List of Suikoden IV characters
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This is a list of characters in the game Suikoden IV. Many of these characters also appear in its successor, Suikoden Tactics.
The characters in this list are organized by political affiliation. 108 Stars of Destiny (Suikoden) also has a list of these characters, laid out by their order in the Stars of Destiny instead, and Notable Suikoden characters has a list of relevant non-Star characters.
[edit] Island Nations Army
[edit] Lazlo
Lazlo is the name given for the hero of Suikoden IV in its novelization. He is the non-speaking protagonist of Suikoden IV and 19 years old during it; if all 108 Stars of Destiny are acquired and the save data is imported, he can be acquired in Suikoden Tactics as well. Lazlo uses dual swords in battle.
Born in the Kingdom of Obel to King Lino en Kuldes and his wife, Lazlo was lost at sea after his mother unleashed the power of the Rune of Punishment to drive away a gang of pirates. Miraculously, he survived and washed up on the shores of Razril, where he was adopted by the town’s lord, Vincent Vingerhut, as a playmate for his son, Snowe. The two boys began training to become Knights of Gaien under the command of Glen Cott. Favoured by Glen because he excelled in his studies, Lazlo was overshadowed by Snowe, who was given special treatment due to his father's status. Shortly after they graduate from the academy, Lazlo and Snowe are assigned to escort the merchant Ramada to Illuya. During their journey, they are attacked by the newest bearer of the Rune of Punishment, the pirate Brandeau. Snowe flees while Lazlo fights and defeats Brandeau; however, Glen's intervention just as Brandeau dies results in him becoming the new bearer of the Rune of Punishment rather than Lazlo.
When Glen is forced to use the rune to repel invading pirates from Razril, Lazlo comes to Glen's aid and ends up inheriting the rune. However, Snowe witnesses the event and believes that Lazlo has murdered Glen; Lazlo is subsequently exiled from Razril in a tiny boat accompanied by two of his friends from the academy and Nay-Kobold Chiepoo. After encountering Kooluk Naval Commander Troy, the four are found by a rescue ship from Obel. Lazlo is unwittingly reunited with Lino and his sister Flare and agrees to help them repel the Kooluk Empire from expanding their territory into the Island Nations.
Lazlo, Lino, and their companions are forced to flee from Obel and form an alliance with Pirate Queen Kika, but find opposition when Snowe, now commander of Razril's Knights of Gaien, allies himself with the Kooluk Empire. With the help of strategist Elenor Silverberg, Lazlo succeeds in liberating the remaining islands from Kooluk's influence and eventually forgives and accepts Snowe back into his life. The act of mercy results in the Rune of Punishment accepting Lazlo as its master and switches to Forgiveness Phase, which no longer drained his life.
At the war’s end, Lazlo and his army attacks Fort El-Eal and defeats the Kooluk navy once and for all. However, a huge Rune Cannon discharge endangers the army and Lazlo used the Rune’s power to stop the blast at the cost of his own life. When his body put in a funeral boat and cast off to sea, Lazlo is resurrected by the Rune of Punishment in time to see a ship passing by. It is presumed Lazlo was picked up by the ship, as he is secret recruitable character in Suikoden Tactics (along with Snowe) if the player loads a Suikoden IV file with all 108 Stars of Destiny. In Suikoden Tactics, Kika hints at Lino's intention to make Lazlo his own son.
[edit] Kingdom of Obel
[edit] Lino En Kuldes
Lino En Kuldes is the eccentric but virtuous King of Obel. He is 45 years old during the events of Suikoden IV and the father of Flare En Kuldes, and, implicitly revealed in Suikoden IV, the father of Lazlo as well. Lino uses a spear for his weapon.
A competent and kind ruler, Lino lost his wife, the Queen of Obel, and son when the queen used the Rune of Punishment to protect the kingdom from pirates. He refuses to dress in the formal attire required of the king in favour of comfortable clothes, which disappoints his aide Setsu. He takes in Lazlo and his friends after they are exiled from Razril and has Rikie and Rakgi educate Lazlo on the Rune of Punishment. After Obel is invaded by the Kooluk Empire, Lino, Lazlo, and many of Obel's citizens escape on a hidden ship. Believing that Lazlo has the power to unite people, Lino intentionally loses a duel that decides who will lead the allied forces to liberate the Island Nations from Kooluk control.
