The RPG Duelling League
Social Forums => Discussion => Topic started by: Dark Holy Elf on May 06, 2019, 02:54:12 AM
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XF was just the beginning. The beginning of my madness.
In part 2 of data nerding about RPG writing, we tackle one of the RPG series with the highest-regarded writing, Suikoden. I'm aiming to cover all of Suikoden 1-5 here; those who know me know that I'm mostly doing this for S2/S3/S5, but S1 and S4 are gonna come along for the ride. Plus it's been 14 years and I've still never got 108 stars in Suikoden 4, maybe this run will finally fix that.
Some notes:
-We're going in series order, rather than chronological.
-Each separate textbox counts as a line. Textboxes in this game are pretty variable, but 1 to 40 words is typical.
-Textboxes that don't contain any letters don't count.
-Dialog choices of the silent main count towards Tir's (etc.) line count. In general I'll try to roleplay a bit and choose what I think are canon choices; different choices will of course change the exact line count slightly.
-Required dialog of nameless characters is noted as "other". Optional dialog of nameless characters (townsfolk etc.) is not included, but optional dialog from named characters IS included. I'll grab what optional dialog I find, but I'm not going to go highly out of my way to do it, and in general I won't grab things that feel non-canon. Some of the specifics will be slightly arbitrary, but obviously it shouldn't make a big difference.
Unlike XF, the Suikoden games don't have clear dividing points, so I'll be making my own, complete with titles. I'll indicate where each chapter ends. At least I'm first I'm generally aiming for groups of 200-300 lines.
(1) The Magician's Isle
(end: Gregminster, taking leave of Futch)
1. Ted - 33
2. Teo McDohl - 31
3. Gremio - 27
4. Leknaat - 25
5. Pahn - 22
6. Futch - 20
7. Kraze - 19
8. Cleo - 18
9. Barbarosa - 12
10. Luc - 11
11. Tir McDohl - 5
Milich Oppenheimer - 4
Kasim Hazil - 3
Sonya Shulen - 3
Marie - 2
Windy - 2
Other - 6
Total: 243 lines
(2) The Soul Eater
(end: Gregminster, taking leave of Ted)
1. Ted - 53
2. Kanaan - 50
3. Gremio - 36
4. Cleo - 30
5. Pahn - 28
6. Kraze - 23
7. Grady - 19
8. Varkas - 9
9. Tir McDohl - 8
10. Windy - 6
Sydonia - 2
Marco - 1
Other - 7
Total: 272 lines
(3) The Liberation Army
(end: Rockland, departure of Varkas and Sydonia)
1. Viktor - 51
2. Gremio - 46
3. Cleo - 29
4. Odessa Silverberg - 20
5. Varkas - 10
6. Flik - 9
7. Marie - 8
8. Tir McDohl - 7
Grady - 4
Krin - 4
Sydonia - 4
Sanchez - 2
Other - 31
Total: 225 lines
(4) Odessa
(end: leaving Lenankamp after unlocking the Soul Eater's L1)
1. Odessa Silverberg - 85
2. Ledon - 27
3. Viktor - 23
4. Gremio - 22
5. Cleo - 15
6. Kessler - 12
7. Tir McDohl - 7
8. Flik - 6
9. Sanchez - 5
Kage - 4
Other - 2
Total: 208 lines
Total lines so far
1. Gremio - 131 (13.8%)
2. Odessa Silverberg - 105 (11.1%)
3. Cleo - 92 (9.7%)
4. Ted - 86 (9.1%)
5. Viktor - 74 (7.8%)
6. Pahn - 50 (5.3%)
7. Kanaan - 50 (5.3%)
8. Other - 46 (4.9%)
9. Kraze - 42 (4.4%)
10. Teo McDohl - 31 (3.3%)
11. Tir McDohl - 27 (2.8%)
12. Ledon - 27 (2.8%)
13. Leknaat - 25 (2.6%)
14. Grady - 23 (2.4%)
15. Futch - 20 (2.1%)
16. Varkas - 19 (2.0%)
Flik - 15 (1.6%)
Barbarosa - 12 (1.3%)
Kessler - 12 (1.3%)
Luc - 11 (1.2%)
Marie - 10 (1.1%)
Windy - 8 (0.8%)
Sanchez - 7 (0.7%)
Sydonia - 6 (0.6%)
Milich Oppenheimer - 4 (0.4%)
Krin - 4 (0.4%)
Kage - 4 (0.4%)
Kasim Hazil - 3 (0.3%)
Sonya Shulen - 3 (0.3%)
Marco - 1 (0.1%)
Grand total: 948 lines
I can't say I was expecting Odessa to be #2 at this point, but it makes sense; the writers want her death to make an impact (see also: Ted getting the most lines until he leaves) and also show that she's the leader of the Liberation Army in truth and not just name. My prediction at the start was that Gremio or Mathiu would finish with the most lines for Suikoden 1, though Viktor is possible. Ciato's official prediction is that Cleo is virtually guaranteed to be #4.
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Have some more.
(5) A New Leader
(end: tablet of stars obtained)
1. Mathiu Silverberg - 47
2. Gremio - 34
3. Viktor - 32
4. Camille - 18
4. Cleo - 18
6. Tai Ho - 16
7. Leknaat - 10
8. Tir McDohl - 8
9. Ain Gide - 5
9. Yam Koo - 5
Sergei - 4
Marie - 3
Meg - 3
Antonio - 2
Chandler - 2
Luc - 2
Onil - 1
Other - 16
Total: 226 lines
(6) In Search of Allies
(end: the banquet after Lepant joins)
1. Krin - 29
2. Lepant - 26
3. Gremio - 20
4. Viktor - 19
5. Pahn - 14
6. Cleo - 13
7. Mathiu Silverberg - 10
7. Kraze - 10
9. Varkas - 8
10. Eileen - 7
10. Giovanni - 7
10. Rock - 7
10. Tir McDohl - 7
Juppo - 5
Kai - 5
Maas - 5
Onil - 5
Chandler - 4
Marie - 4
Lorelai - 3
Gaspar - 2
Sansuke - 2
Sergei - 2
Sydonia - 2
Tai Ho - 1
Other - 6
Total: 223 lines
(7) An Elf's Request
(end: three-month timeskip following the defeat of Kwanda)
1. Kirkis - 65
2. Gremio - 40
3. Valeria - 32
4. Kwanda Rosman - 31
5. Sylvina - 23
6. Mathiu Silverberg - 20
6. Chief of the Dwarves - 20
8. Kuromimi - 14
9. Stallion - 9
10. Tir McDohl - 8
10. Chief of the Elves - 8
Meg - 7
Viktor - 7
Templeton - 6
Sheena - 5
Viki - 5
Antonio - 4
Meese - 4
Juppo - 4
Gaspar - 3
Lepant - 3
Marie - 1
Other - 16
Total: 335 lines
Total lines so far
1. Gremio - 225 (13.0%)
2. Viktor - 132 (7.6%)
3. Cleo - 123 (7.1%)
4. Odessa Silverberg - 105 (6.1%)
5. Ted - 86 (5.0%)
6. Mathiu Silverberg - 77 (4.4%)
7. Kirkis - 65 (3.8%)
8. Pahn - 64 (3.7%)
9. Kraze - 52 (3.0%)
10. Kanaan - 50 (2.9%)
11. Tir McDohl - 50 (2.9%)
12. Leknaat - 35 (2.0%)
13. Krin - 33 (1.9%)
14. Valeria - 32 (1.8%)
15. Teo McDohl - 31 (1.8%)
15. Kwanda Rosman - 31 (1.8%)
17. Lepant - 29 (1.7%)
18. Ledon - 27 (1.6%)
18. Varkas - 27 (1.6%)
Grady - 23 (1.3%)
Sylvina - 23 (1.3%)
Futch - 20 (1.2%)
Chief of the Dwarves - 20 (1.2%)
Camille - 18 (1.0%)
Marie - 18 (1.0%)
Tai Ho - 17 (1.0%)
Flik - 15 (0.9%)
Kuromimi - 14 (0.8%)
Luc - 13 (0.8%)
Barbarosa - 12 (0.7%)
Kessler - 12 (0.7%)
Meg - 10 (0.6%)
Juppo - 9 (0.5%)
Stallion - 9 (0.5%)
Windy - 8 (0.5%)
Sydonia - 8 (0.5%)
Chief of the Elves - 8 (0.5%)
Sanchez - 7 (0.4%)
Eileen - 7 (0.4%)
Giovanni - 7 (0.4%)
Rock - 7 (0.4%)
Chandler - 6 (0.3%)
Onil - 6 (0.3%)
Antonio - 6 (0.3%)
Templeton - 6 (0.3%)
Yam Koo - 5 (0.3%)
Ain Gide - 5 (0.3%)
Kai - 5 (0.3%)
Maas - 5 (0.3%)
Gaspar - 5 (0.3%)
Sheena - 5 (0.3%)
Viki - 5 (0.3%)
Milich Oppenheimer - 4 (0.2%)
Kage - 4 (0.2%)
Sergei - 4 (0.2%)
Meese - 4 (0.2%)
Kasim Hazil - 3 (0.2%)
Sonya Shulen - 3 (0.2%)
Lorelai - 3 (0.2%)
Sansuke - 2 (0.1%)
Sergei - 2 (0.1%)
Marco - 1 (0.1%)
Other - 84 (4.8%)
Grand total: 1732 lines
Random observations this time:
-The Kirkis/Kwanda chapter is by far the biggest one gameplaywise so far: five dungeons (four, really, but you have to do one twice), two boss fights, the first war battle, and the first duel. It also has the most lines of all my arbitrarily defined chapters so far, but not by that much, and it doesn't really make any sense to split up.
-Gremio continues to never have the most lines in any one chapter but is building a pretty substantial lead overall. If he wasn't about to meet with an unfortunate accident in the near future nobody would have a chance of catching him.
-Somehow Krin has the most lines in the Lepant chapter! Wasn't expecting that one. Hur hur here is rope. In general the writers seemed to like giving lots of lines to slimy personalities (Kanaan, Ledon, Krin).
-Mathiu's not getting as many lines as I expected, for all that I feel like his bigger strategist moments are definitely still to come, so we'll see.
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(8) Poisonous Pollen
(end: Liukan is abducted by Milich)
1. Flik - 46
2. Viktor - 31
3. Gen - 23
3. Gremio - 23
5. Mathiu Silverberg - 17
6. Kamandol - 14
7. Milich Oppenheimer - 10
8. Sanchez - 8
Esmeralda - 7
Hellion - 7
Jabba - 7
Apple - 6
Mina - 6
Tir McDohl - 6
Chapman - 5
Lotte - 5
Fu Su Lu - 4
Eikei - 3
Gon - 3
Liukan - 3
Humphrey Mintz - 2
Jeane - 2
Kimberly - 2
Kuromimi - 2
Pahn - 2
Cleo - 1
Lorelai - 1
Qlon - 1
Rubi - 1
Other - 2
Total: 250 lines
(9) Gremio
(end: Milich and the residents of Scarleticia are recruited)
1. Viktor - 33
2. Milich Oppenheimer - 26
3. Mathiu Silverberg - 25
4. Flik - 21
5. Kimberly - 20
6. Gremio - 16
7. Tesla - 12
8. Liukan - 8
Ivanov - 7
Cleo - 5
Qlon - 5
Tir McDohl - 5
Pahn - 4
Camille - 3
Kasios - 3
Esmeralda - 2
Stallion - 2
Other - 3
(10) Father
(end: the Soul Eater reaches Level 3)
1. Teo McDohl - 34
2. Leknaat - 17
2. Pahn - 17
4. Tai Ho - 16
5. Mathiu Silverberg - 15
6. Ronnie Bell - 13
7. Ledon - 11
7. Mose - 11
9. Tir McDohl - 10
10. Cleo - 8
10. Kun To - 8
10. Melodye - 8
10. Viktor - 8
14. Alen - 7
14. Flik - 7
14. Gen - 7
14. Kessler - 7
Kage - 6
Kasumi - 6
Anji - 5
Sanchez - 5
Sarah (S1) - 5
Lester - 4
Blackman - 3
Georges - 3
Leon Silverberg - 3
Kanak - 2
Leonardo - 2
Grenseal - 2
Kamandol - 1
Total: 251 lines
(11) Invitation from a Vampire
(end: after Neclord's Castle)
1. Viktor - 77
2. Zorak - 57
3. Cleo - 51
4. Hix - 48
5. Neclord - 28
6. Tengaar - 26
7. Hidden Village Chief - 19
8. Ted - 13
9. Fukien - 12
9. Star Dragon Sword - 12
Mathiu Silverberg - 8
Zen - 8
Hugo (S1) - 7
Rubi - 7
Lepant - 6
Tir McDohl - 6
Window - 6
Windy - 6
Kirkis - 5
Moose - 5
Kasumi - 4
Kirke - 4
Morgan - 4
Yuber - 4
Eikei - 3
Flik - 3
Crowley - 2
Marco - 2
Sanchez - 2
Quincy - 2
Humphrey Mintz - 1
Other - 4
Total: 442 lines
(12) The Dragon Knights
(end: leaving the Dragon Knight Fortress after completing the mission)
1. Joshua Levenheit - 38
2. Futch - 33
3. Flik - 32
4. Milia - 31
4. Vincent de Boule - 31
6. Humphrey Mintz - 30
7. Ted - 22
8. Liukan - 17
9. Windy - 16
10. Sanchez - 10
11. Barbarosa - 8
11. Kreutz - 8
Mathiu Silverberg - 8
Fuma - 6
Leon Silverberg - 6
Tir McDohl - 5
Clive - 4
Pesmerga - 4
Lepant - 3
Mace - 3
Crowley - 2
Other - 13
Unknown* - 4
Total: 334 lines
*The unknown lines are spoken to Futch while he's unconscious. They might belong to Joshua, Milia, Liukan, or possibly someone else.
(13) The Strategist's Gambit
(end: Kasim and all stars except Sonya are recruited)
1. Mathiu Silverberg - 58
2. Griffith - 24
3. Kasim Hazil - 15
4. Krin - 14
5. Kasumi - 11
5. Maximillian - 11
5. Taggart - 11
8. Flik - 10
9. Vincent de Boule - 7
10. Milich Oppenheimer - 6
10. Sancho - 6
Humphrey Mintz - 5
Viktor - 5
Sanchez - 4
Lepant - 3
Mose - 3
Tir McDohl - 3
Mace - 2
Warren - 2
Maas - 1
Meese - 1
Moose - 1
Other - 10
Total: 213 lines
(14) Ice and Fire
(end: Sonya is recruited)
1. Mathiu Silverberg - 26
2. Viktor - 25
3. Sanchez - 21
4. Sonya Shulen - 20
5. Flik - 14
6. Cleo - 11
6. Liukan - 11
8. Humphrey Mintz - 9
Gen - 5
Tir McDohl - 5
Kamandol - 4
Kimberly - 4
Krin - 4
Lepant - 4
Tai Ho - 4
Tengaar - 4
Hix - 3
Pahn - 3
Fukien - 2
Yam Koo - 2
Milia - 1
Total: 182 lines
(15) The End of the Empire
(end: Mathiu's question)
1t. Leknaat - 23
1t. Mathiu Silverberg - 23
3t. Barbarosa - 19
3t. Viktor - 19
5t. Flik - 14
5t. Windy - 14
7. Yuber - 9
8. Ain Gide - 7
9t. Kasim Hazil - 6
9t. Liukan - 6
9t. Tir McDohl - 6
Cleo - 4
Gremio - 4
Kanaan - 3
Gen - 2
Hanzo - 2
Hix - 2
Humphrey Mintz - 2
Joshua Levenheit - 2
Kasumi - 2
Kirkis - 2
Kuromimi - 2
Kwanda Rosman - 2
Lepant - 2
Milich Oppenheimer - 2
Pahn - 2
Sonya Shulen - 2
Tai Ho - 2
Warren - 2
Zorak - 2
Chief of the Dwarves - 1
Futch - 1
Kamandol - 1
Star Dragon Sword - 1
Sydonia - 1
Sylvina - 1
Tengaar - 1
Varkas - 1
Other - 2
Total: 199 lines
GRAND TOTAL
1. Viktor - 330 (8.7%)
2. Gremio - 268 (7.0%)
3. Mathiu Silverberg - 257 (6.8%)
4. Cleo - 203 (5.3%)
5. Flik - 162 (4.3%)
6. Ted - 121 (3.2%)
7. Odessa Silverberg - 105 (2.8%)
8. Tir McDohl - 96 (2.5%)
9. Pahn - 92 (2.4%)
10. Leknaat - 75 (2.0%)
11. Kirkis - 72 (1.9%)
12. Teo McDohl - 65 (1.7%)
13. Zorak - 59 (1.6%)
14. Sanchez - 57 (1.5%)
15. Futch - 54 (1.4%)
16t. Hix - 53 (1.4%)
16t. Kanaan - 53 (1.4%)
18. Kraze - 52 (1.4%)
19. Krin - 51 (1.3%)
20. Humphrey Mintz - 49 (1.3%)
21. Milich Oppenheimer - 48 (1.3%)
22. Lepant - 47 (1.2%)
23. Liukan - 45 (1.2%)
24. Windy - 44 (1.2%)
25. Joshua Levenheit - 40 (1.1%)
26t. Barbarosa - 39 (1.0%)
26t. Tai Ho - 39 (1.0%)
28t. Ledon - 38 (1.0%)
28t. Vincent de Boule - 38 (1.0%)
30. Gen - 37 (1.0%)
Kwanda Rosman - 33 (0.9%)
Valeria - 32 (0.8%)
Milia - 32 (0.8%)
Tengaar - 31 (0.8%)
Neclord - 28 (0.7%)
Varkas - 28 (0.7%)
Kimberly - 26 (0.7%)
Sonya Shulen - 25 (0.7%)
Griffith - 24 (0.6%)
Sylvina - 24 (0.6%)
Kasim Hazil - 24 (0.6%)
Grady - 23 (0.6%)
Kasumi - 23 (0.6%)
Camille - 21 (0.6%)
Chief of the Dwarves - 21 (0.6%)
Kamandol - 20 (0.5%)
Kessler - 19 (0.5%)
Hidden Village Chief - 19 (0.5%)
Marie - 18 (0.5%)
Kuromimi - 18 (0.5%)
Mose - 14 (0.4%)
Fukien - 14 (0.4%)
Luc - 13 (0.3%)
Ronnie Bell - 13 (0.3%)
Star Dragon Sword - 13 (0.3%)
Yuber - 13 (0.3%)
Tesla - 12 (0.3%)
Ain Gide - 12 (0.3%)
Stallion - 11 (0.3%)
Maximillian - 11 (0.3%)
Taggart - 11 (0.3%)
Meg - 10 (0.3%)
Kage - 10 (0.3%)
Juppo - 9 (0.2%)
Esmeralda - 9 (0.2%)
Leon Silverberg - 9 (0.2%)
Sydonia - 9 (0.2%)
Chief of the Elves - 8 (0.2%)
Kun To - 8 (0.2%)
Melodye - 8 (0.2%)
Rubi - 8 (0.2%)
Zen - 8 (0.2%)
Kreutz - 8 (0.2%)
Eileen - 7 (0.2%)
Giovanni - 7 (0.2%)
Rock - 7 (0.2%)
Hellion - 7 (0.2%)
Jabba - 7 (0.2%)
Ivanov - 7 (0.2%)
Alen - 7 (0.2%)
Hugo (S1) - 7 (0.2%)
Yam Koo - 7 (0.2%)
Chandler - 6 (0.2%)
Onil - 6 (0.2%)
Antonio - 6 (0.2%)
Templeton - 6 (0.2%)
Apple - 6 (0.2%)
Mina - 6 (0.2%)
Qlon - 6 (0.2%)
Eikei - 6 (0.2%)
Window - 6 (0.2%)
Fuma - 6 (0.2%)
Maas - 6 (0.2%)
Moose - 6 (0.2%)
Sancho - 6 (0.2%)
Kai - 5 (0.1%)
Gaspar - 5 (0.1%)
Sheena - 5 (0.1%)
Viki - 5 (0.1%)
Chapman - 5 (0.1%)
Lotte - 5 (0.1%)
Anji - 5 (0.1%)
Sarah (S1) - 5 (0.1%)
Meese - 5 (0.1%)
Mace - 5 (0.1%)
Sergei - 4 (0.1%)
Lorelai - 4 (0.1%)
Fu Su Lu - 4 (0.1%)
Lester - 4 (0.1%)
Kirke - 4 (0.1%)
Morgan - 4 (0.1%)
Crowley - 4 (0.1%)
Clive - 4 (0.1%)
Pesmerga - 4 (0.1%)
Warren - 4 (0.1%)
Gon - 3 (0.1%)
Kasios - 3 (0.1%)
Blackman - 3 (0.1%)
Georges - 3 (0.1%)
Marco - 3 (0.1%)
Sansuke - 2 (0.1%)
Sergei - 2 (0.1%)
Jeane - 2 (0.1%)
Kanak - 2 (0.1%)
Leonardo - 2 (0.1%)
Grenseal - 2 (0.1%)
Quincy - 2 (0.1%)
Hanzo - 2 (0.1%)
Unknown - 4 (0.1%)
Other - 118 (3.1%)
Grand total: 3803 lines
Chapters in which characters had the most lines:
1. Mathiu Silverberg: 4 (1 tied)
2. Viktor: 3
3. Ted: 2
Odessa, Krin, Kirkis, Flik, Teo, Joshua, Leknaat (tied): 1 each
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Suikoden 1 done. Final thoughts:
-Suikoden 1 finished with 3803 lines, which is barely half of what XF had (and also shorter than many individual Ace Attorney cases). It's a relatively short RPG, though it is relatively story-dense within its short run-time.
