Breath of Fire/Characters

The Breath of Fire series is a long-running series of games with a fairly long list of characters, so this may take a while.

Ryu

 * Accidental Pervert: In The Dragon Warrior manga, Ryu gets to see Nina first as she's bathing on a lake.
 * Badass: His first major action in the first game is to walk into a monster-infested castle by himself (this is before he gains any of his dragon forms, by the way), head straight to the throne room, and beat the crap out of the boss monster, thus freeing the town. And things just go up from there.
 * Badass Cape
 * The Chosen One: Not as prominent in the game, but a big deal in The Dragon Warrior.
 * Cute Little Fangs: in the artwork.
 * Doomed Hometown: As soon as you start!
 * Facial Markings: A dragon-shaped birthmark on his forehead.
 * Fate Worse Than Death: Myria sends Ryu into one in The Dragon Warrior:
 * Fusion Dance: Agni, the most power dragon transformation, has the entire party melding together into one being.
 * Guide Dang It: How to get most of Ryu's dragon transformation sets require having certain equipments with him, all of which are well-hidden all over the world map. There's no in-game mention of even what items one needs.
 * The elders living in the ruins where Ryu gets his training will tell him something like, "You need to complete the first level and find the DragonSD." But you still have to puzzle out where to find the equipment. The most powerful transformation is only mentioned once, on a tablet you can find in a well on the world map; it's quite possible to beat the game without ever finding it
 * Instant Armor: In The Dragon Warrior manga,
 * The Hero
 * Heroic Mime: For most of the game, anyway. After saving the king of Winlan, he says "Well, there is one thing." in response to the king asking how he can help.
 * Averted completely in The Dragon Warrior and Princess Of The Wings mangas.
 * Heroes Prefer Swords: Slightly subverted as he's also able to use boomerangs.
 * I Will Find You: His main motivation is to find his missing sister.
 * Outdoor Bath Peeping: Ryu is practically forced to do this as part of the gameplay, so he could see a special tatoo on a woman's back, as the tatoo is the key to figure out how to open a safe. Did I menctioned the woman in question is the Queen of Tuneland and because of the water's reflection, Ryu got the wrong image of the tatoo?
 * Official Couple: Probably the only couple who gets anything close to a hint of having succeeded in the backstory of the second (and third) game.
 * The manga adaptations also plays up their relationship, including the Spin-Off Litle Adventurer starring their own child.
 * Our Founder: Or more aptly, "Our Hero". Ryu gets a nice gold statue in Camlon for his efforts in helping eradicate the monsters infesting the main castle.
 * Power Limiter: The Light Dragons have their powers sealed off in fear of how dangerous they were for the world. So, once the Dark Dragons have the upper hand thanks to Myria, Ryu is forced to go through trials in order to unseal his powers.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: Comes with being part of the Dragon Clan. This version of Ryu seems to be the most adept at it, as he can shift into a dragon form and stay that way as long as he wants without losing AP.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Nina

 * Action Girl
 * Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: In The Dragon Warrior she considers peeping to be more vile than poisoning her father.
 * Bag of Sharing: Even though Ryu is just sleeping on one of the castle's rooms, and Nina never goes to visit him, she gets to use all of his inventory items during her tenure as the main character.
 * The Cameo: In II.
 * Chekhov's Gunman:
 * Distressed Damsel: During the Karma Tower arc.
 * Much more prominent in The Dragon Warrior manga.
 * Find the Cure: happens twice; first, her introductory scenario, and the second time
 * Global Airship:
 * Healing Hands
 * The Load: Deis confronts Nina with this in chapter 5 of The Dragon Warrior.
 * Outdoor Bath Peeping: Nina's introduction in The Dragon Warrior manga, having both Ryu and two bad guys as Accidental Perverts
 * The Power of Love: A theme in Princess of The Wings. Raifel even comments on it at one point.
 * Royal Blood
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: Being the princess, she could have sent someone for the cure for her father. But noooo, she must go herself, alone.
 * Weaksauce Weakness: The Xeon Gas, a weakness shared by all wyndians.
 * White Magic: She uses mainly healing and support magic, with one paralysis-inducing spell and a few Holy Hand Grenade spells only for use against undead foes.
 * Winged Humanoid
 * White Magic: She uses mainly healing and support magic, with one paralysis-inducing spell and a few Holy Hand Grenade spells only for use against undead foes.
 * Winged Humanoid

Bo/Gilliam

 * The Archer
 * Arrows on Fire: In Princess of The Wings, he uses arrows set on fire with his magic.
 * Big Badass Wolf: The good type, obviously.
 * The Cameo: In II and III.
 * Back for the Dead: In the latter.
 * Thought it is subverted later, when there's a wolf-guy sitting on a rocking chair, and one NPC comments he was atacked by the dragon that appeared years ago. And there was no other wolf-guy in the prologue.
 * Canon Foreigner: In The Dragon Warrior manga, he gets 3: a wife, a child and a brother-in-law.
 * Fire, Ice, Lightning: He can use all three elemental spells.
 * Doesn't have enough in his Mana Meter to back it up, though.
 * Also the spells start off very powerful, but they'll start becoming less useful later on, as he never learns any new spells. The later parts of the game will see him relying more on physical attacks, or fusions with Karn/Danc.
 * The Hunter
 * The Hunter

Karn/Danc

 * Biological Mashup: His ability to merge with other members of the team.
 * Bowdlerise: His character portrait in the original depicted him as black with big lips. His skin was toned down and the lips removed on the western version.
 * But Not Too Black: Karn/Danc had much darker skin in the Japanese version; he was lightened up in the North American version.
 * He essentially looked as if in Blackface as seen here. Most definitely changed due to the Unfortunate Implications to western audiences.
 * The Cameo: In II.
 * Conveniently an Orphan
 * Dark Is Not Evil: Apparently, his whole race.
 * Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Delivers one to Ox/Builder in The Dragon Warrior.
 * Happily Adopted: He was never interested in learning of his origin, and only sought to become the world's greatest thief.
 * In The Dragon Warrior manga,
 * It's the Journey That Counts: His introductory quest, in Krypt.
 * Knife Nut
 * Last of His Kind: At least he thinks so.
 * Loveable Rogue
 * Master of Unlocking: He can just walk his way out of prison, he only stays because he wants some peace and rest.
 * Play-Along Prisoner: After getting tossed into Auria's jail, the party is promptly let out by Karn, a fellow prisoner. Karn then goes back to sleep, indicating he could escape anytime, but took advantage of his 'incarceration' to catch some Z's.
 * Secret Art: Fusion. This was apparently the reason the thief kingdom was destroyed by the Dark Dragons. You can find masters hiding in a few places and they will impart their wisdom to Karn.
 * Thieves' Guild: He was raised in one. After completing his introductory quest, the guild master says there is nothing more to teach him and even offers him leadership of the guild whenever he's ready for it.
 * Sole Survivor: In The Dragon Warrior manga.

Gobi/Manillo

 * The Cameo: In II.
 * Fish People: The Merchant/Manillo race as a whole.
 * Get on the Boat:
 * Greed: A defining trait of his race throughout the series.
 * To the point where the resident thief of the party calls him out on this.
 * It's All My Fault: In Chapter 5 of The Dragon Warrior,
 * Prongs of Poseidon
 * This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman
 * What Kind of Lame Power Is Calling Fish, Anyway?: It only works underwater and doesn't even serves him while he's alone.
 * And once the sub-plot involving the attack on Prima is done, there's little left to even do underwater, making his powers useless for the remainder of the game.
 * You Owe Me: His excuse for joining the party is that the group owes him money for the Gills they needed to proceed.

