[Amusing] The RPG Character Name Game

Gustave XIII, SaGa Frontier 2.

Most amazing jew boots

I am the illegitimate son of the chairman of the powerful Merchant's Guild, as it turns out. Upon my unexpected return home to meet him, he sent me off to a town on the fringes of the country and out of the view of his political rivals. I did pretty nicely for myself in this new place, but my father and his agents tried to arrest me for tax fraud when I cut them out of the loop (which may have been the case, but that's neither here nor there!). Through hard work, dedication, and a little bit of political intrigue, I fought off the battalion sent to apprehend me-- and brought down my father's power base in the process. Sorry, Dad?

Now if only people could pronounce the town's name right.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

That sounds like the correct answer.

This is good for gauging how vague I need to be in future questions. Apparently much more so.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

The cold assassin whose emotions are awakened by a girl is a pretty common theme, really. You may want to expand upon that if a day or two passes with no answer, since the only useful identifier there is the mentioning of a cape (which now apparently may or may not be a metaphor).

For now though, I'm stumped.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

The Minstrel from Romancing SaGa?

I have no clue, I'm just putting up a guess so that at least one person attempted it.

I was speaking idiomatically.

It has to be a black sheep because it's an action-RPG instead of a (likely) turn-based RPG, like the rest of the games in its series. Probably wasn't reviewed very well, either (lending to its... black sheepness).

It feels like it's on the tip of my tongue, but I'm at a loss. Only commenting to show what I've deduced from the hints.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I keep thinking it has to be a console RPG since that cross-genre stuff happens way more often there, but nothing seems to be coming to mind.

Max from Shining Force Neo? I don't think the people fell asleep in that game, though. He does learn a warp move from... someone who may be his grandfather, so who knows.

FELIPE NO

Uh... Amitaliri from Shining Force EXA? I remember nothing about that game except that she was a redhead.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Yeah, Neverland developed all three of those games. I never played Lodoss War though, so I have no idea if you're hinting that the redhead in that game is the one you're looking for (I tried looking up "old" too, with little luck). A google search seems to indicate that that dude has no real backstory anyway.

It's a good one, Meia!

EDIT: Now that I think about it, Record of Lodoss War isn't a game series, so it wouldn't have worked anyway.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Hahaha, Christ almighty.

Mars from Shining Wisdom.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Yeah, the picture is what jogged my memory. I barely played the game, so I never would have guessed it without a visual aid! Okay, here's the new one:

I am one of the famed "Four Swordsmen" of my homeland. Though I bear a cursed rune on my hand that people say is responsible for the world's troubles, I continue to search for a way to end the great war ravaging the realm. Maybe this mark is bad luck though-- after all, my friends and I had our life forces bound together by an evil warlock for a time, and I've even been flung through time and space to the final days of a legendary empire in order to stop its court magician from completing his catastrophic research.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Nope, you're getting tripped up by the word "rune," I'm sure. This particular rune serves no purpose in the gameplay, and is mostly just a plot device. More hints... this series only had two entries, and the second game's events (the bound lifeforces and the evil wizard) are chronologically the first. I'll throw in another snippet:

A girl who looked after me as a child disappeared many years ago. As it turns out, she was also sent back in time to the same place. But, seeing as I wasn't sent back until much later, there is no real age difference between us anymore.

This girl is the other playable character in the first game of the series.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

No, neither of those. Though, like those two series, the two installments of this one were both found on the same console (let's not count the Legend Returns or the Ruins of Lore).

Unlike them, however, is that both mystery games have the same protagonist-- Baten Kaitos and Lufia changed heroes in their respective sequels.

I was speaking idiomatically.

If it helps, here's a picture of the cursed mark:



The mark also serves as the series' logo. If that still isn't enough, I'll post a gameplay picture that I think wouldn't give away too much. Hopefully this is enough though.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

FELIPE NO

Correct. Your turn.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Gala from Legend of Legaia.

How ya doing, buddy?

Whoever posts a new one first gets my spot. Except you, Tankalex, since you just went.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Sounds like Largo from Valkyria Chronicles.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Makoto, Enchanted Arms.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?