-Viktor ended up chattier than I expected; the Neclord arc pushed him well ahead of the competition. It will be interesting to see if he ends up with the most lines in the series (since he gets a bunch more in S2) or if someone else with lots of lines in a single game can challenge him for that spot.
-As expected, Mathiu and Gremio were the other two in the top three (Mathiu started getting considerably more lines/personality late so he was able to catch up), with Cleo indeed in #4.
-For me, the most surprising person in the top 20 is Zorak. Who? I've played this game ~4 times before and I barely remember him. But hey, his only character trait is that he talks on and on and on... guess that's accurate!
-Both temps manage quite a lot of lines in their relative short times in the plot, finishing #6 and #7.
-He may be a "silent main", but it's interesting to see how many lines Tir does get. Most of them are pretty boring, of course, but there is some characterization in there.
-Suikoden 1 is not a game which gives many lines to its villains. The most talkabtive pure villain is Windy with barely 1% of the lines! Teo, Kanaan, and Kraze actually all have more lines than her or Barbarosa, although they pick up a large chunk of their lines while they are allies (albeit assholish ones in the case of Kraze and Kanaan).
-Male characters account for approximately 80%(!) of the line total, largely owing to the fact that the top 20 includes only three women (Cleo, Odessa, and Leknaat). XF this is not. I expect every other Suikoden to be closer to parity than this, as each has at least one female character more important than Cleo.
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Y’know, I knew Luc was only barely in Suikoden 1, but the disparity between him and other characters who were important in one arc in this then disappeared from the series is still fascinating considering he ends up the main villlain in III.
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It is funny to see him way down there. Apple to a lesser extent as well.
I just started Suikoden 2. Here are my predictions, before I started:
-The game will have around 50% more lines than S1, probably between 5000 and 6000 lines.
-Nanami will have about a tenth of them, so 500-600.
-Jowy, Viktor, and Shu will fight for second. Viktor probably has fewer lines than S1 but not by much. All around 300? Ciato's prediction is that Jowy will be #2 (and based on the first hour, this is looking good).
-Apple and Flik will also break 200 lines. Luca is possible but I'm leaning not based on my experience of S1's villain cast. I doubt anyone else does.
-At least one of these predictions will be hilariously off in some way.
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Have some Suikoden 2.
(1) The Return Home
(end: taking leave of the circus trio at Kyaro)
1. Jowy Atreides - 84
2. Pohl - 36
3. Viktor - 24
4. Riou - 18
5. Eilie - 17
6. Rina - 16
7. Gengen - 14
8. Bolgan - 12
8. Rowd - 12
9. Tuta - 11
10. Flik - 7
10. Leona - 7
12. Barbara - 4
12. Luca Blight - 4
Millie - 1
Other (Jowston soldiers) - 10
Other (Merchants) - 7
Other (Unicorn Brigade) - 7
Total: 291 lines
(2) Three Traitors
(end: entering Toto to find it ruined)
1. Nanami - 53
2. Jowy Atreides - 41
3t. Pilika - 28
3t. Rowd - 28
5. Riou - 21
6. Viktor - 18
7. Millie - 13
8. Kinnison - 10
8. Rikimaru - 10
8. Zamza - 10
11. Flik - 8
12. Jillia Blight - 6
Joanna - 5
Marx - 5
Shiro - 4
Marcel Atreides - 3
Barbara - 1
Hanna - 1
Leona - 1
Marco Atreides - 1
Gengen - 1
Hilda - 1
Pete - 1
Pohl - 1
Other (Merchants) - 8
Other (Jowston soldiers) - 5
Other (Highland soldiers) - 4
Other (Jillia's driver) - 4
Total: 292 lines
(3) The Prince's Invasion
(end: leaving the burned Mercenary Fort)
1t. Jowy Atreides - 46
1t. Viktor - 46
3. Apple - 41
4. Luca Blight - 30
5. Pilka - 28
6. Flik - 23
7. Tsai - 15
8. Riou - 12
Solon Jhee - 5
Hanna - 3
Seed - 3
Culgan - 2
Kiba - 2
Pohl - 2
Leona - 1
Other (Ryube citizens) - 10
Other (Jowston soldiers) - 3
Other (Highland soldiers) - 2
Total: 274 lines
(4) Journey to Muse
(end: the night in the Muse jail cell)
1. Jowy Atreides - 118
2t. Nanami - 73
2t. Alex - 73
4. Hilda - 35
5. Riou - 19
6. Leknaat - 17
7. Pete - 7
Pilika - 1
Rowd - 1
Unknown (Riou? Jowy? Both?) - 9
Other (Jowston soldiers) - 16
Other (Children) - 4
Other (Highland soldiers) - 1
Total: 374 lines
Most of the "other" is that Muse gatekeeper who owns Nanami and Jowy. Also, there are a series of lines during the Rune of Beginning sequence which could be attribute to either Riou or Jowy or both (or some other strange product of the rune and their memories?) which is listed as Unknown.
(5) Spy Mission
(end: reunion with Jowy at the Muse gate)
1. Nanami - 59
2. Jowy Atreides - 53
3. Viktor - 31
4. Anabelle - 26
4. Riou - 26
6. Jess - 22
6. Jillia Blight - 22
8. Rowd - 18
9. Templeton - 16
10. Anita - 12
11. Flik - 8
11. Leona - 8
Clive - 7
Elza - 6
Huan - 6
Tuta - 6
Pilika - 3
Fitcher - 2
Other (Officials) - 7
Other (Highland soldiers) - 15
Other (Jowston soldiers) - 6
(6) The City-State Crumbles
(end: night after the fall of Muse)
1. Nanami - 69
2. Anabelle - 57
3. Viktor - 44
4. Jowy Atreides - 32
5. Flik - 17
6. Apple - 12
7. Riou - 10
8. Jess - 9
Gorudo - 6
Granmeyer - 6
Leona - 6
Camus - 5
Gilbert - 5
Gustav - 5
Miklotov - 5
Solon Jhee - 3
Teresa - 3
Makai - 2
Kage - 2
Hauser - 1
Pilika - 1
Other (Officials) - 16
Other (Jowston soldiers) - 3
Total: 319 lines
Total lines so far
1. Jowy Atreides - 374 (19.6%)
2. Nanami - 254 (13.3%)
3. Viktor - 163 (8.5%)
4. Riou - 106 (5.6%)
5. Anabelle - 83 (4.3%)
6. Alex - 73 (3.8%)
7. Flik - 63 (3.3%)
8. Pilika - 61 (3.2%)
9. Rowd - 59 (3.1%)
10. Apple - 53 (2.8%)
11. Pohl - 39 (2.0%)
12. Hilda - 36 (1.9%)
13. Luca Blight - 34 (1.8%)
14. Jess - 31 (1.6%)
15. Jillia Blight - 28 (1.5%)
16. Leona - 23 (1.2%)
Eilie - 17 (0.9%)
Leknaat - 17 (0.9%)
Tuta - 17 (0.9%)
Rina - 16 (0.8%)
Templeton - 16 (0.8%)
Gengen - 15 (0.8%)
Tsai - 15 (0.8%)
Millie - 14 (0.7%)
Bolgan - 12 (0.6%)
Anita - 12 (0.6%)
Kinnison - 10 (0.5%)
Rikimaru - 10 (0.5%)
Zamza - 10 (0.5%)
Pete - 8 (0.4%)
Clive - 7 (0.4%)
Shiro - 7 (0.4%)
Elza - 6 (0.3%)
Huan - 6 (0.3%)
Gorudo - 6 (0.3%)
Granmeyer - 6 (0.3%)
Barbara - 5 (0.3%)
Joanna - 5 (0.3%)
Marx - 5 (0.3%)
Solon Jhee - 5 (0.3%)
Camus - 5 (0.3%)
Gilbert - 5 (0.3%)
Gustav - 5 (0.3%)
Miklotov - 5 (0.3%)
Hanna - 4 (0.2%)
Marcel Atreides - 3 (0.2%)
Seed - 3 (0.2%)
Teresa - 3 (0.2%)
Culgan - 2 (0.1%)
Kiba - 2 (0.1%)
Fitcher - 2 (0.1%)
Makai - 2 (0.1%)
Kage - 2 (0.1%)
Marco Atreides - 1 (0.1%)
Hauser - 1 (0.1%)
Unknown (Riou/Jowy?) - 9 (0.5%)
Other (Jowston soldiers) - 43 (2.3%)
Other (Officials) - 23 (1.2%)
Other (Highland soldiers) - 22 (1.2%)
Other (Merchants) - 15 (0.8%)
Other (Ryube citizens) - 10 (0.5%)
Other (Unicorn Brigade) - 7 (0.4%)
Other (Jillia’s driver) - 4 (0.2%)
Grand total: 1909 lines
Comments:
-It's safe to say I underrated Jowy here. He already has more lines than anyone had in Suikoden 1, and we're probably only one third done at most! Granted, he just left the party, so he's not going to rise as fast from here on, but still, 500 seems a reasonable possibility. Him and Nanami being the top two so far is utterly unshocking but the total line volume might be.
-I also underrated Riou; the game has a lot more dialog choices than S1 did. He already has more lines than Tir. Hard to imagine him finishing below 5th overall now.
-I expected Viktor to have more lines than Flik but the gap is massive, which is funny since most players tend to think of them as a duo. Flik is probably the character underperforming my expectations the most.
-In general the recruitment scenes are definitely longer than in S1; note that even minor stars who have already joined (see the names from Templeton to Rikimaru on the above list) tend to have 10-16 lines, whereas 2-6 was the norm in S1. It's not much but does help add a bit more characterization to these bit players.
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(7) An Unwelcome Reunion
(end: receiving news of the fall of South Window)
1. Viktor - 86
2. Nanami - 34
3. Eilie - 29
4. Kahn Marley - 22
5. Rina - 20
6. Neclord - 19
7. Tai Ho - 16
8. Freed Yamamoto - 14
8. Star Dragon Sword - 14
10. Flik - 12
11. Granmeyer - 8
Bolgan - 6
Yam Koo - 5
Sheena - 4
Clive - 3
Daisy - 2
Gantetsu - 1
Adlai - 1
Other (Highland soldiers) - 2
Other (Officials) - 1
Total: 309 lines
(8) A Desperate Entreaty
(end: leaving Radat after recruiting Shu)
1. Apple - 73
2. Shu - 40
3. Nanami - 37
4. Richmond - 18
5. Amada - 14
6. Flik - 10
7. Gin - 9
7. Riou - 9
7. Viktor - 9
Eilie - 2
Freed Yamamato - 2
Leona - 2
Bolgan - 1
Lebrante - 1
Pilika - 1
Rina - 1
Stallion - 1
Tsai - 1
Yoshino Yamamoto - 1
Other (Shu's associates) - 2
Other (Merchants) - 1
Total: 235 lines
*Gin is one of Amada's workers
(9) Birth of a Leader
(end: tablet of stars received)
1. Viktor - 63
2. Shu - 52
3. Nanami - 22
4. Flik - 17
5. Freed Yamamoto - 10
6. Eilie - 7
6. Riou - 7
8. Apple - 6
8. Leknaat - 6
8. Solon Jhee - 6
8. Tsai - 6
Bolgan - 5
Huan - 5
Tuta - 4
Luc - 3
Rina - 3
Leona - 2
Barbara - 1
Culgan - 1
Seed - 1
Other (Jowston soldiers) - 6
Other (Dunan soldiers) - 3
Other (Highland soldiers) - 2
Total: 238 lines
(10) A Boatman and a Winger
(end: staying the night in Two River after meeting Chaco)
1. Fitcher - 48
2. Riou - 32
3. Chaco - 21
4. Yoshino Yamamoto - 17
5. Tai Ho - 16
6. Alex - 13
6. Ridley Wizen - 13
6. Taki - 13
9. Richmond - 12
10. Hilda - 11
10. Makai - 11
10. Oulan - 11
13. Freed Yamamoto - 10
13. Viktor - 10
15. Adlai - 9
15. Hans - 9
15. Shu - 9
Amada - 7
Flik - 4
Yam Koo - 4
Clive - 3
Nanami - 3
Tetsu - 3
Bob - 2
Pete - 2
Apple - 1
Gabocha - 1
Shilo - 1
Susu - 1
Sid
Seed
Other (Thugs) - 8
Other (Officials) - 6
Other (Two River citizens) - 5
Other (Radat citizens) - 3
Other (Merchants) - 2
*Note: I opted for Tai Ho as the boatman. If you recruit Amada first, he'll have a few more lines at Tai Ho's expense.
Total: 321 lines
(11) The Uniting of Two River
(end: night after returning from Two River)
1. Fitcher - 64
2. Makai - 43
3. Chaco - 42
4. Ridley Wizen - 31
5. Susu - 17
6. Riou - 15
7. Klaus - 13
8. Kiba - 11
9. Luca Blight - 10
10. Tetsu - 8
11. Shu - 7
12. Viktor - 6
Solon Jhee - 4
Jowy Atreides - 3
Flik - 1
Nanami - 1
Seed - 1
Sid - 1
Other (Two River citizens) - 14
Other (Highland soldiers) - 3
Total: 295 lines
(12) A Warrior's Proof
(this chapter is entirely optional, including all the recruitment between Two River and Greenhill)
1. Hix - 61
2. Tengaar - 34
3. Kobold Village chief - 28
4. Meg - 26
5. Chaco - 17
5. Riou - 17
5. Sid - 17
8. Tony - 14
9. Stallion - 10
10. Shilo - 9
Forest Village elder - 6
Gadget - 6
Hai Yo - 6
Sigfried - 6
Gabocha - 5
Wakaba - 5
Gengen - 4
Other (Highland soldiers) - 6
Other (Merchants) - 4
Other (Dunan soldiers) - 2
Other (Kobold Village citizens) - 2
Total: 285 lines
(13) Searching for Teresa
(end: leaving Teresa's hideout after her story)
1. Nanami - 106
2. Flik - 91
3. Nina - 54
4. Teresa Wisemail - 33
5. Emilia - 30
6. Fitcher - 25
7. Shu - 20
8. Riou - 17
8. Shin - 17
10. Viktor - 10
Rowd - 7
Pilika - 6
Apple - 3
Mairie - 2
Jeane - 1
Other (Greenhill residents) - 25
Other (Highland soldiers) - 16
Total: 463 lines
(14) The New Commander
(end: Jowy's marriage proposal)
1t. Flik - 28
1t. Teresa Wisemail - 28
3t. Jowy Atreides - 27
3t. Rowd - 27
5. Nina - 20
6. Nanami - 19
7. Yuzu - 15
8. Shin - 11
9. Riou - 10
10. Luca Blight - 8
11. Culgan - 7
11. Seed - 7
Fitcher - 3
Jeane - 2
Pilika - 2
Shu - 2
Other (Greenhill residents) - 14
Other (Highland soldiers) - 2
Total: 232 lines
Total lines so far
1. Nanami - 476 (11.1%)
2. Jowy Atreides - 404 (9.4%)
3. Viktor - 347 (8.1%)
4. Flik - 226 (5.3%)
5. Riou - 223 (5.2%)
6. Fitcher - 142 (3.3%)
7. Apple - 136 (3.2%)
8. Shu - 130 (3.0%)
9. Rowd - 93 (2.2%)
10. Alex - 86 (2.0%)
11. Anabelle - 83 (1.9%)
12. Chaco - 80 (1.9%)
13. Nina - 74 (1.7%)
14. Pilika - 70 (1.6%)
15. Teresa Wisemail - 64 (1.5%)
16. Hix - 61 (1.4%)
17. Makai - 56 (1.3%)
18. Eilie - 55 (1.3%)
19. Luca Blight - 52 (1.2%)
20. Hilda - 47 (1.1%)
21. Ridley Wizen - 44 (1.0%)
22. Rina - 40 (0.9%)
23. Pohl - 39 (0.9%)
24. Bolgan - 38 (0.9%)
25. Freed Yamamoto - 36 (0.8%)
26. Tengaar - 34 (0.8%)
27. Tai Ho - 32 (0.7%)
28. Jess - 31 (0.7%)
29. Richmond - 30 (0.7%)
29. Emilia - 30 (0.7%)
31. Jillia Blight - 28 (0.7%)
31. Kobold Village chief - 28 (0.7%)
31. Shin - 28 (0.7%)
33. Leona - 27 (0.6%)
35. Meg - 26 (0.6%)
Leknaat - 23 (0.5%)
Kahn Marley - 22 (0.5%)
Tsai - 22 (0.5%)
Tuta - 21 (0.5%)
Amada - 21 (0.5%)
Neclord - 19 (0.4%)
Gengen - 19 (0.4%)
Yoshino Yamamoto - 18 (0.4%)
Susu - 18 (0.4%)
Sid - 18 (0.4%)
Templeton - 16 (0.4%)
Solon Jhee - 15 (0.3%)
Yuzu - 15 (0.3%)
Millie - 14 (0.3%)
Granmeyer - 14 (0.3%)
Star Dragon Sword - 14 (0.3%)
Tony - 14 (0.3%)
Clive - 13 (0.3%)
Taki - 13 (0.3%)
Kiba - 13 (0.3%)
Klaus - 13 (0.3%)
Anita - 12 (0.3%)
Seed - 12 (0.3%)
Huan - 11 (0.3%)
Oulan - 11 (0.3%)
Tetsu - 11 (0.3%)
Stallion - 11 (0.3%)
Kinnison - 10 (0.2%)
Rikimaru - 10 (0.2%)
Zamza - 10 (0.2%)
Pete - 10 (0.2%)
Adlai - 10 (0.2%)
Shilo - 10 (0.2%)
Culgan - 10 (0.2%)
Unknown (Riou/Jowy?) - 9 (0.2%)
Gin - 9 (0.2%)
Yam Koo - 9 (0.2%)
Hans - 9 (0.2%)
Shiro - 7 (0.2%)
Elza - 6 (0.1%)
Gorudo - 6 (0.1%)
Barbara - 6 (0.1%)
Gabocha - 6 (0.1%)
Forest Village elder - 6 (0.1%)
Gadget - 6 (0.1%)
Hai Yo - 6 (0.1%)
Sigfried - 6 (0.1%)
Joanna - 5 (0.1%)
Marx - 5 (0.1%)
Camus - 5 (0.1%)
Gilbert - 5 (0.1%)
Gustav - 5 (0.1%)
Miklotov - 5 (0.1%)
Wakaba - 5 (0.1%)
Hanna - 4 (0.1%)
Sheena - 4 (0.1%)
Marcel Atreides - 3 (0.1%)
Luc - 3 (0.1%)
Jeane - 3 (0.1%)
Kage - 2 (0.0%)
Daisy - 2 (0.0%)
Bob - 2 (0.0%)
Mairie - 2 (0.0%)
Marco Atreides - 1 (0.0%)
Hauser - 1 (0.0%)
Gantetsu - 1 (0.0%)
Lebrante - 1 (0.0%)
Other (Highland soldiers) - 53 (1.2%)
Other (Jowston soldiers) - 49 (1.1%)
Other (Officials) - 30 (0.7%)
Other (Greenhill residents) - 25 (0.6%)
Other (Merchants) - 22 (0.5%)
Other (Two River citizens) - 19 (0.4%)
Other (Ryube citizens) - 10 (0.2%)
Other (Thugs) - 8 (0.2%)
Other (Unicorn Brigade) - 7 (0.2%)
Other (Dunan soldiers) - 5 (0.1%)
Other (Jillia’s driver) - 4 (0.1%)
Other (children) - 4 (0.1%)
Other (Radat citizens) - 3 (0.1%)
Other (Shu’s associates) - 2 (0.0%)
Other (Kobold Village citizens) - 2 (0.0%)
Grand total: 4287 lines
Comments:
-Yes, we've just completed the first visit to Greenhill and the game already has more lines than Suikoden 1! Crazy.