Ox/Builder

 * The Big Guy/Mighty Glacier
 * The Blacksmith: In fact, his entire race is this.
 * Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism: While Ox and all males of his clan are big muscular men with bull-looking legs, all women are human-like besides a very small set of horns on their head.
 * The Cameo: In III.
 * Drop the Hammer
 * Drowning My Sorrows: He's found in this state in The Dragon Warrior manga.
 * The Grim Reaper: He appeared in person when Ox was injured and dying. It took the whole team to scare him away.
 * Healing Hands: A lesser version, as he's got less healing spells than Nina.
 * Heroic BSOD: In The Dragon Warrior. Needs Karn's help to get out of it.
 * I Have Your Wife: All the women from Ox's town were kidnapped to force the blacksmiths to work on a secret weapon. Among them was Ox's pregnant wife.
 * Meaningful Name: Both versions: Ox is Exactly What It Says on the Tin, while Builder comes from his day job.
 * Not Quite Dead: In The Dragon Warrior,
 * Parental Substitute: Becomes one for Karn in The Dragon Warrior,

Mogu

 * Bilingual Bonus: Mogu as in Mogura, japanese for "Mole".
 * The Cameo: In III.
 * Back for the Dead: Like Bo.
 * Battle in the Center of the Mind: The whole travel into his dream/psych.
 * Everything's Better with Spinning: His excavation technique.
 * Literal Split Personality: After being trapped in his dream, Mogu was split into 6 personalities: Anger, Humor (actually Pleasure), Fear, Sorrow, Reason and Courage. Only when the 6 come together can Mogu join the party.
 * Lotus Eater Machine: The Dragon Warrior manga turns his dream sequence in this, having him being trapped in an everlasting peaceful and happy version of his home.
 * Tunnel King: Besides being his map ability (dig on marked areas for secret chests), it's his only "spell" (dig to escape battle).
 * Wolverine Claws: His mole-claws and whole weapon set of metal/steel claws.

Bleu/Deis

 * Convenient Coma: Found this way in I and III.
 * Cool Big Sis: Nina looks up to her.
 * Easy Amnesia: The justification for having to level her up from scratch: her centuries-long sleep makes her forget most of her magic spells.
 * Queen Incognito: You meet Deis early in II, but she's disguised as a token NPC.
 * Magic Wand: Her weapon set in I.
 * Mentors: In III, since she's part of the Masters System.
 * Naked on Arrival: In III.
 * Optional Party Member: In II.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Ring of Power: Her weapon set in II, shared with Nina Windia.
 * Sealed Good in a Can: In III. Also an Early-Bird Cameo as one can step into her room and see her long before she becomes important.
 * Snakes Are Sexy
 * Squishy Wizard
 * There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Her hunting skill in II, which ends up turning everything on the field into charcoal.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Her hunting skill in II, which ends up turning everything on the field into charcoal.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Wyndian Soldiers/Sieg, Rai & Enon

 * Badass Beard: Enon.
 * Blade on a Stick
 * The Captain: Enon.
 * Mentors: Both Sieg and Raifel serve as Nina's instructors at the start of Princess of The Wings.
 * No Name Given: In the original SNES version and the English GBA re-release.
 * The Dragon Warrior manga averts it by giving the fist two the names Kalu and Ilu. Years later, the GBA port gives the three official names.
 * Odd Couple: Their characterization in Princess of The Wings: Sieg is the serious guard, following the King's orders and not too happy on letting Nina go on a dangerous quest; while Raifel is more easy-going, understands Nina's feelings to go help Ryu and disregards orders to help her in her goal.
 * Palette Swap: Sieg/Rai use the same sprite, while Enon is just a red colored swap.
 * Red Shirt: As a funny detail, Enon does use a red uniform, and he survives.
 * Shout-Out: They were given names in the GBA re-release, with Sieg and Rai being a reference to two characters of the Princess of The Wings manga adaptation.
 * Canon Immigrant, then?
 * Winged Humanoids
 * Winged Humanoids
 * Winged Humanoids

Sara/Sayla

 * Cool Big Sis
 * Curb Stomp Battle: Her fight in the intro against Jade/Judas.
 * Facial Markings: Same one as Ryu.
 * "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: In The Dragon Warrior,
 * Reverse Mole: In The Dragon Warrior,
 * Taken for Granite: She does it to her own townsfolk in the intro, to protect them.
 * Woman in White
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Taken for Granite: She does it to her own townsfolk in the intro, to protect them.
 * Woman in White
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Woman in White
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Cort/Kyura

 * Bald of Evil
 * High-Class Glass: He sports a red monocle over his right eye. Pretty fly.
 * Incredible Shrinking Potion
 * Mad Scientist
 * Our Homunculi Are Different: He has his lab crawling with them.
 * Playing with Syringes: Going by Nicolle's case, one can only wonder what all those Rogues/Homunculus were before.
 * Shockwave Stomp: The best technique of his transformed self, HornToad/Devilmander.
 * Super Serum: The only one of the four Devas who needs one to reach his final form.

Mote/Sigmund

 * Battle in the Center of the Mind: He traps the whole party into his head/dream.
 * Enemy Within: A rare case, as his own conscience sides with the good guys to stop him.
 * Named After Somebody Famous: His Japanese name, from Sigmund Freud.
 * Psychic Power

Cerl/Carla

 * Fantastic Racism: She was exiled of her hometown due to being a monster.
 * Where I Was Born and Razed: She stops time on her birth town in Revenge for how they mistreated her.
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
 * Where I Was Born and Razed: She stops time on her birth town in Revenge for how they mistreated her.
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds

Goda

 * The Brute
 * The Dragon: Acts as one to near the end.
 * Dumb Muscle: For such a late-game boss, all he can do is SMASH!!!
 * Golem
 * Mighty Glacier

Zog/Zorgon

 * Beard of Evil
 * Big Bad:
 * The Emperor
 * Evil Redhead
 * Evil Overlord: lurking on Scande/the Imperial Capital.
 * Large and In Charge: The concept art of Zog's Dragon form seems normal enough (compared to other Dragons in this series, anyway) until you actually get to fight him. Only his head was shown throughout the entire battle.
 * His normal humanoid form is taller than everyone else as well.
 * Orcus on His Throne
 * Playing with Fire
 * Take Over the World
 * Tin Tyrant
 * Take Over the World
 * Tin Tyrant

Jade/Judas

 * All-Encompassing Mantle
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Chekhov's Gunman:
 * The Dragon: First to Zog, then to.
 * : In The Dragon Warrior, he's revealed as such.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Mood Swinger: In The Dragon Warrior, he switch between a honorable warrior and an Omnicidal Maniac at the turn of a wrist. Later revealed
 * Out of the Inferno: In the game's intro.
 * Slasher Smile: In The Dragon Warrior.
 * We Can Rule Together: He offers this to the party at one point.
 * Slasher Smile: In The Dragon Warrior.
 * We Can Rule Together: He offers this to the party at one point.
 * We Can Rule Together: He offers this to the party at one point.
 * We Can Rule Together: He offers this to the party at one point.
 * We Can Rule Together: He offers this to the party at one point.

Tyr/Myria

 * Creepy Child
 * Did Not Do the Research: Tyr is a male Nordic god.
 * Eldritch Abomination: Her true TRUE form.
 * For the Evulz: All the wars waged to get her wish-granting powers were staged for her own amusement.
 * Glamour
 * The Man Behind the Man
 * Plot Coupon: The six Goddess Keys. Some are simply coupons, others have in-game applications as well as plot importance.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Sealed Evil in a Can
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Sealed Evil in a Can

Ryu Bateson

 * Bishonen
 * Chick Magnet: Katt/Rinpoo, Nina, Deis, the three harpies boss and Nimufu/Nympho all comment/fawn on him.
 * Can't Drop the Hero
 * The Chosen One: Barubary says as much in the Prologue.
 * Despair Event Horizon:
 * Half-Human Hybrid: Father's human, mother's dragon.
 * The Hero
 * Heroic Mime:
 * Orphan's Plot Trinket: The Dragon Tear.
 * Last of His Kind: Ryu - well, at first, anyway.
 * Paper-Thin Disguise: He replaces Baba in the tournament, only needing to show the axe he got from him as proof. And that despite Baba being a recurrent participant, and a musclebound giant lumberjack.
 * Heroes Prefer Swords
 * Ret-Gone: He is forgotten by everyone in his hometown of Gate.
 * Secret Test of Character: How he acquires his ultimate spell, Infinity/Afini.
 * The Power of Friendship: It's explicity stated that draws its power from the bonds between Ryu and his friends.
 * Time Master: In a small scale. He naturally gains the ability to fast-forward the day/night cycle.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Time Master: In a small scale. He naturally gains the ability to fast-forward the day/night cycle.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Bow/Bosch Doggy

 * The Archer
 * Automatic Crossbows
 * Chivalrous Pervert: Always seems to have something to say about the female characters you encounter.
 * Clear My Name: What makes him unavailable for an early portion of the game.
 * Conveniently an Orphan
 * Healing Hands: Slightly better at it than Rand.
 * Lovable Rogue
 * No Pronunciation Guide: Does his name rhyme with "ow" (he's a dog,) or with "oh" (he's an archer)?
 * Sidekick: to Ryu.

