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29- Giliath Orborne

This one seems unfair because I'm looking at this character and I see Top Tier material. He could end up being as good as Weissmann. That's how much his encounter with Olivier hyped him. He just outplayed the bard, over and over, first by revealing Olivier's great moment of glory in SC was His Plan All Along, then pulling a Join Me, We Will Rule and Galaxy speech, and then making it clear to Olivier how worse the later's hand is. Sure, Olivier got the last laugh in the door by throwing some roses or whatever, but at the end of the day, Osborne is the one with an empire.

If you are gonna be evil, don't half-ass is like Lechter. Commit.

Trails is playing the long game, huh. They are hyping the antagonist of games 6-9 in game 3. What the hell is this scam, my wallet is defenseless.

But yeah he's minor and one dimensional and needs more screentime, etc etc.

28- The Ravens

I considered ranking these guys last time, but truth be told, they are kind of gag characters, and the gag wasn't really pushed to the limit like they did with Gilbert and Dunan. So 3rd went and decided to make them good guys. It's fun how in FC, they are kind of clones of each other, then in SC, you get a suggestion they have different personalities, and now they are entire different people with individual motivations who can clash! And it's good storytelling! It feels unfair that the game isn't just promoting them to major characters and exploring what they can do, tbh.

Now they only need separate sets of crafts, and actual arts, I suppose.

27- Maybelle

She doesn't actually climb here, despite showing up. She gets a door yeah, but it gives more screentime to Anelace, and it's mostly ship tease between Maybelle and Lila. The issue is that her sidequest in SC already did all the development in that front, so this door is just a nice little filler using that same concept.

26- Julia

She's got actual character now, so she moves a tier. The character seems simple but is rather interesting: she is utter and completely devoted to Kloe. In fact, she's basically Kloe's mom, since her biological one is dead.

That does bring conflict though, and if you think about it, it's the classic career vs family one. Julia just wishes she could be with her daughter. But she has way too many talents and Kloe needs her to use them. So from Mueller, she learns to suck it up and do what she is best at.

Julia's problem is that, on a regular basis, she is still rather boring. I don't know how to explain. She has zero comedic value, is cool but not in a very exciting way, etc. She's a secondary character, through and through, and I appreciate the game showing what makes her tick, but that's as high as she goes, I suppose.

25- Loewe

I continue not to care much about him and his appearance in the game was almost a non event. Since it's not really him (and if you want to insist, it's mostly him acting as a generic villain). He's here so Josh can add another page to his vast tome of character development.

24- Amalthea

Kanone passes Loewe because she is pretty sweet in the Richard door. The game wants to draw a comparison between the devoted soldier who hates Richard because he dropped the cause, and the the woman whose cause is Richard himself. That's the gist of it: she loves Richard, will kill for him, die for him, change her career and goals for him, and I'm a sucker for love stories like that (though they can be unhealthy, but here it's the opposite). It's almost off-putting to see her in office clothes receiving clients and talking about finance, and it looks like she's just fine with it. I saw someone online say they wish she was in the playable roster instead of Josette and I agree so much with that.

23- Kilika

I felt like she was going to climb here, but she basically ended in the same place. I suppose she passes Amalthea but that's it. Her character development helped her hold off the challengers coming from below, if anything. Kilika is nothing but consistent!

The fact the game actually decided to develop her, and in a door that seemed like it would be about her, is the big surprise. The scene is pretty sweet, though its contents aren't super special: she wanted to find a way to make Taito useful other than killing, and while she did find it, she is unsure if she picked the right path or not. But that's a paradox of life, you will never know for sure if you picked the right path, even after you get to the end. But I like how for once, she is showing weakness. Kilika's perfection worked against her a bit, tbh.

And now she's a spymaster. I feel bad for whoever crosses her path in the future, tbh.

23- Kilika
24- Amalthea
25- Loewe
26- Julia
27- Maybelle
28- The Ravens
29- Osborne

Low Tier

30- Beaublanc
31- Walter
32- Mueller
33- Don
34- Luciola
35- Kurt
36- Hans
37- Sieg
38- Erika
39- Rufina
40- Cid
41- Mary
42- Ein Selnate

Boring Tier

43- Kyle
44- Jill
45- Albert Russel
46- Queen Alicia
47- Dan Russel
48- Clem

Actually a Bad Character Tier

49- Lechter
50- Josette