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Around The World
Hosni Mubarak's health worsened Monday, with doctors twice having to use a defibrillator on the imprisoned former leader, adding to the tumult in Egypt before this weekend's runoff election for president.
Mubarak, 84, was slipping in and out of consciousness, was suffering from high blood pressure and breathing difficulties, and was in a deep depression, according to security officials at Torah prison where he is serving a life sentence.
ATHENS, Greece
Alexis Tsipras is rattling Europe and the world economy as he campaigns to become Greece's next leader with a simple if startling pledge: to tear up a multibillion-euro international agreement that bailed out Greece as it hurtled toward bankruptcy.
Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife got home from lunch with friends at a pub in the English countryside to discover they forgot something: 8-year-old daughter Nancy.
Nancy was fine - she was quickly reunited with her parents after they realized.
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Last month, I wrote a post about the first proposed chapter for my book, tentatively entitled "Neurodiversity at Work: A Manager's Guide." This post continues the process of summarizing the book I am writing. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the changes necessary to effectively and equitably include neurological diversity into an organization's management strategies.
In the business world (and most of society), the focus concerning any form of disability is on the need to cope. Individuals with disabilities need to cope with their differences, businesses need to cope with their need to accommodate, and co-workers and managers need to cope with the changes. Little attention is given to the possibility to capitalize on a diverse workforce. Often that attention, as little as it is, is misguided—the focus being on the public relations value of diversity instead of the value of the work that diverse workers contribute to their organizations.
The Hiring Problem
The hiring problem starts with the gatekeepers, i.e. the human resource professionals who are often trained to weed people out. This is an exclusive process that can weed diversity out of the workforce of a particular firm. Legislation has been passed here in the United States to hold businesses and organizations accountable for excluding people with disabilities from their workforce, and yet it continues to happen. While getting a job is difficult for anyone in the current economic climate, the employment of individuals with disabilities has been far lower than their employability suggests. Most people with disabilities can work, when given a chance. Many have to fight to be given that chance—and by 'chance' I don't mean charity, I mean a fair shot at getting past the gatekeepers and into a job they are qualified to do.
The Managing Problem
Once hired, the difficulties for neurodiverse individuals are far from over. The managing process is often designed with set expectations that, by their nature, work best for a non-existent "average worker." Managers can be particularly rigid regarding their management styles; instead of a skill or a process, management style is perceived as a facet of the manager's personality. Developing the awareness to manage and capitalize on the unique strengths and weaknesses of the employees you manage requires more effort from you, the manager, than standard management practices do. However, you also create better results—for yourself, your employees, and your organization.
The Solution: Inclusion
The solution to both the hiring problem and the managing problem is inclusion. Inclusion is not a passive word. Inclusion demands action. It demands you correct exclusive practices and create inclusive ones. It demands you use language that opens your doors to diversity, instead of closing your minds to other ideas and other methods. It requires you get beyond the legal mentality, and think inclusively. While the government tries to carrot-and-stick businesses into hiring diverse workers, the true benefits can only be attained if you use the diversity of your workforce to your benefit—and not just for the PR value. An open interview process is required and an open organization is required. You need to have room for people to be "weird" on the job; company-saving out-of-the-box thinking often comes from that "weirdness." Neurodiverse individuals don't have to think out of the box—they are out of the box and often spend their careers trying to think themselves into the box simply to pass, in order to stay employed.

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Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The wide, deep, almost cavernous Round House stage is a fitting arena for Simon Bent's theatrical reimagining of John Irving's 1989 novel. The story is a meditation on the nature of faith and fate, which avoids heaviness through Blake Robison's sensitive direction and James Kronzer's deceptively simple set.
The play follows the friendship of Owen Meany (Matthew Detmer), a stunted boy with a shrill, "wrecked" voice, and John Wheelwright (Ian Kahn), son of a beautiful unmarried mother (Gia Mora), from their childhood in a small New Hampshire town in the late 1940s until Owen finds his destiny during the Vietnam War. As in the novel, John recounts the story from the perspective of his later life in Toronto.
Detmer gives a magnificently detailed performance as Owen, a boy who believes he is God's instrument, who knows the date and manner of his death years before it occurs: maddeningly sure of himself, sometimes fearful, but always accepting of his future. With his bright yellow hair and big jug ears, his voice a sometimes grating falsetto, he embodies the character without ever letting the stress of characterization become obvious. Even the illusion of Owen's small stature becomes visible through the magic of theater, assisted by aerial sequences created by Paul Rubin.
Kahn brings a pleasing everyman quality to John, who serves as the audience's surrogate. Where Owen has a serene, precocious confidence in his own judgment, John is skeptical and strains to make sense of life. As John's youthful mother, Mora glows with vibrant health; it's easy to see why all the men she meets fall in love with her.
The visual images of Kronzer's scenic design work with a kind of dream logic: a lighted, three-dimensional house appears to float among clouds; trap doors in the stage lead to a bottomless swimming hole; granite dust sprinkles down onto Owen's embittered stonecutter father (Lawrence Redmond) and lugubrious mother (Kimberly Schraf), posed like a grim parody of "American Gothic."
Kate Turner-Walker's costumes also help to create the characters. While Stephen F. Schmidt and Kathryn Kelley give hilarious performances as the self-absorbed Rector Wiggins and his opinionated wife Barb, the visual impact of their coordinated clothes his vest is made of the same fabric as her jumper tells viewers all they need to know about these people.
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The character list for ''VideoGame/RadiataStories'', which has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters (176 recruitable to be precise) and many other supporting characters.
[[folder: Main Characters]]
!!Jack Russell
A cheerful, but brash young man with aspirations to be a knight, like his father before him. He gets caught directly in the struggle between the humans and non-humans.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunkoTakeuchi (Japanese), Creator/BrycePapenbrook (English)
* AdaptationalBadass: While he's pretty badass in the video game, in the manga, ''damn''. Pulling off things he couldn't pull off in-game and getting to ''punch Nocturne out'' was pretty awesome.
* BadassNormal: He's just a 16 year old kid who just caught up with what has happened with the real world. He could still kick ass be it orc, goblin, mage or anything else with just his sword and items.
* BlackKnight: If you let him wear the Demon Mail armor. Comes complete with a BadassCape.
* BloodKnight: A tame example. Jack really enjoys a good fight.
* ButThouMust: Even if you have the Tri-Emblem equipped, and the most powerful armor you have at your disposal, Jack will always lose the HopelessBossFight even if he's still alive after a [[LimitBreak Volty Blast]] in the face.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Quite rare for a JRPG protagonist, but brown eyes and hair fit village boy Jack perfectly.
* DisappearedDad: Dead by the time of the starter of the game, and his mother is not even mentioned.
** FamousAncestor: His father was renowned for being the first human in Radiata to ever kill a Dragon. [[spoiler: Jack follows in his footsteps in the Human path by killing both the Fire and Wind Dragon.]]
* TheFool
* ForceAndFinesse: The [[LightningBruiser Finesse]] to Ridley's [[MightyGlacier Force]].
* GoodMorningCrono
* HowDoIShotWeb: Jack has to train with weapons in order to be able to use them effectively.
* IdiotHero: Living in the country side really hasn't helped him pick up on certain things when he becomes a knight.
** CharacterDevelopment makes him a somewhat more philosophical character, questioning the war regardless of what side he has taken.
* JackOfAllStats: No pun intended. Jack is pretty powerful on his own, which is good since you have to control him the entire game. His playstyle depends on the weapon you have equipped.
* LightningBruiser: Jack gets quite the array of support skills, and combined with his weapon choices makes him a full blown beast later on. With a sword though, he'll be quick and deal good damage.
* LimitBreak: Jack can use 4 different Volty Blasts, one for each of the weapons he can equip.
** Limit Break - A 9-hit sword combo that ends with a powerful upward slash.
** Army of Shadows - Jack swings his two-handed sword in the air, [[LivingShadow creating three shadows]] that deliver a powerful slash simultaneously with Jack.
** Thousand Spears - A rapid series of spear thrusts. Jack then finishes the attack by driving his spear into the ground, [[StormOfBlades summoning spears]] beneath his target that launch them into the air.
** [[SpinAttack Radial Smash]] - Jack throws his axe into the air, [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning making it spin]]. He then leaps into the air, catching the axe, before spinning and [[GroundPound smashing down into his foe]].
* MagneticHero: A lot of people comment that he has this effect on them.
* MaleMightFemaleFinesse: GenderInverted with [[MightyGlacier Ridley]].
* MightyGlacier: Using a two-handed sword or axe turns Jack into one, since his attacks will be slow, but devastating.
* MultiMeleeMaster: Unlike other characters, Jack has the ability to use several different weapons, which includes:
** One-handed swords
*** AncestralWeapon: The Arbitrator, which belonged to Jack's father Cairn. [[spoiler: It can only be used in the nonhuman path]].
** [[{{BFS}} Two-handed swords]] and [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]]
** [[BladeOnAStick Spears]]
** [[AnAxeToGrind Axes]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His attempt to protect the Fire Dragon in the non-human path ends up [[spoiler: giving Cross the item he needs to kill it.]] If he hadn't interfered Parsec could have killed Cross and Dynas with no issue.
* ThePollyanna
* PunnyName: His name is a breed of a dog. Just like said breed, he's very energetic.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Ganz's and Ridley's blue.
* ShellShockedVeteran: [[spoiler: In the human ending. He ends up leaving Radiata in utter silence.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: At the start of the game, he gets floored Ridley in one shot. By the end of the game on both endings, he [[spoiler: kills the silver dragon Aphelion.]]
* TheUnChosenOne: Jack literally is a nobody in terms of his importance to both the war, and [[spoiler: the Dragon's ResetButton]]. However, Jack though sheer determination, changes the world no matter what path you pick.
* UnwittingPawn: In the human path, Jack is a pawn of [[spoiler: Lucian, aka, the Silver Dragon Aphelion.]]
* WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou: Jack is the only playable character, so it's game over if he gets killed in battle.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Despite being a simple village boy with aspirations to become a knight, he seems to be the epicenter for lots of important events.
!!Ridley Silverlake
A serious young noblewoman who has spent most of her life training to be a knight. Much like Jack, she gets swept up directly between the human and nonhuman struggle.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SanaeKobayashi (Japanese), Creator/StephanieSheh (English)
* ActionGirl
* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler: As the Gold Dragon, her ascension will destroy and reset humanity if she is not murdered first.]]
* BattleBallgown
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue To Jack.
* BreakTheCutie
* DefrostingIceQueen
* DubNameChange: Her surname was changed from Timberlake in Japanese to Silverlake.