At the end of Suikoden IV, he declares himself the ruler of a new Island Nations Federation rather than just Obel.
In Suikoden V, it is revealed that following the formation of the Island Nations Federation, the flagship of the Federation navy would always be named after Lino En Kuldes. This tradition is still in practice as far as at least Solar Year 449 (when Suikoden V takes place).
[edit] Flare En Kuldes
Flare En Kuldes is the daughter of Lino En Kuldes and the sister of Lazlo. Flare, despite being Princess of Obel, patrols the surrounding seas, looking for pirates. She rescues Lazlo, Chiepoo, and two of his friends and takes them back to Obel, therefore reuniting her family, and putting the wheels in motion for the Island Nations Forces. Her family's reunion is short-lived; the Kooluk Empire soon invades Obel and Flare stays behind with Gary and Ema, while her father and Lazlo escape by ship.
During the island's liberation, following instructions from Elenor Silverberg delivered by Mizuki, Flare helps the Island Nations Army retake Obel. After the war, she helps Kyril infiltrate the Kooluk Empire in Suikoden Tactics and afterwards returned to Obel. Flare uses a bow and arrows in battle.
[edit] Other Obel Islanders
Tov is Lino's shipmaster, who builts as secret ship at Lino's behest to be used as a means of escape if the kingdom is in danger. Haruto (ハルト, Haruto) is the cartographer on board Lino En Kuldes’ ship. Always deep in thought, he talks very calmly and slowly. After the war was over he started designing a new ship with Tov. Nico is the lookout stationed by Lino En Kuldes on his flagship. Chadli is a supply shop keeper on Lino En Kuldes's ship who constantly wears a helmet as a fashion accessory. His dream is to earn enough money from his shop to buy a more magnificent helmet.
Setsu is an attendant of the royal family of Obel. His first and foremost concern is the safety and welfare of Lino En Kuldes and Princess Flare. Desmond is a shy stuttering liaison for Lazlo in Obel. He has an unreciprocated crush on Louise, a bartender and the biological mother of Nalleo, but after she leaves Obel, he eventually finds a job working for Setsu.
Gary is a man who unfortunately ends up visiting the Kingdom of Obel when it is being invaded by the Kooluk Empire. He is the husband of Ema and 48 years old.
Yu is the finest doctor from Obel and works where he believes is needed most. Carrie is his devoted assistant. Trishtan is a hypocondriac who constantly believes himself to be sick unless he takes some of Dr. Yu's medicine, which are actually placebos. Yu deems him one of the healthiest men he has seen.
Cedric is a mischievous young boy who likes to eat large meals at inns and run away without paying the bill. Lazlo eventually settles his debt. Rachel is a debt collector who chases Cedric, whom she has a crush on, from place to place and finally catches up to him in Obel after its liberation. She accompanies Lazlo to ensure Cedric does not try to steal again and has high hopes for Eugene as a fighter. Rachel appears to the ancestor of Camille from Suikoden I.
Manu is an inventor. He is the Star of Destiny who introduces Lazlo with the elevator (a recurring event in all Suikoden mainstream games). Travis is a loner who enjoys cleverly tricking even the most stalwart of pursuers in order to avoid them. Rakgi is a young boy whose father is killed by Steele. He flees Nal-Nal Island and joins the army with his mother Rikie. Rakgi works as a guide to the ruins in Obel. Nabokov is the appraiser who had a shop in Obel before it came under Kooluk control.
[edit] Razril
[edit] Snowe Vingerhut
Snowe Vingerhut is the son of Vincent Vingerhut, the Duke of Razril. He is 19 during Suikoden IV. He uses a one-handed sword he received from his father and a Water Rune in battle.
Snowe and Lazlo have been good friends since childhood, with Lazlo an adopted brother of sorts. However, Snowe has also been jealous of Lazlo's success, and Lazlo's tendency to outdo Snowe. He accuses Lazlo of Glen Cott's death (actually due to the Rune of Punishment); as the son of the Duke, his word is taken over Lazlo's. Following Glen's death, Snowe is instated as the new Commander, but quickly forges a deal with the expanding and militant Kooluk Empire. He sells them the land of Razril in exchange for the freedom of the people there.
