Cerberus Syndrome

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name: Mastema

Mastema is a short, mildly deformed demon with a mask and a Napoleon complex. He also commands legions of lesser beasts, hence where he got the name. Most demons keep their old name. Mastema... well, who'd respect a pseudo-warlord named Melvin?

class: The Summoner

Mastema rides his monsters into battle, using the 'Beast' command to summon and control them. Beware of having too many summons in-battle at a time, because you can only issue one command per turn, and some of them aren't too obedient otherwise...

Beware of a couple other things though, like that he needs to be close to whichever critter he's commanding at the time.

Oh, and you know his high magic stat? Pretty unnecessary; don't bother raising it any higher.

stats:

HP: 3 Str: 2 Skl: 4 Agl: 2 Dur: 3 Mgc: 4 preferred weapon: wand age: ? gender: male (?) recruitment condition: defeat his army in battle

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--Black Magic--

Black Magic is one of the three skillsets common to multiple characters, specifically:

The Hero Elaine, The Sage Fergus, The Warlock Infiniti, The Red Mage

Regular Attacks: Fireball: Increased power; reduced range. Thunderbolt: Increased range, reduced accuracy. Windbeam: Increased accuracy, reduced power.

Other Attacks: Laser: Damages everything in a straight line. Sunburst: Damages an area centered on the user. Surging Quake: Hits a slowly-expanding 'ring' of spaces over the next few turns. Trickshot: Rebounds off of walls and the like. Wither: Low damage, but may inflict Death. Eject: Melee range, but pushes the target away.

Other: Exsanguination: Inflicts the Bleeding status.

Character-Excusive: (both of these are only usable by The Hero) Holy Forge: A ray of light from above boosts the user's power, and stuns everyone adjacent. Soul Vane: Travel as lightning directly through an enemy to damage them.

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name: Elaine Gnarlroot

Elaine is many things. But the first one that you'll notice is that she's a belly dancer. Then that she's a demon. Then a sage. When asked how someone so young could ascend to sagehood... well, let's just say demons don't play by the same rules as the living.

What she means by that is that she was an old crone in life. Then was claimed by demons, became one herself, and is using a more youthful appearance of herself because she can.

She is almost 700 years old, having died during the Fall of All Empires-- this makes her the oldest party member. It also means that the golem she created is one of the oldest ever-- and might even be recruitable as well!

class: The Sage

What Elaine does is magic. Lots of it. Every spell of both Black and White, performed expertly; however, she suffers in physical aspects (even moreso than the more-specialized casters). Yes, she has a bit of lean muscle from dancing. Doesn't help that much in battle.

stats:

HP: 3 Str: 1 Skl: 2 Agl: 3 Dur: 1 Mgc: 5 preferred weapon: wand age: 688 gender: female recruitment condition:?

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--The Demons of Sakhain--

As races go, the demons are unique in that they are not born as demons. Rather, one is formed when:

1. There is a living person fated to join them. 2. The current demons claim that person's soul, bringing it to the country Sakhain. 3. The soul willingly chooses to become a demon rather than remain dead and bodiless. 4. The resulting demon shares its name and appearance with its previous life. However, certain other aspects may change, primarily gender.

Playable members of this race include Alex, Mastema, Elaine, and Julion.

Demon physiology is characterized by looking mostly like their race during life. However, they emit a "negative aura" which can repel the weak-minded and causes anything within a few inches to look entirely white. Two small horns grow out of the sides of their head, and demons have no physical sex. Their genders are far more abstract than in other races, resulting in such listings as "Male (?)" and "Female (?)", as well as a few who are neither.

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name: El Cid

Short for Cidric, El Cid is the charismatic leader of a group of five terrorists (or revolutionaries, depending on whom you ask). Yes, five. They don’t have a single generic member among them. It’s just him, his girlfriend, two very particular mysterious people, and a berserker.

His interests include chess (which he isn’t very good at), charades (even worse!), and petplay (…well, he tries).

class: The Fencer

El Cid's combat style is centered around landing hits frequently rather than effectively. To that end, he carries about a dozen rapiers with him.

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name: TRUTH MAKER

The Truth Maker is a renowned superhero. Also a bee. Her power is absorbing living things. Even those bigger than her. Especially bigger than her. She is positively obsessed with justice, and shouts about it all the time. That might actually just be because bees are tiny so it'd otherwise be hard to hear her.

When there's nothing to fight, she lives in a hive as her secret identity (named Paula) with a brother and a metric craptonne of other bees.

class: The Singularity

In addition to the obvious ability to fly, Truth Maker can use a variety of Unleash effects learned from enemies-- primarily Absorb, which unlocks new Unleashes from anything it defeats.

The resulting Unleashes are (much like Blue Magic in Final Fantasy) widely varied and have some really peculiar effects that don't fit in any other skillset.

stats:

HP: 3 Str: 1 Skl: 3 Agl: 4 Dur: 1 Mgc: 5 preferred weapon: none age: ? gender: female recruitment condition:?

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name: Wolf Nightshade

Wolf is one of the protag's personal guard, despite only being a kid. Why? Extreme archery skill will get you to some pretty high positions in Beethoven-- and it'll get you a last name too!

Additionally, Wolf's concealing cloak and lack of age prevent anyone from knowing anything about their sex. There's actually a decent bit of philosophy on this matter if you have the right optional conversations.

class: The Hunter

In summary: defensive, stealthy, and long-range. The archetypical bow-user, naturalist, whatever.

stats:

HP: 3 Str: 2 Skl: 5 Agl: 3 Dur: 4 Mgc: none preferred weapon: bow age: 10 gender: unknown recruitment condition: automatic at the start of the game

skillset (Finesse):

Longshot: Attack with extra range, but less power. Stealth: Avoid the enemies' attention. More effective near cover. Hit-and-Run: Attack first, move second. First Aid: A limited amount of self-healing. Strike True: Attack with perfect accuracy. Tracking: Move further, but take no other action for the turn.

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name: ÿÏ$št7«_®Èű1÷&óîëâŠ|éT·á¿r1è ›0° 

A glitch in the game, turned playable. No plot role.

class: The Glitch

Its special ability is called ääù@ސg¯®ûŸ£ßüû‘¾» and randomly uses any other skill in the game.

stats:

HP: 2 Str: 3 Skl: 4 Agl: 1 Dur: 3 Mgc: 5 preferred weapon: inexplicably, bow age: 295324068 gender: none recruitment condition: miscellaneous

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name: Noble Prince

This fellow is the crown prince (and only prince) of the relatively-peaceful kingdom of Beethoven. Oh, and his name is never given. Not sure why.

The story begins with him training a new tactician— his father insists on having one. And he becomes the clear protagonist from there… once the tutorial is done, anyway.

class: The Hero

Think of your hero as… Isaac from Golden Sun. Good power and speed, and cool (yet kind of weak) magic. He’s one of the people who is both physical and magical at the same time, in varying quantities.

In the prince’s case, he gets access to the gamut of Black Magic— plus two unique spells, Holy Forge and Soul Vane.

One more thing: He always has to be in your main party. Always.

stats: HP: 3 Str: 4 Skl: 3 Agl: 3 Dur: 2 Mgc: 3 preferred weapon: sword age: 18 gender: M recruitment condition: automatic at the start of the game