Katt/Rinpoo Chuan

 * Action Girl
 * Badass Adorable: She's cute, she's funny and she can pulverize monsters several times bigger and heavier than her.
 * Badass Normal: In her default form, probably the closest example of this out of all the characters through the whole series.
 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Boisterous Bruiser: Katt likes to joke and make fun of her enemies while she's beating the hell out of them. This also counts as one of her game skills, as Katt uses it to break Ryu's concentration during their initial battle and later can use it against normal enemies to make them ignore her party and attack her instead.
 * Catgirl. Well, tiger girl.
 * Cute Bruiser: One of the party's heavy-hitters and the only character besides Ryu with the ability to counterattack.
 * Cute Monster Girl: Except for being covered in fur from the waist down, Katt, a female Woren, is a fairly standard cat girl. In contrast, Tiga, a male Woren, is a Beast Man with a tiger head.
 * Dance Battler: The game literally describes her as this.
 * The Ditz: Bow asks Ryu to take her along as he quickly realizes Katt isn't the sharpest knife in the box and if she's allowed to stay with him, she could destroy the house he was intending to fix. Rand even wonders if there's a way to get inside of Katt's head and rewire her brain to make her smarter.
 * It's gotten worse in the Fan Translation, even if this wasn't the translator's intention, interestingly.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Fragile Speedster: While she's one of the fastest and hardest hitting characters in the game, her HP and defense stats tend to be low.
 * Glass Cannon: Her ultimate Shaman combination deals maximum damage as a Charge Attack. Her defense, on the other hand, remains the same.
 * Genki Girl
 * Last Of Her Kind: She's never seen another of her kind.
 * So few that when Ryu and her arrive at the monster hunters's place, they ask Ryu to sell her to them.
 * Innocent Fanservice Girl: Katt romps around bottomless.
 * Love Interests: Tiga sets his eyes on her the moment she crosses the door.
 * Required Party Member: To enter CotLnd/Kott Fortress, and (rather troublesome) to proceed into the whale.
 * Running Gag: In the Japanese version, constant mention of her small cup size. If Salvador is recruited as a Township's resident, Katt will ask him to give her a bigger chest when it's her turn to get a statue. (He doesn't.)
 * Pettanko: See above.
 * Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Katt is short, thin and flat chested, yet she is the strongest character in the game and her shamanized form cranks it up to eleven.
 * Simple Staff
 * Stripperiffic: Katt's outfit is made of fingerless gloves, toeless boots, a bra... and nothing else. Her shamanized form ditches the bra, replacing it with a tattoo painted around her torso.
 * Women Are Wiser: Inverted, as Katt is the dumbest member of the party and gets called on it a few times. It's implied that her low intelligence is simply the result of her poor education, as she was raised to do nothing but fight.
 * Your Answer to Everything: Katt tries to fix everything using brute force, death threats and old fashioned violence. The funny part? It works.

Rand Marks

 * The Big Guy
 * Berserk Button: Don't mess with momma!
 * Dishing Out Dirt
 * Gentle Giant
 * Healing Hands
 * Incredibly Lame Pun: His name. Land Marks. Because he rolls. Get it?
 * Mighty Glacier / Stone Wall
 * Momma's Boy: The one reason he left his home.
 * Power Fist
 * Team Dad: He says he sees himself as one during the Anfini test.
 * Team Dad: He says he sees himself as one during the Anfini test.

Nina Windia

 * All of the Other Reindeer: She's exiled due to her black wings.
 * Apocalypse Maiden: The people of Wyndia think she's this, which is why she was banished.
 * But Your Wings Are Beautiful: Word for word.
 * Duel Boss: Against the Guardian of the Wings
 * Global Airship:
 * Modest Royalty
 * Ring of Power: Her weapon set consists of rings.
 * Royal Blood: Though her parents ignore her existence, due to her wings
 * She's Got Legs
 * Winged Humanoid
 * She's Got Legs
 * Winged Humanoid

Sten Legacy

 * The Atoner: Mixed with a huge dose of survivor's guilt.
 * The Casanova: He attempts to play this trope with Nina and Katt. Nina gets disturbed, and Katt gives him a savage off-screen beating. Much later, we discover he fits perfectly the trope among his people, and his princess loves him dearly.
 * Con Man
 * Duel Boss: Against Turbo. Hope you have leveled him up well. Otherwise, you're going to spend some time in the castle's basement.
 * Everything's Better with Monkeys
 * Faking the Dead: His in-battle option.
 * He apparently did this with his fellow Highlanders; they believed he had died in a previous battle before his return.
 * Knife Nut
 * Playing Possum: His special skill is feigning being K.O. so that enemies ignore him when attacking.
 * Playing with Fire: All of his spells are fire-based.
 * The Rival: His old war buddy Turbo/Turvoe.
 * Shell-Shocked Veteran
 * Stage Magician
 * Stage Magician

Spar/Aspara Gus

 * Ambiguous Gender
 * Green Thumb: His special skill allows him to, among others, command trees to stomp on the enemies or flowers to bloom and restore the party.
 * Geo Effects: The effect of the skill depends on the environment during the battle: while a forest background calls forth trees, a desert one will have exploding cacti.
 * Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons: His Sana/Shin fusion is some kind of plant-dragon. Sadly, said fusion still uses his normal Geo Effects special.
 * Plant Person
 * Incredibly Lame Pun: Now check his full name. Just don't hit your face too hard.
 * The Spock: He is only capable of thinking logically, but starts discovering new feelings and emotions near the end of the game.
 * Status Buff: Team expert on the subject.
 * The Stoic
 * Whip It Good

Ekal Hoppe Do Pe Tapeta/Jean

 * Aborted Arc: His subplot with Nimufu/Nimpho the witch. She just disappears from the face of Earth after the impostor story is resolved.
 * Bilingual Bonus: The "Ekal" part on his name is written "Ekaru" in japanese, which is an anagram of "Kaeru", japanese for Frog.
 * Bratty Half-Pint: His sister Petape.
 * The Cameo: In III.
 * Chef of Iron: Slightly subverted in that he's a good cook for his race only, considering most of their meals consists of roaches, flies and worms. Otherwise, he was such a well-known chef that a Cooking Duel was set up to demostrate he was the true prince.
 * Diagonal Cut: The ability of his Shaman form.
 * Gratuitous French: Non, Non, Non!
 * The Not-Secret:
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: He plays dumb only because he's very optimistic and easy-going.
 * Requisite Royal Regalia: A Royal Ring owned by Tapeta/Jean is used as proof of being the true prince. Too bad the impostor also has one...
 * Rousseau Was Right: He thinks there are no truly evil persons, only weak ones that can easily fall into evil's temptation.
 * Royal Blood: He's the prince of SimaFort.
 * Spot the Imposter: The focus of his whole arc.