-Nanami, Jowy and Viktor all have more lines than any S1 character. Nanami finally passed Jowy for #1 in the Greenhill arc, and is unlikely to relinquish this from here on.
-Riou is looking like a good bet for #4, though it must be noted that many of his lines are very short (and of course, player-chosen), so there's a bit of an asterisk with him.
-Fitcher having that many lines blindsided me, but makes sense.
-Characters who already have more lines than they did in Suikoden 1 include Viktor (despite being #1 in S1 and #3 in this game), Flik, Apple, Hix and Tengaar (despite being optional stars this time).
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Another update, taking us through the big midgame plot revelations (actually well past the game's midway point)
(15) A Knight's Oath
(end: night after returning from Rockaxe, including Leon introduction)
1. Miklotov - 66
2. Futch - 55
3. Kent - 40
4. Camus - 33
5. Gorudo - 32
6. Humphrey - 32
7. Nanami - 30
8. Riou - 19
8. Shu - 19
10. Luca Blight - 14
11. Viki - 11
12. Lucy - 10
13. Leknaat - 8
Flik - 4
Fitcher - 3
Jowy Atreides - 3
Viktor - 3
Leon Silverberg - 2
Apple - 1
Long Chan Chan - 1
Teresa Wisemail - 1
Other (7 Knights) - 12
Other (Muse refugees) - 9
Other (Highway Village residents) - 7
Other (Highland soldiers) - 4
Total: 419 lines
*Kent sets the record for most lines by a character without a portrait (replacing the Kobold Village chief, or Grady among named characters). For those who have forgotten, Kent is the boy whom Futch inspires to search for a dragon.
(16) Old General, New King
(end: Kiba is recruited; includes the recruits who unlock immediately after getting the Level 3 castle)
1. Shu - 33
2. Klaus - 22
3. Viktor - 21
4. Kiba - 20
5. Luca Blight - 19
6. Ayda - 16
7. Badeaux - 12
8. Agares Blight - 11
9. Apple - 9
9. Flik - 9
9. Riou - 9
9. Rowd - 9
Eilie - 6
Connell - 5
Ridley Wizen - 5
Camus - 4
Jillia Blight - 4
Miklotov - 4
Sigfried - 4
Chaco - 3
Fitcher - 3
Jowy Atreides - 3
Feather - 2
Leon Silverberg - 2
Nanami - 2
Teresa Wisemail - 2
Tsai - 2
Bolgan - 1
Other (Forest Village citizens) - 12
Other (Dunan soldiers) - 9
Other (Highland attendants) - 4
Other (Highland soldiers) - 4
Total: 271 lines
(17) The Republic of Toran
(end: meeting Apple in Banner Village)
1. Lepant - 31
2. Sheena - 28
3. Freed Yamamoto - 26
4.Kasumi - 19
5. Riou - 12
5. Varkas - 12
7. Apple - 11
7. Ridley Wizen - 11
7. Shu - 11
10. Hanzo - 9
10. Lebrante - 9
10. Sasuke - 9
Gordon (S2) - 7
Lorelai - 6
Mondo - 6
Viktor - 5
Sarah (S1) - 4
Fitcher - 3
Flik - 3
Grenseal - 3
Ko - 3
Alen - 2
Chaco - 2
Valeria - 2
Eilie - 1
Ellie - 1 (yes, this is a different character from Eilie)
Tesla - 1
Cleo - 1
Lotte - 1
Marie - 1
Other (Radat citizens) - 2
Other (Toran officials) - 2
Other (Dunan soldiers) - 1
Total: 245 lines
-I opted to recruit Kasumi instead of Valeria. If you opt for Valeria, then Kasumi obviously gets way less lines (probably 2) while Valeria gets... actually not many more than she has, since a lot of Kasumi's stuff is specific to her recruiting of the other ninjas.
-This is the first non-sidequest chapter where neither Jowy nor Nanami has a speaking role.
(18) The True Face of Evil
(end: Riou collapses after the defeat of Luca)
1. Luca Blight - 60
2. Shu - 49
3. Nanami - 23
4. Viktor - 19
5. Flik - 17
6. Leon Silverberg - 13
6. Luc - 13
8. Apple - 12
8. Ridley Wizen - 12
10. Kiba - 11
10. Tomo - 11
12. Tsai - 10
13. Nina - 8
13. Sasarai - 8
Klaus - 6
Riou - 5
Jowy Atreides - 4
Bolgan - 2
Kasumi - 2
Leona - 2
Teresa Wisemail - 2
Yuber - 2
Chaco - 1
Eilie - 1
Seed - 1
Other (Highland soldiers) - 10
Other (Dunan soldiers) - 5
Total: 309 lines
(19) The Peace Conference
(end: the reaction to Shu's actions upon returning to the Castle)
1. Nanami - 36
2. Riou - 24
3t. Annallee - 22
3t. Hoi - 22
3t. Jowy Atreides - 22 *
6. Culgan - 21
7. Killey - 20
8. Viktor - 14
9. Teresa Wisemail - 13
10. Shu - 11
11. Chaco - 9
11. Simone Verdricci - 9
Karen - 8
Maximillian - 7
Alex - 6
Leon Silverberg - 6
Flik - 4
Lebrante - 4
Ridley Wizen - 4
Bob - 3
Pilika - 3
Hilda - 2
Jillia Blight - 2
Klaus - 2
Pete - 2
Apple - 1
Bolgan - 1
Kiba - 1
Other (Radat citizens) - 15
Other (Highland soliders) - 10
Other (Kuskus citizens) - 7
Other (Highland attendants) - 5
Other (Merchants) - 4
Total: 320 lines
*His name is technically Jowy Blight now, but I'll keep calling him this because it's easier on my data gathering.
Total lines so far
1. Nanami - 567 (9.8%)
2. Jowy Atreides - 436 (7.5%)
3. Viktor - 409 (7.1%)
4. Riou - 292 (5.0%)
5. Flik - 263 (4.5%)
6. Shu - 253 (4.4%)
7. Apple - 170 (2.9%)
8. Fitcher - 151 (2.6%)
9. Luca Blight - 145 (2.5%)
10. Rowd - 102 (1.8%)
11. Chaco - 95 (1.6%)
12. Alex - 92 (1.6%)
13. Anabelle - 83 (1.4%)
14. Teresa Wisemail - 82 (1.4%)
14. Nina - 82 (1.4%)
16. Ridley Wizen - 76 (1.3%)
17. Miklotov - 75 (1.3%)
18. Pilika - 73 (1.3%)
19. Eilie - 63 (1.1%)
20. Freed Yamamoto - 62 (1.1%)
21. Hix - 61 (1.1%)
22. Makai - 56 (1.0%)
23. Futch - 55 (1.0%)
Hilda - 49 (0.8%)
Kiba - 45 (0.8%)
Klaus - 43 (0.7%)
Camus - 42 (0.7%)
Bolgan - 42 (0.7%)
Rina - 40 (0.7%)
Kent - 40 (0.7%)
Pohl - 39 (0.7%)
Gorudo - 38 (0.7%)
Tsai - 34 (0.6%)
Tengaar - 34 (0.6%)
Jillia Blight - 34 (0.6%)
Tai Ho - 32 (0.6%)
Sheena - 32 (0.6%)
Humphrey - 32 (0.6%)
Lepant - 31 (0.5%)
Leknaat - 31 (0.5%)
Jess - 31 (0.5%)
Culgan - 31 (0.5%)
Richmond - 30 (0.5%)
Emilia - 30 (0.5%)
Leona - 29 (0.5%)
Shin - 28 (0.5%)
Kobold Village chief - 28 (0.5%)
Meg - 26 (0.4%)
Leon Silverberg - 23 (0.4%)
Kahn Marley - 22 (0.4%)
Hoi - 22 (0.4%)
Annallee - 22 (0.4%)
Tuta - 21 (0.4%)
Kasumi - 21 (0.4%)
Amada - 21 (0.4%)
Killey - 20 (0.3%)
Neclord - 19 (0.3%)
Gengen - 19 (0.3%)
Yoshino Yamamoto - 18 (0.3%)
Susu - 18 (0.3%)
Sid - 18 (0.3%)
Templeton - 16 (0.3%)
Luc - 16 (0.3%)
Ayda - 16 (0.3%)
Yuzu - 15 (0.3%)
Solon Jhee - 15 (0.3%)
Tony - 14 (0.2%)
Star Dragon Sword - 14 (0.2%)
Millie - 14 (0.2%)
Lebrante - 14 (0.2%)
Granmeyer - 14 (0.2%)
Taki - 13 (0.2%)
Seed - 13 (0.2%)
Clive - 13 (0.2%)
Varkas - 12 (0.2%)
Pete - 12 (0.2%)
Badeaux - 12 (0.2%)
Anita - 12 (0.2%)
Viki - 11 (0.2%)
Tomo - 11 (0.2%)
Tetsu - 11 (0.2%)
Stallion - 11 (0.2%)
Oulan - 11 (0.2%)
Huan - 11 (0.2%)
Agares Blight - 11 (0.2%)
Zamza - 10 (0.2%)
Sigfried - 10 (0.2%)
Shilo - 10 (0.2%)
Rikimaru - 10 (0.2%)
Lucy - 10 (0.2%)
Kinnison - 10 (0.2%)
Adlai - 10 (0.2%)
Yam Koo - 9 (0.2%)
Unknown (Riou/Jowy?) - 9 (0.2%)
Simone Verdricci - 9 (0.2%)
Sasuke - 9 (0.2%)
Hanzo - 9 (0.2%)
Hans - 9 (0.2%)
Gin - 9 (0.2%)
Sasarai - 8 (0.1%)
Karen - 8 (0.1%)
Shiro - 7 (0.1%)
Maximillian - 7 (0.1%)
Gordon (S2) - 7 (0.1%)
Mondo - 6 (0.1%)
Lorelai - 6 (0.1%)
Hai Yo - 6 (0.1%)
Gadget - 6 (0.1%)
Gabocha - 6 (0.1%)
Forest Village elder - 6 (0.1%)
Elza - 6 (0.1%)
Barbara - 6 (0.1%)
Wakaba - 5 (0.1%)
Marx - 5 (0.1%)
Joanna - 5 (0.1%)
Gustav - 5 (0.1%)
Gilbert - 5 (0.1%)
Connell - 5 (0.1%)
Bob - 5 (0.1%)
Sarah (S1) - 4 (0.1%)
Hanna - 4 (0.1%)
Marcel Atreides - 3 (0.1%)
Ko - 3 (0.1%)
Jeane - 3 (0.1%)
Grenseal - 3 (0.1%)
Yuber - 2 (0.0%)
Valeria - 2 (0.0%)
Mairie - 2 (0.0%)
Kage - 2 (0.0%)
Feather - 2 (0.0%)
Daisy - 2 (0.0%)
Alen - 2 (0.0%)
Tesla - 1 (0.0%)
Marie - 1 (0.0%)
Marco Atreides - 1 (0.0%)
Lotte - 1 (0.0%)
Long Chan Chan - 1 (0.0%)
Hauser - 1 (0.0%)
Gantetsu - 1 (0.0%)
Ellie - 1 (0.0%)
Cleo - 1 (0.0%)
Other (Highland soldiers) - 81 (1.4%)
Other (Jowston soldiers) - 49 (0.8%)
Other (Officials) - 30 (0.5%)
Other (Merchants) - 26 (0.4%)
Other (Greenhill residents) - 25 (0.4%)
Other (Radat citizens) - 20 (0.3%)
Other (Dunan soldiers) - 20 (0.3%)
Other (Two River citizens) - 19 (0.3%)
Other (Matilda Knights) - 12 (0.2%)
Other (Forest Village citizens) - 12 (0.2%)
Other (Ryube citizens) - 10 (0.2%)
Other (Muse refugees) - 9 (0.2%)
Other (Highland attendants) - 9 (0.2%)
Other (Thugs) - 8 (0.1%)
Other (Unicorn Brigade) - 7 (0.1%)
Other (Kuskus citizens) - 7 (0.1%)
Other (Highway Village residents) - 7 (0.1%)
Other (Jillia’s driver) - 4 (0.1%)
Other (children) - 4 (0.1%)
Other (Toran officials) - 2 (0.0%)
Other (Shu’s associates) - 2 (0.0%)
Other (Kobold Village citizens) - 2 (0.0%)
Grand total: 5784 lines
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That's pretty sad...
Suikoden 2: With 50% more Grenseal lines than before!
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(20) Proclamation from a Vampire
(end: the Leknaat scene in Tinto right before the route branch)
1. Koyu - 42
2. Viktor - 28
3. Gustav Pendragon - 27
4. Nanami - 25
5. Jess - 18
6. Gijimu - 16
6. Wakaba - 16
8. Long Chan Chan - 15
9. Marlowe - 12
10. Lilly Pendragon - 9
10. Riou - 9
11. Neclord - 8
Raura - 7
Tenkou - 7
Leknaat - 6
Ridley Wizen - 5
Klaus - 4
Kokto - 3
Shu - 3
Alberto - 2
Apple - 2
Flik - 1
Sierra Mikain - 1
Other (Tinto citizens) - 5
Other (Merchants) - 1
Total: 272 lines
(21a) The Fate of the Moon Rune
(end: retiring for the night after returning from Tinto)
This is the version of this chapter where you stay and fight Neclord. If you run instead, you get less Sierra and Ridley (because he dead), but more Nanami, Shu, and Georg, among I'm sure many other changes. I may look into counting lines from the alternate route later.
1. Viktor - 60
2. Nanami - 46
3. Sierra Mikain - 41
4. Neclord - 30
5. Jess - 23
5. Kahn Marley - 23
7. Gustav Pendragon - 17
7. Klaus - 17
9. Hauser - 10
9. Riou - 10
11. Shu - 8
12. Sheena - 7
13. Ridley Wizen - 6
Apple - 5
Gijimu - 4
Jowy Atreides - 4
Lilly Pendragon - 4
Lo Wen - 4
Star Dragon Sword - 4
Mazus - 3
Koyu - 2
Leona - 1
Marlowe - 1
Pilika - 1
Teresa Wisemail - 1
Other (Tigermouth citizens) - 6
Other (Tinto citizens) - 3
Total: 341 lines
(22) Liberating Greenhill
(end: leaving the city)
Also includes the McDohl sidequest.
1. Gremio - 36
2. Riou - 24
3. Teresa Wisemail - 19
4. Flik - 17
4. Ko - 17
6. Lucia - 16
7. Nina - 15
8. Cleo - 10
8. Lepant - 10
10. Apple - 9
10. Georg Prime - 9
12. Shu - 8
Pahn - 6
Tsai - 6
Varkas - 6
Chaco - 5
Freed Yamamoto - 5
Gantetsu - 5
Gordon (S2) - 5
Kiba - 5
Leona - 5
Tomo - 5
Yuber - 5
Eileen - 4
Eilie - 4
Klaus - 4
Gengen - 4
Shin - 4
Yoshino Yamamoto - 4
Bolgan - 3
Ellie - 3 (again, this is not Eilie)
Gabocha - 3
Viktor - 3
Coates - 2
Liukan - 2
Nanami - 2
Rina - 2
Fitcher - 1
Marie - 1
Sarah (S1) - 1
Other (Thugs) - 21
Other (Dunan soldiers) - 15
Other (Greenhill residents) - 6
Other (Banner Village citizens) - 2
Total: 339 lines
Gremio finally gets the most lines in a chapter after never doing so in Suikoden 1, go figure. Very balanced otherwise.