Snowe eventually ends up aiding the Kooluk out of desperation; after this fails, Lazlo may execute him, let him go, or attempt to recruit him. If asked to join up, he refuses. If let go, he falls in with some pirates shortly after. After this venture fails, Lazlo is offered the same choices, with the same results. If 107 Stars of Destiny have been recruited, eventually Snowe is found on a plank, with nothing left in the world. If challenged at this point, Snowe will agree to join up and be reunited with Lazlo.
[edit] Knights of Razril
[edit] Glen Cott
Glen Cott (not a Star of Destiny) is the Commander of Razril's Knights of Gaien at the beginning of Suikoden IV. He is 54 years old and the father of Katarina Cott. He uses a sword as a weapon. Glen Cott becomes the unforunate bearer of the Rune of Punishment after he kills the pirate Brandeau, but was consumed by its power while using it to destroy an attacking pirate fleet.
[edit] Katarina Cott
Katarina Cott is the daughter of Glen Cott and Vice-Commander of the Knights of Razril. She is 31 years old during the events of Suikoden IV and uses a rod in battle.
After Glen assigns Lazlo and Snowe Vingerhut to escort the merchant Ramada to Illuya, Katarina unwittingly reveals Razril's use of nasel birds as a secret means of communication to an outsider (Ramada). She ends up caring for her badly injured father and assumes active duty after Glen rescues Lazlo from Brandeau. After helping Lazlo repel a second pirate attack, Glen issues her an order that, unless he says otherwise, no one is allowed to enter the Hall of Knights. She defers to her commander's orders and orders her knights to do the same; Lazlo and Snowe defy the order and, along with Katarina, witness Glen disintigrate into ash. Lazlo is blamed for Glen's death and exiled from Razril while Katarina is resigned to her misery.
During Kooluk's occupation of Razril, Katarina is interrogated about her knowledge concerning the pirate attacks on Kooluk's forces; though she knows nothing, she is tortured and abandoned in the ocean. Found and nursed back to health by the pirate Kika, Katarina is reunited with Lazlo when he and Lino En Kuldes, following their escape from Obel, come to seek Kika's aid. She later joins Lazlo after he discovers and subsequently reveals that her father's death resulted from using the Rune of Punishment to destroy the pirates who attacked Razril.
When the Kooluk Southern Expansion Fleet falls, Katarina returns to Razril. Believing fervently in Glen's dream of a powerful Knighthood, she reforms the organization. After Razril gains its independence from Gaien, and Katarina becomes the first Commander of the new Knighthood, selecting Keneth to be her Vice-Commander.
[edit] Trainees
Notable trainees with Lazlo include Paula (ポーラ, Pōra), Jewel (ジュエル, Jueru), Tal (タル, Taru), and Keneth (ケネス, Kenesu). Paula is an elf and 17 years old. Jewel is 16 years old and bears a Water Rune. Tal is 21 years old and has a passion for fishing; after the war he leaves the knights and starts a new life as a fisherman. Keneth is 18 years old, and bears a Lightning Rune. When Lazlo is exiled from Razril, only the two trainees chosen by the player will join Lazlo and Chiepoo on their ship. The other two can be recruited only after the Island Nations Army reclaims Razril.
[edit] Others Razril Islanders
Konrad is a powerful sorcerer found in Razril after it is reclaimed it from Kooluk rule. He is a former Knight of Gaien who taught Katarina Cott among others and the only aware that she is Glen Cott's daughter. He takes up the post of Magic Instructor for the Knights of Razril after the war. Konrad uses a staff in battle.
Gretchen is a swordmistress whose ultimate wish was to join the Island Nations forces that were battling against the Kooluk forces. Before she had joined them, she believed herself to be the strongest swordsman alive. Later, she realized how wrong she was after meeting the people on Lazlo's ship. She felt indebted to Lazlo for fulfilling her desire to join his group and spent her days on the ship guarding his room, alongside Helga and Millay. After the war though, she went on to teach her skills with the sword in the Marines Academy in Razril. She is 25 years old.