Patty Smith

 * Genki Girl
 * Half-Human Hybrid:
 * The Not-Secret:
 * Phantom Thief: Not very effective as one though...
 * What Happened to the Mouse?:
 * Averted in the GBA remake as she appears in the ending (not the cast roll call, either).
 * Winged Humanoid
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Tiga/Tigger Lee

 * Cutscene Power to the Max: Only explanation for his boss fight against Ryu.
 * The Infiltration: Claris infiltrated Evrai posing as a believer. The party and Tiga later do the same.
 * Love At First Sight: For Katt/Rinpoo.
 * Love Interests: Katt at first.
 * La Résistance: Tiga is the leader.
 * Love Hurts
 * Shout-Out Theme Naming: All characters related to the resistance are named after Disney characters. Yes, Tiga's real name is a reference to that Tigger.

Father Ganer

 * Badass Beard
 * Badass Preacher
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Disappeared Dad:
 * Love At First Sight: towards Ryu's mother.
 * So Proud of You:
 * Video Game Cruelty Potential/Video Game Caring Potential:
 * Video Game Cruelty Potential/Video Game Caring Potential:

Ray Bradoc

 * Badass Preacher: Specially during the Captain Town incident.
 * The Reveal:
 * The Reveal:
 * The Reveal:

Valerie McCarran

 * Chekhov's Gunman:
 * Love At First Sight: For Ryu's father.
 * Mama Bear:
 * Winged Humanoid: A side effect of her race's continued contact with aura.
 * She is also descended from the same race as, so the wings make sense in that regard as well.
 * Woman in White
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * She is also descended from the same race as, so the wings make sense in that regard as well.
 * Woman in White
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Augus/Argus Cont, Joker Heart, Trout Barm, Kuwadora/Quadra X, Shupkay, Ringmaster John, Father Manson.
Deathevan's servants.
 * All There in the Script: Ringmaster John's name is only seen in the Creative Closing Credits.
 * Deadly Game: Argus wanted to turn the contest into this, thinking it'd be more exciting and satisfying for the public if Katt died during/after the bout.
 * Fat Bastard: Trout and The Joker.
 * I Have You Now, My Pretty: Joker's whole motivation was lusting over Nina.
 * Man of Wealth and Taste: Trout, again.
 * The Neidermeyer: Shupkay.
 * Night of the Living Mooks: Manson summons a group of undead before he decides to fight himself.
 * Not Even Human: Though its Not Even Humanoid for Shupkay and Kuwadora.
 * Obviously Evil: Again, all of them, but the ringmaster who captures Spar is so blatantly evil that it's almost funny.
 * One-Winged Angel: They all pull one before you fight them.
 * Our Werewolves Are Different: Augus, who has two heads in his true form.
 * Palette Swap: Shupkay and the ringmaster's true forms are used as recurring enemies later in the game.
 * Spot the Impostor: Kuwadora, who poses as Jean at one point during the game. Somewhat subverted in that nearly everyone at the castle knew he was full of crap, but went along with him anyway.
 * Sinister Minister: Father Manson.
 * Shout-Out: Trout and his rich neighbour/rival Kilgore are named after Kilgore Trout, a recurrent character used by writer Kurt Vonnegut.
 * Manson is arguably named after cult leader Charles Manson, and his summoning of undead (and his position as Father Manson) may be references to Charles Manson's cult "The Family".
 * Undead: Manson's fighting form, the Necromancer.

Aruhamel/Alzheimer

 * Easy Amnesia: He uses amnesia as a weapon, being capable of making the characters forget any number of spells from their spell list.
 * Meaningful Name: It's rather obvious in the japanese version.
 * Our Demons Are Different: Unlike most other enemies in the game, he's a pure demon.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": This guy needs a break. He's spelt Aruhamel in the dialogue, Aruhameru in the Boss Battle and Alheimer in the credits.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": This guy needs a break. He's spelt Aruhamel in the dialogue, Aruhameru in the Boss Battle and Alheimer in the credits.

Habaruku/Habalq V

 * Abusive Parents: While he isn't shown to be outright abusive to Ray, he brushes him aside as "worthless" when he hears of his defeat at the hands of the heroes.
 * Chekhov's Gunman:
 * Cold-Blooded Torture:
 * The Dragon
 * Early-Bird Cameo:
 * Human Sacrifice:
 * King Incognito
 * Light Is Not Good
 * Not Even Human: Turns into a Cthulu esque monster when fought.
 * Parental Substitute: Raised Ray.
 * Sinister Minister
 * Sinister Minister

Barubary/Barbaroi

 * The Dragon: Along with Habaruku.
 * Duel Boss: He offers Ryu to fight one-on-one midway through his Boss Battle. It's up to the player if he accepts or not.
 * Evil Is Cool
 * Hopeless Boss Fight: Right in the prologue.
 * Noble Demon: Probably the only demon in the whole series who has anything even resembling a code of honour.
 * Worthy Opponent
 * Our Demons Are Different
 * Self-Imposed Challenge: Barubary challenges Ryu to fight him alone. It's actually easier to fight him solo if you stock up on Roasts and Wisdom Fruit then just spam G. Dragon 3 times. If you win he gives a vague hint where the ultimate armor is.

Deathevan, a.k.a. Father Evans/St.Eva

 * Ax Crazy:
 * Big Bad
 * Crystal Dragon Jesus
 * Dark Is Evil
 * Early-Bird Cameo: He shows up in a few instances prior to the climax of the game, represented as a gigantic eye.
 * Eldritch Abomination: His true TRUE form. Making so proud!
 * Enemy to All Living Things: Deatheven's presence causes the forests surrounding to wither and die.
 * Evil Is Deathly Cold: His Ice Breath attack, not to mention his whole
 * Evil Old Folks: In his human form.
 * Freud Was Right: Look at his true form. See all those toothy snakes coming from his crotch? Also qualifies as Getting Crap Past the Radar.
 * God of Evil: Breath of Fire follows a polytheistic universe, and so he is one of many gods rather than a singular god.
 * Gods Need Prayer Badly: Essentially says so in the first scene of the game.
 * Guide Dang It: What's that? You say you didn't get Anfini before you came to face him? HA-ha!
 * Light Is Not Good: He's actually a horrifically evil demon, but invokes this trope when he masquerades as.
 * Not to mention his Bone Laser attack is a huge beam of light.
 * Luke, I Am Your Father:
 * Nietzsche Wannabe: "I will bless the world... with desperation. All living things will look up to me and feel happiness as they accept death."
 * One-Winged Angel
 * Villainous Breakdown: He does not react well when
 * One-Winged Angel
 * Villainous Breakdown: He does not react well when

Ryu

 * Badass Longcoat: As an adult.
 * The Berserker: Turning into the Kaiser Dragon at first turns him into an uncontrollable force that targets both allies and enemies alike. There are only two gene combinations that avoid this, the simpler one reduces his stats gained from the transformation so much you might as well not bother and neither one is even hinted at in-game.
 * Can't Drop the Hero
 * The Chosen One
 * Combat Medic: He's the best healer and also one of the best physical fighters in the game.
 * Coming of Age Story: The first half of the game.
 * Guide Dang It: Accessing certain forms through certain gene combinations.
 * The Hero
 * Heroic Mime
 * Heroes Prefer Swords
 * I Will Protect Her: Ryu will not let anything hurt Nina. Specially shown during the Balio and Sunder arc.
 * The Dulcinea Effect
 * Kappei Yamaguchi: Adult Ryu's seiyû.
 * Kid Hero: During the first half.
 * Last of His Kind:
 * Took a Level In Badass: Just compare his dragon transformations as a kid vs. as an adult.
 * He even takes a minor one early on in the game. Compare his attack animations at the start of the game versus when he meets Nina.
 * Naked on Arrival: Happens twice, at the beginning and after the Time Skip.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Rei

 * Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Momo.
 * Berserk Button: Mess with his family and you'll pay. With blood.
 * The Berserker:
 * Break the Cutie: He starts out as a teenage goofball thief, but he doesn't take losing his family well.
 * The Cameo: In IV's New Game+.
 * Catch Phrase: "Doesn't that just beat all?"
 * Darker and Edgier: After the Time Skip.
 * Fragile Speedster
 * Gentleman Thief: He'd never hurt the townfolks as he steals to survive.
 * Knife Nut
 * The Lancer
 * Master of Unlocking
 * My Greatest Failure:
 * Required Party Member: You can't get to without his lock-picking skill. You are also forced to use him against
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: What he dedicates his life to after
 * Shock and Awe: He specializes in electric magic.

