silk Hiding Steel: She's sweet and graceful and apparently stays home while her dad and brother politic in the capital. However, if you talk around Rainwall, you'll find out that she is the one running the place. She also takes part in the coming battles as 'morale', in other words, encrouaging them to victory.
 * Purity Personified: Looks the part and mostly acts the part, but she abandoned her family rather easily.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: Whereas she is demure, polite and kind, her brother Euram is foppish, spoilt and cowardly.
 * Spoiled Sweet: Compared to her Smug Snake dad and Upperclass Twit brother, its amazing she turns out so helpful and kind.
 * Ugly Guys Hot Daughter: Some characters can't believe they're related, and this is only one of the reasons.

Chuck

 * Bag of Sharing: His speciality - he looks after the HQ warehouse, where all items and equipment can be dropped off, stored and retrieved when necessary.
 * Dumb Muscle
 * The Giant: He's huge.
 * Gentle Giant:
 * I Owe You My Life: Luserina fed him when he was starving to death.
 * Man Child
 * Undying Loyalty: To Luserina.
 * Wolverine Claws: His weapon of choice - a vicious, spiked glove.
 * Wolverine Claws: His weapon of choice - a vicious, spiked glove.

Boz Wilde

 * An Axe to Grind
 * Anime Hair: He sports a huge mohican fin of hair.
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * Colonel Badass
 * Horrible Judge of Character:Salum is one of his best friends.
 * Informed Ability: He's apparently a good fighter. Since he's unable to be used outside of war battles, he never gets a chance to prove it.
 * The Rival: To Dilber
 * Those Two Guys: He tries to get this dynamic started with the straitlaced Dinn, and he eventually semi succeeds.