Funghi is a talented cook for the Razril Academy. Ameria is a mercenary hired by the people of Razril to protect them against trouble from the Kooluk and others. Basil is a carefree gambler acquainted with Lazlo who joins the Island Nations Army after Razril's liberation.
Rita is a young girl who devises a game using tiles and matches. She and Noah are friends. Karl is a martial artist who desires to become stronger. Ugetsu is a fisherman whose ship was destroyed by the Kooluk. Once recruited, he allows access to a fishing minigame. He also finds Shiramine, another fisherman; Shiramine is 37 years old and uses claws in battle.
[edit] Hermitage Island
[edit] Elenor Silverberg
Elenor Silverberg is the main strategist for the Island Nations and a descendant of Julian Silverberg. She is 56 years old and from the Scarlet Moon Empire, from which she was banished from because of the actions of her subordinate and former student, Graham Cray.
After her exile, Elenor headed south and settled in the Island Nations on Hermitage Isle with her new apprentice, Agnes. At Kika's suggestion, the Island Nation forces recruit Elenor as their tactician after they reveal to her Graham Cray's involvement in the war. She leads the army to victory against the Kooluk Forces and then confronts Graham during the final battle at the top of Fort El-Eal. The tower is destroyed in a massive explosion shortly afterwards; it is believed that it was there Elenor lost her life.
She is an ancestor to the other members of the Silverberg family who have appeared in the previous installments of the Suikoden series: Leon, Mathiu, Odessa, Albert, and Caesar.
[edit] Other Hermitage Islanders
Agnes is Elenor Silverberg's apprentice and is somewhat attached to her master. Agnes, aside from studying and developing strategies alongside the tactician, is also responsible for driving away unwanted visitors of Elenor and acts as the strategist's housekeeper.
Tanya is an intelligent librarian and self-taught strategist who travelled to the Island Nations to study under the legendary Elenor Silverberg, but is dismayed to discover Elenor has retired and she has already taken on an apprentice, Agnes, with whom Tanya views as a rival of sorts.
Other Stars of Destiny found on Hermitage Island include Aldo is an archer who loses his way on Hermitage Island and later befriends Ted, and Gau, a barbaric man in demon wolf skin who somehow ended up on Hermitage Island. Growing up amongst animals, he became like them, relying only on his fists and legs as weapons. Gau uses claws as his weapon and is 42 years old. Note that he is not the same as the kobold Gau from Suikoden III.
[edit] Middleport
Schtolteheim Reinbach III (シュトルテハイム･ラインバッハ3世, Shutorutehaimu Rainbahha-sansei) is a foppish but good-hearted man. His father, Schtolteheim Reinbach II, is the Lord of Middleport. He bears the Red Rose Rune and is 30 years old. After the war, Reinbach's loyal servant, Micky, writes a highly fictionalized account of his master's exploits. The book would go on to become a classic. Likely because of this, Schtolteheim Reinbach III (and Schtolteheim Reinbach IV) became aliases used by various characters in other Suikoden games.
Helga is a rather muscular woman who unintentionally destroys places and uses two axes as her weapons. She becomes Lazlo's bodyguard alongside Millay and Gretchen. She looks up to Karl and strives to be like him. Charlemagne is a kind and generous man found in Middleport who is always willing to lend a helping hand. He pays for Helga's room after she trashes it.
Millay is a talented swordswoman from Middleport. She left her hometown when she was pressured to marry Schtolteheim Reinbach III, the son of the local Lord. Ironically, it would be Schtolteheim Reinbach III and Lazlo En Kuldes who would save her from a group of men hired to take her back home for the wedding. After the war, she was among the group sent by Lino En Kuldes to assist Kyril during his quest into the Kooluk Empire in Suikoden Tactics.
Keen is a sixty-five year old assassin working for the Lord of Middleport, Schtolteheim Reinbach II. He is chasing after Sigurd because of an incident which occurred in the past. Micky is Schtolteheim Reinbach III's servant, and does nothing but look into the well-being of his slightly-impulsive master. He, like Perrault, is an amateur novelist. Perrault is a newspaper reporter known to go anywhere to get his papers published. He is also an amateur novelist who abandons his own novel to publish Micky's instead. Etienne is a musician from Middleport who once performed for the Reinbach family.