Teepo

 * All There in the Manual: The story about how he and Rei met.
 * The Cameo: With Rei in IV (specifically, the New Game+).
 * Conveniently an Orphan
 * Early-Bird Cameo:
 * Expy: Seems to be channeling Magus's design in both looks and in combat to an extent.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Made a Slave: He was going to be sold just as Rei appeared, thinking he was the dealer's child, and that in order to protect him he'd surrender easily.
 * Magic Knight
 * Playing with Fire & An Ice Person: Handles both elemental spells.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Why Did It Have To Be Ghosts
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair
 * Playing with Fire & An Ice Person: Handles both elemental spells.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Why Did It Have To Be Ghosts
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair

Nina
""Garr? And...Ryu!?""
 * The Chick
 * Distressed Damsel: That's basically how she met Ryu.
 * Magic Wand
 * Narrator: In the Drama Album adaptation of the game.
 * Rebellious Princess
 * Royal Blood
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: She leads personally the investigations on McNeil, Syn City and the Plant.
 * She Is All Grown Up: After the Time Skip. She gets the typical reaction upon seeing Ryu too.


 * Squishy Wizard: Oh so much.
 * Winged Humanoid: Much less noticeable due to the race's decrease in power, which leads into...
 * Wings Do Nothing: The only Nina whose wings grant her no special skills or abilities.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A

Momo

 * Absent-Minded Professor
 * Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Rei.
 * BFG: Her magic bazooka. That she can't seem to hit the broad side of a barn with.
 * The Cameo: In IV.
 * The circumstances of The Cameo actually have given some fuel to those arguing that IV takes places in an Alternate Universe or Alternate Continuity (instead of being a Non-Linear Sequel).
 * Genius Ditz
 * Miss Fixit: Need to fix the Lighthouse? Bring in Momo! The ship isn't working and nobody understands why? Call Momo! There are problems in the Plant? Gee, I wonder who can help us?
 * Porn Stash: Her father's studio is practically a porn library.
 * It is?!
 * Required Party Member: Any time there's a machine/computer involved in the story, don't forget to bring her with you.
 * Don't forget the Factory, where you need her bazooka to blow open a malfunctioning door. Not that the game gives you any indication about this...
 * Robot Buddy: Honey.
 * The Smart Guy
 * Status Buff: Resident expert of the team. Can also serve as The Medic.

Peco/Pecoros

 * Breath Weapon: Naturally gains the Firebreath and Icebreath spells.
 * Elite Tweak: He starts at level 1, allowing players who have mastered the Master system of the game to easily manipulate his stats.
 * Heavy Sleeper: Half the time you see him in the camp, he's soundly asleep.
 * Magikarp Power: Thanks to him starting at Level 1. Most people disregard him right off the bat, while others take advantage of the Masters system to raise him into almost a game breaker.
 * Plant Person
 * Power Fist: Though some of his weapons are claws.
 * Stone Wall: Has the highest base HP of the whole party and the second-highest base defense, plus regenerative abilities and the biggest reprisal rate. Well-raised, one can win most battles in Auto Battle.
 * Team Pet
 * The Unintelligible: He speaks using some cutey sounds at all time.
 * Use Your Head: His field ability is to headbutt stuff.
 * Use Your Head: His field ability is to headbutt stuff.
 * Use Your Head: His field ability is to headbutt stuff.

Garr/Garland

 * Akio Ohtsuka: Garr's seiyû in the Drama Album.
 * Artifact of Death: His best weapon, the Beast Spear, slowly drains his HP.
 * The Atoner: During the second half of the game.
 * Badass
 * The Big Guy/Mighty Glacier
 * Blade on a Stick: A large spear.
 * Climax Boss
 * Church Militant: The Guardians (of which Garr is part) are created specificially for this by Myria, and are profoundly devout to her.
 * Death Glare: Delivers one that has Balio and Sunder scared shitless.
 * Hopeless Boss Fight: During the Inevitable Tournament.
 * Knuckle-Cracking: He loves to do it.
 * Mission From God
 * : Boy are they ever.
 * Overrated and Underleveled: When you fight him at the tournament, you can't win. When he joins you, he's slightly above the player in level.
 * Playing with Fire: His magic specialization.
 * Religious Bruiser: A Big Guy who doesn't seem like the religious type at first, prayer beads aside...and then you reach Urkan Tapa.
 * Taken for Granite: The "Dream of Stone", the fate of all Guardians.
 * The Quiet One
 * Turn Undead: He is the only character who can learn Kyrie just by gaining levels, which proves to be useful against a certain boss.
 * Warrior Monk
 * Wings Do Nothing: Unless you count his "defend" animation.
 * Warrior Monk
 * Wings Do Nothing: Unless you count his "defend" animation.
 * Wings Do Nothing: Unless you count his "defend" animation.

McNeil and ghost ancestors (Kanzei, Torast, Kassen, Galtel, Doksen)

 * All Your Powers Combined: All ghosts merge to form the Amalgam/Conger Mart.
 * Bilingual Bonus/Shout-Out Theme Naming: All the ghosts are named after bussiness concepts.
 * Dirty Coward: He's not a fighter, just a spoiled rich.
 * Fat Bastard: McNeil
 * Harmless Villain: He's rather harmless on himself. But his "friends", on the other hand...
 * Haunted Manor
 * Killed Mid-Sentence: Doksen can't even introduce himself when Teepo interrumpts him to start fighting.
 * Man of Wealth and Taste
 * Properly Paranoid: He has all his manor's doors and windows nailed shut in fear of bandits, though in reality he has been hearing the ghosts a little too much.
 * The Unfought: Kanzei, the eldest McNeil ghost.
 * Our Ghosts Are Different

Loki/Zurusuru

 * Dirty Coward
 * The Faceless: He's never seen without his hood.
 * Greed
 * Manipulative Bastard: He used the party for his own needs.
 * Meaningful Name: Loki, as in the Trickster Archetype god of Norse Mythology.

Balio & Sunder

 * Biological Mashup: They merge into the Stallion.
 * Brains and Brawn
 * The Ditz: Sunder. He even falls for the skill Influence, who forces low-intelligent enemies to attack a selected target.
 * Evil Duo
 * Fusion Dance: Their combined form, Stallion. Ironically also the only time they are truly beatable.
 * Hopeless Boss Fight: Their first encounter. It gave birth to countless claims of people who have defeated them.
 * The second encounter as well, unless you Level Grind a while on Mt. Myrneg, then you can actually fight them off. (But still not defeat them.) The Prima Guide messed up this fact (listing it at the first encounter, and saying the second one is unbeatable), giving fuel to the rumors above.
 * The Mafia: Members of the Organization.
 * Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: Their names and equine appearance reference a pair of immortal horses from Greek mythology.
 * Sibling Team
 * Shout-Out: Stallion's design and trademark technique are one to Ultraman. He even strikes his popular L-pose while using it.
 * Shock and Awe: Balio.
 * Takehito Koyasu: Sunder's seiyû in the Drama Album.
 * Those Two Bad Guys
 * Would Hurt a Child: Literally stabbing Ryu in the back on the top of Mt. Myrneg, and threatening to kill Nina, a princess from Wyndia, in the game to make Ryu surrender. Yes, they are bastards enough to do it, too.