(23) The Cruelty of War
(end: the medical room scene)
1. Shu - 57
2. Nanami - 47
3. Jowy Atreides - 39
4. Viktor - 37
5. Apple - 21
5. Klaus - 21
7. Riou - 20
8. Kiba - 19
9. Flik - 16
Tessai - 10
Culgan - 9
Simone Verdricci - 9
Star Dragon Sword - 9
Vincent de Boule - 9
Leknaat - 8
Mairie - 8
Pico - 8
Genshu - 7
Jude - 7
Lucia - 7
Huan - 6
Luc - 6
Mazus - 6
Alberto - 5
Gorudo - 5
Hauser - 5
Pesmerga - 5
Seed - 5
Teresa Wisemail - 5
Beecham - 4 (listed as Karaya Soldier, but Lucia does call him by name)
Eilie - 4
Fitcher - 3
Ridley Wizen - 3
Bolgan - 2
Chaco - 2
Rina - 2
Tsai - 2
Alex - 1
Barbara - 1
Freed Yamamoto - 1
Gengen - 1
Hilda - 1
Leona - 1
Miklotov - 1
Shin - 1
Tai Ho - 1
Yam Koo - 1
Yuber - 1
Other (Dunan soldiers) - 12
Other (Matilda Knights) - 6
Total: 467 lines
(24) Dreams of Nations
(includes the "best" ending)
1. Jowy Atreides - 68
2. Shu - 61
3. Apple - 28
4. Leon Silverberg - 22
5. Riou - 17
5. Teresa Wisemail - 17
7. Flik - 16
7. Han Cunningham - 16
9. Viktor - 14
10. Culgan - 13
10. Nanami - 13
10. Seed - 13
13. Jillia Blight - 12
14. Lucia - 10
15. Eilie - 9
16. Leknaat - 8
16. Pilika - 8
Chaco - 4
Bolgan - 2
Camus - 2
Gustav Pendragon - 2
Huan - 2
Jess - 2
Makai - 2
Miklotov - 2
Ridley Wizen - 2
Tsai - 2
Amada - 1
Beecham - 1
Fitcher - 1
Freed Yamamoto - 1
Hauser - 1
Klaus - 1
Leona - 1
Meg - 1
Rina - 1
Shin - 1
Viki - 1
Yuber - 1
Other (Highland attendants) - 2
Other (Dunan soldiers) - 1
Total: 382 lines
GRAND TOTAL
1. Nanami - 700 (9.5%)
2. Viktor - 551 (7.5%)
3. Jowy Atreides - 547 (7.4%)
4. Shu - 390 (5.3%)
5. Riou - 372 (5.0%)
6. Flik - 313 (4.2%)
7. Apple - 235 (3.2%)
8. Fitcher - 156 (2.1%)
9. Luca Blight - 145 (2.0%)
10. Teresa Wisemail - 124 (1.7%)
11. Chaco - 106 (1.4%)
12. Rowd - 102 (1.4%)
13. Nina - 97 (1.3%)
14. Alex - 93 (1.3%)
15. Ridley Wizen - 92 (1.2%)
16. Klaus - 90 (1.2%)
17. Anabelle - 83 (1.1%)
18. Pilika - 82 (1.1%)
19. Eilie - 80 (1.1%)
20. Miklotov - 78 (1.1%)
21. Jess - 74 (1.0%)
22. Kiba - 69 (0.9%)
22. Freed Yamamoto - 69 (0.9%)
24. Hix - 61 (0.8%)
25. Makai - 58 (0.8%)
26. Neclord - 57 (0.8%)
27. Futch - 55 (0.7%)
28. Leknaat - 53 (0.7%)
28. Culgan - 53 (0.7%)
30. Gustav Pendragon - 51 (0.7%)
31. Hilda - 50 (0.7%)
32. Bolgan - 49 (0.7%)
Jillia Blight - 46 (0.6%)
Kahn Marley - 45 (0.6%)
Rina - 45 (0.6%)
Leon Silverberg - 45 (0.6%)
Koyu - 44 (0.6%)
Camus - 44 (0.6%)
Tsai - 44 (0.6%)
Gorudo - 43 (0.6%)
Sierra Mikain - 42 (0.6%)
Lepant - 41 (0.6%)
Kent - 40 (0.5%)
Pohl - 39 (0.5%)
Sheena - 39 (0.5%)
Leona - 37 (0.5%)
Gremio - 36 (0.5%)
Tengaar - 34 (0.5%)
Shin - 34 (0.5%)
Tai Ho - 33 (0.4%)
Lucia - 33 (0.4%)
Humphrey - 32 (0.4%)
Seed - 31 (0.4%)
Richmond - 30 (0.4%)
Emilia - 30 (0.4%)
Kobold Village chief - 28 (0.4%)
Star Dragon Sword - 27 (0.4%)
Meg - 27 (0.4%)
Gengen - 24 (0.3%)
Hoi - 22 (0.3%)
Annallee - 22 (0.3%)
Yoshino Yamamoto - 22 (0.3%)
Luc - 22 (0.3%)
Amada - 22 (0.3%)
Tuta - 21 (0.3%)
Kasumi - 21 (0.3%)
Wakaba - 21 (0.3%)
Killey - 20 (0.3%)
Gijimu - 20 (0.3%)
Ko - 20 (0.3%)
Huan - 19 (0.3%)
Susu - 18 (0.2%)
Sid - 18 (0.2%)
Varkas - 18 (0.2%)
Simone Verdricci - 18 (0.2%)
Hauser - 17 (0.2%)
Templeton - 16 (0.2%)
Ayda - 16 (0.2%)
Long Chan Chan - 16 (0.2%)
Tomo - 16 (0.2%)
Han Cunningham - 16 (0.2%)
Yuzu - 15 (0.2%)
Solon Jhee - 15 (0.2%)
Tony - 14 (0.2%)
Millie - 14 (0.2%)
Lebrante - 14 (0.2%)
Granmeyer - 14 (0.2%)
Taki - 13 (0.2%)
Clive - 13 (0.2%)
Marlowe - 13 (0.2%)
Lilly Pendragon - 13 (0.2%)
Pete - 12 (0.2%)
Badeaux - 12 (0.2%)
Anita - 12 (0.2%)
Gordon (S2) - 12 (0.2%)
Viki - 12 (0.2%)
Tetsu - 11 (0.1%)
Stallion - 11 (0.1%)
Oulan - 11 (0.1%)
Agares Blight - 11 (0.1%)
Cleo - 11 (0.1%)
Zamza - 10 (0.1%)
Sigfried - 10 (0.1%)
Shilo - 10 (0.1%)
Rikimaru - 10 (0.1%)
Lucy - 10 (0.1%)
Kinnison - 10 (0.1%)
Adlai - 10 (0.1%)
Yam Koo - 10 (0.1%)
Mairie - 10 (0.1%)
Tessai - 10 (0.1%)
Unknown (Riou/Jowy?) - 9 (0.1%)
Sasuke - 9 (0.1%)
Hanzo - 9 (0.1%)
Hans - 9 (0.1%)
Gin - 9 (0.1%)
Gabocha - 9 (0.1%)
Georg Prime - 9 (0.1%)
Mazus - 9 (0.1%)
Vincent de Boule - 9 (0.1%)
Yuber - 9 (0.1%)
Sasarai - 8 (0.1%)
Karen - 8 (0.1%)
Pico - 8 (0.1%)
Shiro - 7 (0.1%)
Maximillian - 7 (0.1%)
Raura - 7 (0.1%)
Tenkou - 7 (0.1%)
Barbara - 7 (0.1%)
Alberto - 7 (0.1%)
Genshu - 7 (0.1%)
Jude - 7 (0.1%)
Mondo - 6 (0.1%)
Lorelai - 6 (0.1%)
Hai Yo - 6 (0.1%)
Gadget - 6 (0.1%)
Forest Village elder - 6 (0.1%)
Elza - 6 (0.1%)
Gantetsu - 6 (0.1%)
Pahn - 6 (0.1%)
Marx - 5 (0.1%)
Joanna - 5 (0.1%)
Gilbert - 5 (0.1%)
Connell - 5 (0.1%)
Bob - 5 (0.1%)
Sarah (S1) - 5 (0.1%)
Pesmerga - 5 (0.1%)
Beecham - 5 (0.1%)
Hanna - 4 (0.1%)
Lo Wen - 4 (0.1%)
Ellie - 4 (0.1%)
Eileen - 4 (0.1%)
Marcel Atreides - 3 (0.0%)
Jeane - 3 (0.0%)
Grenseal - 3 (0.0%)
Kokto - 3 (0.0%)
Valeria - 2 (0.0%)
Kage - 2 (0.0%)
Feather - 2 (0.0%)
Daisy - 2 (0.0%)
Alen - 2 (0.0%)
Marie - 2 (0.0%)
Coates - 2 (0.0%)
Liukan - 2 (0.0%)
Tesla - 1 (0.0%)
Marco Atreides - 1 (0.0%)
Lotte - 1 (0.0%)
Other (Highland soldiers) - 81 (1.1%)
Other (Jowston soldiers) - 49 (0.7%)
Other (Dunan soldiers) - 48 (0.7%)
Other (Greenhill residents) - 31 (0.4%)
Other (Officials) - 30 (0.4%)
Other (Thugs) - 29 (0.4%)
Other (Merchants) - 27 (0.4%)
Other (Radat citizens) - 20 (0.3%)
Other (Two River citizens) - 19 (0.3%)
Other (Matilda Knights) - 18 (0.2%)
Other (Forest Village citizens) - 12 (0.2%)
Other (Highland attendants) - 11 (0.1%)
Other (Ryube citizens) - 10 (0.1%)
Other (Muse refugees) - 9 (0.1%)
Other (Tinto citizens) - 8 (0.1%)
Other (Unicorn Brigade) - 7 (0.1%)
Other (Kuskus citizens) - 7 (0.1%)
Other (Highway Village residents) - 7 (0.1%)
Other (Tigermouth citizens) - 6 (0.1%)
Other (Jillia’s driver) - 4 (0.1%)
Other (children) - 4 (0.1%)
Other (Toran officials) - 2 (0.0%)
Other (Shu’s associates) - 2 (0.0%)
Other (Kobold Village citizens) - 2 (0.0%)
Other (Banner Village citizens) - 2 (0.0%)
Grand total: 7377 lines
Chapters in which characters had the most lines:
1. Nanami: 5
2. Jowy: 4
3. Viktor: 3
4. Fitcher, Shu: 2 each
Apple, Hix, Miklotov, Lepant, Luca, Koyu, Gremio: 1 each
Flik, Teresa: Tied for 1
Final thoughts on Suikoden 2:
-So hey, this game was even longer than I realized. It's not twice the length of S1 by playtime (at least for me), but it is just shy of double the line count. Definitely a very line-dense game! It also has more lines than XF despite being much shorter, but not having big SPRG maps obviously counts for a lot there.
-Once we adjust the numbers for the higher totals, most of my predictions were basically spot on: Nanami #1 at roughly 10% of the total, Viktor/Jowy/Shu follow (though Shu didn't end up close to the other two), Flik/Apple after them, nobody else over 200... except...
-Yeah, my big miss was Riou, who was in #4 until Shu's late charge. Did you know he gets like four times the dialog prompts Tir did? I had no idea. For me this was revealing because it drove home how little I care about these sorts of dialog options, which is probably why silent mains just don't click with me.
-Also on the note of Riou, it really should be noted that this analysis overrates the actual total volume of text he has, since his average dialog snippet contains fewer words than those of other characters (usually taking up only one line on the screen). Same with Tir.
-The other characters who surprised me a bit were Fitcher and Alex, who definitely are more talkative than they are memorable.
-Viktor has 881 lines total between the two games, easily beating out Nanami's 700 for most total lines by any character in the series so far. With how S3 and S5 distribute their line total, I have a hard time imagining any other character displacing Viktor for this title within the series.
-Other notable combined totals are Flik's 475 (#4 total so far), Gremio's 304 (#7), Apple's 241 (#9), and Cleo's 214 (#10).
-Most characters who appear in both S1 and S2 have more lines in S2 (if they are a star of destiny in S2, at least), though there are a few exceptions: Tai Ho, Humphrey, Kasumi, Valeria, Max, and Vincent. Stallion has 11 lines in both games.
-And as Sopko observed, a couple non-stars in S2 have more lines than they did as stars in S1 (Grenseal and Leon Silverburg).
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If anything i’d Say Tir had a stronger character than Riou, albeit that’s probably intentional to some degree (Riou’s thing is being torn between the much stronger personalities of Nanami and Jowy). Although part of that is also that Riou was much more overtly a figurehead while Tir was generally shown deference by his supporting cast.
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I have started Suikoden 3 (intending to do Hugo's chapter 4-5 since they seem the most canon, but I'll probably use YouTube to add the Chris True Water scene at least), so here are my early predictions!
-This game is gonna be long. 9000 lines is my guess. We've got 14 chapters and each one averaging 600-700 lines sounds right off the top of my head.
-Hugo, Chris, Geddoe, Thomas, Ace, and Sgt. Joe have the most lines, in some order. Hugo and Chris at the top most likely. I doubt either reaches Nanami, but 500+ is certainly in reach. The rest of the picks here are pretty obvious, main characters are almost always on screen and actually talk without prompting in this game (although the game certainly has its share of prompts!). Joe is ever-present in Hugo's arc (in contrast with say Chris's supporting cast, which is constantly changing) and Ace is super-chatty in Geddoe's, I will not be surprised if he has more lines than Geddoe even. The top ten will probably be rounded out by some combination of Queen, Joker, Luc, Sarah, Cecile, and Nash. I'm leery about picking Salome, Lucia, Caesar, or Apple for this, as they're the exact type of characters I've kneejerk overestimated in the past.
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Suikoden 3 is less linear than the previous games, and the line count will vary based on which main recruits which characters. I'm following Dan Crenshaw's guide on GameFAQs for who to recruit when, with two exceptions: I recruited Sanae with Hugo (by accident) and Kenji with Chris (since he never showed up in Thomas's chapter for me).
This first post will include all the chapters 1-3 (including Thomas).
Hugo Chapter 1
1. Hugo - 142
2. Sgt Joe - 132
3. Lulu - 95
4. Alanis - 72
5. Melville - 57
6. Elliot - 50
7. Guillaume - 28
8t. Fubar - 19
8t. Jimba - 19
8t. Lucia - 19
11. Leo - 18
12t. Luce - 12
14. Percival - 10
15. Lightfellow butler - 9
Chris - 7
Fred - 7
Salome - 5
Louis - 4
Roland - 4
Rico - 3
Anne - 2
Aila - 1
Augustine - 1
Beecham - 1
Belle - 1
Borus - 1
Dominic - 1
Nei - 1
Jeane - 1
Shabon - 1
Other (Zexen official) - 12
Other (Zexen soldiers) - 11
Other (Bandits) - 6
Other (Zexen citizens) - 3
Other (Karayans) - 2
Total: 757 lines
Notes: The Alanis/Melville sidequest contributes roughly one third of the lines in this chapter.
Chris Chapter 1
1. Chris - 138
2. Salome - 52
3. Borus - 43
4. Louis - 29
5t. Dupa - 18
5t. Roland - 18
7. Hugo - 10
8. Fred - 9
Leo - 7
Lightfellow butler - 7
Lucia - 6
Percival - 5
Rico - 5
Beecham - 3
Lulu - 2
Alanis - 1
Augustine - 1
Belle - 1
Dominic - 1
Elliot - 1
Jeane - 1
Melville - 1
Nei - 1
Sana - 1
Sgt Joe - 1
Shabon - 1
Toppo - 1
Other (Zexen Council) - 35
Other (Zexen soldiers) - 7
Other (Zexen official) - 5
Total: 411 lines
Notes: I was surprised at how much shorter this chapter was than the other Chapter 1's! That said Chris has a huge line total anyway.
Geddoe Chapter 1
1. Ace - 126
2. Geddoe - 90
3. Queen - 61
4. Joker - 56
5. Aila - 33
6. Shiba - 29
7. Jacques - 17
8. Scott - 16
9. Sarah - 15
10. Peggi - 13
11t. Dominic - 12
11t. Duke - 12
11t. Jimba - 12
14. Ernie - 10
15t. Borus - 9
15t. Mike - 9
15t. Thomas - 9
Martha - 7
Elaine - 6
Waurenhyte - 6
Cecile - 4
Jeane - 4
Nicolas - 3
Zepon - 3
Luce - 2
Yuber - 2
Alanis - 1
Albert - 1
Augustine - 1
Bazba - 1
Beecham - 1
Dupa - 1
Elliot - 1
Gau - 1
Lucia - 1
Melville - 1
Nei - 1
Roland - 1
Shabon - 1
Unknown - 8
Other (Lizard Clan) - 5
Other (Zexen soldiers) - 2
Other (Karayans) - 1
Total: 595 lines
Notes: The "unknowns" are all from Geddoe's prologue; a scene later in the game reveals to whom the lines actually belong.Ace was actually leading by a large margin before the recruiting which occurs in the later stages of the chapter (recruitment scenes are typically between the PoV character and whoever is being recruited), though Geddoe was still #2 before this push. Jeane's recruitment scene is far shorter than the others so far.
Thomas Chapter 1
1. Thomas - 255
2. Cecile - 137
3. Sebastian - 81
4. Juan - 38
5. Martha - 31
6. Piccolo - 30
7. Mel - 22
8t. Augustine - 21
8t. Shizu - 21
10. Muto - 16
11t. Salome - 12
11t. Thomas (Nor village)'s mother - 12
11t. Twaikin - 12
14t. Borus - 9
14t. Eike - 9
16. Thomas (Nor village) - 8
17. Percival - 7
Gordon - 5
Leo - 5
Roland - 3
Ace - 2
Chris - 2
Koroku - 2
Joker - 1
Louis - 1
Luce - 1
Lucia - 1
Queen - 1
Other (Zexen Council) - 7
Other (Lizard Clan) - 4
Other (Zexen soldiers) - 1
Total: 757 lines
Notes: The Zexen Councillour with lines in this chapter is, of course, Thomas's father (later established to be named Lowma). Also, Mel's count includes those attributed to Branky.
Chris Chapter 2
1. Chris - 207
2. Salome - 65
3. Percival - 48
4. Nash - 45
5. Louis - 35
6. Borus - 28
7. Leo - 21
8t. Ayame - 18
8t. Thomas - 18
10t. Roland - 15
10t. Tuta - 15
10t. Watari - 15
13. Jimba - 13
14t. Gordon - 12
14t. Lucia - 12
14t. Nei - 12
Alanis - 10
Cecile - 10
Melville - 10
Elliot - 9
Mio - 9
Dupa - 7
Guillaume - 6
Sebastian - 5
Shiba - 5
Lightfellow butler - 4
Percival's mother - 3
Shabon - 3
Barts - 1
Beecham - 1
Toppo - 1
Other (Zexen soldiers) - 6
Other (Lizard Clan) - 4
Other (Zexen citizens) - 2
Total: 675 lines
Hugo Chapter 2
1. Lilly - 111
2. Sgt Joe - 72
3. Hugo - 71
4. Jimba - 33
5. Reed - 26
6. Lucia - 25
7. Dupa - 21
8. Luce - 18
9. Samus - 16
10. Yuber - 9
11t. Albert - 8
11t. Chris - 8
Flame Champion - 6
Anne - 5
Luc - 4
Sarah - 4
Fubar - 3
Shiba - 3
Wilder - 3
Rhett - 2
Bazba - 1
Beecham - 1
Kidd - 1
Leo - 1
Other (Fire Bringer) - 8
Other (Ducks) - 3
Other (Lizard Clan) - 1
Total: 464 lines
Geddoe Chapter 2
1. Ace - 75
2. Geddoe - 68
3. Aila - 49
4. Iku - 47
5. Luc - 45
6. Franz - 39
7. Queen - 38
8. Joker - 35
9. Edge - 13
10. Sarah - 11
Nadir - 10
Jacques - 8
Albert - 7
Duke - 7
Star Dragon Sword - 5
Elaine - 3
Sasarai - 2
Flame Champion - 1
Gau - 1
Other (Caleria residents) - 8
Other (Mantor legionnaires) - 8
Other (Le Buque residents) - 3
Total: 481 lines
Thomas Chapter 2
1. Thomas - 168
2. Cecile - 78
3. Sebastian - 53
4t. Caesar - 47
4t. Juan - 47
6. Leo - 29
7. Muto - 27
8. Percival - 24
9. Martha - 23
10t. Eike - 12
10t. Piccolo - 12
12. Apple - 9
Hugo - 5
Sgt Joe - 5
Lilly - 1
Queen - 1
Other (Zexen Council) - 74
Other (Zexen soldiers) - 27
Total: 642 lines
Note: Seven of the Zexen Council lines are those of Thomas's father, Lowma. The other 67 are from Councillor Durabum, who is only named once. Both councillors had lines in Chris Chapter 1 as well, though I didn't count how many then. Durabum has more lines in Geddoe 3 and Hugo 3 as well. I should perhaps have tried to count him separately, since he actually has around 100 lines overall...