* ForceAndFinesse: The [[MightyGlacier Force]] to Jack's [[LightningBruiser Finesse]].
* GameBreakingInjury: A Blood Orc fatally injures her early in the game which results in her being unusuable for a good portion of the game. Unusual for the trop though is that she recovers and becomes even stronger.
* GirlishPigtails: At first. She lets down her hair over the course of the game.
* GlacierWaif: Wields a huge axe and has very high physical strength.
* GreenEyes: Bright, vibrant green eyes. Later in the game [[spoiler: she receives the soul of an elf and becomes the Gold Dragon's vessel.]]
* GuestStarPartyMember: She is part of your squad after you join the knights. She becomes unusable after you are forced to leave. She rejoins later [[spoiler:if you choose to go with her at the story split,]] however even then she regularly becomes unavailable and isn't usable in the endgame.
* HopelessBossFight: The first fight in the game against her is completely unwinnable.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She was hostile towards Jack early in the game because she believed he was only accepted as a knight because of his father's reputation. Later, when her own father used his connections to get her promoted, she does not turn it down despite knowing she did not earn it. What she does is give her dad a tongue lashing. [[note]] Given that Larks is forced to dismiss Jack and Ganz, it's possible that Ridley couldn't refuse the promotion [[/note]].
* LadyOfWar
* TheLancer: In the Non-Human path, she's usually the first to support Jack and go with his plans.
* LettingHerHairDown: She spends the last parts of the game with her hair down from their pigtails.
* LimitBreak
** [[SwordBeam Wild Pitch]] - Ridley psyches herself up, then [[SpinAttack spins her axe]] several times, charging up an energy blast that she sends at her foe.
* MagicSkirt
* MaleMightFemaleFinesse: GenderInverted with [[LightningBruiser Jack]].
* MinidressOfPower
* TheOjou: Her family is nobility, but interestingly Ridley seems to not care about that. She even abandon's her title and power at the halfway point of the game.
* QuicklyDemotedWoman: Inverted. After two missions she is promoted from trainee to captain because her Dad pulled strings.
* SharingABody: [[spoiler: After receiving the transpiritation ritual, she receives the soul of the light elf Hap, and becomes the vessel for the Gold Dragon.]]
* ShoutOut: Her name is a shout out to Creator/RidleyScott (or possibly ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'''s Ridley) and Ridley's mother is named Sigourney.
* TomboyishName
* TookALevelInBadass: Subtle but if you watch her fight early in the game, she has a habit of falling over in her combos. Later in the Non-Human path, she's swinging her axe and doing elaborate combos without any trouble.
* {{Tsundere}}: CharacterDevelopment drops the Tsun part and Jack later brings out her Dere side.
* WeaponOfChoice: AnAxeToGrind
* ZettaiRyouiki: Rank A with a miniskirt on all of her outfits.
!!Ganz Rothschild
A polite and genteel man in command of the Rose Cochon Brigade of the Radiata Knights. Having lived a sheltered life, he is innocent to the ways of the world and very enthusiastic.
-->'''Voiced by''': Mizuki Saito (Japanese), Robert Martin Klein (English)
* BadassMoustache: A very well-groomed one at that.
* BigBrotherMentor: For Jack in the beginning.
* TheBigGuy
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: His father fled after he killed Jack's father. Meeting him in the Non-Human path ends up being a major event for him.]]
* FamousAncestor: Much like Jack, Ganz's father Gawain is a famous Radiata Knight.
* FishOutOfWater: [[spoiler: When Ganz is kicked out of the Radiata Knights and decides to join the Void Community.]]
* GuestStarPartyMember: Similarly to Ridley, he is one of your squadmates when you join the knights. After being forced out of the knights, you go your separate ways. However, [[spoiler:if you join up with the non-humans]], eventually he rejoins as a full party member. If not then he never rejoins.
* JourneyToFindOneself
* KnightInSourArmor
* LimitBreak
** [[ChargedAttack Ganz Breaker]] - Ganz charges up his two-handed sword with energy, then charges sword-first at his enemy. Ganz Breaker can mean "[[BilingualBonus complete breaker]]" in German.
* MightyGlacier
* MulticoloredHair: Mostly brown hair with a blond streak in his bangs.
* OddFriendship: With [[spoiler:Rynka and Flau]].
* OutOfFocus: In the human path at least, which is weird considering he's one of the three main characters. While his exploits with the Void Community are shown, he doesn't take part in most of the latter half of the game and the last you see of him is when he goes on the aforementioned JourneyToFindOneself. In the non-human path, he eventually rejoins Jack for the rest of the story.
* ParentalAbandonment
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Jack's red.
* WeaponOfChoice: {{BFS}}
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: If you [[spoiler:side with the humans]], he goes on the aforementioned JourneyToFindOneself and you never hear from him again. Averted if [[spoiler:you side with the nonhumans]], in which case he returns and joins your party.
!Other Human Characters:
[[folder:Radiata Knights]]
!!Dynas Stone
The General of the Radiata Knights, who spent many years serving under Ganz's father Gawain in the Rouge Lion Brigade. He is a cautious leader and prefers to avoid fighting whenever possible.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasashiHirose (Japanese), Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith (English)
* AwesomeMcCoolname
* BadassBeard
* BaldOfAwesome: Jack thinks he's awesome, but doesn't like the baldness.
* CoolOldGuy
* TheDanza: In the English version, at least, he's voiced by Terrence Stone.
* AFatherToHisMen
* GuestStarPartyMember: Only in special conditions. If you take on the Wind Dragon with only three party members, he joins you to fight it and only for that battle.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Throws himself in front of the Fire Dragon to protect Cross.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: In both the human and non-human paths. Poor guy can't catch a break.]]
* KnightInShiningArmor
* LimitBreak:
** Hurricane Lion - Dynas [[SpinAttack swings his flail]] over his head several times, creating a tornado. He then leaps into the air, and smashes his flail into his enemy.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SupportingLeader
* TechnicalPacifist
* WeaponOfChoice:
** EpicFlail
!!Cross Ward
A young nobleman and captain of the Noire Mouton Brigade of the Radiata Knights. He is extremely arrogant and belligerent, which puts him at odds with General Stone and Jack constantly. Cross believes that fairy creatures are lesser than humans.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenNarita (Japanese), Creator/RichardCansino (English)
* AdaptationalBadass: In the game he was only able to kill the Earth Dragon through sheer luck. In the manga he cuts it down with the same ease that (in Alicia's words) "one would kill a dying cat."
* AdaptationalVillainy: While already plenty evil in the game, the manga adds a few more bad deeds to his name. Namely [[spoiler: being the one who hired the Void Community to kidnap Princess Bellflower instead of Lucian]] and mocking Jack over his father's death.
* AristocratsAreEvil
* DarkSkinnedBlond
* DisposableFiance
* FantasticRacism
* HumansAreBastards
* {{Jerkass}}
* LimitBreak:
** [[SwordBeam Celestial Line]] - Cross charges his two-handed sword with a [[LightIsNotGood pillar of light]], making it glow with energy, then drives the [[SwordPlant sword into the ground]]. He takes out a white rose, throws it into the air, and takes his sword out, unleashing a blast that destroys the rose and his enemy.
* PetTheDog: In the Human path, [[spoiler:Cross's last action is warning Jack that Lucian is the Silver Dragon when he could have played dead.]]
* RomanticFalseLead
* WeaponOfChoice:
* SlasherSmile: In the manga.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart
!!Natalie Nanette
A female knight belonging to the Violet Chevre, an elite cadre of Radiata Knights. She is as competitive as any man, and is skilled in command, weaponry, and strategy.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuiHorie (Japanese), Creator/CarrieSavage (English)
* ActionGirl
* BodyguardCrush: Her.. "relationship" with Lord Jasne is very interesting.
* TheCaptain: Of the Violet Chevre knights.
* CoolBigSis: Nina thinks of her this way, at least.
* KnightInShiningArmor
* LadyOfWar
* LightningBruiser
* LimitBreak:
** [[DiagonalCut First Class Flurry]] - Natalie delivers a quick series of slashes with her sword, then bows her head gracefully as all of the attacks occur at once.
* PinkMeansFeminine
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* WeaponOfChoice: A sword.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
One of the Royal Radiata Knights, whose flamboyant manner and speech tend to put people off. He has a fondness for strong warriors and cute people.
* AssKicksYou
* CampGay / MachoCamp
* GayOption: Of sorts. Jack can take Charlie on the festival date.
* JokeCharacter
* WeaponOfChoice:
A Royal Radiata Knight with a businesslike personality. She idolizes Natalie and hopes to take her place someday.
* ActionGirl
** LadyOfWar
* CantCatchUp: Despite being one of the knights, Nina is easily surpassed by other characters.
* HeroWorshipper
* ShipTease: Implied to have a crush on Jack in the manga
* WeaponOfChoice:
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Leonard Ford
A Royal Radiata Knight who is Jack's room leader. Despite his gruff attitude, he cares a lot for the trainees and is friendly and down-to-earth. He is rarely seen without Natalie.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Dai Matsumoto (Japanese), Joe Cappelletti (English)
* BigBrotherMentor
* CantCatchUp: Like many characters, Leonard can be easily surpassed by the time you can recruit him.
* CompetenceZone: Jokingly referred to. He's 21, but Jack thinks that he looks and acts 10 years older.
* OvershadowedByAwesome
* WeaponOfChoice:
** AnAxeToGrind
* YoungerThanTheyLook
!! Patrick
Lead jailer in Radiata Castle. Once a knight himself, he was eventually demoted because of his laid-back attitude and dinged with basement duty, a position the other knights despise. He's easy to talk to and well-liked.
* FaceOfAThug
* GoodScarsEvilScars
!! Putt
The incompetent assistant jailer in Radiata Castle. Though cowardly and lazy, he's generally known to be a nice guy.
* AmbiguouslyBrown
* WeaponOfChoice:
** DropTheHammer
!! Gawain Rothschild
The Lion of the West. Ganz's father and one of the greatest of the Radiata Knights to have ever existed. He was best friends with Cairn, but he later confessed to murdering him and left Radiata in exile, abandoning his wife and son.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JamiesonPrice (English)
* AnimalMotifs
* [[spoiler: TheAtoner: Gawain tried to warn Cairn not to fight the Water Dragon, but he was ignored and Cairn became infected with Algandars. Gawain confessed to Cairn's death and left to live with the non-humans in exile, blaming himself.]]
* BadassMustache
* BigOlEyebrows
* CoolOldGuy
* DelinquentHair: Sports a fiery red mohawk. [[spoiler: He also happens to be aligned with the non-humans.]]
