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#26 Walter

Before Renne sworn to butcher them all, Walter did the same, but we forgot because it's more schocking when it's said by the 12 year old. The Direwolf spares no one, they said. Weirdly, that aspect of his character went into the background, probably to keep the game PG. What we focused on instead was a very cliche kung fu movie story. Was it good? I think so.

Walter's motivation is clearer than Luciola, and so he is easier to empathize with. He is a tragic man, driven by jealously and love. It's highlighted that he was already on the path of evil for a while before his master rejected him, so he is not entirely without fault. But you can feel bad for him nonetheless.

Walter is also pretty damn cool. Orobouros is all great designs, and his s-craft is flashy like him. And whenever he is on, we get some sprite action, which I love. Walter is good times.

And I love how in the end, his downfall was that he mixed other styles instead of training his master's style like Zin did. It's a classic tradition vs modern, but it works well.

But don't emphatize with him that much. He is a jerkass who is probably not joking when he says he kills children.

#25 Bleublanc

Damn, this quest AGAIN?

Bleublanc is that sidequest, which you do 6 times total during two games. Which is pretty fun most of the time, but also aggravating. He's also the weirdest enforcer (except maybe Campanella but that doesn't count). His motivation that he reveals in Sky Pillar is bonkers. He's just goofing around hiding mundane objects most of the time instead of burning orphanages like the villains in this game do. He is a rival to friggin Olivier, though he doesn't quite mangage to out-clown Olivier (nobody can). Bleublanc is guaranteed fun times, if not because the game overdoes his presence a little.

He's also a weird little sex predator, though. I considered ranking him below Walter just for that, but then I remembered Walter kills people, and murder is worse than sexual abuse I suppose. So Blew gets to be 25.

#24 Maybelle

Capitalism, ho! Maybelle deserves to at least be in this list because of the sheer amount of memes she allowed me to write. She owns everything! She can buy anything, and anyone! But really, jokes aside, she is very much a decent person. Her sidequest involving Lila's past proves it, as it's one of the best sidequests in this duology. She is a hard worker, busting her ass to make her city a better place. She also seems to want a regime change in Liberl! If she ran for president, I might vote for her.

How weird is it that this game makes me like all sorts of institutions I usually hate, from capitalism, to military, to religion, and make it feel natural? And the next arc is about cops! That's one of the amazing things about Trails.

#23 Amalthea

Before Gilbert, there was someone who could be called the biggest tryhard in the cast: that was Amalthea, the most loyal member of the intelligence division, to the point they had to bring her former boss out of prison just to convince her to stop being dumb. You fight Amalthea three times in the series, because she just. Doesn't. Give up. And she is pathetic every single time, but she doesn't care. She steals a tank and decides she is going to conquer the kingdom with it, as if blasting walls and killing a few castle staff is going to bring a regime change. It's clear Richard was the brain of the opeartion here.

Amalthea is also fun because of how mean she looks in her portraits. As soon as the story is allowed to show the Intel Div as the villains they are, she is just smirking evily all the time. That's another contrast to Richard, who looks like a saint even as he plots a coup.

We are at that point of the list where most characters are swallow but are just plain likable or fun, and that's the case with Amalthea.