Geddoe Chapter 3
1. Ace - 77
2. Joker - 53
3. Geddoe - 51
4. Queen - 40
5. Aila - 39
6. Salome - 35
7. Duke - 18
8. Jacques - 15
9. Percival - 14
10t. Borus - 12
10t. Eike - 12
Leo - 9
Cecile - 8
Jimba - 6
Thomas - 6
Elaine - 5
Juan - 5
Gau - 4
Sebastian - 4
Muto - 3
Louis - 1
Nicolas - 1
Piccolo - 1
Sana - 1
Other (Zexen soldiers) - 10
Other (Zexen Council) - 7
Total: 437 lines
Hugo Chapter 3
1. Hugo - 267
2. Sgt Joe - 101
3. Caesar - 67
4. Thomas - 54
5. Kidd - 44
6. Apple - 40
7. Sana - 31
8. Lilly - 30
9. Belle - 27
10. Sebastian - 25
11. Goro - 23
12t. Cecile - 22
12t. Sasarai - 22
14t. Billy - 21
14t. Dios - 21
14t. Mua - 21
17. Hallec - 20
Alanis - 18
Arthur - 18
Hortez VII - 17
Guillaume - 15
Melville - 15
Emily - 14
Howard - 12
Kathy - 12
Elliot - 11
Luce - 11
Gadget Z - 10
Mamie - 10
Sanae - 10
Yuber - 8
Jonathan - 7
Lucia - 7
Reed - 7
Samus - 7
Piccolo - 6
Juan - 5
Albert - 4
Martha - 4
Leo - 3
Roland - 3
Anne - 1
Borus - 1
Chris - 1
Fubar - 1
Nash - 1
Rhett - 1
Wilder - 1
Other (Ducks) - 23
Other (Zexen Council) - 20
Other (Zexen soldiers) - 17
Other (Harmonian soldiers) - 7
Other (Lizard Clan) - 5
Other (Caleria residents) - 2
Other (Mantor legionnaires) - 2
Other (Chisa residents) - 1
Total: 1154 lines
Notes: This chapter is huge, in part because it's where Hugo does all his recruiting (but it'd be big even if you do none). Kidd's recruitment is over 100 lines by itself!
Chris Chapter 3
1. Chris - 204
2. Yun - 101
3. Nash - 77
4. Fred - 50
5. Yuiri - 47
6. Caesar - 45
7. Wilder - 25
8. Yumi - 24
9. Sana - 22
10. Rhett - 21
11. Rico - 19
12. Apple - 18
13. Barts - 17
Franz - 14
Nadir - 14
Kenji - 13
Rody - 12
Estella - 11
Dios - 10
Hugo - 10
Wan Fu - 10
Yuber - 10
Sgt Joe - 9
Sasarai - 4
Luc - 3
Albert - 1
Flame Champion - 1
Hallec - 1
Mua - 1
Sarah - 1
Unknown - 2
Other (Chisha residents) - 6
Other (Harmonian soldiers) - 4
Other (Mantor legionnaires) - 4
Other (Fire Bringer) - 3
Other (Alma Kinan villagers) - 1
Other (Ducks) - 1
Total: 816 lines
Notes: Another long chapter. The two unknowns are almost certainly Geddoe and Jimba/Wyatt, but are not credited as such at this time. Yun continues the proud Suikoden tradition of "characters who are about to die/leave the party speak a lot".
Total lines so far
1. Chris - 567 (7.9%)
2. Thomas - 510 (7.1%)
3. Hugo - 505 (7.0%)
4. Sgt Joe - 320 (4.5%)
5. Ace - 280 (3.9%)
6. Cecile - 259 (3.6%)
7. Geddoe - 209 (2.9%)
8. Salome - 169 (2.4%)
9. Sebastian - 168 (2.3%)
10. Caesar - 159 (2.2%)
11. Joker - 145 (2.0%)
12. Lilly - 142 (2.0%)
13. Queen - 141 (2.0%)
14. Nash - 123 (1.7%)
15. Aila - 122 (1.7%)
16. Percival - 108 (1.5%)
17. Borus - 103 (1.4%)
18. Alanis - 102 (1.4%)
19. Yun - 101 (1.4%)
20. Lulu - 97 (1.3%)
21. Juan - 95 (1.3%)
22. Leo - 93 (1.3%)
23. Melville - 84 (1.2%)
24. Jimba - 83 (1.2%)
25. Elliot - 72 (1.0%)
26. Lucia - 71 (1.0%)
27. Louis - 70 (1.0%)
28. Apple - 67 (0.9%)
29. Fred - 66 (0.9%)
30. Martha - 65 (0.9%)
31. Sana - 55 (0.8%)
32. Franz - 53 (0.7%)
33. Luc - 50 (0.7%)
34. Guillaume - 49 (0.7%)
35. Piccolo - 49 (0.7%)
36t. Dupa - 47 (0.7%)
36t. Iku - 47 (0.7%)
36t. Yuiri - 47 (0.7%)
39. Muto - 46 (0.6%)
40. Kidd - 45 (0.6%)
41t. Luce - 44 (0.6%)
41t. Roland - 44 (0.6%)
43. Jacques - 40 (0.6%)
44t. Duke - 37 (0.5%)
44t. Shiba - 37 (0.5%)
Reed - 33 (0.5%)
Eike - 33 (0.5%)
Sarah - 31 (0.4%)
Dios - 31 (0.4%)
Belle - 29 (0.4%)
Yuber - 29 (0.4%)
Wilder - 29 (0.4%)
Sasarai - 28 (0.4%)
Rico - 27 (0.4%)
Augustine - 24 (0.3%)
Nadir - 24 (0.3%)
Rhett - 24 (0.3%)
Yumi - 24 (0.3%)
Goro - 23 (0.3%)
Samus - 23 (0.3%)
Fubar - 23 (0.3%)
Mel - 22 (0.3%)
Mua - 22 (0.3%)
Billy - 21 (0.3%)
Shizu - 21 (0.3%)
Hallec - 21 (0.3%)
Albert - 21 (0.3%)
Lightfellow butler - 20 (0.3%)
Arthur - 18 (0.3%)
Ayame - 18 (0.3%)
Barts - 18 (0.3%)
Hortez VII - 17 (0.2%)
Gordon - 17 (0.2%)
Scott - 16 (0.2%)
Tuta - 15 (0.2%)
Watari - 15 (0.2%)
Nei - 15 (0.2%)
Emily - 14 (0.2%)
Dominic - 14 (0.2%)
Elaine - 14 (0.2%)
Edge - 13 (0.2%)
Peggi - 13 (0.2%)
Kenji - 13 (0.2%)
Howard - 12 (0.2%)
Kathy - 12 (0.2%)
Thomas (Nor)'s mother - 12 (0.2%)
Twaikin - 12 (0.2%)
Rody - 12 (0.2%)
Estella - 11 (0.2%)
Gadget Z - 10 (0.1%)
Mamie - 10 (0.1%)
Sanae - 10 (0.1%)
Ernie - 10 (0.1%)
Unknown - 10 (0.1%)
Wan Fu - 10 (0.1%)
Mio - 9 (0.1%)
Mike - 9 (0.1%)
Anne - 8 (0.1%)
Thomas (Nor) - 8 (0.1%)
Flame Champion - 8 (0.1%)
Jonathan - 7 (0.1%)
Beecham - 7 (0.1%)
Shabon - 6 (0.1%)
Jeane - 6 (0.1%)
Waurenhyte - 6 (0.1%)
Gau - 6 (0.1%)
Star Dragon Sword - 5 (0.1%)
Nicolas - 4 (0.1%)
Percival's mother - 3 (0.0%)
Zepon - 3 (0.0%)
Toppo - 2 (0.0%)
Koroku - 2 (0.0%)
Bazba - 2 (0.0%)
Other (Zexen Council) - 143 (2.0%)
Other (Zexen soldiers) - 81 (1.1%)
Other (Ducks) - 27 (0.4%)
Other (Lizard Clan) - 19 (0.3%)
Other (Zexen official) - 17 (0.2%)
Other (Mantor legionnaires) - 14 (0.2%)
Other (Fire Bringer) - 11 (0.2%)
Other (Harmonian soldiers) - 11 (0.2%)
Other (Caleria residents) - 10 (0.1%)
Other (Chisha residents) - 7 (0.1%)
Other (Bandits) - 6 (0.1%)
Other (Zexen citizens) - 5 (0.1%)
Other (Le Buque residents) - 3 (0.0%)
Other (Karayans) - 3 (0.0%)
Other (Alma Kinan villagers) - 1 (0.0%)
Grand total: 7189 lines (almost equal to S2 already!)
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Hugo Chapter 4
1. Hugo - 142
2. Sgt Joe - 43
3. Caesar - 39
4. Chris - 38
5t. Lucia - 35
5t. Sana - 35
7. Dupa - 32
8. Jimba - 26
9. Viki - 24
10. Salome - 22
11. Luc - 21
12. Sarah - 19
13. Apple - 17
14. Jefferson - 16
15. Lilly - 14
16t. Thomas - 13
16t. Viki (Little) - 13
18. Flame Champion - 12
19t. Albert - 11
19t. Yuber - 11
21. Tuta - 10
Cecile - 7
Aila - 6
Bazba - 6
Beecham - 6
Sasarai - 6
Yun - 6
Dios - 5
Mio - 5
Percival - 5
Juan - 4
Reed - 4
Geddoe - 3
Hallec - 3
Mua - 3
Samus - 3
Sebastian - 2
Ace - 1
Borus - 1
Franz - 1
Fubar - 1
Louis - 1
Nash - 1
Piccolo - 1
Rhett - 1
Wilder - 1
Other (Zexen soldiers) - 6
Other (Lizard Clan) - 5
Other (Karayans) - 4
Other (Ducks) - 3
Other (Fire Bringer) - 3
Other (Harmonian soldiers) - 2
Other (Chisha residents) - 1
Other (Mantor legionnaires) - 1
Total: 701 lines
Hugo Chapter 5
1. Hugo - 122
2. Luc - 101
3. Chris - 72
4. Caesar - 68
5. Geddoe - 61
6. Sgt Joe - 42
7. Sarah - 41
8. Apple - 38
9. Franz - 37
10t. Ace - 36
10t. Sasarai - 36
12. Lucia - 34
13. Salome - 32
14. Queen - 26
15. Futch - 25
16. Joker - 24
17. Cecile - 22
18. Aila - 20
19. Borus - 19
20. Yuber - 18
21. Albert - 16
22. Dios - 15
23. Nash - 14
24. Sharon - 13
25. Thomas - 12
Dupa - 9
Fred - 9
Roland - 9
Percival - 8
Rico - 8
Wilder - 8
Yuiri - 8
Iku - 7
Duke - 6
Rhett - 6
Jacques - 5
Louis - 5
Sebastian - 4
Beecham - 3
Elaine - 3
Leo - 3
Fubar - 2
Bright - 1
Gau - 1
Hallec - 1
Mua - 1
Nicolas - 1
Yumi - 1
Other (Le Buque residents) - 13
Other (Zexen soldiers) - 7
Other (Mantor legionnaires) - 2
Notes: 16 of Sarah's lines are as "Yumi", just like a number of her lines in Geddoe Chapter 1 are as "Chris" (in both cases, I counted all the lines towards Sarah's total). The Mantor legionnaire who appears here is named Rick.
Luc Chapter
1. Luc - 200
2. Sarah - 97
3. Yuber - 57
4. Albert - 50
5. Sasarai - 27
6. Hugo - 24
7. Jimba - 19
8. Leknaat - 14
9. Franz - 13
10. Geddoe - 12
11. Nash - 11
Dios - 7
Cecile - 6
Thomas - 6
Caesar - 5
Chris - 5
Sgt Joe - 5
Shiba - 3
Yuiri - 3
Ace - 2
Edge - 2
Iku - 2
Joker - 2
Sana - 2
Fred - 1
Lilly - 1
Queen - 1
Other (Karayans) - 10
Other (Le Buque residents) - 2
Other (Lizard Clan) - 2
Other (Zexen soldiers) - 2
Total: 593 lines
GRAND TOTAL
(Chris as Flame Champion: ~840)
1. Hugo - 793 (8.3%)
2. Chris - 682 (7.1%)
3. Thomas - 541 (5.7%)
(Geddoe as Flame Champion: ~480)
4. Sgt Joe - 410 (4.3%)
5. Luc - 372 (3.9%)
6. Ace - 319 (3.3%)
7. Cecile - 294 (3.1%)
8. Geddoe - 285 (3.0%)
9. Caesar - 271 (2.8%)
10. Salome - 223 (2.3%)
11. Sarah - 188 (2.0%)
12. Sebastian - 174 (1.8%)
13. Joker - 171 (1.8%)
14. Queen - 168 (1.8%)
15. Lilly - 157 (1.6%)
16. Nash - 149 (1.6%)
17. Aila - 148 (1.5%)
18. Lucia - 140 (1.5%)
19. Jimba - 128 (1.3%)
20. Borus - 123 (1.3%)
21. Apple - 122 (1.3%)
22. Percival - 121 (1.3%)
23. Yuber - 115 (1.2%)
24. Yun - 107 (1.1%)
25. Franz - 104 (1.1%)
26. Alanis - 102 (1.1%)
27. Juan - 99 (1.0%)
28. Albert - 98 (1.0%)
29t. Lulu - 97 (1.0%)
29t. Sasarai - 97 (1.0%)
31. Leo - 96 (1.0%)
32. Sana - 92 (1.0%)
33. Dupa - 88 (0.9%)
34. Melville - 84 (0.9%)
Fred - 76 (0.8%)
Louis - 76 (0.8%)
Elliot - 72 (0.8%)
Martha - 65 (0.7%)
Dios - 58 (0.6%)
Yuiri - 58 (0.6%)
Iku - 56 (0.6%)
Roland - 53 (0.6%)
Piccolo - 50 (0.5%)
Guillaume - 49 (0.5%)
Muto - 46 (0.5%)
Jacques - 45 (0.5%)
Kidd - 45 (0.5%)
Luce - 44 (0.5%)
Duke - 43 (0.4%)
Shiba - 40 (0.4%)
Wilder - 38 (0.4%)
Reed - 37 (0.4%)
Rico - 35 (0.4%)
Eike - 33 (0.3%)
Rhett - 31 (0.3%)
Belle - 29 (0.3%)
Fubar - 26 (0.3%)
Mua - 26 (0.3%)
Samus - 26 (0.3%)
Futch - 25 (0.3%)
Hallec - 25 (0.3%)
Tuta - 25 (0.3%)
Yumi - 25 (0.3%)
Augustine - 24 (0.3%)
Nadir - 24 (0.3%)
Viki - 24 (0.3%)
Goro - 23 (0.2%)
Mel - 22 (0.2%)
Billy - 21 (0.2%)
Shizu - 21 (0.2%)
Flame Champion - 20 (0.2%)
Lightfellow butler - 20 (0.2%)
Arthur - 18 (0.2%)
Ayame - 18 (0.2%)
Barts - 18 (0.2%)
Elaine - 17 (0.2%)
Gordon - 17 (0.2%)
Hortez VII - 17 (0.2%)
Beecham - 16 (0.2%)
Jefferson - 16 (0.2%)
Scott - 16 (0.2%)
Edge - 15 (0.2%)
Nei - 15 (0.2%)
Watari - 15 (0.2%)
Dominic - 14 (0.1%)
Emily - 14 (0.1%)
Leknaat - 14 (0.1%)
Mio - 14 (0.1%)
Kenji - 13 (0.1%)
Peggi - 13 (0.1%)
Sharon - 13 (0.1%)
Viki (Little) - 13 (0.1%)
Howard - 12 (0.1%)
Kathy - 12 (0.1%)
Rody - 12 (0.1%)
Thomas (Nor)'s mother - 12 (0.1%)
Twaikin - 12 (0.1%)
Estella - 11 (0.1%)
Ernie - 10 (0.1%)
Gadget Z - 10 (0.1%)
Mamie - 10 (0.1%)
Sanae - 10 (0.1%)
Unknown - 10 (0.1%)
Wan Fu - 10 (0.1%)
Mike - 9 (0.1%)
Anne - 8 (0.1%)
Bazba - 8 (0.1%)
Thomas (Nor) - 8 (0.1%)
Gau - 7 (0.1%)
Jonathan - 7 (0.1%)
Jeane - 6 (0.1%)
Shabon - 6 (0.1%)
Waurenhyte - 6 (0.1%)
Nicolas - 5 (0.1%)
Star Dragon Sword - 5 (0.1%)
Percival's mother - 3 (0.0%)
Zepon - 3 (0.0%)
Koroku - 2 (0.0%)
Toppo - 2 (0.0%)
Bright - 1 (0.0%)
Other (Zexen Council) - 143 (1.5%)
Other (Zexen soldiers) - 96 (1.0%)
Other (Ducks) - 30 (0.3%)
Other (Lizard Clan) - 26 (0.3%)
Other (Le Buque residents) - 18 (0.2%)
Other (Karayans) - 17 (0.2%)
Other (Mantor legionnaires) - 17 (0.2%)
Other (Zexen official) - 17 (0.2%)
Other (Fire Bringer) - 14 (0.1%)
Other (Harmonian soldiers) - 13 (0.1%)
Other (Caleria residents) - 10 (0.1%)
Other (Chisha residents) - 8 (0.1%)
Other (Bandits) - 6 (0.1%)
Other (Zexen citizens) - 5 (0.1%)
Other (Alma Kinan villagers) - 1 (0.0%)
Grand total: 9557 lines
Chapters in which characters had the most lines:
1. Hugo: 4
2t. Ace, Chris: 3 each
4. Thomas: 2
5t. Lilly, Luc: 1 each
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Final thoughts on Suikoden 3:
-Whoever is Flame Champion gets a bunch of extra lines in Chapters 4-5 (and a couple in Luc's chapter). I estimated what Chris and Geddoe would have as Flame Champion by replacing their figures for Chapter 4-5 with Hugo's; should be a rough approximation anyway.