Adrienne is a blacksmith. She left her shop in Middleport because she loves to travel, but arrives in Obel, when it is under attack by Kooluk forces. Pecola is an interior designer from Middleport, who creates a trend for interior decorating in the town until she travels away.
Deborah is an elderly fortuneteller from the Middleport Inn. Oskar is her best friend and feels indebted to her as a result of an incident in the past. Gunter is a gambler spends his days gambling and traveling the seas.
Warlock is a powerful sorcerer who used a mysterious undisclosed method to invent the Rune Cannon. He lives in a seclusion in Middleport. Pablo is researcher of Rune Cannons and is a student of Warlock's. He is an ancestor of Nelis.
[edit] Nay Island
Chiepoo is a Nay-Kobold from Nay Island who aspires to one day become a great merchant. He aids Lazlo while he is in exile on the Deserted Island, and is the main supplier of goods to Lazlo and his party. In Suikoden Tactics, he achieves his goal of success as a merchant. Chiepoo uses his claws in battle, which are all named after real places that have cheeses named after them.
Oleg is the inventor of a machine that can record scenery and events. When he meets Lazlo on Nay Island, Oleg uses his invention to show Lazlo the recorded destruction of Iluya Island. Bartholomew is a quiet man on the run from the Kooluk since he attacked one of their ships during the occupation of Iluya. He hides on a house on Nay and enjoys carving wooden animals.
Bang operates an unsuccessful lottery on Nay Island. Nalkul is a kobold pickpocket, who works with his partner Champo as an accomplice. Noah, a mischievous and thieving young girl, is a friend of Rita who frequently plays minigames with Rita. She eventually helps Champo and Nalkul run their card shop on Nay Island.
[edit] Na-Nal Island
Axel is the son of the Island Chief of Na-Nal Island, who gives him permission to join Lazlo. After the war ended, he succeeded his father as Island Chief of Na-Nal. He uses a sword in battle.
Mitsuba (ミツバ, Mitsuba) is a swordswoman, who makes a living tricking other warriors into fighting her promising them 10,000 potch if they won. Reinhold is her accomplice and is responsible for luring potential victims to her. Jeremy is a 28 year old swordsman who uses a blade as his weapon. He duels Mitsuba and loses.
Eugene is a man who lives on Na-Nal island with his very controlling mother. Selma is an elven swordswoman who lives in the Great Tree with the elves.
[edit] Mordo Island
Lo Fong and her brothers, Lo Seng and Lo Hak, work at the hot springs in Mordo island, trying to dupe people out of 10,000 potch for using the hot springs by claming it is used by Lazlo's army. Igor is a petty gambler and the owner of the hot springs on Mordo Island. He also does business with the siblings Lo Fong, Lo Hak, and Lo Seng, who manage the hot springs and charge people expensive fees to use the bathhouse.
Gareth is an engraver who engraved the Rose Crest for Schtolteheim Reinbach III. He is 26 years old.
[edit] Deserted Island
Lilan, Lilen, Lilin, Lilon, and Liloon are five mermaid sisters who join Lazlo's forces. Rene is a young girl obsessed with finding treasure with divining rods, but has little interest in the treasure itself. Taisuke researches natural springs of water in order to construct baths.
[edit] Iluya
Izak is a warrior with a huge sword. He is devastated when Iluya was destroyed, and wants Iluya to become as beautiful as it was before, covered in grass and flowers. He also has a fascination for moustaches. He is 51 years old.
Kevin is a chef. He is a refugee who loses his house in Iluya thanks to the Kooluk Empire. Pam is his wife. Nataly is a freelance window maker working on the island of Iluya when it was destroyed by Graham Cray's experimental new weapon.
[edit] Pirate's Nest
[edit] Kika's pirates
Kika (キカ, Kika) is a well-known pirate who lives on the seas of the Island Nations. Though officially an outlaw, Kika is known not to pick fights and is acquianted with Lino En Kuldes. She is no friend to the Kooluk Empire, however, and aids Lazlo and Lino's forces, bringing her ships to the cause. Kika is also responsible for arranging Lazlo to meet Elenor Silverberg in order recruit the tactician to their cause. A strong and capable captain, she is fiercely respected by her followers. Kika uses two swords and bears a Falcon Rune.