* DisappearedDad
* FamousAncestor
* FieryRedhead
* [[spoiler: HopelessBossFight: If you're on the nonhuman side, he tests Jack after finding out who he is.]]
* [[spoiler: LimitBreak:]]
** [[spoiler: Leo Smash Royale - Gawain shoots[[PlayingWithFire several fiery blasts]] shaped like lion heads with his crossbow at his enemy, then leaps into the air and smashes them with his morning star.]]
* [[spoiler: ReasonableAuthorityFigure]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: In the Epic of Jack manga, which follows the Human Path. Jack, having learned the truth behind his father's death from Zane, spares him after beating him.]]
* RedBaron: The "Lion of the West" certainly qualifies.
* WanderingTheEarth
* [[spoiler: WeaponOfChoice:]]
** [[spoiler: CarryABigStick / EpicFlail - A huge spiked morning star. Gawain also uses the weapon as a flail as the spiked ball at the top is [[VariableLengthChain attached to a chain]].]]
!! Cairn Russell
Jack and Adele's father who served in the Radiata Knights. He's known as the hero who was able to defeat the Water Dragon, as you see in the prologue. He is believed to have been killed by Gawain before the story begins.
* BadassCape
* [[spoiler: {{BFS}}: Uses one when he fights you.]]
* [[spoiler: BonusBoss]]
* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Single-Handedly Kill The Water Dragon]]
* DisappearedDad
* FamousAncestor
* [[spoiler: GameplayAndStorySegregation: For whatever little the story has in the bonus dungeon section. Cairn insists that he and Jack fight in a duel and Jack accepts. However, if you have allies with you at the time, the game has them join as per usual.]]
* PunnyName: Named after a breed of terrier, like his son.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* SwordBeam: In the prologue. [[spoiler: Curiously, he doesn't use it in his BonusBoss fight, though that may be because he doesn't have Arbitrator anymore.]]
[[folder:Radiata Nobles]]
!!Lord Salute Larks
The prime minister of Radiata and commander-in-chief of the Radiata Knights. Although he is intelligent and thoughtful, he is also gullible and easily swayed by fools, like Lord Jasne.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Takeharu Onishi (Japanese), Dave Mallow (English)
* {{Megane}}
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
!!Lord Lucian Hewitt [[spoiler: aka Aphelion, the Silver Dragon]]
A Radiata nobleman and adviser to Lord Larks. He seems to know a lot more than he lets on. [[spoiler: He is actually the human form of Aphelion, the Silver Dragon, and is secretly guiding humanity to become the masters of their own fate.]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto (Japanese), Creator/JBBlanc (English)
* {{Bishonen}}
* TheChessmaster
* DudeLooksLikeALady
* [[spoiler: FaceDeathWithDignity: Accepts his death after Jack kills him in the human path]]
* [[spoiler: {{HeelFaceTurn}}/{{FaceHeelTurn}}: Depending on what who you see are the good guys, he had pulled one or the other some time before the game starts when he decided HumansAreSpecial and should be given a chance to live without the dragons repeatedly hitting the ResetButton]]
* [[spoiler: FinalBoss]]
* [[spoiler: HumansAreSpecial]]
* [[spoiler: MeaningfulName: An aphelion is an astronomical term used to refer to a celestial body's furthest point from the sun.]]
* RapunzelHair
* WalkingSpoiler
* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist]]
!!Lord Jasne Colton
Ridley's father, who married into the Silverlake family, and also fosters peace for both humans and non-humans. He's also the man who was responsible in [[spoiler:kicking out both Jack and Ganz from the knights because of what happened with Ridley]].
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenichiOgata (Japanese), Creator/SkipStellrecht (English)
* AlasPoorVillain: Though hes hardly a villain outside of getting Jack and Ganz kicked out the Knights, Jasne's story never has a happy ending. The last time we see him in the Human Path, he is [[spoiler:pathetically getting drunk crying over Ridley being gone. Then she dies. We don't get to see how he is affected by that.]] In the Non-Human path he [[spoiler:shares the same fate as the rest of humanity, presumably destroyed when Ridley joins with Quasar, though its ambiguous.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Calls Larks out for defending Jack and Ganz by using their fathers reputations, saying that "knights cannot ride on the coattails of their parents". This is from the guy who is using his own connections to give his daughter a promotion even she knew she did not earn. Indeed, Larks points this out, "I did not expect to hear that from you".
* OverprotectiveDad: Unfortunately, it involved [[spoiler:firing both Jack and Ganz from the knights]] because he thought they failed to protect Ridley. So he reassigns her to a team with veteran knights who will act more like her bodyguards than teammates. Ridley was outraged.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Overprotective issues aside, he is shown to be a rather reasonable diplomat, doing everything he can to build human-nonhuman relationships and tries to avoid war.
* UngratefulBastard: You'd think he'd be grateful for Jack and Ganz for saving his daughter. Instead, he blames them for putting her in danger.
[[folder:Theater Vancoor]]
!! Elwen
The chief of Theater Vancoor. Elwen is very powerful, but is polite and calm, and is personally acquainted with many fairy creatures.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Sachie Okada (Japanese), Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn (English)
* ActionGirl
* CoolHelmet
* CulturedWarrior
* DefeatMeansFriendship
* FieldPowerEffect: Elwen is already powerful, but during the day, the ability King of Day kicks in with bonus attributes, making Elwen even more powerful.
* GuideDangIt: Can be easily missed. If you don't recruit Gerald and Thanos, both of whom are easy to miss, you can never recruit Elwen.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Elwen was once the disciple of a man named Alfred and was in love with him. He was the former bearer of Elwen's sword Avcoor. He passed away under mysterious circumstances, Elwen obtained his sword and formed the warrior guild. She constructed a shrine for him in the Path of the Spider.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: It seems to be that Elwen's past is rather storied. You don't learn much about it other than she was in love with a powerful man named Alfred and that she had gone to war with the dragons before, but she clearly has a history behind her. It doesn't help that she's the single strongest recruitable character in the main story.
* LadyOfWar
* LimitBreak:
** Radiant Sword - Elwen turns Avcoor into a {{BFS}} of glowing energy and slashes the enemy twice.
* LightningBruiser
* TheMentor: Serves as this to Jack in the Epic of Jack manga [[spoiler: in the place of Gawain, being the one to decide when he's worthy of the Arbiter]]
* RapunzelHair: Long blonde hair that reaches past her waist.
* ShouldersOfDoom
* WeaponOfChoice: Swords
** CoolSword
** NamedWeapons
** OneHandedZweihander - Its equally large EvilCounterpart, Falcoor is used as a two-handed weapon.
!! Gerald [[AllThereInTheManual Nickson]]
The deputy chief of Theater Vancoor, and leader of the Zweit Squad. He is known as Gerald the Iron Slasher, and is admired by warriors and feared by his foes. He can be intimidating but he takes good care of his subordinates.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka (Japanese), Creator/BeauBillingslea (English)
* AFatherToHisMen
* BadassBeard
* BadassLongcoat
* EyepatchOfPower
* GuideDangIt: It is '''very''' easy to miss out on recruiting Gerald. Good luck trying to figure out how he joins you without a guide. [[spoiler:You have to talk to him and win a duel at a very specific time.]]
* HotBlooded
* LimitBreak: His is called Dual Wave Blade which is where he charges both of his blades with energy and sends an [[SwordBeam X-shaped blast at his foe.]]
* LightningBruiser
* TheRival: To Nocturne
* WeaponOfChoice:
** DualWielding: Gerald wields a longsword and a parrying dagger.
** NamedWeapons: His longsword is named Oratorio and is fire-elemental while his parrying dagger is named Requiem and is wind-elemental.
!! Caesar
A sergeant of Theater Vancoor. Known as Caesar the Immortal. He is known for taking on impossible tasks and coming back alive, usually at the costs of his comrades.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GrantGeorge (English)
* BadassMustache
* EyesAlwaysShut
* AFatherToHisMen
* {{Samurai}}
* SamuraiPonytail
* WeaponOfChoice
** KatanasAreJustBetter
* WeDoTheImpossible: Caesar is known in-universe for being able to accomplish impossible tasks, likely due to sheer luck. In-game, his Luck stat will always be 255.
!! Alicia Alen
A sergeant in Theater Vancoor who is a descendant of the great hero Alfred. She is the youngest sergeant in Theater Vancoor, but she always does her duties with a smile.
* ActionGirl
* AnimalMotifs: Swans. She has wings on the side of her helmet.
* BloodKnight: Milder example than Jack and Gerald, but it's still there.
* ChainmailBikini
* CoolHelmet
* FamousAncestor: A descendant of the hero Alfred Roberts, but cannot bear his name because of her gender
* GlassCannon: Has high Strength growths, but only average HP.
* KlingonPromotion: Non-lethal variant. She became a sergeant after beating Thanos, her then sergeant.
* LeotardOfPower
* RapunzelHair: Is hiding a lot of hair under that helmet, as seen in her casual clothes.
* RoseHairedSweetie
* ShowgirlSkirt
* WeaponOfChoice: A one-handed sword.
* ZettaiRyouiki
!! Dennis
Corporal of Theater Vancoor and a member of the Triton Squad under Alicia Alen. Humble and retiring, he is well known for producing results even with the odds stacked against him. He prefers the company of plants and animals over people.
* TheFaceless
* LightningBruiser
!! Gareth
Corporal of Theater Vancoor and a member of the Quarto Squad. A quiet loner who prefers to sit in his room and meditate, he trains alone and has few friends.
* MightyGlacier
* PeekABangs: Not that you can see them, but his portrait shows him with dark-blue hair like this.
* ShouldersOfDoom
* TheStoic
* TwentyFourHourArmor
* WeaponOfChoice:
** BladeOnAStick
!! Gregory
Corporal of Theater Vancoor and a member of the Zweit Squad. He is an experienced and deadly warrior who is level-headed in battle, yet will fly into a rage if he hears the slightest criticism towards Gerald.
* CoolHelmet
* MightyGlacier
* ShouldersOfDoom
* TwentyFourHourArmor
* WeaponOfChoice:
** BladeOnAStick
!! Walter
Another corporal of Theater Vancoor and a member of the Quintom Squad. He is famous for not doing much, but his squadmates Gerald and Alicia are aware of his true abilities. However, his subordinates don't think much of him.
* BrilliantButLazy
* CoolHelmet
* GlassCannon
* TwentyFourHourArmor
* WeaponOfChoice:
** AnAxeToGrind
!! Jarvis Mondair
A sergeant in Theater Vancoor who lacked the chops to become a knight. His failure to succeed, and his jealousy of those who have, drive him to drink daily. When he is sober, however, he is a sympathetic and caring man capable of great courage. Leader of the Hecton Squad, and becomes [[spoiler:Jack]]'s sergeant when [[spoiler:he]] joins Theater Vancoor.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Rintaro Noshi (Japanese), David Lodge (English)
* TheAlcoholic
* CoolHelmet
* TheMentor: To Jack, teaching him the basics of leading.