Beyd

 * Arranged Marriage: Shadis' father Sinkar has approved of Zig to take her hand, as he wants a strong sailor to marry her. It will become formal once Zig fixes the Lighthouse.
 * Badass Normal: The badass part depends on the player's way of training him: if one is dilligent enough, Beyd can end the battle in 1-2 hits.
 * The Cameo: in IV. It's not hard to forget how he ended up in that game.
 * David Versus Goliath: The focus of his story, defeating the big and dumb Zig.
 * Defeat Means Friendship: Zig cut off the bullying and admits his defeat.
 * Girl Next Door: He and Shadis have been friends since childhood.
 * Level Grinding: Training him so he can stand on his own may take some time.
 * The Rival: Zig.
 * The Smart Guy: He's basically the Guildmaster's bookworm.
 * Shout-Out Theme Naming: All characters from Raphala are named after fishing gear: Beyd is "Bait", while Zig, Sinkar and Shadis are named after the "Jig", "Sinker" and "Shad" baits.
 * The region itself is named after a brand of fishing gear.
 * Statistically Speaking: You can overtrain him, make so he takes 1 damage from your + 30 level party and defeats Zig in a few rounds (maybe while him not even landing a punch), and still the next cutscene has him all injured and bandaged.
 * Took a Level In Badass: Boy howdy. Wimpy bookkeeper turns into master swordsman.
 * Training From Hell: One of the method to train Beyd is to smack him up as strong as possible, so he can build up ressistance. For a guy like him, that probably wasn't pretty.
 * Triang Relations: Type 4, Beyd wants Shadis, but she's engaged with Zig.
 * Triang Relations: Type 4, Beyd wants Shadis, but she's engaged with Zig.

Dr. Palet

 * Mad Scientist
 * Spell My Name with an "S": His name is one of the Plant's computer passwords, though the translator seems to have not noticed it and left it as "Pelet".
 * Super Serum
 * Spell My Name with an "S": His name is one of the Plant's computer passwords, though the translator seems to have not noticed it and left it as "Pelet".
 * Super Serum
 * Spell My Name with an "S": His name is one of the Plant's computer passwords, though the translator seems to have not noticed it and left it as "Pelet".
 * Super Serum

Mikba

 * An Axe to Grind
 * Dirty Coward:
 * Fat Bastard
 * The Mafia: Balio and Sunder's boss.
 * One-Winged Angel: He transforms into a big demon.
 * Villain Exit Stage Left
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Gaist

 * Church Militant: Formerly.
 * Continuity Nod: He transforms into a fire spawn quite similar to an enemy in II, the Ifeleet/Ifrit, who appears on Deathevan's dungeon.
 * Playing with Fire: He even uses two torches to power himself up.
 * Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Gaist has second thoughts about and abandons Urkan Tapa.
 * Sinister Scythe: Artbook shows him wielding one.
 * Sinister Scythe: Artbook shows him wielding one.

Elder Jono/Bono

 * Brought Down to Normal: He removes Ryu's dragon transformations during his Boss Fight.
 * Cool Old Guy: Admit it, his lines are some of the best.
 * Climax Boss
 * Crack! Oh, My Back!: Every three turns during his Boss Fight, he'll waste a turn with the "Bad Back" skill.
 * Dirty Old Man
 * Mr. Exposition
 * Old Master
 * Sealed Inside a Person Shaped Can:

Myria

 * A God Am I: She herself.
 * Back From the Dead
 * Big Bad
 * Characterization Marches On: In the first game, she was the villain For the Evulz and literally fed on being hated and feared. Here, she's a Well-Intentioned Extremist trying to protect all life from destruction by destroying or imprisoning the Brood.
 * Early-Bird Cameo:
 * Fan Disservice: She wears Godiva Hair during her battle. Except for her default attack, where her guts rupture out to slap someone as her hair flies back.
 * Light Is Not Good
 * My Beloved Smother:
 * Nightmare Face: Just see her sprite during the Holocaust attack.
 * Our Angels Are Different:
 * There is a distinct Red Right Hand/Uncanny Valley effect (I'm not sure which trope is more appropriate) when you realize that her wings are upside down.
 * Power Source:
 * The Scottish Trope: The Urkans (and Guardians) are prohibited to speak the name of their goddess, or that of her enemy the Brood.
 * Space Station: Orbital Station Myria.
 * Villainous Breakdown
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: She's protecting life and the world by sending the technology of Caer Xhan to humanity via the Black Ship in manageable doses, keeping the Desert of Death away from humanity with an ocean barrier, and stopping the Brood from destroying the world with their power. Unfortunately, sending machines to humanity means making humanity dependent on her, keeping the Desert away from the rest of the world prevents humanity and Yggdrasil from colonizing and restoring it, and protecting the world from the Brood means either killing them all or imprisoning them in a false Heaven.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: She's protecting life and the world by sending the technology of Caer Xhan to humanity via the Black Ship in manageable doses, keeping the Desert of Death away from humanity with an ocean barrier, and stopping the Brood from destroying the world with their power. Unfortunately, sending machines to humanity means making humanity dependent on her, keeping the Desert away from the rest of the world prevents humanity and Yggdrasil from colonizing and restoring it, and protecting the world from the Brood means either killing them all or imprisoning them in a false Heaven.

Ryu

 * Accidental Pervert: In two of the Bowdlerised scenes.
 * Adult Child: Portrayed this way in the manga.
 * The Berserker: Same as in III.
 * Big Damn Heroes: Subverted at the start of the game. Nina falls down a cliff side and Ryu jumps heroically to her aid...and just then notices Nina has wings. Cue Ryu's smacking the ground face-first.
 * Despair Event Horizon: When, he falls into an Heroic BSOD. This is especially apparent in the manga adaptation.
 * Foe Yay: With Fou-lu.
 * In Japan, this is in fact such a popular pairing (despite the fact it counts as either Twincest or even Selfcest) that it's even earned its own Portmanteau Couple Name.
 * Hellish Pupils: The manga's depiction of the Dragon's Eye.
 * Heroic Mime:
 * Averted in the manga adaptation, which has him speak frequently and greatly expands on his personality.
 * Katanas Are Just Better: First Ryu to ditch the european swords for a katana. Likely as part of the setting switch from Medieval Europe to Ancient China.
 * Kappei Yamaguchi: Ryu's seiyû.
 * Living MacGuffin: Ryu ultimately becomes this.
 * Naked on Arrival
 * Playing with Fire: Three of his dragon forms are fire-type.
 * The Red Oni to Fou-lu's Blue Oni
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Seriously, this is pretty much contractually obligated for a Ryu in a Breath of Fire game. Any Ryu.
 * Playing with Fire: Three of his dragon forms are fire-type.
 * The Red Oni to Fou-lu's Blue Oni
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Seriously, this is pretty much contractually obligated for a Ryu in a Breath of Fire game. Any Ryu.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Seriously, this is pretty much contractually obligated for a Ryu in a Breath of Fire game. Any Ryu.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Seriously, this is pretty much contractually obligated for a Ryu in a Breath of Fire game. Any Ryu.

Nina

 * Blow You Away
 * Cooldown Hug: Actually
 * The Heart: Of the team, she is the most affected by the suffering she sees, and it is she who actually recruits the other members (except for Ershin).
 * I Will Find You: The game starts out with Nina and Cray searching for her lost sister Elina.
 * The Medic
 * Morality Pet: Serves as one for Cray, in the beginning. One suspects that  Cray outgrows the need for one eventually.
 * Narrator: Each chapter ends with a short narration from her.
 * The Pollyanna
 * Royal Blood
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: In her case, go in search of her lost sister Elina. And
 * Spoiled Sweet: She only wants to do right, but she is very naive about the world.
 * Team Mom
 * Winged Humanoid
 * White Magician Girl