-I predicted Suikoden 3 would end up around 9000 lines, and was indeed pretty close. The top six was almost what I thought, but I overestimated Geddoe and underestimated Luc a bit. For the rest of the top ten, I missed Salome and Caesar, ironically slightly underestimating strategist-type characters for once! They still have far fewer lines than Shu (and a lower percentage of their game than Mathiu) though.
-Unshockingly Hugo and Chris feel kinda like co-mains, with Chris being the slightly chattier one of the two by default. Geddoe is far quieter and his cast is more of an ensemble, for all that Ace is obviously the party chatterbox. Thomas and Luc also make the most of their time as mains to build up pretty crazy totals considering they don't have too many lines elsewhere (except Chapter 5 in Luc's case).
-Even excluding his own chapter, Luc had the most lines of any "pure" antagonist in the series. (If you include his own chapter, he's not exactly a pure antagonist any more.)
-Beecham, Jeane, Lilly, Luc, Lucia, Sasarai, Tuta, Viki, and Yuber appear in multiple games, and have more lines in Suikoden 3 than any previous.
-Having said that, Jeane's 6 lines in this game (SOMEHOW more than Suikoden 1 or 2!) put her bottom four for human stars of destiny in this game. She only has 11 lines through three games!
-On the other hand, Futch and the Star Dragon Sword appear in three games and have fewer lines in Suikoden 3 than any other. Apple also appears in three games and her line totals go S2 > S3 > S1.
Overall line leaders (200+):
1. Viktor - 881
(Chris as Flame Champion: ~840)
2. Hugo - 793
3. Nanami - 700
4. Chris - 682
5. Jowy - 547
6. Thomas - 541
(Geddoe as Flame Champion: ~480)
7. Flik - 475
8. Sgt Joe - 410
9. Luc - 407
10. Shu - 390
11. Riou - 372
12. Apple - 363
13. Ace - 319
14. Gremio - 304
15. Cecile - 294
16. Geddoe - 285
17. Caesar - 271
18. Mathiu - 257
19. Salome - 223
20. Cleo - 214
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So I've decided I enjoy this data gathering enough that I'll probably do quite a few more games, so I'm now renaming this thread to be a general line counting thread.
My newest project is also my new recent object of gushing, Fire Emblem: Three Houses! This is gonna get complicated.
The game has a lot of lines from different sources:
1. Lines from cutscenes
2. Lines from talking to characters in the monastery
3. Lines from battles
4. Lines from supports (as well as Goddess Tower scenes and character S-rank endings)
For now, I'll not be counting supports; Luther Lansfeld has taken on that task. I'll be focusing on cutscene lines, monastery lines, and battle lines. Note that I will not necessarily get all boss conversations, but I'll try to get some, provided the character is one native to the route I'm doing. Expect a little error margin on these, though.
I will not be getting comment box lines, dialog from repeatable monastery functions or RNG-related events (training, group tasks gifts/lost items, failed recruitment attempts, meals, choir, comment box, group tasks, monthly questions, goal suggestions, etc.). I am also not getting lines which are not reliably tied to a chapter (i.e. for recritment scenes, I'm only getting Sylvain in Chapter 2, plus staff members at their earliest availability).
The route split makes things even tougher. For now, I'm gathering data for Black Eagles -> Crimson Flower, but if I'm feeling brave I'll try to detiail which lines are unique to each route at a later date and avoid doublecounting.
I do count Byleth's dialog options (as per Suikoden's silent mains, these are much shorter than the average dialog line, so Byleth will be overcounted for words in this analysis), and I do count dialog in videos by number of visible subtitles (these lines are quite short on average).
I'll list lines by chapter. Paralogues will be listed separately, later.
I'm not predicting anything this time, the format of this game is uncharted territory. And away we go!
Prologue: An Inevitable Encounter
1. Sothis - 47
2. Jeralt - 26
3. Byleth - 17
4. Claude - 16
5t. Alois - 13
5t. Edelgard - 13
7. Dimitri - 11
Rhea - 5
Kostas - 4
Other - 3
Total: 155 lines
Black Eagles Chapter 1: Three Houses
1. Edelgard - 71
2t. Claude - 38
2t. Hanneman - 38
4. Rhea - 37
5. Dimitri - 36
6. Byleth - 31
7. Jeralt - 30
8. Seteth - 26
9. Manuela - 23
10. Caspar - 14
11. Ferdinand - 13
12. Dorothea - 11
Flayn - 10
Mercedes - 10
Linhardt - 9
Narrator - 9
Ashe - 8
Dedue - 8
Hubert - 8
Alois - 7
Ingrid - 7
Lorenz - 7
Petra - 7
Bernadetta - 6
Gatekeeper - 6
Hilda - 6
Ignatz - 6
Kostas - 6
Sylvain - 6
Annette - 5
Lysithea - 5
Cyril - 4
Felix - 4
Jeritza - 4
Leonie - 4
Raphael - 4
Solon - 4
Sothis - 4
Marianne - 2
Total: 534 lines
Black Eagles Chapter 2: Familiar Scenery
1. Edelgard - 58
2. Byleth - 28
3. Sothis - 25
4. Rhea - 18
5. Jeralt - 16
6. Ferdinand - 12
7. Seteth - 11
Kostas - 7
Sylvain - 7
Linhardt - 6
Caspar - 5
Dorothea - 5
Narrator - 5
Petra - 5
Bernadetta - 4
Felix - 4
Hubert - 4
Manuela - 4
Alois - 3
Annette - 3
Gatekeeper - 3
Hanneman - 3
Hilda - 3
Ignatz - 3
Leonie - 3
Lorenz - 3
Lysithea - 3
Mercedes - 3
Raphael - 3
Ashe - 2
Claude - 2
Cyril - 2
Dedue - 2
Dimitri - 2
Ingrid - 2
Jeritza - 2
Marianne - 2
Solon - 2
Shamir - 2
Flayn - 1
Other - 2
Total: 280 lines
Black Eagles Chapter 3: Mutiny in the Mist
1. Catherine - 27
2. Byleth - 20
3. Edelgard - 18
4. Rhea - 17
5. Seteth - 16
Lonato - 6
Mercedes - 6
Narrator - 6
Hubert - 5
Manuela - 5
Caspar - 4
Ferdinand - 4
Jeralt - 4
Jeritza - 4
Alois - 3
Bernadetta - 3
Dorothea - 3
Felix - 3
Flayn - 3
Hanneman - 3
Hilda - 3
Ignatz - 3
Leonie - 3
Linhardt - 3
Lorenz - 3
Marianne - 3
Raphael - 3
Sothis - 3
Annette - 2
Claude - 2
Dimitri - 2
Gatekeeper - 2
Lysithea - 2
Petra - 2
Solon - 2
Sylvain - 2
Ashe - 1
Dedue - 1
Ingrid - 1
Other - 6
Total: 209 lines
Black Eagles Chapter 4: The Goddess's Rite of Rebirth
1. Edelgard - 42
2t. Byleth - 21
2t. Seteth - 21
4. Hubert - 17
5. Sothis - 14
6. Rhea - 13
7. Shamir - 10
Flayn - 8
Narrator - 8
Cyril - 7
Mysterious Mage - 7
Thales - 7
Caspar - 6
Ferdinand - 6
Linhardt - 6
Alois - 5
Bernadetta - 5
Catherine - 5
Dorothea - 5
Jeralt - 5
Jeritza - 4
Sylvain - 4
Ashe - 3
Dedue - 3
Gatekeeper - 3
Hanneman - 3
Manuela - 3
Marianne - 3
Raphael - 3
Solon - 3
Annette - 2
Claude - 2
Dimitri - 2
Felix - 2
Hilda - 2
Leonie - 2
Lorenz - 2
Lysithea - 2
Mercedes - 2
Petra - 2
Ignatz - 1
Ingrid - 1
Other - 6
Total: 278 lines
Black Eagles Chapter 5: Tower of the Black Winds
1. Edelgard - 49
2. Rhea - 31
3. Sothis - 26
4. Byleth - 25
5. Seteth - 24
6. Hanneman - 15
7. Gilbert - 14
8. Jeralt - 13
Hubert - 9
Catherine - 8
Sylvain - 8
Miklan - 7
Narrator - 7
Flayn - 6
Leonie - 5
Manuela - 5
Solon - 5
Caspar - 4
Raphael - 4
Ashe - 3
Bernadetta - 3
Cyril - 3
Dorothea - 3
Gatekeeper - 3
Hilda - 3
Linhardt - 3
Petra - 3
Roderigue - 3
Annette - 2
Claude - 2
Dedue - 2
Dimitri - 2
Felix - 2
Ferdinand - 2
Ignatz - 2
Ingrid - 2
Jeritza - 2
Lorenz - 2
Lysithea - 2
Marianne - 2
Mercedes - 2
Other - 5
Total: 323 lines
Black Eagles Chapter 6: Rumours of a Reaper
1. Byleth - 31
2. Edelgard - 28
3t. Rhea - 22
3t. Seteth - 22
5t. Hubert - 17
5t. Jeralt - 17
7. Hanneman - 10
8. Solon - 9
9. Ferdinand - 8
Caspar - 7
Flayn - 7
Gilbert - 7
Linhardt - 7
Bernadetta - 6
Narrator - 6
Sothis - 6
Catherine - 5
Dorothea - 5
Felix - 5
Jeritza - 5
Shamir - 5
Ingrid - 4
Leonie - 4
Marianne - 4
Petra - 4
Raphael - 4
Alois - 4
Annette - 3
Ashe - 3
Cyril - 3
Dedue - 3
Gatekeeper - 3
Ignatz - 3
Lorenz - 3
Lysithea - 3
Sylvain - 3
Claude - 2
Dimitri - 2
Hilda - 2
Mercedes - 2
Other - 1
Total: 295 lines
Black Eagles Chapter 7: Field of the Eagle and Lion
1. Edelgard - 36
2. Byleth - 24
3. Claude - 13
4t. Caspar - 11
4t. Dimitri - 11
4t. Hubert - 11
4t. Seteth - 11
8t. Bernadetta - 10
8t. Flayn - 10
10. Rhea - 9
Ferdinand - 8
Linhardt - 8
Manuela - 8
Petra - 8
Shamir - 8
Dorothea - 7
Narrator - 7
Hanneman - 6
Jeralt - 6
Ashe - 5
Catherine - 5
Ignatz - 5
Ingrid - 5
Kronya - 5
Raphael - 5
Sothis - 5
Alois - 4
Gatekeeper - 4
Gilbert - 4
Hilda - 4
Solon - 4
Annette - 3
Lorenz - 3
Lysithea - 3
Marianne - 3
Mercedes - 3
Cyril - 2
Leonie - 2
Sylvain - 2
Dedue - 1
Felix - 1
Total: 290 lines
Black Eagles Chapter 8: The Flame in the Darkness
1. Edelgard - 43
2. Jeralt - 40
3. Byleth - 37
4. Rhea - 23
5. Manuela - 15
6t. Hubert - 13
6t. Sothis - 13
8. Shamir - 12
9. Seteth - 11
10. Catherine - 9
Narrator - 8
Caspar - 7
Linhardt - 7
Cyril - 6
Gilbert - 6
Solon - 6
Sylvain - 6
Alois - 5
Ferdinand - 5
Hanneman - 5
Marianne - 5
Mercedes - 5
Bernadetta - 4
Dorothea - 4
Flayn - 4
Gatekeeper - 4
Kronya - 4
Lysithea - 4
Petra - 4
Annette - 3
Ashe - 3
Ignatz - 3
Ingrid - 3
Lorenz - 3
Raphael - 3
Claude - 2
Dimitri - 2
Felix - 2
Hilda - 2
Jeritza - 2
Leonie - 2
Dedue - 1
Other - 3
Total: 349 lines
Black Eagles Chapter 9: The Cause of Sorrow
1t. Alois - 37
1t. Jeralt - 37
3. Sothis - 35
4. Rhea - 23
5. Manuela - 17
6. Byleth - 15
7. Edelgard - 13
8. Hanneman - 11
9t. Hubert - 10
9t. Seteth - 10
Caspar - 9
Dorothea - 9
Linhardt - 9
Shamir - 9
Bernadetta - 8
Narrator - 8
Petra - 8
Ferdinand - 7
Gilbert - 7
Flayn - 6
Kronya - 6
Catherine - 5
Gatekeeper - 4
Lysithea - 4
Cyril - 3
Annette - 2
Ashe - 2
Claude - 2
Dedue - 2
Dimitri - 2
Felix - 2
Hilda - 2
Ignatz - 2
Ingrid - 2
Leonie - 2
Lorenz - 2
Mercedes - 2
Raphael - 2
Sylvain - 2
Thales - 2
Marianne - 1
Other - 7
Total: 348 lines
Notes: I counted the dance competition-specific lines (talking to the PCs then declining to choose them for the competition) for Flayn and all the Black Eagles, but not for anyone else I'd recruited. Not counted: the lines specific to the character I did choose for the competition, or the Goddess Tower scene.
TOTAL LINES SO FAR
1. Edelgard - 371 (12.1%)
2. Byleth - 249 (8.1%)
3. Rhea - 198 (6.5%)
4. Jeralt - 194 (6.3%)
5. Sothis - 178 (5.8%)
6. Seteth - 152 (5.0%)
7t. Hanneman - 94 (3.1%)
7t. Hubert - 94 (3.1%)
9t. Alois - 81 (2.6%)
9t. Claude - 81 (2.6%)
11. Manuela - 80 (2.6%)
12. Dimitri - 72 (2.4%)
13. Caspar - 67 (2.2%)
14. Ferdinand - 65 (2.1%)
15t. Catherine - 64 (2.1%)
15t. Narrator - 64 (2.1%)
17. Linhardt - 58 (1.9%)
18. Flayn - 55 (1.8%)
19. Dorothea - 52 (1.7%)
20. Bernadetta - 49 (1.6%)
21. Shamir - 46 (1.5%)
22. Petra - 43 (1.4%)
23. Sylvain - 40 (1.3%)
24. Gilbert - 38 (1.2%)
Mercedes - 35 (1.1%)
Solon - 35 (1.1%)
Gatekeeper - 32 (1.0%)
Raphael - 31 (1.0%)
Ashe - 30 (1.0%)
Cyril - 30 (1.0%)
Ignatz - 28 (0.9%)
Lorenz - 28 (0.9%)
Lysithea - 28 (0.9%)
Hilda - 27 (0.9%)
Ingrid - 27 (0.9%)
Leonie - 27 (0.9%)
Annette - 25 (0.8%)
Felix - 25 (0.8%)
Marianne - 25 (0.8%)
Dedue - 23 (0.8%)
Jeritza - 23 (0.8%)
Kostas - 17 (0.6%)
Kronya - 15 (0.5%)
Thales - 9 (0.3%)
Miklan - 7 (0.2%)
Mysterious Mage - 7 (0.2%)
Lonato - 6 (0.2%)
Roderigue - 3 (0.1%)
Other - 33 (1.1%)
Grand total: 3061 lines
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I decided to do a line count of all of the supports in the game by character. I made a spreadsheet that shows how many lines each character has to each other character, but here is the complied data.
Support line count:
1. Mercedes von Martritz (BL) – 681 [15 supports]
2. Annette Fantine Dominic (BL) – 669 [15 supports]
3. Hilda Valentine Goneril (GD) – 642 [15 supports]
4. Claude von Riegan (GD) – 634 [14 supports]
5. Lysithea von Ordelia (GD)- 634 [16 supports]
6. Ferdinand von Aegir (BE) – 619 [14 supports]
7. Ingrid Brandl Galatea (BL) – 611 [15 supports]
8. Linhardt von Hevring (BE)– 605 [14 supports]
9. Bernadetta von Varley (BE)– 601 [15 supports]
10. Ashe Ubert (BL) – 600 [14 supports]
11. Lorenz Hellman Gloucester (GD) – 586 [14 supports]
12. Dorothea Arnault (BE) – 585 [14 supports]
13. Sylvain Jose Gautier (BL) – 584 [17 supports]
14. Caspar von Bergliez (BE)- 576 [14 supports]
15. Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd (BL) – 575 [14 supports]
16. Leonie Pinelli (GD) – 564 [15 supports]
17. Catherine (CoS) – 563 [13 supports]
18. Ignatz Victor (GD) – 559 [14 supports]
19. Felix Hugo Fraldarius (BL) – 531 [14 supports]
20. Flayn (CoS) – 524 [12 supports]
21. Raphael Kirsten (GD) – 522 [14 supports]
22. Petra Macneary (BE) – 513 [14 supports]
23. Byleth Eisner (CoS) – 505 [35 supports]
24. Seteth (CoS) – 489 [11 supports]
25. Shamir Nevrand (CoS) – 489 [12 supports]
26. Marianne von Edmund (GD) – 487 [14 supports]
27. Manuela Casagranda (CoS) - 479[12 supports]
28. Edelgard von Hresvelg (BE) – 465 [11 supports]
29. Hanneman von Essar (CoS) – 457 [12 supports]
30. Alois Rangeld (CoS) – 414 [11 supports]
31. Hubert von Vestra (BE) – 402 [10 supports]
32. Dedue Molinaro (BL) – 395 [11 supports]
33. Cyril (CoS) – 390 [11 supports]
34. Gilbert Pronislav (CoS) – 281 [9 supports]
35. Jeritza von Hrym (BE) - 102 [2 supports]
36. Rhea (CoS) - 56 [1 support]
Total lines: 18386
*Note: In Lysithea / Cyril and Sylvain / Bernadetta, there are several lines which is one of the characters in the support reading the other character’s letter. I counted those lines toward the speaker, not the writer.