* WeaponOfChoice:
!! Aldo
The assistant corporal of Theater Vancoor and member of the Quarto Squad. While skilled in combat, he vastly prefers to read up on strategy and tactics, spending hours in the library rather than training with his weapon.
* CulturedWarrior
* TwentyFourHourArmor
* WeaponOfChoice:
** BladeOnAStick
!! Gordon
Assistant corporal of Theater Vancoor and a member of the Zweit squad. His unyielding good manners, intelligence, and pragmatism make him a valuable foil to Gerald's recklessness. He is a friend to everyone.
* XMarksTheHero: Although not visible in combat, an X-shaped scar can be seen on his cheek in his portrait.
* WeaponOfChoice:
** AnAxeToGrind
!! Bruce
A high-ranking member of Theater Vancoor. He studied medicine in the priest's guild and was eventually recruited by Vancoor, where his skills were sorely needed. While he knows his way around a battlefield, he prefers to stay in Vancoor's clinic and treat patients.
* CombatMedic
!! David
A high-ranking warrior whose goal in life is to be as much like Gerald as possible. He is a member of the Septimo Squad. He appears bored when he encounters weak enemies, but he becomes excited when facing strong ones.
* ChallengeSeeker
* CoolHelmet
* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery: Most people would say this, but David sees himself as a HeroWorshipper.
* LightningBruiser
* PoorMansSubstitute: In-universe, he seeks to be the next Gerald, right down to using almost the same weapons. Gameplay-wise, David is a decent warrior early in the game until you can recruit stronger characters.
* WeaponOfChoice:
** DualWielding
!! Conrad
The spoiled heir of JFT Co., the sole supplier of arms to the Radiata Knights. Due to his lavish upbringing, he has no concept of poverty. An amicable but lazy member of Walter's squad, he shirks work as often as humanly possible.
* AutoRevive: His passive ability. It only works sometimes, though.
* RichBitch
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
* WeaponOfChoice:
** BladeOnAStick
!! Rolec
A low-ranking member of Theater Vancoor who has never once been on an assignment. He's eager to help but faints at the slightest hint of responsibility, making everyone wonder how he got into the guild in the first place.
* ShrinkingViolet
!! Thanos Benz
The smart-mouthed receptionist of Theater Vancoor. He started out as a sergeant in the guild but stepped down when Alicia Alen, then a newbie, defeated him in a duel. He affects boredom but actually takes his job very seriously, going out of his way to look after others.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwara (Japanese), Creator/DanWoren (English)
* CantCatchUp: He's a fairly decent warrior on his own. Unfortunately, he gets completely overshadowed by Elwen, since he's likely the last Theater Vancoor character to recruit beforehand.
* DeadpanSnarker
* GuideDangIt: You have to complete all available Vancoor missions, two of which have a rather brief window, in order to recruit him. Without him, there's no recruiting Elwen.
* LightningBruiser
!! Daniel Arthur
A member of Jarvis's squad. He has a lot of knowledge, but not many skills. He is clumsy and easily-scared, but he never betrays his friends or shows hateful feelings. Daniel is well-liked by those around him.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Teiyu Ichiryuisai (Japanese), Creator/YuriLowenthal (English)
* FluffyTamer: He has a pet crocogator named Isabella.
* MightyGlacier
* WeaponOfChoice:
** AnAxeToGrind
!! Carlos
A backup soldier who manages the cells in the basement. He isn't very skilled or smart, and no one likes how much he complains about work.
* BlindingBangs
* TheKlutz: He falls down a lot in battle and misses a lot, despite the fact that his passive ability is Prevent Blind. Ironically, he's recruited by helping him find his lost contact.
* TwentyFourHourArmor
* WeaponOfChoice:
** BladeOnAStick
!! Gene
An extremely introverted loner whose mother runs the Swords and Silver Coins Inn. Convinced by Walter to join Theater Vancoor a while back, he is still slow to trust others and dislikes working as a team. He eventually opens up after repeated attempts at conversation.
* LightningBruiser
* TheQuietOne
* ShrinkingViolet
[[folder:Olacion Order]]
!! Kain
The high priest of the Olacion Order. He was brought into the order as a disciple of the previous high priestess Enjela, and became the high priest when Enjela disappeared. A wise and charismatic man, he has deeply held beliefs, but is not a zealot.
* BadassPreacher
* CombatMedic
* CoolHat
* HandBlast
* HealingHands
* LightEmUp
* LimitBreak:
** The End of Time - Kain sends several blasts of light from his palm, then finishes the attack by sending a glowing mote that bursts on contact with the enemy.
* {{Megane}}
!! Fernando
An elderly archbishop of the Olacion Order. He has become a leader of the Old Faction, created in opposition to the New Order of Olacion created by Anastasia, who he considers greedy and materialistic. He can be seen around town, frequently meditating or practicing his martial arts.
* AnIcePerson
* BadassGrandpa
* BadassPreacher
* BareFistedMonk
* CombatMedic
* LimitBreak:
** Kick Cannonade - Fernando delivers a quick flurry of barehanded strikes and then finishes it off with a KamehameHadoken.
* OldMaster
!! Anastasia Ryan
An archbisop of the Olacion Order and the current head of the Ryan Clan. She is the leader of the Order's New Faction, raising funds by dealing in "miracle remedies", putting her at odds with Fernando at the Old Faction. She is a narcissist who only cares about herself and her money.
* AnIcePerson
* BodyArmorAsHitPoints: Anastasia has a variation of this: she has absolutely no defense and never gains any when she levels up, so she compensates by having an incredible amount of HP.
* CombatMedic
* CorruptChurch: As head of the New Faction of Olacion.
* {{Gonk}}
* HealingHands: Unlike other characters, though, Anastasia will not listen if you ask her to heal a party member and will only heal if she feels like it.
* LightIsNotGood: Displays the worst of the Olacion Order by being completely materialistic. She even throws divine statues at enemies as an attack and is described by the game's flavor text as not being a faithful believer.
* LimitBreak:
** Charming Voice - Anastasia summons forth two idols of the gods Ethereal and Celesta, which infuse her with power and she then unleashes from [[BreathWeapon her mouth]].
* {{Narcissist}}
* NunTooHoly: One on the side of the heroes at least. The fact that she's decked out in fancy robes and jewels when most of the Olacion Order dresses in simple clothing is a huge giveaway to her character's moral standing.
* RichBitch
* StandardStatusEffects: She is able to cause confusion to her enemies in battle.
!! Dwight
A bishop, and a member of Anastasia's faction. His wealth is more important to him than the lives of others.
* CorruptChurch
!! Godwin
A bishop of the Order, a first-class doctor, monk, and teacher.
* BadassGrandpa
* BareFistedMonk
* CombatMedic
* EyesAlwaysShut
* HealingHands
* LightningBruiser
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens
* OldMaster
!! Rocky Mayvern
Rocky is from an elite family of monks. His grandfather, who Rocky trains to become just like, was the famous monkmaster Andrew Mayvern.
* BareFistedMonk
* HairAntennae: Two spiky strands at the top of his head.
* LightningBruiser
* LimitBreak
** [[ElementalPunch Dragon Bolt]]: Rocky summons down a bolt of lightning, charging himself with power and delivering a powerful blow to his enemy.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He seems to be based on Dwayne Johnson, as his Japanese name is Rocky Mayvia. Presumably the last name was changed so no toes were stepped on.
* OneManArmy: After meeting him again after beating him, you see him take down a trio of Blood Orcs.
!! Achilles
Head priest of the Olacion Order, and Kain's bodyguard. Achilles is Rocky's friend and rival since they were young. Although he looks scary and mean, he is actually very nice.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RichardEpcar (English)
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Achilles is purple-skinned, but this is never commented on.
* BareFistedMonk
* FaceOfAThug
* GentleGiant
!! Flora
A head priestess, and the only daughter of Rivera, a famous doctor.
* NiceHat
* WhiteMagicianGirl
!! Elena
Adina's twin sister, who serves Anastasia and would give her life for her.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SherryLynn (English)
* SingleMindedTwins
!! Adina
Elena's twin sister, who also serves Anastasia. She would give her life for Elena.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SherryLynn (English)
* SingleMindedTwins
!! Alvin
A priest of the Order, who entered the guild to learn martial arts from Fernando.
!! Vitas
A priestess of the Order. Her parents sent her there to have her get in touch with her feminine side, but growing up in a male-dominated environment has made her very masculine and tough, and she has been developing her skills as a monk.
* BareFistedMonk
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Her priest robes might give it away, but one will probably not realize she is a girl if crossing her path at night.
* BoyishShortHair
* TheLadette
* LightningBruiser
* StatusBuff
!! Cosmo
A priest of the Order.
!! Grant
A priest of the Order, who was born into an impoverished family, and joined Anastasia's faction after hearing that doctors make a lot of money.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation
!! Miranda
A priestess of the Olacion Order and student of Godwin. She is skilled as a monk and priestess. Although she believes she has the power to heal everyone, her thoughtfulness is said to be a burden to others sometimes.
* ActionGirl
* AmbiguouslyBrown
* BareFistedMonk
* CombatMedic: Her party-wide heal and fighting abilities make her a great addition to your party.
* CuteBruiser: Miranda is just as capable of healing you as she is punching you into the next town.
* FacialMarkings
* HealingHands
* KiAttacks
* LightningBruiser
!! Edgar
A follower of the Order, who joined the priest guild after seeing Fernado fight.
!! Clive
A simple-minded follower of the Olacion Order that accompanies the Rose Cochon on their first mission. Although he was a prodigy in his home village, he was shocked to discover that there were others who surpassed him in Radiata. Nevertheless, he is earnest and works hard.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Masao Harada (Japanese), Creator/SteveStaley (English)
* AmbiguouslyBrown
* ComMons: Clive has elements of this in a game with so many playable characters. He will join your Friends List no matter what, ensuring that you have some kind of healer.
* CombatMedic
* TheDitz
* DumbIsGood
* TechnicolorToxin
!! Lulu
A follower of the Order, who shares many ideas with Anastasia.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SherryLynn (English)
!! Eugene
A follower of the order that has never finished a task alone, always thinking of ways to get other people to finish his jobs.
[[folder:Vareth Institute]]
!! Curtis
The eldest member of the Vareth Institute; a genius who has made many contributions to the world of magic. He looks intimidating and strict, but is very easy to talk to.