Hervey (ハーヴェイ, Hāvei) is Kika's right-hand man, but also inferior in rank to Dario - a relationship Hervey has grown to detest as of late. He is 25 years old and uses a sword in battle. His best friend is Sigurd, a pirate on the run from the assassin Keen as a result of a past incident. The two are very dedicated to Kika and continue to support her after the war.
Dario is Nalleo's adoptive father and a pirate who leads his ship in the name of Lady Kika. He is an old friend of Louise and agrees to take her infant son when she asks Dario to raise the child as his own. Despite the bitterness he feels towards Louise for giving up her child without explanation, he has raised Nalleo like his own child, though becomes annoyed when the boy attempts to emulate him out of admiration. Nalleo is Louise's son who was raised by Dario, though is unaware that Louise is his mother and when they meet, she tries hard to conceal their true relationship from him.
[edit] Other Pirates
Brandeau (not a Star of Destiny) is a pirate who bears the Rune of Punishment after it devoured the pirate Steele. He is defeated by Lazlo in a duel, and consumed by the Rune. Peck (not a Star of Destiny) is Brandeau's subordinate who had previously been deformed by a Rune Cannon used by the pirate Steele in a flashback in Suikoden Tactics.
Jango (ジャンゴ, Jango) is a pirate. Brec, also a pirate, is his best friend. Phil is a tailor who creates high-quality clothes out of raw materials. He prefers to have with a high number of clients, even if it means working on Pirate's Nest.
[edit] Kooluk Empire and allies
Helmut was once a captain of Kooluk forces and opposed to invading Razril as he believes Kooluk has little reason to occupy it. However, he is put in charge of the island after it is occupied. Helmut offers both his life and services to Lazlo in exchange for the freedom of his men and has only one regret - disappointing his father. He is voiced by Richard Cansino
Colton (not a Star of Destiny) is a commander of the Kooluk Empire's second fleet and Helmut's father. A dedicated man and valuable advisor of Troy, he is put in charge of Obel during its occupation alongside Troy. After he is captured, he remains loyal to the Kooluk Empire. He disappears with his son after the war.
Troy (not a Star of Destiny) is the commander of the Kooluk's 1st Fleet and is seen frequently alongside Colton. He saves Lazlo from certain death after his exile. Much later, Lazlo defeats Troy in a duel after Graham Cray's defeat, and Troy declines an offer to be rescued, preferring to go down with his ship.
[edit] Cray Trading Company
Founded by Graham Cray, the Cray Trading Company remains a large economic force in the Island Nations and the Kooluk Empire and trades freely between the groups. In truth, the company was founded to gain influence within the Kooluk Empire in order to exploit its power to cause a war and to force the Rune of Punishment to appear.
[edit] Graham Cray
Graham Cray (not a Star of Destiny) is a merchant who bore the Rune of Punishment for a time. Unable to stand the burden of the rune, he cut off his left arm. While effective, his son was chosen to be the next bearer of the rune. For unclear reasons, he wants the Rune of Punishment back and helps orchestrate an invasion of the Island Nations to find it. He is the primary antagonist in the game.
Originally from the Scarlet Moon Empire, Graham is a former student of Elenor Silverberg's. He and his son became embroiled in a conflict between a village on the border of Kooluk and the nobles who were attacking. Graham's son, who bore the Rune of Punishment, used its power to decimate the entire area; the power of the attack killed the boy. Blaming himself for the massacre, Graham fled to Kooluk and feverishly searched for a way to escape the curse of the rune. Graham soon regreted the decision and desired to regain the power he once had.
Forming the Cray Trading Company, Graham sold weapons (including Rune Cannons), along with other goods. His ships became a strong presence on the seas of the Island Nations and the Kooluk Empire, where he began to gain influence over Kooluk's Governor of Fort El-Eal, who desired to expand Kooluk's territory southward to the islands. Believing a war between the two countries would likely draw out the bearer of the Rune of Punishment, Graham employed mercenaries to search and assassinate the rune's barrier, hoping that one of them would obtain the rune and allow him to kill them to take the rune again.