Cray

 * The Big Guy: In that he's the biggest party member. Personality-wise, he's closer to The Lancer
 * Carry a Big Stick
 * Da Chief
 * Deadpan Snarker: Has his moments.
 * Dishing Out Dirt
 * Hot-Blooded: Somthing of a problem for him and his tribe. To his credit, he does try to control his temper, with varying success.
 * Idiot Ball: He's no Dumb Muscle, but he still grabs firm hold of this at times, mostly in the beginning.
 * Isshin Chiba: Cray's seiyû.
 * I Will Find You: Searching for Elina along with Nina.
 * It's Personal:
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In the beginning, he's really something of a bully.  Despite all this, he really does care for Nina and is protective of both her and the party in his own way. And, through the wonders of Character Development  he pretty much drops the "jerk" part completely by the end.
 * Kangaroo Court: The Ludian court isn't exactly on his side when he's on trial. To be fair, they arent entirely wrong, either.
 * Love Hurts: And how.
 * Love Redeems: Cray has his own experience with this
 * Morality Pet: Nina, in the beginning. One suspects that  He outgrows the need for one eventually.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:  Well done, Cray.
 * Only Sane Man: Feels like this most times.
 * Papa Wolf: In regards to Nina. Considerably more explicit in the manga.
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy: Chieftain of the entire Woren nation, at that.
 * Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right: His attitude concerning his search for Elena. He learns to grow out of it, though.
 * Shout-Out: His ultimate combination magic is named "Weretiger" in reference to Rei's feral form.
 * Also, at one point, he says Rei's infamous Catch Phrase.
 * Team Dad
 * What the Hell, Hero?: He faced a LOT of chewing out from the Ludian court for His response was to throw it right back.
 * Ursula and Ershin also bluntly call him on bad leadership decisions.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: He faced a LOT of chewing out from the Ludian court for His response was to throw it right back.
 * Ursula and Ershin also bluntly call him on bad leadership decisions.

Ershin/Master

 * Badass Cape
 * Bilingual Bonus: Two separate ones, in fact, both of which contain spoilers.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Jerkass:
 * Journey to the Center of the Mind:
 * Meaningful Name: Though hidden by a Bilingual Bonus. The Keep It Foreign renaming
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: On some of her character portraits.
 * Robot Buddy
 * Rocket Punch
 * Team Pet: Though a surprisingly powerful one once she is leveled up.
 * Third Person Person: Oh god yes.
 * Use Your Head: Following in Peco's example.
 * Team Pet: Though a surprisingly powerful one once she is leveled up.
 * Third Person Person: Oh god yes.
 * Use Your Head: Following in Peco's example.

Scias

 * Alcohol Hic: Unfortunately, Bowdlerised in the English version to a stuttering issue.
 * An Ice Person/Healing Hands
 * Blinding Bangs: Doesn't stop him from being damn good with a katana, though.
 * Captain Obvious: Scias' reaction to
 * Dummied Out: Scias naturally-gained "Analyse" spell was removed from the english version. It can still be assigned to any character with a Game Shark, though in a buggy state.
 * Drunken Master: Scias' original characterization in the Japanese version had him constantly falling-down plastered, and still pulling off all the fancpanciest of moves he does in battle. Imagine what he could accomplish sober.
 * Flash Step: His attack animation.
 * Hidden Heart of Gold: He tries to project the image of a Badass mercenary, but his campfire conversation and certain other events reveal that he's not nearly as devoid of concience as he pretends.
 * Katanas Are Just Better: Much better if they give him an extra attack.
 * Shell-Shocked Veteran
 * Speech Impediment: His stuttering.
 * Shell-Shocked Veteran
 * Speech Impediment: His stuttering.

Ursula

 * Arbitrary Gun Power
 * Even Evil Has Standards: During her very brief time as an antagonist, she shows disgust with Rasso when he
 * Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Fond of delivering these to Cray.
 * The Gunslinger
 * I Will Find You:
 * In the manga,
 * Kumiko Watanabe: Ursula's seiyû.
 * Lady of War
 * Petting Zoo People
 * Playing with Fire
 * Sixth Ranger
 * Stealth Hi Bye: Her victory sprite has her disappear in a ninja-style Smoke Out.
 * Tsundere: Specifically, type A.
 * Why Did It Have To Be SEA LICE: Especially hilarious as sea lice are harmless isopods--and Nina even points this out.
 * This in fact SO traumatises Ursula in regards to sea travel that
 * Why Did It Have To Be SEA LICE: Especially hilarious as sea lice are harmless isopods--and Nina even points this out.
 * This in fact SO traumatises Ursula in regards to sea travel that

Fou-lu

 * A God-Emperor and his shishi/foo-dogs
 * An Ice Person: His main dragon form is ice/water-type. He's also weak against fire in general.
 * Anti-Villain
 * Badass
 * Bishonen
 * The Blue Oni to Ryu's Red Oni
 * Crutch Character: You only control him during his segments of the story, and he's all you'll need. Fou-Lu starts off with all of his dragon forms, and is at such a high level that despite soloing battles he isn't likely to gain any levels, nor does he even need to.
 * Do Not Taunt Cthulhu: The Empire doesn't want him around and makes repeated attempts to kill him, which in the end drives his mad and causes him to burn the empire's capt ital to the ground, in addition to of course, killing nearly everyone sent after.
 * Driven to Villainy: At first a fairly decent warrior god, but then The Empire that he built keeps trying to kill him after he awakes, putting him through some, traumatic, experiences to say the least.
 * Dual-Wielding: During the final fight.
 * Energy Weapon: He conjures a sword of Pure Energy to attack.
 * Evil Counterpart:
 * God-Emperor: One of the few cases where the God-Emperor
 * Hellish Pupils: In the manga version. Justified as the manga in general uses cat-like eyes to denote someone is a dragon.
 * Isshin Chiba: Fou-lu's seiyû.
 * King in the Mountain: Technically, Fou-lu is this to the Fou Empire (what with being summoned as their literal God-Emperor and prophesying his own "resurrection" before going into torpor for 600 years). Unfortunately, The Empire that he happens to be the King in the Mountain of wants him quite dead--thus becoming a particularly brutal subversion of the trope.
 * I Know Your True Name: Fou-lu ends up a victim of this...twice over.
 * Love Hurts: Learns this the hard way when
 * Complete with Blood From the Mouth
 * Love Redeems: Once he meets up with Mami, he starts down this path.
 * Nice Hat: He gets one after he
 * Sympathetic POV: The player controls him at several points throughout the game, allowing them to witness various Pet the Dog moments and humanizing scenes.
 * In the Comic Blade Avarus manga
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech:
 * Trauma Conga Line: All the way down
 * Unwanted Revival: The Fou Empire's leadership in general sees him as this.
 * Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe: And combined with the Royal We, at that.
 * Likely Capcom USA's attempt to deal with the original Keigo, though rather more exaggerated in English.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds:
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech:
 * Trauma Conga Line: All the way down
 * Unwanted Revival: The Fou Empire's leadership in general sees him as this.
 * Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe: And combined with the Royal We, at that.
 * Likely Capcom USA's attempt to deal with the original Keigo, though rather more exaggerated in English.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds:
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds:

Yuna

 * Big Bad
 * Body Horror: His speciality.
 * Break the Cutie: His other specialty.
 * Dirty Coward
 * Dragon with an Agenda: Acts as one to Emperor Soniel. Exactly what he really wants is never made clear in the game, but the manga implies that he has his eyes on the throne.
 * Evil Is Not Pacifist: Subverted. He claims to be a "pacifist" and a "man of the arts", but this is just an excuse to save his own ass.
 * Evil Sorcerer: Extra emphasis on the evil.
 * Fan Nickname: "FUCKING YUNA!" seems to be turning into one on this very wiki.
 * Karma Houdini: Probably one of the most notable examples of this in video games, especially since he pulls it off twice.
 * Love Hurts: It will if he has anything to say about it. Suffice it to say, Yuna is the last person you want to introduce your significant other to.
 * Mad Scientist: He has actually been described as Breath of Fire's answer to Hojo, which pretty much hits the nail on the head. To some, Yuna is even more detestable due to being a Karma Houdini.
 * Meaningful Name: Yuna translates to "night", which is a nice reflection on the type of person he is.
 * Nice Hat
 * Sissy Villain
 * Stupid Sexy Flanders: While he doesn't exactly look bad in the original game, the manga plays up his appearance and makes him more handsome. Justified since young women are a target audience of the publisher.
 * Treacherous Advisor
 * The Unfought
 * Verbal Tic: Yaa.
 * Villain Teleportation: If not for this little trick...
 * Villain Teleportation: If not for this little trick...