* TheArchmage
* BadassMustache: A long white mustache that splits into two curly tails, said to be one of his best features.
* CoolOldGuy
* LimitBreak:
** Ancient Fire - Curtis charges a fireball with his staff, then sends it at the enemy, before turning into a huge explosion.
* NiceHat: A very wide wizard hat topped with a globe, of all things.
* PlayingWithFire
* SquishyWizard
* TheSmartGuy
* RobeAndWizardHat
* WeaponOfChoice:
** MagicStaff: Ares Salute, a staff which casts powerful fire magic.
* WizardBeard
* WizardClassic
!! Genius Weissheit
The second son of a family of technicians, renowned for becoming a professor at the Vareth Institute at the age of 16. Genius is called upon by the Radiata Knights to investigate a matter concerning the fairy creatures.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenTakeuchi (Japanese), Creator/DaranNorris (English)
* AnIcePerson
* BlowYouAway
* CombatMedic: Subverted; Genius has a healing spell and his passive ability gives him continuous HP regeneration, but he only heals himself. It's even stated on the flavor text for his spells.
* InsufferableGenius
* MeaningfulName
* {{Megane}}
* TheRedMage: Unlike most of the mage characters, Genius is able to cast more than one spell with his staff like the elves. This is likely due to his research about elves.
* TeenGenius: Well, duh.
* TooManyBelts: He wears a large amount of them on his robe, including some on the front that are just hanging down.
* WeaponOfChoice:
** MagicStaff
!! Cecil
Vice president of the Vareth Institute, and Aidan's father. He is the son of Lord Henryde, a famous analyst of ancient texts, yet Cecil has worked hard to step out from his father's shadow. He speaks in a soft and polite manner, even when making unreasonable demands.
* DishingOutDirt
* SquishyWizard
* WeaponOfChoice:
** MagicStaff
!! Morgan
A professor of the Vareth Institute who specializes in black magic, including the study of spirits and curses. However, she is one of the few people researching beneficial applications of the magic, which most consider to be cruel and wicked.
* CoolHat
* DarkIsNotEvil
* HotWitch
* LadyOfBlackMagic
* LeotardOfPower
* RobeAndWizardHat
* ShowgirlSkirt: Her outfit gives off this look.
* WeaponOfChoice:
** MagicStaff
* ZettaiRyouiki
!! Felix
A member of the Vareth Institute. He was raised in an orphanage, but he entered the institute at a young age when it was discovered that he had a photographic memory. Felix is often mistaken for a woman because of his good looks and high pitched voice and attracts the attention of many men, which makes him uncomfortable.
* {{Bishonen}}
* DudeLooksLikeALady
* EvenTheGuysWantHim
* AnIcePerson
* UnwantedHarem
* WeaponOfChoice:
** MagicStaff
!! Jill
An assistant professor, whose specialty is item creation. As a young girl, she often watched her father work at the armory, and before she knew it, she was taking things apart and putting them back together as a hobby.
* BigFun
* DishingOutDirt
* SquishyWizard
* WeaponOfChoice:
** MagicStaff
!! Ursula
An assistant professor, whose specialty is golem creation. The dwarves excel in the creation of golems, but Ursula surpasses even them.
* MakingASplash
* {{Meganekko}}
* WeaponOfChoice:
** MagicStaff
!! Derek
An assistant professor, whose specialty is spiritual arts of the fire attribute. He is built like his father, but instead of pursuing martial arts, he decided to join the Vareth Institute. Although he's hot-tempered, he thinks careful before acting.
* HotBlooded
* PlayingWithFire
* SquishyWizard
* WeaponOfChoice:
** MagicStaff
!! Christoph
Jill's superior. He was born into a family of book lovers and has been reading for as long as he can remember. He entered the Institute at the age of 16.
* {{Bookworm}}
* GadgeteerGenius
* NiceHat
* ShockAndAwe
* SquishyWizard
* WeaponOfChoice:
** MagicStaff
!! Claudia
Soon after the love of her life died, Claudia learned of a way to bring back the dead, and entered the Institute soon after. She is now an assistant professor.
* AutoRevive: Her passive ability.
* SciFiBobHaircut
* DarkIsNotEvil
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: Sort of a grown-up version.
* HotWitch
* LadyOfBlackMagic
* LifeDrain
* {{Necromancer}}: What she's trying to achieve. Her recruitment involves looking for magical ingredients that would help her do this. You can see her presumably dead loved one in a [[PeopleJars creepy-looking glass container]].
* TheQuietOne
* ShrinkingViolet
* SquishyWizard
* WeaponOfChoice:
** MagicStaff
!! Ardoph
An assistant professor at the Institute. He is in fact the same race as Nyx.
!! Dimitri
An assistant professor born with weak eyesight, which was later corrected by a machine developed by a Vareth technician.
!! Leona Weissheit
Genius's younger sister, and a student at the academy.
* ShrinkingViolet
!! Aidan
The son of Cecil, vice president of the Vareth Magic Institute.
!! Cornelia ([[spoiler: and Rachel]])
A girl with great talent for magic. Each night, [[spoiler: she transforms into an adult and sings the night away. In the Japanese version of the game, she turns into J-Pop singer, Nami Tamaki.]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Music/NamiTamaki (Japanese)
* BareYourMidriff: [[spoiler: as Rachel.]]
* BlowYouAway / BarrierWarrior
* TheCameo: [[spoiler: In the Japanese version of the game, Cornelia's adult form is J-pop idol, Nami Tamaki, who sings the song ''Fortune'' in one of the bars of the game. Likely for licensing issues, they couldn't keep this in the English version of the game.]]
* MagicIdolSinger: Cornelia wouldn't be out of place in her own mahou shoujo anime.
* NiceHat
* [[spoiler: SecretIdentity]]
* SquishyWizard
* WeaponOfChoice:
** MagicStaff
* WhoWearsShortShorts: [[spoiler: It looks like she's wearing Daisy Dukes as Rachel.]]
** ZettaiRyouiki: [[spoiler: again, as Rachel.]]
!! Faraus
Born into a family of doctors, he studied medicine at the Olacion Order until he realized the imprecision of the art, and joined the mage guild to make medical treatment available to the general public.
!! Marietta
A student at the institute that has been held back by her chronic clumsiness.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Marietta. The first time you meet her, you only see her legs. The rest of her is buried underneath a pile of crates.
* OdangoHair
* ZettaiRyouiki
!! Ernest
Was welcomed into the Institute by Cecil after being drawn to the cursed sound of his voice.
* DelinquentHair
!! Franklin
A student at the Institute trying to discover a way to preserve his beauty forever.
!! Johan
A student at the institute, who has too much confidence and is always convinced that he's correct. He has no friends.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GrantGeorge (English)
* SquishyWizard
* WeaponOfChoice:
** MagicStaff
[[folder:Void Community]]
!! Nyx
The founder of the Void Community, who comes from a land far away from Radiata. No one knows why he created the thieves guild and has a mysterious way of thinking. Very few people are even aware of his existence.
* AnimeHair: Nyx has very spiky white hair and even his beard is spiky, as well.
* BadassCape
* BadassBeard
* BreathWeapon
** AnIcePerson
* FieldPowerEffect: Nyx's passive ability King of Night makes him more powerful during nighttime, the opposite of Elwen's King of Day ability.
* GenderBlenderName: He's named after the Greek goddess of night.
* GuideDangIt: Nyx can only be recruited once you've recruited the leaders of Theater Vancoor, Vareth Institute, and the Olacion Order. That means that he can never be recruited if you miss out on Elwen.
* LimitBreak:
** [[StormOfBlades Sword Tempest]] - Nyx summons even more floating swords and sends them all flying at his enemy.
* MeaningfulName: Nyx becomes more powerful during nighttime, which makes sense considering his namesake.
* MonochromaticEyes
* PowerFloats: He lost the lower half of his body in an accident, but he is capable of levitating somehow.
* SpinAttack: Some of his attacks involve spinning around at a high speed with his swords surrounding him while he slices into his enemy.
* WeaponOfChoice:
** [[FlyingWeapon Floating Sword]]
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: Losing his legs didn't stop him from being the leader of the Void Community and he's one of the most powerful characters in the game.
!! Ortoroz
Leader of the Void Community. He works under Nyx and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the thieves guild. He lost his eye in the same battle where Nyx lost his lower body.
* CoolOldGuy: He is visibly one of the oldest recruitable characters in the game, but he is no slouch when it comes to combat.
* GlassEye
* VideoGameStealing
* WeaponOfChoice:
** KnifeNut
** NamedWeapons: He wields a large dagger named Answerer, which causes confusion.
!! Sonata
Assistant leader of the Void Community. He comes from a far away land and happened to come to Radiata around the same time as Nyx.
* BadassLongcoat
* BeastMan: He seems to be a kind of werewolf/lion hybrid.
* BreathWeapon
* DualWielding
* LightningBruiser
* MusicalThemeNaming: Along with a handful of other members of the thieves guild.
* VideoGameStealing
* WeaponOfChoice:
** WolverineClaws
!! Iris
An assistant leader of the Void Community. She is also known as the Crow and will assassinate any target if she is given enough money. Iris learned her trade from her father Silent, and is passing on her skills to her protégé, Lily.
* CoolBigSis: To Lily.
* DarkActionGirl
* PeekABangs
* LightningBruiser
* NoblewomansLaugh: Seen in her character portrait and her winning animation after battle.
* OfCorsetsSexy
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: She'll only join you after you give her large amounts of Dagols.
* SheFu: She uses a backflip as her dodge animation.
* WeaponOfChoice:
** WhipItGood
!! Nocturne Ryner
A trainee leader of the Void Community. He was once best friends with Gerald and they were elite warriors in Theater Vancoor, being known as "Iron Slasher Gerald" and "Sprinting Shadow Nocturne". They had a falling out, however, and Nocturne joined the thieves guild at Ortoroz's urging.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaveWittenberg (English)
* [[HighlyVisibleNinja Highly Visible Thief]]: With his red scarf and huge sword, one wonders just how skilled Nocturne is as a thief.
* MusicalThemeNaming
* ScarfOfAsskicking
* VideoGameStealing
* WeaponOfChoice:
!! Herz Ashabee
A trainee leader of the Void Community. She can completely transform herself so that even her closest friends are unable to recognize her.
* MasterOfDisguise
* ThirdPersonPerson: Herz has a tendency to do this.
!! Rynka
A lady thief working for the bandit guild. Normally very composed, she gets easily riled when it comes to her son Cody, who is taken care of by [[spoiler: Ganz]] after Rynka saves his life.