His plan ultimately fails thanks to the efforts of the Island Nations aided by Elenor Silverberg. Graham finds the current bearer of the Rune of Punishment and awakens the Great Tree to fight him. When defeated, Graham is approached by Elenor, who wishes to know why his reasons for turning against her. Refusing because he knows that knowledge would hurt her most, he and Elenor are last seen amongst the collapsing ruins of Fort El-Eal.
[edit] Ramada
Ramada is an arms dealer and supplier of Rune Cannons to the Cray Trading Company and the Kooluk Empire. He has Maxine, Mizuki, Akaghi, and Kate working for him. He is particularly protective of his subordinates, and is especially fatherly toward Mizuki and Akaghi, who in turn are loyal to him. He is hired to obtain the Rune of Punishment for Graham Cray.
After he is attacked en route to Middleport to obtain Rune Cannon shells, he winds up in Gaien territory and decides to maintain a low profile as a spice trader heading for Iluya. Escorted by Vice-Commander Katarina Cott, who unwittingly reveals to him the Gaien secretly use nasel birds to communicate, along with Lazlo and Snowe, they are attacked on their way to Iluya by the pirate Brandeau. Ramada sees that the pirate is carrying the Rune of Punishment. Using the information he has obtained from Katarina, Ramada hires Dario in an unsuccessful attempt to attack Razril before killing the nasel birds to disrupt Razril's lines of communication to take them on by surprise. Razril is victorious, but only because Commander Glen Cott, who has inherited the Rune of Punishment, uses the rune against Ramada's ships.
Ramada is eventually ordered to assassinate Lazlo, who inherits the Rune of Punishment upon Glen's death. He sends Mizuki and Akahgi to fulfill the mission, but when they fail, Ramada asks that the two be spared and for Lazlo to kill Ramada in their place. The arms dealer soon learns from Lino En Kuldes that the Rune of Punishment is cursed - the bearer is of the rune inherits it by killing the preceding bearer. Ramada and his subordinates, upon obtaining the rune, would have been killed by Graham Cray in his attempt to obtain it. With their truth revealed, Ramada and his subordinates turn against Graham Cray and join the Island Nations Federation.
Maxine is a quiet mercenary who is adept at magic and loyal to Ramada. She briefly works for the Kooluk Empire, but joins the Island Federation Army when Ramada defects and joins Lazlo.
Mizuki, Akaghi, and Kate are ninja in the service of the Cray Trading Company and were betrayed by the Kooluk Empire, which destroyed their entire community when they were young. Mizuki and Akaghi are assigned to assassinate Lazlo for their employer while their associate, Kate, is tasked with gather information. They are loyal to Ramada first of all and when he defects, they join him. Ramada is particularly protective of Mizuki and Akaghi, whom he treats in a fatherly manner.
[edit] Outlanders
Some members of the Stars of Destiny come from lands beyond the Island Nations and Kooluk Empire; others have unknown origins, but are clearly travelers in the town in which they are found.
[edit] Ted
Ted is the current bearer of the feared Soul Eater Rune, originally seen in the first Suikoden.
He appears in the mysterious Fog Ship during its last voyage. He defends Lazlo from when the ship's captain tries to convince Lazlo to surrender his True Rune and remain on the Fog Ship for eternity. After the ship's captain is defeated, Ted regains his True Rune and joins Lazlo. He disappears at the war's end.
[edit] Jeane
Jeane is the mysterious runemistress of Lazlo's forces. She has appeared in every main game of the Suikoden series to date. She is first found on Nal-Nal Island, running a rune shop.
[edit] Viki
Viki is a somewhat clueless girl with the power to teleport herself and others. Once acquired, she can quickly transport Lazlo's party to previously visited locations. Like Jeane, she has also appeared in every Suikoden game to date.
[edit] Other Outlanders
Frederica is an archer from the Scarlet Moon Empire on a mission. Mao is a 31-year old scientist who cultivates mushrooms with extreme zeal and tries to get everyone to eat more mushrooms. Nao is Mao's rival and brother, who cultivates mint and competes with Mao to push the importance of mint over mushrooms.