Next is the S supports and the Goddess Tower sequences. :)
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Black Eagles Chapter 10: Where the Goddess Dwells
1. Edelgard - 65
2. Sothis - 41
3. Rhea - 28
4. Solon - 24
5. Byleth - 23
6. Kronya - 21
7t. Hubert - 9
7t. Seteth - 9
Ferdinand - 7
Narrator - 7
Caspar - 6
Flayn - 6
Manuela - 6
Thales - 6
Cyril - 5
Dorothea - 5
Hanneman - 5
Linhardt - 5
Bernadetta - 4
Ingrid - 4
Petra - 4
Ashe - 3
Dedue - 3
Dimitri - 3
Felix - 3
Ignatz - 3
Lorenz - 3
Lysithea - 3
Raphael - 3
Sylvain - 3
Annette - 2
Claude - 2
Hilda - 2
Leonie - 2
Marianne - 2
Mercedes - 2
Gatekeeper - 1
Total: 330 lines
Black Eagles Chapter 11E: Throne of Knowledge
1. Rhea - 45
2. Edelgard - 43
3. Byleth - 22
4. Seteth - 14
5. Ionius IX - 11
6. Alois - 9
Bernadetta - 6
Hanneman - 6
Manuela - 6
Dorothea - 5
Felix - 5
Ferdinand - 5
Gilbert - 5
Linhardt - 5
Narrator - 5
Petra - 5
Caspar - 4
Catherine - 4
Flayn - 4
Gatekeeper - 4
Hilda - 4
Hubert - 4
Ingrid - 4
Leonie - 4
Lorenz - 4
Metodey - 4
Duke Aegir - 3
Annette - 3
Ashe - 3
Cyril - 3
Dimitri - 3
Ignatz - 3
Lysithea - 3
Marianne - 3
Raphael - 3
Shamir - 3
Claude - 2
Dedue - 2
Mercedes - 2
Sylvain - 2
Total: 275 lines
Black Eagles Chapter 12E: Outset of a Power Struggle
1. Edelgard - 74
2. Hubert - 29
3t. Byleth - 10
3t. Narrator - 10
3t. Rhea - 10
6. Caspar - 9
7t. Bernadetta - 8
7t. Ferdinand - 8
9t. Dorothea - 7
9t. Ladislava - 7
9t. Linhardt - 7
9t. Petra - 7
9t. Seteth - 7
Sylvain - 5
Annette - 4
Ashe - 4
Lorenz - 4
Lysithea - 4
Randolph - 4
Catherine - 3
Cyril - 3
Flayn - 3
Ignatz - 3
Ingrid - 3
Leonie - 3
Marianne - 3
Raphael - 3
Felix - 2
Gilbert - 2
Mercedes - 2
Jeritza - 1
Other - 2
Total: 251 lines
Crimson Flower Chapter 13: Beyond Escape
1. Edelgard - 59
2. Hubert - 42
3. Byleth - 27
4. Villager (post-TS scene) - 18
5. Dorothea - 10
6t. Ferdinand - 9
6t. Petra - 9
8. Narrator - 8
Bernadetta - 7
Caspar - 7
Ingrid - 7
Sothis - 7
Alois - 6
Annette - 6
Felix - 6
Hanneman - 6
Linhardt - 6
Leonie - 5
Manuela - 5
Randolph - 5
Gatekeeper - 4
Lorenz - 4
Lysithea - 4
Shamir - 4
Sylvain - 4
Ashe - 3
Ignatz - 3
Marianne - 3
Mercedes - 3
Raphael - 3
Fleche - 2
Jeritza - 2
Judith - 2
Acheron - 1
Total: 297 lines
Notes: From this point on, I'm including Jeritza's monastery lines, which only exist in version 1.10 of the game or later. There aren't many of them anyway. Also, I should have mentioned this earlier, but I'm not including Anna because she's DLC. Also, for the record, I counted the "Alliance General" who replaces Leonie lines towards Leonie's total (since she'll speak them if she's not recruited). Same with several other cases in the coming chapters. Obviously I can't get their boss conversations though.
Crimson Flower Chapter 14: The Master Tactician
1. Edelgard - 57
2. Claude - 38
3. Hubert - 28
4. Byleth - 21
5. Ferdinand - 8
6t. Dorothea - 7
6t. Hanneman - 7
8t. Caspar - 6
8t. Linhardt - 6
8t. Nader - 6
Ashe - 5
Bernadetta - 5
Ignatz - 5
Jeritza - 5
Ladislava - 5
Lorenz - 5
Petra - 5
Annette - 4
Gatekeeper - 4
Hilda - 4
Leonie - 4
Lysithea - 4
Manuela - 4
Marianne - 4
Randolph - 4
Raphael - 4
Shamir - 4
Alois - 3
Felix - 3
Fleche - 3
Ingrid - 3
Mercedes - 3
Narrator - 3
Sylvain - 3
Other - 2
Total: 282 lines
Crimson Flower Chapter 15: Tempest of Swords and Shields
1. Edelgard - 52
2. Hubert - 35
3. Byleth - 17
4. Seteth - 14
5. Flayn - 12
6t. Ferdinand - 7
6t. Randolph - 7
6t. Rhea - 7
Alois - 6
Bernadetta - 6
Caspar - 6
Dorothea - 6
Linhardt - 6
Annette - 5
Catherine - 5
Hanneman - 5
Leonie - 5
Marianne - 5
Petra - 5
Sylvain - 5
Gatekeeper - 4
Ignatz - 4
Lorenz - 4
Lysithea - 4
Manuela - 4
Shamir - 4
Ashe - 3
Felix - 3
Fleche - 3
Ingrid - 3
Ladislava - 3
Mercedes - 3
Narrator - 3
Raphael - 3
Jeritza - 2
Other - 3
Total: 269 lines
Notes: This linecount includes the version of the post-battle Rhea scene where Flayn and Seteth died. If they live, Seteth has 3 more lines, Catherine has 1 less, and Rhea has 3 less.
Crimson Flower Chapter 16: Lady of Deceit
1. Edelgard - 54
2. Hubert - 41
3. Byleth - 16
4. Cornelia - 14
5. Thales - 10
6t. Dorothea - 9
6t. Rodrigue - 9
8t. Ferdinand - 8
8t. Petra - 8
10t. Bernadetta - 7
10t. Linhardt - 7
12. Caspar - 6
Alois - 5
Gatekeeper - 5
Lyisthea - 5
Mercedes - 5
Sylvain - 5
Hanneman - 4
Ignatz - 4
Ingrid - 4
Lorenz - 4
Manuela - 4
Marianne - 4
Ashe - 3
Felix - 3
Fleche - 3
Gwendal - 3
Leonie - 3
Narrator - 3
Raphael - 3
Shamir - 3
Jeritza - 2
Total: 264 lines
Note: I missed talking to Annette and I couldn't find her monastery dialogue online. Whoops.
Crimson Flower Chapter 17: Field of Revenge
1. Edelgard - 50
2. Rhea - 33
3. Dimitri - 29
4. Byleth - 27
5. Hubert - 26
6. Dedue - 11
Ferdinand - 6
Ingrid - 6
Manuela - 6
Sylvain - 6
Annette - 5
Ashe - 5
Felix - 5
Fleche - 5
Gatekeeper - 5
Hanneman - 5
Linhardt - 5
Lorenz - 5
Lysithea - 5
Mercedes - 5
Petra - 5
Shamir - 5
Alois - 4
Bernadetta - 4
Dorothea - 4
Ignatz - 4
Leonie - 4
Caspar - 3
Marianne - 3
Narrator - 3
Raphael - 3
Jeralt - 2
Jeritza - 2
Other - 11
Total: 307 lines
Notes: The battle and post-battle cutscene plays out a bit differently depending on the order of events in the battle; for the record, I allowed Dedue to execute his last resort strategy and defeated Dimitri last.
Crimson Flower Chapter 18: To the End of a Dream
1. Edelgard - 52
2. Rhea - 20
3. Narrator - 18
4. Catherine - 12
5t. Byleth - 7
5t. Thales - 7
7. Hubert - 6
Cyril - 4
Bernadetta - 3
Caspar - 3
Dorothea - 3
Ferdinand - 3
Gilbert - 3
Linhardt - 3
Petra - 3
Other - 2
Total: 149 lines (no monastery makes it the shortest non-prologue chapter in the route!)
GRAND TOTAL
1. Edelgard - 877 (16.0%)
2. Byleth - 419 (7.6%)
3. Rhea - 341 (6.2%)
4. Hubert - 314 (5.7%)
5. Sothis - 226 (4.1%)
6t. Jeralt - 196 (3.6%)
6t. Seteth - 196 (3.6%)
8. Hanneman - 132 (2.4%)
9. Ferdinand - 126 (2.3%)
10. Narrator - 124 (2.3%)
11. Claude - 123 (2.2%)
12. Caspar - 117 (2.1%)
13. Manuela - 115 (2.1%)
14. Alois - 114 (2.1%)
15t. Dorothea - 108 (2.0%)
15t. Linhardt - 108 (2.0%)
17. Dimitri - 107 (2.0%)
18. Bernadetta - 99 (1.8%)
19. Petra - 94 (1.7%)
20. Catherine - 88 (1.6%)
Flayn - 80 (1.5%)
Sylvain - 73 (1.3%)
Shamir - 69 (1.3%)
Ingrid - 61 (1.1%)
Lorenz - 61 (1.1%)
Lysithea - 60 (1.1%)
Mercedes - 60 (1.1%)
Ashe - 59 (1.1%)
Gatekeeper - 59 (1.1%)
Solon - 59 (1.1%)
Ignatz - 57 (1.0%)
Leonie - 57 (1.0%)
Raphael - 56 (1.0%)
Felix - 55 (1.0%)
Annette - 54 (1.0%)
Marianne - 52 (0.9%)
Gilbert - 48 (0.9%)
Cyril - 45 (0.8%)
Dedue - 39 (0.7%)
Hilda - 37 (0.7%)
Jeritza - 37 (0.7%)
Kronya - 36 (0.7%)
Thales - 32 (0.6%)
Randolph - 20 (0.4%)
Villager (post-TS scene) - 18 (0.3%)
Kostas - 17 (0.3%)
Fleche - 16 (0.3%)
Ladislava - 15 (0.3%)
Cornelia - 14 (0.3%)
Rodrigue - 12 (0.2%)
Ionius IX - 11 (0.2%)
Miklan - 7 (0.1%)
Mysterious Mage - 7 (0.1%)
Lonato - 6 (0.1%)
Nader - 6 (0.1%)
Metodey - 4 (0.1%)
Duke Aegir - 3 (0.1%)
Gwendal - 3 (0.1%)
Judith - 2 (0.0%)
Acheron - 1 (0.0%)
Other - 53 (1.0%)
Grand total: 5485 lines
Edelgard had the most lines in 14 out of 19 chapters. The other characters to lead a chapter were Byleth, Catherine, Rhea, Sothis, and Alois/Jeralt (tied).
Thoughts:
-Not really news, but the lords are really damn important to the game, Edelgard is more dominant than any other character has been in these analyses so far, considering her own route. I imagine Dimitri and especially Claude will be similar in theirs; I expect Claude will have over 1000 lines.
-To editorialize a bit, I think it generally does a game a service if the main antagonist also has a lot of lines, and obviously this route of Three Houses delivers here; when you consider that Byleth's lines are way shorter than everyone else's and thus s/he is overcounted by this analysis, Edelgard and Rhea finish #1 and #2 and I can't help but feel that's a good thing.
-Interesting to see how Hubert gets way more lines in the second half as well, really drives home how he's not in his element during (as he puts it) "play at school", but becomes a major plot mover during the war phase. And also how he opens up once Byleth has proven worthy of his trust.
-People who are about to die have lots of lines as always. Unless they're a minor villain.
-Speaking of which, the game really doesn't care about those who slither in the dark, does it? Solon has the most and over half of that is just a slow buildup of monastery lines while he's disguised. They're not gonna do any better on any other route.
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For Blue Lions Part 1 I counted up all of the dialogue that doesn’t already appear in Black Eagles Part 1, since that was already counted. There’s a lot of overlap, of course, aside from the lord’s massive amounts of dialogue and the extra chip-ins from the BL students. Some of the monastery dialogues are different (Ashe has three extra lines in his monastery dialogue after Lonato’s death, for example). Byleth has unique interactions with the lord so she is counted as well.
Chapter 1 Blue Lions extra lines
Dimitri - 44
Edelgard - 13
Felix - 8
Sylvain - 8
Claude - 6
Annette - 5
Byleth - 5
Mercedes - 4
Dedue - 3
Ingrid - 3
Ashe - 2
Dorothea - 2
Ferdinand - 2
Hubert - 2
Chapter 2 Blue Lions extra lines
Dimitri - 62
Edelgard - 6
Byleth - 5
Sylvain - 5
Annette - 2
Ashe - 2
Felix - 2
Hubert - 2
Ingrid - 2
Mercedes - 2
Dedue - 1
Manuela - 1
Chapter 3 Blue Lions extra lines
Dimitri - 26
Ashe - 12
Lonato - 6
Byleth - 4
Catherine - 3
Dedue - 3
Ingrid - 3
Edelgard - 2
Hubert - 2
Dorothea - 1
Ferdinand - 1
Chapter 4 Blue Lions extra lines
Dimitri - 38
Dedue - 7
Ingrid - 5
Ashe - 4
Byleth – 3
Edelgard - 2
Dorothea - 2
Annette - 1
Felix - 1
Mercedes - 1
Sylvain - 1
Chapter 5 Blue Lions extra lines
Dimitri - 49
Rodrigue - 10
Byleth - 7
Sylvain - 5
Ashe - 3
Dedue - 2
Gilbert - 1
Chapter 6 Blue Lions extra lines
Dimitri - 27
Dedue - 15
Annette - 8
Ingrid - 5
Mercedes - 5
Sothis - 5
Byleth - 3
Edelgard - 2
Sylvain - 1
Chapter 7 Blue Lions extra lines
Dimitri - 38
Byleth - 6
Dedue - 5
Edelgard - 5
Annette - 3
Claude - 2
Felix - 2
Ingrid - 2
Mercedes - 2
Sylvain - 2
Chapter 8 Blue Lions extra lines
Dimitri - 35
Byleth - 9
Dedue - 8
Sothis - 8
Thales - 4
Annette - 1
Ashe - 1
Felix - 1
Ingrid - 1
Lambert - 1
Mercedes - 1
Sylvain – 1
Other - 5
Chapter 9 Blue Lions extra lines
Dimitri - 35
Byleth - 7
Dedue - 7
Sylvain - 7
Annette - 6
Ashe - 5
Felix - 5
Ingrid - 5
Mercedes - 5
Edelgard - 1
Chapter 10 Blue Lions extra lines
Dimitri - 74
Byleth - 8
Dedue - 3
Sothis - 3
Annette - 1
Ashe - 1
Edelgard - 1
Felix - 1
Ingrid - 1
Mercedes - 1
Sylvain - 1
Thales - 1
From here on, we have the routesplit. Many of the monastery dialogues overlap between AM, SS, and VW. I tried to keep notes of ones that seemed unique to the specific route. Chapter 12 I expect to be quite similar in SS/VW except for lord/student gathering scene dialogue.
Chapter 11 Blue Lions dialogue (overlap with VW/SS)
Dimitri - 29
Edelgard - 15
Sylvain - 8
Dedue - 7
Seteth - 7
Byleth - 5
Felix - 4
Ingrid - 4
Rhea - 4
Ashe - 3
Annette - 2
Mercedes - 2
Other - 2
Chapter 12 Blue Lions dialogue (overlap with VW/SS)
Rhea – 26
Byleth – 15
Seteth - 15
Dedue - 10
Dimitri - 10
Shamir - 9
Catherine - 8
Alois - 7
Felix - 6
Hanneman - 6
Ferdinand - 5
Flayn - 5
Igantz - 5
Leonie - 5
Linhardt - 5
Petra - 5
Sylvain - 5
Caspar - 4
Claude - 4
Cyril - 4
Dorothea - 4
Edelgard - 4
Gilbert - 4
Manuela - 4
Raphael - 4
Annette - 3
Bernadetta - 3
Gatekeeper - 3
Ingrid - 3
Lorenz - 3
Lysithea - 3
Marianne - 3
Mercedes - 3
Narrator - 3
Ashe - 2
Hilda - 2
Hubert - 1
Other - 3
Total lines - 214
TOTAL LINES SO FAR up to the end of PART 1 (combined Black Eagles:E and Blue Lions)
1. Edelgard - 600
2. Dimitri - 545
3. Byleth - 381
4. Rhea - 311
5. Sothis - 235
6. Seteth - 197
7. Jeralt - 194
8. Hubert - 145
9. Hanneman - 111
10. Dedue - 100
11. Alois - 97
12. Manuela - 97
13. Claude - 93
14. Ferdinand - 93
15. Sylvain - 91
16. Caspar - 90
17. Narrator - 89
18. Linhardt - 80
19. Dorothea - 79
20. Ashe - 75
21. Ingrid - 73
22. Flayn - 73
23. Bernadetta - 70
24. Mercedes - 67
25. Catherine - 67
26. Annette - 66
27. Felix - 65
28. Petra - 63
29. Shamir - 58
30. Gilbert - 50
Cyril - 45
Solon - 44
Raphael - 44
Ignatz - 42
Lorenz - 42
Lysithea - 41
Leonie - 41
Gatekeeper - 40
Kronya - 36
Marianne - 36
Hilda - 35
Jeritza - 21
Thales - 17
Rodrigue - 13
Lonato - 12
Kostas - 11
Miklan - 7
Mysterious Mage - 7
Ionius IX - 7
Ladislava - 7
Randolph - 4
Meteodey - 4
Duke Aegir - 3
Lambert - 1
Other - 45
Dimitri and Edelgard were quite close in lines until Chapter 12, where Dimitri talks very little and Edelgard talks a lot.
Hope you guys are ready for GILBERT DOMINATION (????) in Part 2.
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Chapter 13 Azure Moon: Reunion at Dawn
Note: Omitted duplicate dialogue for ‘Villager’ and Byleth from CF. There is very little overlap between the two routes otherwise aside from very scattered monastery dialogue. I am trying my best to remember it but not perfectly. I tend to err on the side of counting things unless I remember it well.