* OddFriendship: [[spoiler: with Ganz]].
* WeaponOfChoice:
** DualWielding
** KnifeNut
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
!! Alba
Assistant trainee leader of the Void Community.
!! Lily Mirias
Assistant trainee leader of the Void Community, who first joined after fleeing from her malevolent parents. She trains under Iris, and was given the assassin name Vice (White Princess).
%%* ActionGirl
%%* BrokenBird
%%* FormFittingWardrobe
%%* GirlishPigtails
%%* LightningBruiser
%%* PeekABangs
%%* WeaponOfChoice:
%%** DualWielding
* NamedWeapons: A short sword named Vaise and a parrying blade named Arabum.
%%* WhoWearsShortShorts
%%* YellowEyesOfSneakiness
%%* ZettaiRyouiki
!! Flau
Though she was taken in by Anastasia of the Olacion Order after being left in front of the guild as a baby, Flau ran off to the bandit guild as a teenager in order to find her parents. [[spoiler:She also helps Ganz after he joins the Void Community.]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoKaida (Japanese), Creator/PhileceSampler (English)
!! Elmo
A young kid who is a part of the Void community because he thinks being "bad" is cool, even though he is innately innocent.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Ezra Weisz (English)
!! Eon
Also known as the Conductor, he grew up among animals, and was scouted by the bandit guild due to his ability to control wildlife.
!! Goyle
A failed martial arts fighter that works at the reception desk of the bandit guild. He is also employed by JFT, and is friends with Butch.
!! Interlude
A Void Community manager. Also called "das Gespens" (dead spirit).
!! Jared
A born talker, who talked his way into his position as a manager in the guild.
!! Joaquel
A bandit to the core, who has been a member of the guild for as long as he can remember.
* {{Gonk}}: He's huge, and hideous, and disfigured
!! Pinky
A Void Community manager, a flamboyant knife-throwing expert, and a bouncer at the Void bar.
!! Solo
He entered the bandit guild to fulfill a childhood dream of becoming a treasure hunter, unprepared for the dark, twisted reality of the guild world. He is a passionate fan of Rachel (unaware of her true identity), and has stalked Felix (unaware of his true gender).
[[folder:Unaffiliated Humans]]
!! Adele
Jack's older sister.
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Adele's favorite way of teaching both Jack and his enemies a lesson.
!! Astor
Radiata Castle`s cook.
!! Butch
A worker at JFT, the weapon manufacturing company. He is friends with his fellow employee Goyle.
!! Dan
The owner of Club Vampire, and an ex-manager of the Void community.
!! Giske
The grouchy owner of Carl's Pub, located next to the warrior guild.
!! Lyle
The president of JFT Co., and Conrad's father.
!! Morfinn
A doctor with a clinic in the White Town of Stars and Faith. The most knowledgeable medical practitioner in Radiata. Because of his schedule, he has Godwin take care of his beloved daughter Rabi.
* The Medic: Morfinn is a literal example, coupled with some HarmfulHealing due to his curiosity.
* PunnyName: Sounds like "Morphine", and he's a doctor.
!! Synelia
The receptionist at Morfinn's Clinic.
!! Nick
Bruce's son, a smart jock who never loses fights.
!! Paul
Each year he takes the Radiata Knight test, but he's failed three times in a row. He thinks he's a lady's man.
!! Star Stern
Son of Helios E. Stern and Serene E. Stern, both of the upper class. He failed the test to become a Royal Knight nine times, until he realized that he didn't need a licence to keep Radiata's peace, and christened himself the Free Knight
* LimitBreak:
** Super Star Duel
* LovableCoward
* SmallNameBigEgo
* UpperClassTwit
!! Sebastian
A [=Mark III=] autonomous golem, created by the third vice president of the Vareth Magic Institute. His whole life revolves around Star.
--->'''Voiced by:''' Ezra Weisz (English)
* LimitBreak:
** Seb Iris Cannon
!! Troy
An expert of the sewers, he is the only unemployed person in Radiata.
!! Zeranium
An old man often found near garbage cans, investing their contents. The occasional hard glint in his eye suggests a rough history, and he is an old friend of Lord Larks.
!! Elef
The foreman of the bridge-building gang.
!! Hip
A member of the bridge-building gang, who carries out Elef's orders perfectly.
!! Ryan
A long-term member of foreman Elef's bridge-building gang.
!! Bligh
An old farmer that lives in Nuevo Village.
!! Yack
A mischievous kid from Nuevo Village.
!! Bran
A mad farmer who treasures plants more than humans.
!! Wal
An ex-farmer, who became a hunter after being introduced to the trade by Garcia.
!! Garcia
A friend of Bran and Wal. His motto is "My quarry never, ever escapes."
!! Howard
The five-time champion of the World Farming Competition.
!! Mook
A sponsor of the World Friends of Agriculture Society, who goes on and on to everyone he meets about the joys of farming.
!! Gonber
An elderly fisherman living in Tria Village.
!! Leban
A farmer who only grows enough food to feed himself and his family.
!! Wyze
A Sherman farmer who prays to the gods to make his produce tastier.
!! Keaton
A farmer so interest in dairy farming that he moved to Tria Village to learn about it.
!! Tarkin
Keaton's brother, who is also learning about dairy farming in Tria Village.
!! Sarval
A pig farmer, and the father of Sunset and Sora.
!! Sunset
A young boy who works hard to learn about his father's business.
!! Stefan
His greatest joy in life is eating the vegetables that he has grown with his own hands.
!! Brood
!! Junzaburo
The referee for the Official Radiata Knights selection trials that Jack attends at the beginning of the game. He has a lot to learn as he is too much of a stickler for the rules.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Kenichi Mochizuki (Japanese), Creator/SteveKramer (English)
!! Louis
!! Lunbar
!! Reynos
!! Sakurazaki
!! Warc
!Nonhuman Characters:
[[folder:Light Elves]]
!! Lord Zane
The elusive leader of the Light Elves. He bears hatred and distrust for all human beings for past history and believes that they are responsible for spreading the Algandars disease.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Haruo Sato (Japanese), Doug Stone (English)
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:He contracts Algandars in the human path and eventually succumbs to it, turning into a cocoon at the gates of Radiata after losing a final battle to Jack.]]
* ElementalPowers:
** AnIcePerson
** BlowYouAway
* EvilLaugh: Although he is less ObviouslyEvil in the non-human path, [[spoiler:he still pulls off a big one of these after Ridley fuses with Quasar the Gold Dragon, shortly before humanity is implied to be destroyed.]]
* LightIsNotGood: The leader of the light elves is a genocidal racist.
!! Lord Nogueira
Lord Zane's older brother. Despite being a Light Elf himself, he is the leader of the Dark Elves.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChihiroSuzuki (Japanese), Creator/StephenApostolina (English)
* [[spoiler: AndIMustScream: The fate of all elves who become afflicted with Algandars' disease; this ends with them being encased in a cocoon for eternity.]]
!! Hap
!! Gil
A poet, daydreamer, and assassin that serves as Lord Zane's right-hand man.
* CulturedBadass
* EnergyBow
* LightningBruiser
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Like most Light Elves he thinks humans are scum, but on the Non-Human path he's quite impressed with Jack and comes to his rescue, when he follows him to Helencia to kill him for his expected betrayal only to find that Jack kept his word and was indeed trying to take the Fort singlehandedly for Zane.
!! Alan
A biologist who assists Few in her research.
!! Few
A scholar who began her research after realizing the light elves had not progressed in any way since her birth. She is unusual among Light Elves in that she does not look down upon other races.
!! Fan
She charms non-elves into doing her bidding.
!! Keane
The owner of the accessory store in the Light Elf village.
!! Pitt
The youngest of the Light elves, who does not know much about the world.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DarrelGuilbeau (English)
!! Row
A Light Elf who collects beautiful things, and is always quick to find out if visitors have such objects.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SandyFox (English)
!! Shin
A Light Elf who is kind and warmhearted to everyone except humans, who he cannot stand and tries to avoid all contact with.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GrantGeorge (English)
[[folder:Dark Elves]]
!! Clarence
A Dark Elf spy. He collects information and acts as an intermediary with other races.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DarrelGuilbeau (English)
!! Chatt
A Dark Elf that acts like a nice, laid-back young man, though he is truly a prank-playing nuisance.
!! Coco
A young Dark Elf who always wears a blank expression on his face.
!! Franz
A self-proclaimed Dark Elf martial artist.
!! Hyann
A Dark Elf who loves to gamble, sing, dance, and have a good time.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DarrelGuilbeau (English)
!! Lufa
The Dark Elf cook, who insists on making original recipes, most of which turn out to be inedible.
* CordonBleughChef
!! Marsha
The owner of the general store in the Dark Elf village.
!! Martinez
Leader of the Dark Elf village band.
!! Rika
A member of the Dark Elf band. Was originally a biological researcher, who joined after discovering the effect music has on living things.
!! Santos
A member of the Dark Elf band. He joined because of his admiration for Martinez.
!! Mikey
A Dark Elf who loves to read and spend most of his time with books.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BarbaraGoodson (English)
!! Romaria
A Dark Elf who likes to think of herself as a freedom fighter.
!! Serva
A Dark Elf whose schedule consists of working out in the afternoon and drinking at night.
!! Zida
A spoiled young Dark Elf. Everything he does is motivated by his selfishness.
!! Gonovich
The Dwarven elder.
!! Dyvad
An apprentice to the best Dwarven village blacksmith, Brockle.
!! Grigory
The owner of the Dwarf village liquor store.
!! Naom
A Dwarf village miner.
!! Aegenhart
!! Albert
!! Brockle
A Dwarven blacksmith.
!! Donovich
!! Gehrmann
!! Marke
!! Oleg
!! Sergei
!! Stein
!! Vladimir
!! Yergeni
[[folder:Green Goblins]]
!! Aesop
A Green Goblin comic.
* ComedyDuo: With Monki.
* NamesTheSame: Good luck trying to actually get AnAesop out of him, though.
* {{Slapstick}}: Part of the comedy act is Aesop smacking Monki around.
* StraightMan: To Monki's idiotic antics, both in their act and out of it.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With [[TheDitz Monki]]. They're practically always together, but Monki understandably can get on Aesop's nerves. Aesop must really enjoy having their act as an excuse to beat on Monki sometimes...
!! Ben
A Green Goblin slacker.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sometimes goes about telling [[AllThereInTheManual "senseless stories"]] to anyone who will listen, and you get him to join you by kicking him three times while he's sleeping and then listening to his story. He also has a useless clinging attack that he will attempt on even the strongest of opponents, showing he has a feeble grasp on reality at best.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Occasionally one can learn from his ramblings. Not too often, though.