General Yohm

 * Anti-Villain: Arguably.
 * The manga makes rather a better case for this interpretation.
 * The Beast Master: He summons mystical creatures to do the dirty job.
 * The Dragon: To Emperor Soniel.
 * Gonk
 * I Know Your True Name:
 * Just Following Orders:
 * Miniature Senior Citizens
 * My Country, Right or Wrong
 * The Unfought: Like Rasso and Yuna, he is never actually fought during the course of the game. Given his age and physical state, though, it's probably justified.

Captain Rasso

 * Fan Nickname: "Rasshole", for obvious reasons.
 * Made of Iron: He breaks a sword by it striking his face. And it only leaves a scar.
 * Minor Injury Overreaction: it convinced Rasso to hunt Ryu down before figuring out the latter was the one he was looking for.
 * Marionette Master: He never fights, letting his summoned Animated Armors to do the chore.
 * Sissy Villain (bordering Camp Gay): Rasso speaks in a very effeminate way in Japanese (to the point it can be described as the Japanese equivalent of Camp Gay) and also has rather effeminate mannerisms. In the 4-komas included in the manga
 * Shout-Out Theme Naming: Rasso's three robots are named "Joh", "Ymechaf" and "Ight". Put together, they form "Joy Mecha Fight", a NES fighting game.
 * The Unfought: Even though you fight his summons, you never get to battle him directly.

General Rhun

 * Cool Old Guy
 * Parental Substitute: Raised Ursula.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: in his short screentime. Didn't deter the fandom, though.
 * What Could Have Been: In one of the planned endings,

Emperor Soniel

 * Back Stab
 * The Emperor: One of the very few examples where a mortal, rather than the God-Emperor, qualifies.
 * Hoist by His Own Petard
 * Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu:
 * Off with His Head:
 * Horrible Judge of Character
 * Nice Hat:
 * Pride: Especially apparent
 * Royal We
 * What Happened to the Mouse?:
 * What Happened to the Mouse?:

Mami

 * Appalachian Accent: With a wee bit of Scots thrown in for good measure (justified in that really deep Appalachian English DOES still use some Scots idioms like "ye ken").
 * Probably Capcom USA's attempt to deal with the original Tohoku Regional Accent, though again (much like how Fou-lu's Keigo got turned into Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe) a bit of an exaggeration compared to the original Japanese.
 * Country Mouse
 * Happily Ever After: What Mami was essentially hoping for.
 * Love Hurts:
 * Violently Protective Girlfriend: Do not insult or try to drive off her Ryong in her presence.
 * Violently Protective Girlfriend: Do not insult or try to drive off her Ryong in her presence.
 * Violently Protective Girlfriend: Do not insult or try to drive off her Ryong in her presence.

Kahn

 * Affably Evil
 * Arch Enemy: Thinks of himself as this in relation to the main party. Thinks being the operative word here.
 * Dumb Muscle
 * Foreshadowing: The three times you encounter him, he was working under a Master. Try to guess what he becomes after giving up on the party.
 * Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
 * Large Ham

Ryu (1/8192)

 * Audience Surrogate: Per Word Of Capcom in interviews with the producers.
 * Deadly Upgrade
 * Foe Yay: With Bosch.
 * Heroes Prefer Swords
 * Heroic RROD:
 * I Will Protect Her: To Nina.
 * Kappei Yamaguchi: Try to guess?
 * Papa Wolf: towards Nina.
 * Power Limiter: The D-Ratio.
 * Almighty Janitor
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: Specifically, warning of imminent burnination.
 * You Are Number Six: The D-Ratios are legally part of names in Sheldar.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Technically, even this Ryu has blue hair. It's very dark (almost blue-black), however.
 * Shiny Midnight Black
 * Shiny Midnight Black

Nina

 * Body Horror: Genetically modified to be an air purifier.
 * Cute Mute: But in a particularly disturbing fashion.
 * Heroic Mime
 * Living MacGuffin
 * People Jars: is actually a prototype--at one point, Lin discovers.
 * wasn't the only thing biologically wrong about those, either.
 * Winged Humanoid: A bit of a subversion to the usual Breath of Fire Nina Trope.

Lin

 * Catgirl: Quite possibly the only one in the entire franchise who is not a tiger-girl, in fact.
 * Cool Big Sis
 * The Gunslinger
 * Kumiko Watanabe: Lin's seiyû.
 * Lady of War
 * La Résistance
 * Team Dad
 * What Could Have Been:
 * You Are Number Six: Subverted.

Odjn

 * Badass Nickname: "The Thousand-Year Destroyer".
 * Body Horror: What his contracts tend to inflict on the Chosen. Odjn himself happens to be a rotting corpse crucified against a wall.
 * Et Tu, Brute?: He was pinned to that wall, and he is pissed.
 * Gentle Giant: Particularly compared to Chetyre and Dva, who are both complete basket cases. He calls Ryu his "little friend".
 * Grand Theft Me: A game over by maxing Ryu's D-Ratio will show Odjn bursting out of his body.
 * Not Quite Dead
 * You Are Number Six

Bosch (1/64)

 * Break the Haughty
 * Jerkass Woobie Destroyer Of Worlds: Yeah, he's an entitled jerk, but anyone who's seen all his cutscenes knows this kid is severely messed up. A particularly disturbing SOL sequence shows Bosch killing a Genic five times his size at his father Vexacion's demand - before his voice broke.
 * Kentaro Ito: Bosch's seiyû.
 * Laughing Mad
 * The Rival
 * Trauma Conga Line
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy
 * Trauma Conga Line
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy

Elyon

 * The Chessmaster:
 * Deadly Upgrade:
 * Expy: According to an interview, he is a different take on Fou-lu from the previous installment (specifically, a Fou-lu expy who was not a God-Emperor).
 * Ho Yay: With Cupid, whom he is implied to have a relationship with.
 * And partially the victim of one of two incidents of Bowdlerization known to have happened with Dragon Quarter, but (compared to the mass censorship in IV) was merely changed to a het relationship.
 * Kentaro Ito: Elyon's seiyû.
 * Me's a Crowd: summons two clones of himself in his Boss Battle.
 * My Greatest Failure:
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: A permanent stigmata from where he was a Chosen.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Well, closer to a thousand.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Cupid

 * Ho Yay: With Elyon
 * Kumiko Watanabe: Cupid's seiyû.
 * Petting Zoo People
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * She's a Man In Japan: Gender-bended for the US release because of hir implied relationship with Elyon.

Vexacion

 * Knight Templar:
 * Last Disc Skill: one of Ryu's best level 3 skills, Terabreak, is stolen from him.
 * Luke, I Am Your Father:
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Along with practically all of the other Regents.

Zeno (1/128)

 * Action Girl: Eventually transitioning to Dark Action Girl in practice
 * Tsundere: Type A.

Hortensia

 * Black Magician Girl
 * Petting Zoo People
 * Psychic Powers
 * Pstandard Psychic Pstance

Jezuit

 * Handsome Lech: Often at Hortensia's expense. And, during one minor scene, Lin's.
 * Invisibility
 * Kentaro Ito: Jezuit's seiyû.
 * Wolverine Claws

Deamoned

 * Eyepatch of Power
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Scars Are Forever:
 * Scars Are Forever:

Mebeth

 * La Résistance
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old: And now we really want to know what sort of life-extension technology the Regents have...

Chetyre

 * Anticlimax Boss
 * Badass Nickname: "Old Deep".
 * Big Bad
 * Bilingual Bonus: Her name is russian for four.
 * Four Is Death
 * Body Horror: Until her regeneration, all we see of her is an arm in a test tube.
 * Driven to Villainy: Or something. Whatever happened to her, she is not happy about it.
 * Dynamic Entry: CAN IT HATE?
 * Grand Theft Me: Pulls one on Bosch after his defeat.