422:: An undead man with the same name as a legendary knight. Gadfort is convinced of his identity because of his skills and weapon. Avalon is quite open with regards to his past, having fought with a powerful dark mage when he was a reckless overconfident knight, and lost his life for it and was cursed. Toma and Cyrille were shocked with his need to drink human blood to sustain himself. However, Avalon is greatly opposed to the thought of actually murdering another human. He occasionally cracks a joke about drinking the blood of beautiful young girls. He is gained through collecting his bones scattered throughout the game.
358:: Former Noswald knight. Parted ways with the Emperor due to differing ideals. Met Toma and the others on his quest for the Holy Sword. Uses a lance as a weapon. Gadfort has a habit of lecturing Toma on his sword style, calling it unpredictable and without form, but in actuality he is simply being a teacher to him. Gadfort idolizes the legendary hero Avalon, and has just about every book written on him in his personal collection. He also follows a lot of Avalon's examples, such as keeping the weapons and armor in his room spotless.
352:: An elf maiden searching for the Holy Sword in the hopes of saving her dying race. Calm but merciless in battle. Superb archery skills. According to Maebelle, she is what the elves refer to as the "Last Child", meaning she was the last newborn elf since the incident with her people unable to bear children. Maebelle is quite mature and has a motherly complex toward Cyrille at times. Her unique trait is that she seems to eat more than anyone else in the party (much to Duga's surprise) and frequently snacks when she gets a chance.
364:: A girl from an elite Magnus family from which many La Vaes were born. Reckless and truant. Neglects her training but is skilled at magic. Toma nicknames her Ami Girl, which she hates, and is generally called Ami by everyone else. She has a school girl crush on Duga, who can't stand her approaches, but she eventually gives up on trying to get his interest. Her self-centered attitude causes a lot of grief for Faulklin, who has to do everything for her, from cleaning their room to doing her school assignments (along with his own).
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370:: A peace-loving Quintol boy. He learned the art of healing and light magic to assist his good friend, Amitaliri. He is generally shy and very quiet, except when it comes to dealing with Ami. He may have some feelings for her, but can't seem to tell her outright. Faulklin is easily taken advantage of and is stuck doing a lot of the work for the two of them. His healing talents and holy attack spells are quite noteworthy on missions.
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399:: The current Emperor of the human Noswald Empire. He is known to his people as "The Lion". At first, he tries to talk to Toma and finds him too immature to deal with. Soon after he sets his sights on Cyrille, and holds informed conversations with her. Because Cyrille is quite familiar with world history, Ragna tries to convince her to choose sides, because he wants to obtain the power of the Shining Force for himself.
376:: A Wolfling and former Noswald Army officer. Gadfort's best friend and a friendly rival, claiming to be stronger than him. Duga is a talented fighter among Wolflings, and is always keeping himself trained and rested for battle. He seems to have a thing for Maebelle and openly asks her out on dates in the Geo-Fortress. He actually has a habit of telling dirty jokes and is quite the womanizer. Much like Volg from
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130:Mobile phone
111:
93:Takashi Hino
59:Publisher(s)
40:Developer(s)
1218:Blade Arcus
1126:Video games
1056:January 28,
985:January 28,
898:January 28,
755:January 28,
465:Publication
392:Antagonists
121:Platform(s)
99:Composer(s)
79:Producer(s)
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69:Director(s)
1381:Categories
749:Metacritic
727:References
677:Metacritic
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440:Aggregator
314:Characters
1397:J.C.Staff
1366:Tony Taka
1204:Force EXA
1197:Force Neo
1183:Force III
1081:MobyGames
1052:. RPGamer
1033:March 19,
954:March 19,
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431:Reception
426:Reception
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235:Neverland
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1162:Force CD
1155:Force II
948:Archived
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709:See also
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675:website
598:GameZone
549:GameSpot
368:Faulklin
350:Maebelle
280:Gameplay
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187:Genre(s)
52:(Mobile)
1271:Soul II
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1118:Shining
922:GameSpy
856:GamePro
693:GameSpy
682:Famitsu
561:GameSpy
511:GamePro
487:Famitsu
480:5.67/10
356:Gadfort
334:Cyrille
252:Shining
198:Mode(s)
136:Release
113:Shining
1285:Hearts
1169:Wisdom
1023:X-Play
795:NeoGAF
633:X-Play
626:8.5/10
554:5.3/10
504:7.5/10
453:64/100
420:Avalon
267:Diablo
229:is an
166:Mobile
108:Series
1353:Cross
1313:Media
1292:Blade
1190:Tears
1148:Force
492:35/40
468:Score
443:Score
414:Garyu
258:Like
1264:Soul
1211:Wind
1058:2015
1035:2017
987:2015
956:2017
929:2017
900:2015
869:2017
836:2017
803:2017
757:2015
614:7/10
602:7/10
386:Adam
374:Duga
324:Toma
305:Plot
245:and
239:Sega
63:Sega
49:Sega
1299:Ark
1079:at
1003:PSM
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