* LazyBum
* WanderingMinstrel: Sort of. As detailed in his Cloudcuckoolander entry above, he does wander about to tell his tales to people now and again. He can just as often be found lazing about in the green goblin settlement, though.
!! Brie
A Green Goblin who has been captivated by magic ever since he saw it performed.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Even by goblin standards. He stands around all day without purpose (in a game where the NPC's follow intricate schedules), staring at nothing in particular, and wears a pylon on his head.
* IJustWantToBeBadass: He wants to be an exceptional mage, but he's too lazy to learn all the complexities of magic, so he spends his time thinking of ways to become powerful with minimal effort.
A Green Goblin slacker.
* ExtremeDoormat: Of the supremely uncaring variety. Most characters in Radiata Stories you have to kick twice to start a fight; they forgive you for the first kick but on the second kick they decide something needs to be done. To get into a fight with Den (winning will allow you to recruit him), you have to kick him a grand total of five times, and you barely get a reaction out of him.
* LazyBum: UpToEleven, to the point where he basically has [[FlatCharacter no defining characteristics]] beyond extreme apathy. He spends all day wandering aimlessly.
* StockholmSyndrome: After kicking him five times and then beating him down in a fight, he considers you to have improved his life by breaking his apathy with your spirit, and he wants to follow you around since he figures it will be interesting. No WhatTheHellHero here.
!! Donkey
A Green Goblin music lover.
!! Gabe
A Green Goblin who sells accessories and grows toadstools.
!! Gob
A Green Goblin elephant rider.
!! Gobrey
A Green Goblin from the previous generation, who can look over his old colleagues even after death because of the strange powers he had when he was still alive.
* LimitBreak:
** Junk Trap
!! Golly
One of the three masked Green Goblins. He hangs out with Donkey, and is often seen dancing while Donkey plays his music.
!! Gonn
A Green Goblin slacker.
!! Goo
One of the three masked Green Goblins. A Green Goblin slacker that likes shiny objects, such as empty bottles.
!! Lin
A self-proclaimed leader of the Green Goblins.
!! Mason
One of the three masked Green Goblins. He finds amusement in everything.
!! Monki
A Green Goblin comic.
[[folder:Black Goblins]]
!! Gruel
The Black Goblin leader.
* LimitBreak:
** Bazooka Wolf
A Black Goblin whose senses became muddled after getting covered in matango poison outside the village.
* DrugsAreBad: Most black goblins find themselves a bit...impeded by the toadstools they consume, but Bosso really stands out as an example. He's so delusional he was going to let a group of Matangoes eat him, and when the player rescues him, he attacks in response.
* TheHermit: Unintentionally. He simply got lost in the Sediche region and decided to live in the wilderness because he couldn't find his way back.
A psychic Black Goblin. He picks up radio signals via the toadstool on his head.
* AxeCrazy: Sometimes, as a result of having a peculiar mushroom on his head that can pick up radio signals that really mess with his mind.
* CuteAndPsycho: Even when he's AxeCrazy, he's adorable and very hard to take seriously.
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: The mushroom on Danny's head is a great example. It just raises so many questions. How did it become a part of him? Is it unique to him or can it be found other places? How does it receive radio signals, and why is Danny so profoundly influenced by these signals?
* MoreThanMindControl: Possibly. When Danny is in AxeCrazy mode, it's easy enough to think he might be completely possessed. But in other situations, such as when he hears a woman's problems with her boyfriend, he's shown to be in control of himself and sympathetic, and will ask Jack to help her. So how much of his psycho mood is the mushroom's doing, and how much of it is his own feelings aligning with the mind he's reading?
* NiceGuy: When not tripping out.
A trainee wolf rider who works under Ricky.
* HeroicWannabe: Claims he desires to be a wolf rider, but he's terrible with wolves and doesn't seem to really think about what it means. He probably just wants to imitate Ricky.
* TagalongKid: Again, to Ricky, who he greatly reveres.
!! Doppio
A Black Goblin toadstool picker.
!! Drew
A confidant to the Black Goblin leader.
!! Georgio
An information officer for the Black Goblins.
!! Giovanni
An adherent of the Black Goblin Cult of Trickery.
!! Jan
A Black Goblin toadstool grower
!! Luka
Preacher of the Black Goblin Cult of Trickery. He believes that he can summon the goblin gods by playing a million pranks.
!! Marco
The Black Goblin scholar.
!! Niko
A Black Goblin poet.
!! Pietro
Captain and self-appointed intellectual leader of the Black Goblin operations unit.
!! Polpo
The Black Goblin chef.
!! Ricky
A Black Goblin wolf rider who is often found in the company of his beloved wolf, Happy.
!! Sonny
An adherent of the Black Goblin Cult of Trickery.
[[folder:Green Orcs]]
Leader of the Green Orcs, who used to make their home in Borgandiazo before they got kicked out by the Blood Orcs.
* LimitBreak:
** Madness Carnival
[[folder:Blood Orcs]]
Leader of the Blood Orcs, who live by only one rule: the strongest shall be obeyed.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* LimitBreak:
** Crazy Slugger
* MightyGlacier
* WeaponOfChoice:
** CarryABigStick
!!Parsec of Conflagrations and Turmoil
The legendary Fire Dragon and the protector of Goblins. He appears multiple times to Jack, asking him to help him find the Silver Dragon, Aphelion. Parsec seems to be personally acquainted with many notable humans, such as Elwen.
-->'''Voiced by:''' Takashi Nagasako (Japanese), Bob Papenbrook (English)
* BonusBoss
* CoolOldGuy: His human disguise.
* CuteLittleFangs: In his human form.
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm
* MeaningfulName: A parsec is a unit used to measure the distance of stars from Earth.
* PlayingWithFire
!!Baade of Fertile Soil and Quickening Life
* BonusBoss
* DishingOutDirt / GreenThumb
* MeaningfulName: Named after the German astronomer Walter Baade.
* MightyGlacier
!!Cepheid of Great Skies and Vicissitude
* BlowYouAway
* BonusBoss
* ElementalShapeshifter: Cepheid surrounds himself in a tornado to appear large and intimidating, but his true form is actually the smallest of the dragons.
* MeaningfulName: Named after a class of stars whose luminosity regularly fluctuates. Walter Baade discovered that there were two types of Cepheid stars.
* OffWithHisHead: Decapitated by Jack in the Epic of Jack manga.
* TornadoMove
!!Kelvin of Chasms and Churning Seas
* BonusBoss
* MakingASplash
* MeaningfulName: Kelvin is the name of the physicist who developed the Kelvin scale of temperature.
* MultipleHeadCase
* PosthumousCharacter: In the main storyline at least. Jack's father Cairn defeated him before the story begins, but you can face him in the Dragon Lair Cave.
[[spoiler: See "Lucian".]]
* [[spoiler: BonusBoss: Fought in Valkyrie's place after recruiting her.]]
!![[spoiler: Radian]]
* [[spoiler: BonusBoss]]
* [[spoiler: MediumAwareness]]
[[folder:Gods and Others]]
!!Lenneth Valkyrie
The Selector of Souls. She comes from the parallel world of Radical and is looking for powerful beings to join her. She tends to scare people off by asking them to join her in Heaven.
* ActionGirl
** LadyOfWar
* BattleBallgown
* BonusBoss
* BowAndSwordInAccord
* DefeatEqualsFriendship
* EarlyBirdCameo: Jack can find her armor in Radiata Castle in one of the King's rooms.
* EnergyBow
* LimitBreak:
** Nibelung Valesti: Just like her Purify Weird Soul from her [[VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile original game]], Lenneth unleashes her entire sword combo on an enemy, launching them in midair. They are then impaled by three spears and then Lenneth herself hurls an even larger spear at the enemy and ending in an explosion.
* NamedWeapons: Lenneth wields the Holy Sword Gram in battle, which is one of the strongest swords from her original game.. Jack can use one himself after beating her and it is the strongest one-handed sword in the game.
* [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]]: Much like Elwen, she's more than capable of taking on groups of enemies by herself.
* RapunzelHair
* SecretCharacter
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl
!!Lezard Valeth
A powerful sorcerer with ambitions for godhood. He seems to be researching parallel worlds and hopes to find out the secres of the Distortion Corridor in hopes of gaining even more power.
* BonusBoss
* ElementalPowers: Lezard can use multiple magic spells, just like the game he originated from, including:
** [[PlayingWithFire Fire Lance]]
** [[TechnicolorPoison Poison Blow]]
** [[CastingAShadow Dark Savior]]
** [[ShockAndAwe Prismic Missile]]
* EvilSorcerer
* KneelBeforeZod: He tries to pull this on Jack. Naturally it doesn't work on him since he just thinks Lezard is insane.
* LargeHam
* {{Megane}}
* SquishyWizard
!!Gabriel Celesta
One of the two gods worshiped by the Olacion Order. Unlike most incarnations of Gabriel Celesta, he appears as an incredibly muscular dark-skinned man covered in glowing runes and wearing nothing but a tiny loincloth who wouldn't be out of place in a ''Cho Aniki'' game.
* BaldOfAwesome
* BonusBoss
* ChallengeSeeker: He seems to be most interested in fighting against powerful people. Gabriel is pleased after Jack defeats him and looks forward to fighting him again someday.
* HolyHalo: A glowing one that spins around Gabriel's back that he also utilizes in some of his attacks.
* HotBlooded
* LightTheWay / HolyHandGrenade
* MachoCamp
* PowerFloats
* PowerTattoo
** PowerGlows
* UnderwearOfPower: Gabriel even gets introduced to the player ''crotch-first''.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: He initiates combat by jumping and doing a flying body press on Jack, which makes him confused at the start of battle. He also exits into thin air this way after being defeated.
!!Ethereal Queen
One of the two gods worshiped by the Olacion Order of Radiata. This incarnation of Ethereal Queen looks like an angelic fairy in elegant white clothing, but she seems to be more evil than she lets on...
* BonusBoss: She is the last boss of the secret dungeon and certainly the most powerful enemy in the game.
* CatchPhrase: Seeing as how she's one of the trademark secret bosses of tri-Ace, she has a catch phrase before and after battle. Ethereal Queen starts off her encounter with Jack by stating that she's very different from Gabriel Celesta. After being defeated, she chuckles and asks Jack what he desires now that he's proven his strength before she fades away.
%%* CuteLittleFangs
%%* ElementalPowers:
%%** CastingAShadow
%%** LightTheWay / HolyHandGrenade
%%** PlayingWithFire
* GodOfEvil: Although she's worshiped by the Olacion Order, she declares to Jack that she will show him "true despair".
