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#15 Dunan

For the Duke, the same can be said as it was said for the previous guy: HE SUCKS! But there is some extra care given to Dunan's shittiness. Gilbert is used for the plot twist, and then later his terribleness is just driven to the extreme, with no middle ground. Dunan starts terrible, but his terribless is built, fostered, kindled, to obtain the maximum hate from the player, as well as maxmum humor.

His first act in the game is to deprive Estelle and Josh of their big hotel room. It gets personal right away. He then has that sidequest where Estelle is recruited to her... methods... to prevent him from making the guests at Air Letten uncomfortable. It's a a great scene. He then gets sucked into the madness that is the final chapter of FC, as a politcal pawn meant to be used by Richard to rule the country. It's genius. Meanwhile, Dunan gets worse and worse, as sexism gets added to his elitism.

But somewhere along the line, you get used to him, and the monster becomes a clown, particularly after he is deprived of his power in SC and placed on house arrest. He is now making his butler get cookies and comics for him. The demon! And then, finally, he gets some offsceen character development, and becomes a honorable man. I don't know how that happened and I wish I had seen it, but after two games with this idiot, it feels well earned.

Dunan is such a great part of the lore. He is a love to hate character and I loved to hate having him around. So the position in the top 15 is well earned.

#14 Dorothy

One of the two members of the news duo, her job is similar to Lotta Hart in the PW series: produce those magical photos that gets things moving. Dorothy is a genius photographer, and fact balanced by how she is a massive klutz at everything else. It's always a delight seeing how much fun she is having photographing things, and it's always a good time to have to bail her from things she obviously shouldn't be getting near.

Dorothy is not the most three-dimensional character, but honestly, can you not like her? I surely can't.

#13 Scherazard

It's time to rank the 9 protagonists of the duology, as well as the 4 people who are so great they get to hang out with the protagonists.

Schera is the first to fall. My view of her is complicated. I've gone on a rant before about how I think the alcoholism jokes are just toxic. And the other aspect of Schera is her sadism gags, which aren't my cup of tea either. So in terms of humor, Schera just fails, which is a problem since almost every character in a game like this is trying to hit a comedy point, Schera included.

Next is the character development, which is more complicated. Schera's role is to be a big sister, the mature one. At the same time, when she meets Luciola, she descends into a child, who feels weak and emotionally dependent. It's an interesting inversion, but I feel like we could have developed that relationship a bit harder, maybe with some flashbacks. It doesn't help that Luciola herself is inescrutable as she is.

Now, the good sister role? There's where Schera really shines. I was particularly endeared at her chapter 4 scenes with Estelle. Schera is perfectly comfortable being the emotional support to Estelle. And really, Schera is the unspoken hero behind Joshua's redemption. Because while Estelle did the work with Josh, Schera was the one who prep'd Estelle for it, keeping her together as she was faced doubts and traumas.

Schera is also pretty good in FC. She is the balanced mentor. Unlike Agate who just cockblocks the kids over and over, Schera gives them agency, letting them figure out what it means to be a bracer by themselves, but constantly giving advice and helping conduct the investigation to find the missing airship. Schera is the perfect supporting character, she just isn't that good when she has to take the lead, or provide comedy.