* HellishPupils: She has green slitted pupils like a cat or snake.
%%* HimeCut
%%* HolyHalo
* LightIsNotGood: She looks like an angelic fairy and has light and holy-based powers, but she seems genuinely evil.
* PowerGlows: Her fairy wings glow when performing one of her attacks.
* StandardStatusEffects: She can be painful to fight if you have no protection against status effects. Her attacks can cause burning, petrification, and binding.
* ZettaiRyouiki


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Desert Horses
Welcome to my horse blog, Desert Horses. We live in the desert southwest, near Palm Springs, CA, but board our horses up in our local mountains where it is cooler in the summer. I have 4 horses, all rescues. Here is the ranch up the mountains where the horses stay, October, 2015. That's Scout in the arena.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
"G" is for gallop~Sunday Stills Challenge 022110
Posted by Cheryl Ann at 5:59 AM
Labels: Quad gallop
9 comments:
- Gail said...
Maybe he knows spring is coming...beautiful.
- February 21, 2010 at 6:23 AM
- Sandy from the Heart of texas said...
Great gallop photos for the letter G!
- February 21, 2010 at 7:44 AM
- allhorsestuff said...
Great galloping!!!Your Grey is fantastic!
- February 21, 2010 at 8:14 AM
- lisa said...
Now I love that kind of gallop as long as I'm not in the saddle at the time;)
- February 21, 2010 at 8:15 AM
- Kate said...
He looks magnificent, and like he's having fun!
- February 21, 2010 at 8:44 AM
- Laughing Orca Ranch said...
Goofy Galloping! Wheeee! Great idea for today's theme, too.
Quad looks awesome!!!
- February 21, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- Cactus Jack Splash said...
He can get some air can't he. Quad sure looks good
- February 21, 2010 at 9:23 AM
- Brenda said...
That horse has some energy!
- February 21, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- morephotosplease said...
Looks like he is enjoying himself kicking up his heels. Regular Guy
- February 21, 2010 at 1:51 PM
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text: Vasu (Vaibhav) is one among five best friends who decide to stay unmarried throughout their life. Incidentally, Vasu is a fun loving person and wants to enjoy all the pleasures of his bachelor life. One fine day, he lies to his friends and shifts to the city in search of love. There, he falls in love with a rich girl named Deepika(Sonam Bazwa).Twist in the tales arises when Vasu's friends catch him red handed with Deepika. The upset group then decides to separate the couple and start plotting for the same. Rest of the story is as how Vasu escapes from this tricky situation and wins his love.


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I've got nothing to say really.
And, I may be in the minority on that. My profession (Architecture) has become thick with opinions. Our buildings generally require the user to "understand" them. We've strived to follow our star-chitect leaders into deeper and deeper webs of metaphor and symbolism and intellectual structural feats of fancy. We've tried to reflect the complexity of society within every jamb detail. We've clad our civil unrest and economic turmoil in undulating titanium and painted our uncertainty in bright red plastic interiors. We've passed out awards amongst ourselves.
And, our eyes gleam.
All Photos are of Jean Nouvel – 2010 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in Hyde Park, London, UK From Diorama sky's photostream on flickr – and are used under the creative commons license.
But, sometimes it's better to be silent. Just solve the problems at hand. Work on your craft, and let other people worry about what it all means. Let society deal with the metaphors.
Stick to what you know. Do what you love.
Stay quiet.


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|World Soil Resources Reports
Agro-ecological land Resources Assessment for agricultural Development Planning - A case Study of Kenya- Technical Annex 7
Technical Annex 7
Systems Documentation Guide to Computer Programs for Land Productivity Assessments
A.H. Kassam, H.T. van Velthuizen, G.W. Fischer and M.M. Shah
Any part of this set of computer programs and the corresponding data sets may be modified in the light of new knowledge and/or new objectives. The model is part of a larger district and national planning tool and is expected to be expanded and refined with use.
The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations or IIASA concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory, city or area of land or sea or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Applications for such permission, with a statement of the purpose and extent of the reproduction, should be addressed to the Director, Publications Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy.
Land and Water Development Division
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Hyperlinks to non-FAO Internet sites do not imply any official endorsement of or responsibility for the opinions, ideas, data or products presented at these locations, or guarantee the validity of the information provided. The sole purpose of links to non-FAO sites is to indicate further information available on related topics.
This electronic document has been scanned using optical character recognition (OCR) software. FAO declines all responsibility for any discrepancies that may exist between the present document and its original printed version.
1.1 About This Technical Annex
1.2 Overview of the AEZ-CCS Software Package
1.3 Program Flow and Sub-Program Definitions
1.3.1 Program Flow Charts
1.3.2 Sub-Program Definitions
2.1 Program Logic and Overview
2.2 Input/Output File Sizes and Connections
2.3 Subprogram Description
2.4 Program Control Data, File CTRL01
2.5 AEZ Productivity Assessment Parameters, File RULES
2.5.1 CC - Card: Cash Crop LGP Allocation Rule
2.5.2 CN - Card: Crop Cycle Requirement Rules
2.5.3 CR - Card: Coarse Material Rating Rules
2.5.4 CY - Card: Crop Yield by LGP
2.5.5 FR - Card: Fallow Land Requirement Rules
2.5.6 FY - Card: Fluvisol LGP Suitability Rules
2.5.7 PL - Card: Pattern LGP Rules
2.5.8 PP - Card: Pattern Proportion Rules
2.5.9 PR - Card: Phase Rules
2.5.10 SR - Card: Soil Unit Rules
2.5.11 TR - Card: Thermal Zone Suitability Rules
3.1 Program Logic and Overview
3.2 Input/Output File Sizes and Connections
3.3 Subprogram Description
3.4 Program Control Data, File CTRL02
4.1 Program Logic and Overview
4.2 Input/Output File Sizes and Connections
4.3 Subprogram Description
4.4 Program Control Data, File CTRL03
4.5 Computerized Land Inventory Data, File LINV.$$$
4.6 Additional Crop Factors, File COMMDAT
4.7 Crop Productivity Assessment Results, File BIN.$$$
5.1 Program Logic and Overview
5.2 Input/Output File Sizes and Connections
5.3 Subprogram Description
5.4 Program Control Data, File CTRL$$$
5.5 Commodity Aggregation Data, File COMMDAT
5.5.1 FC-Card: Conversion from Crop -> Agricultural Production List
5.5.2 FQ-Card: Conversion from Agricultural Production -> Food List
5.5.3 AG-Card: Food List Cards
5.6 Livestock Systems Definition Data, File LVSDAT
5.6.1 LZ-Card: Livestock Zone Definition Records
5.6.2 LS-Card: Livestock System Definition Record
5.6.3 LQ-Card: Livestock Product Definition Record
5.7 Technology Matrix, File TECHMAT
6.1 Program Logic and Overview
6.2 Input/Output File Sizes and Connections
6.3 Subprogram Description
6.4 Program Control Data, File CTRL$$$
6.5 Commodity Aggregation Data, File COMMDAT
6.6 Livestock System Definition Data, File LVSDAT
6.7 Technology Matrix, File TECHMAT
6.8 Scenario Summary Tables, File OUT$$$
Appendix A: Kenya Country Case Study Coding Schemes
Appendix B: Parameter Constants used in AEZ-CCS Programs
Appendix C: AEZ Productivity Assessment Rule Definition Cards
Appendix D: Miscellaneous Record Formats used in AEZ-CCS Programs
Appendix E: MPS Record Format
1.1 Overview of AEZ-CCS Software Package
3.1 Program Structure AEZCCS02
4.1 Information Flow in Program AEZCCS03
4.2 Information Flow in Crop Combination Sub-component of Program AEZCCS03
4.3 AEZ Productivity Assessment, Crops
4.4 AEZ Productivity Assessment, Pastures
4.5 AEZ Productivity Assessment, Fuelwood Species
5.1 Information Flow in Program AEZCCS04
6.1 Information Flow in Program AEZCCS05
2.1 Control Input Data for Program AEZCCS01
3.1 Control Input Data for Program AEZCCS02
4.1 Control Input Data for Program AEZCCS03
5.1 Variables read from Scenario Control Input File, File CTRL$$$
This work is recorded in a main report and technical annexes.
Main Report:
Agro-ecological Land Resources Assessment for Agricultural Development Planning - A Case Study of Kenya
Resources Data Base and Land Productivity
Technical Annexes:
Land Resources
Soil Erosion and Productivity
Agro-climatic and Agro-edaphic Suitabilities for Barley, Oat, Cowpea, Green gram and Pigeonpea
Crop Productivity
Livestock Productivity
Fuelwood Productivity
Systems Documentation Guide to Computer Programs for Land Productivity Assessments
Crop Productivity Assessment: Results at District Level


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Michele Bachmann, Teabagger extraordinaire and airhead apparent to the Republican presidential nomination, has had a busy week, formally declaring her candidacy, talking about stuff and then trying to explain what she meant, aggravating musicians, fending off accusations that she's a two-faced recipient of government largesse, and more.
Beats working, I guess, and anything that keeps Bachmann from doing her business in "The People's House" is arguably all to the good.
The festivities began with an already notorious appearance on Fox News Sunday, during which the reliably oily Chris Wallace asked her point blank:
Are you a flake?
Bachmann's response should have been to kick the little bastard squarely in the crotch, but she retained her dignity, marking the first time (and the last, I devoutly hope) that I've ever felt a stir of admiration for her:
"Well, I think that would be insulting to say something like that because I'm a serious person…"
Putting aside whether that's true or not, she easily made Wallace look like the flake he is, and for that she deserves thanks, but since I sort of set the tone by using the word "airhead" above, I'm now going to continue mocking her.
TWO: "Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble…"
The newly-minted Bachmann campaign hit a sour note when their use of the Tom Petty song "American Girl" reportedly prompted the irate composer to send Bachmann a cease-and-desist letter.
A Republican making unauthorized use of a tune written by a liberal seems pretty unpresidential, but let's not be too hasty. Petty's been down this road before, and the last time around, fortune, Ralph Nader and five Supreme Court Justices conspired to put the song pilferer in the White House:
After Petty's 1989 single "I Won't Back Down" was used at Bush campaign events, publisher Randall Wixen (of Wixen Music Publishing, Inc. and Gone Gator Music) wrote the letter at the behest of Petty. It states, "It has recently come to our attention that your presidential campaign has been using the above-referenced song in connection with your presidential bid. Please be advised that this use has not been approved . . . Any use made by you or your campaign creates, either intentionally or unintentionally, the impression that you and your campaign have been endorsed by Tom Petty, which is not true." Continue reading Take Five (American Girl Walking on Sunshine edition)