Gilbert - 45
Dimitri - 41
Byleth - 16
Narrator - 9
Cornelia - 8
Pallardo - 4
Sylvain - 4
Villager - 4
Annette - 3
Ashe - 3
Ingrid - 3
Mercedes - 3
Felix - 2
Total lines - 142
Chapter 14 Azure Moon: Delusional Prince
Dimitri - 41
Gilbert - 37
Byleth - 20
Randolph - 18
Annette - 9
Seteth - 9
Felix - 7
Mercedes - 7
Ferdinand - 6
Ingrid - 6
Sylvain - 6
Lysithea - 5
Ashe - 5
Catherine - 5
Dorothea - 5
Alois - 4
Cyril - 4
Flayn - 4
Gatekeeper - 4
Linhardt - 4
Petra - 4
Raphael - 4
Bernadetta - 3
Caspar - 3
Fleche - 3
Hilda - 3
Ignatz - 3
Marianne - 3
Narrator - 3
Other - 2
Total lines - 233
Chapter 15 Azure Moon: Valley of Torment
Rodrigue - 55
Dimitri - 33
Gilbert - 30
Byleth - 22
Gwendal - 8
Felix - 8
Ashe - 6
Ingrid - 6
Mercedes - 6
Annette - 5
Caspar - 5
Catherine - 4
Cyril - 4
Ferdinand - 4
Flayn - 4
Hilda - 4
Linhardt - 4
Petra - 4
Raphael - 4
Sylvain - 4
Alois - 3
Bernadetta - 3
Dorothea - 3
Gatekeeper - 3
Ignatz - 3
Lysithea - 3
Marianne - 3
Narrator - 3
Seteth - 3
Total lines - 247
Chapter 16 Azure Moon: Rose-Colored River
Rodrigue - 42
Dimitri - 23
Byleth - 20
Felix - 13
Dedue - 7
Ladislava - 6
Fleche - 5
Gilbert - 5
Lorenz - 5
Lysithea - 5
Marianne - 5
Sylvain - 5
Alois - 4
Annette - 4
Ashe - 4
Bernadetta - 4
Catherine - 4
Ferdinand - 4
Flayn - 4
Gatekeeper - 4
Ignatz - 4
Mercedes - 4
Narrator - 4
Acheron - 3
Caspar - 3
Dorothea - 3
Hilda - 3
Ingrid - 3
Linhardt - 3
Petra - 3
Raphael - 3
Seteth - 3
Cyril - 2
Other - 3
Total lines - 220
Chapter 17 Azure Moon: Blood of the Eagle and Lion
Dimitri - 50
Rodrigue - 46
Gilbert - 31
Byleth - 20
Edelgard - 13
Fleche - 11
Claude - 11
Annette - 8
Catherine – 6
Lambert - 6
Sylvain - 6
Ashe - 5
Lysithea - 5
Dedue - 4
Felix - 4
Ferdinand - 4
Flayn - 4
Gatekeeper - 4
Hilda - 4
Ignatz - 4
Ingrid - 4
Linhardt - 4
Lorenz - 4
Marianne - 4
Narrator - 4
Petra - 4
Raphael - 4
Alois - 3
Bernadetta - 3
Caspar - 3
Dorothea – 3
Hubert – 3
Leonie - 3
Mercedes - 3
Seteth - 3
Cyril - 2
Other – 3
Total lines – 292
Chapter 18 Azure Moon: The King’s Triumphant Return
Dimitri - 94
Gilbert - 25
Cornelia - 24
Byleth - 20
Dedue - 9
Annette - 7
Ingrid - 5
Caspar - 5
Dorothea - 5
Felix - 4
Ashe - 4
Mercedes - 4
Sylvain - 4
Catherine - 4
Seteth - 4
Ferdinand - 4
Ignatz - 4
Raphael - 4
Hilda - 4
Cyril - 4
Lorenz - 4
Gatekeeper - 4
Flayn - 3
Linhardt - 3
Marianne - 3
Petra - 3
Lysithea - 3
Narrator - 3
Alois - 3
Bernadetta - 3
Other - 6
Total lines – 277
TOTAL LINES SO FAR up to the end of Chapter 18 (combined Black Eagles:E and Blue Lions)
1. Edelgard - 937
2. Dimitri - 856
3. Byleth - 614
4. Rhea - 371
5. Hubert - 326
6. Sothis - 242
7. Seteth - 240
8. Gilbert - 226
9. Jeralt - 196
10. Rodrigue - 165
11. Ferdinand - 156
12. Narrator - 152
13. Sylvain - 143
14. Claude - 142
15. Caspar - 140
16. Alois - 138
17. Hanneman* - 138
18. Dorothea - 137
19t. Dedue - 131
19t. Linhardt - 131
21. Annette - 125
22. Felix - 124
23. Ingrid - 123
24. Catherine - 122
25. Manuela* - 120
26t. Bernadetta - 118
26t. Ashe - 118
28. Mercedes - 113
29. Petra - 112
30. Flayn - 104
Lysithea - 84
Shamir* - 81
Ignatz - 80
Gatekeeper - 80
Raphael - 79
Lorenz - 77
Marianne - 73
Cyril - 65
Leonie*- 60
Hilda - 57
Cornelia - 46
Solon - 44
Randolph - 38
Kronya - 36
Fleche - 35
Thales - 34
Jeritza - 32
Villager - 22
Ladislava - 21
Lonato - 12
Kostas - 11
Gwendal - 11
Miklan - 7
Mysterious Mage - 7
Ionius IX - 7
Lambert - 7
Meteodey - 4
Duke Aegir - 3
Pallardo - 4
Acheron - 4
Judith - 1
Other - 78
*Note: Did not recruit Manuela, Hanneman, Shamir, or Leonie in my AM run.
Total lines - 7956
As predicted, Gilbert has a huge amount of screentime in the early part of Part 2 AM. Rodrigue ended up in the top ten after this point (although will obviously be pushed out by Claude if I bother doing this for VW). Chapter 18 ensures that Dimitri will end up ahead of Edelgard, a fact I wasn't 100% sure about until that chapter.
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Chapter 19 Azure Moon – The Golden Deer’s Plea
Dimitri - 62
Claude - 41
Byleth - 17
Gilbert - 17
Thales - 12
Annette - 10
Edelgard - 9
Felix - 9
Mercedes - 9
Judith - 8
Ashe - 7
Dedue - 7
Ingrid - 7
Lorenz - 6
Sylvain - 6
Ferdinand - 5
Ignatz - 5
Lysithea - 5
Caspar - 4
Cyril - 4
Dorothea - 4
Flayn - 4
Gatekeeper - 4
Hubert - 4
Narrator - 4
Raphael - 4
Alois - 3
Bernadetta - 3
Catherine - 3
Hilda - 3
Linhardt - 3
Marianne - 3
Petra - 3
Seteth - 3
Other - 9
Total lines - 307
Chapter 20 Azure Moon - The Impregnable Fortress
Dimitri - 41
Mercedes - 17
Gilbert - 16
Byleth - 15
Jeritza - 12
Sylvain - 8
Annette - 6
Ashe - 6
Lysithea - 6
Felix - 5
Ferdinand - 5
Hilda - 5
Petra - 5
Seteth - 5
Alois - 4
Caspar - 4
Cyril - 4
Dorothea - 4
Flayn - 4
Gatekeeper - 4
Ignatz - 4
Ingrid - 4
Lorenz - 4
Bernadetta - 3
Catherine - 3
Dedue - 3
Linhardt - 3
Marianne - 3
Narrator - 3
Raphael - 3
Other - 10
Total lines - 219
Chapter 21 Azure Moon – Our Chosen Paths
Dimitri - 77
Edelgard - 34
Byleth - 27
Gilbert - 19
Hubert - 11
Ashe - 9
Annette - 8
Ferdinand - 7
Felix - 6
Gatekeeper - 5
Lysithea - 5
Raphael - 5
Petra - 5
Mercedes - 5
Ingrid - 5
Dedue - 4
Catherine - 4
Dorothea - 4
Bernadetta - 4
Hilda - 4
Catherine - 4
Narrator - 4
Lorenz - 3
Caspar - 3
Ignatz - 3
Alois - 3
Flayn - 3
Marianne - 3
Seteth - 2
Sylvain - 2
Other - 13
Total lines – 290
Chapter 22 Azure Moon – The Oath of the Dagger
Dimitri - 20
Narrator - 14
Edelgard - 8
Mycen - 4
Ingrid - 2
Felix - 2
Mercedes - 2
Sylvain - 1
Dedue - 1
Annette - 1
Ashe - 1
Byleth - 1
Other - 2
Total lines - 59
TOTAL LINES SO FAR up to the end of combined Black Eagles:E and Blue Lions routes
1. Dimitri - 1056 (12.0%)
2. Edelgard - 988 (11.2%)
3. Byleth - 659 (7.5%)
4. Rhea - 371 (4.2%)
5. Hubert - 341 (3.9%)
6. Gilbert - 278 (3.2%)
7. Seteth - 250 (2.8%)
8. Sothis - 242 (2.7%)
9. Jeralt - 196 (2.2%)
10. Claude - 183 (2.1%)
11. Narrator - 177 (2.0%)
12. Ferdinand - 173 (2.0%)
13. Rodrigue - 165 (1.9%)
14. Sylvain - 159 (1.8%)
15. Caspar - 151 (1.7%)
16. Annette - 150 (1.7%)
17. Dorothea - 149 (1.7%)
18. Alois - 148 (1.7%)
19. Dedue - 146 (1.7%)
20. Mercedes 146 (1.7%)
21. Felix - 146 (1.7%)
22. Ashe - 141 (1.6%)
23. Ingrid - 141 (1.6%)
24. Hanneman* - 138 (-)
25. Linhardt - 137 (1.6%)
26. Catherine - 132 (1.5%)
27. Bernadetta -128 (1.5%)
28. Petra - 124 (1.4%)
29. Manuela* - 120 (-)
30. Flayn - 115 (1.3%)
Lysithea - 100
Gatekeeper - 93
Ignatz - 92
Raphael - 91
Lorenz - 90
Marianne - 82
Shamir* - 81
Cyril - 76
Hilda - 69
Leonie*- 60
Thales - 47
Cornelia - 46
Solon - 44
Jeritza - 43
Randolph - 38
Kronya - 36
Fleche - 35
Villager - 22
Ladislava - 21
Lonato - 12
Kostas - 11
Gwendal - 11
Judith - 9
Miklan - 7
Mysterious Mage - 7
Ionius IX - 7
Lambert - 7
Meteodey - 4
Pallardo - 4
Acheron - 4
Mycen - 4
Duke Aegir - 3
Other - 112 (1.3%)
Total lines - 8812
Gilbert ends up seventh overall thus far! Obviously Claude will overtake him, but I'm not sure anyone else will? Also, Chapter 22 is very short. <_<
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Taking a break from FE (VW and SS will come in time), and returning to that other well-known classic war story, Suikoden 4! You are all excited now.
I haven't played this game in 15 years and my memory for it is not great, so I assume my predictions will suck! Let's try anyway
-Probably around 5000 lines? More than 1, but well less than 2.
-I kinda think Elenor has the most lines just because no other notable plot player is present throughout the game, and I imagine she'll manage something similar to Mathiu. Could also see Lino winning, he's around a bit longer.
-Rest of the top ten... oh hell. Lazlo, Snowe, Kika, Glen, Chiepoo, Ramada... Desmond? Graham Cray? Let's go with that, though it's possible some randoms around a lot like Sigurd/Hervey or the ninjas will quietly put up a decent total. I just don't remember well enough to say.
-I'm not sure how I'll handle Paula/Tal/Jewel/Keneth.
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1. Graduation
(end: the night after the graduation ceremony)
1. Snowe Vingerhut - 101
2. Glen Cott - 26
3. Jewel - 14
4. Katarina - 13
5. Keneth - 9
6. Lazlo - 8
7t. Chiepoo - 7
7t. Tal - 7
9. Lord Vingerhut - 4
10. Paula - 3
Other (Razril citizens) - 5
Other (Gaien knights) - 2
Other (Pirates) - 2
Total: 201 lines
2. The Gaien Knights
(end: return to Razril after Brandeau's death)
1. Snowe Vingerhut - 52
2. Glen Cott - 25
3. Ramada - 22
4. Katarina - 19
5. Brandeau - 12
6. Lazlo - 11
7t. Akaghi - 9
7t. Mizuki - 9
9. Peck - 8
Keneth - 7
Jewel - 5
Paula - 5
Tal - 5
Chiepoo - 4
Lord Vingerhut - 4
Adrienne - 1
Basil - 1
Deborah - 1
Gunter - 1
Konrad - 1
Oskar - 1
Pecola - 1
Other (Gaien knights) - 39
Other (Middleport citizens) - 6
Total: 249 lines
Note: I chose Keneth and Paula as my allies. You can also choose Jewel and/or Tal, which has a major effect on how many lines each gets.
3. The Rune of Punishment
(end: after the exile from Gaien)
1. Katarina - 65
2. Snowe Vingerhut - 39
3. Glen Cott - 30
4. Paula - 12
5. Dario - 11
6t. Keneth - 7
6t. Lord Vingerhut - 7
8. Funghi - 6
9. Rakgi's father - 5
10t. Jewel - 4
10t. Lazlo - 4
10t. Tal - 4
Nalleo - 3
Queen of Obel - 1
Rakgi - 1
Rikie - 1
Other (Gaien knights) - 29
Other (Razril citizens) - 7
Other (Pirates) - 4
Total: 240 lines
Note: The Queen of Obel and Rikie are not identified by name at this time, as they encountered via memories of the Rune of Punishment.
4. Lost at Sea
(end: arrival in Obel)
1. Paula - 44
2. Chiepoo - 38
3. Keneth - 37
4. Colton - 21
5. Desmond - 15
6. Troy - 12
7t. Graham Cray's son - 11
7t. Lilin - 11
9. Lazlo - 7
10. Flare en Kuldes - 6
11. Graham Cray - 5
Other (Kooluk soldiers) - 5
Total: 212 lines
Note: As with the previous chapter, there are characters who speak via the Rune of Punishment and aren't named: in this case, Graham Cray and his son. Also, needless to say, the line leaders of this chapter (aside from Chiepoo) are entirely determined by the player's choice immediately post-graduation.
5. The Kingdom of Obel
(end: completion of the Obel Ruins)
1. Lino en Kuldes - 30
2t. Desmond - 21
2t. Rikie - 21
4. Rakgi - 16
5t. Chiepoo - 15
5t. Mitsuba - 15
7. Lazlo - 14
Leknaat - 8
Paula - 8
Reinhold - 8
Setsu - 8
Keneth - 7
Perrault - 7
Governor of El-Eal - 6
Rita - 6
Flare en Kuldes - 5
Graham Cray - 5
Ornan - 5
Yu - 4
Bartholomew - 3
Ema - 3
Gary - 3
Bang - 2
Colton - 2
Louise - 2
Ramada - 2
Tov - 2
Troy - 2
Chadli - 1
Nabokov - 1
Trishtan - 1
Total: 233 lines
6. Invasion from the North
(end: the occupation of Obel)
1. Lino en Kuldes - 47
2. Setsu - 29
3t. Oleg - 19
3t. Ramada - 19
5. Chiepoo - 18
6. Troy - 14
7t. Akaghi - 13
7t. Lilin - 13
9. Paula - 12
10. Flare en Kuldes - 11
11. Dario - 10
Graham Cray - 8
Lazlo - 8
Brandeau - 7
Desmond - 7
Governor of El-Eal - 7
Louise - 7
Cedric - 6
Manu - 6
Gary - 5
Adrienne - 4
Edgar - 4
Kika - 4
Mizuki - 4
Nalleo - 4
Tov - 4
Colton - 3
Keneth - 3
Ema - 2
Rakgi - 2
Rikie - 2
Sigurd - 2
Hervey - 1
Yu - 1
Other (Obel citizens) - 11
Other (Kooluk soldiers) - 9
Other (Cray underlings) - 7
Other (Nay citizens) - 6
Other (Pirates) - 1
Total: 340 lines
TOTAL LINES SO FAR:
1. Snowe Vingerhut - 192 (13.0%)
2. Katarina - 97 (6.6%)
3. Paula - 84 (5.7%)
4. Chiepoo - 82 (5.6%)
5. Glen Cott - 81 (5.5%)
6. Lino en Kuldes - 77 (5.2%)
7. Keneth - 70 (4.7%)
8. Lazlo - 52 (3.5%)
9t. Desmond - 43 (2.9%)
9t. Ramada - 43 (2.9%)
11. Setsu - 37 (2.5%)
12. Troy - 28 (1.9%)
13. Colton - 26 (1.8%)
14t. Lilin - 24 (1.6%)
14t. Rikie - 24 (1.6%)
16. Jewel - 23 (1.6%)
17t. Akaghi - 22 (1.5%)
17t. Flare en Kuldes - 22 (1.5%)
19. Dario - 21 (1.4%)
20t. Brandeau - 19 (1.3%)
20t. Oleg - 19 (1.3%)
20t. Rakgi - 19 (1.3%)
23. Graham Cray - 18 (1.2%)
24. Tal - 16 (1.1%)
25t. Lord Vingerhut - 15 (1.0%)
25t. Mitsuba - 15 (1.0%)
27t. Governor of El-Eal - 13 (0.9%)
27t. Mizuki - 13 (0.9%)
Graham Cray's son - 11 (0.7%)
Louise - 9 (0.6%)
Gary - 8 (0.5%)
Leknaat - 8 (0.5%)
Peck - 8 (0.5%)
Reinhold - 8 (0.5%)
Nalleo - 7 (0.5%)
Perrault - 7 (0.5%)
Cedric - 6 (0.4%)
Funghi - 6 (0.4%)
Manu - 6 (0.4%)
Rita - 6 (0.4%)
Tov - 6 (0.4%)
Adrienne - 5 (0.3%)
Ema - 5 (0.3%)
Ornan - 5 (0.3%)
Rakgi's father - 5 (0.3%)
Yu - 5 (0.3%)
Edgar - 4 (0.3%)
Kika - 4 (0.3%)
Bartholomew - 3 (0.2%)
Bang - 2 (0.1%)
Sigurd - 2 (0.1%)
Basil - 1 (0.1%)
Chadli - 1 (0.1%)
Deborah - 1 (0.1%)
Gunter - 1 (0.1%)
Hervey - 1 (0.1%)
Konrad - 1 (0.1%)
Nabokov - 1 (0.1%)
Oskar - 1 (0.1%)
Pecola - 1 (0.1%)
Queen of Obel - 1 (0.1%)
Trishtan - 1 (0.1%)
Other (Gaien knights) - 70 (4.7%)
Other (Kooluk soldiers) - 14 (0.9%)
Other (Razril citizens) - 12 (0.8%)
Other (Obel citizens) - 11 (0.7%)
Other (Cray underlings) - 7 (0.5%)
Other (Pirates) - 7 (0.5%)
Other (Middleport citizens) - 6 (0.4%)
Other (Nay citizens) - 6 (0.4%)
Total: 1475 lines
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CmdrKing: Snowe's going to end up with the most lines in the game based almost entirely on the first two hours of Suikoden IV isn't he.
[9:11 PM] CmdrKing: (Like I expect Lino or Eleanor are going to creep up to his current total, and the two dozen or so lines he has left will let him hang on to the lead)
[9:14 PM] CmdrKing: Actually let's post that in the topic for the record and see if I'm right!
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7. New Friends, Old Friend
(end: parting with Snowe after Razril)
1. Lino en Kuldes - 25
2. Lazlo - 23
3. Kika - 21
4t. Snowe Vingerhut - 14
4t. Katarina - 14
6. Kate - 13
7. Rene - 12
8. Taisuke - 11
9. Ugetsu - 10
10. Izak - 9
Paula - 8
Shiramine - 8
Viki - 7
Dario - 6
Keneth - 6
Louise - 6
Nataly - 6
Manu - 5
Bang - 4
Hervey - 4
Jeane - 4
Mao - 4
Mizuki - 4
Phil - 4
Sigurd - 4
Tov - 4
Bartholomew - 3
Chiepoo - 3
Lilan - 3
Lilen - 3
Lilin - 3
Nao - 3
Helmut - 2
Maxine - 2
Nico - 2
Pablo - 1
Other (Kooluk soldiers) - 6
Other (Na-Nal citizens) - 5
Other (Razril citizens) - 4
Other (Pirates) - 2
Total: 278 lines
8. A Change of Leadership
(end: leaving Middleport after making an alliance)
1. Elenor Silverberg - 53
2. Scholteheim Reinbach III - 30
3. Lazlo - 25
4. Nalkul - 24
5. Champo - 22
6. Chiepoo - 19
7t. Agnes - 17
7t. Scholteheim Reinbach II - 17
9. Lino en Kuldes - 15
10. Katarina - 13
Lo Fong - 11
Micky - 11
Hervey - 9
Lo Hak - 7
Ramada - 7
Aldo - 6
Brec - 6
Jango - 5
Lo Seng - 5
Sigurd - 5
Dario - 4
Desmond - 3
Gau - 3
Igor - 3
Lilon - 3
Lilin - 2
Liloon - 2
Rakgi - 2
Tov - 2
Akaghi - 1
Nalleo - 1
Paula - 1
Total: 334 lines
9. The Northern Islands
(end: after making alliances with Na-Nal and Nay)
1. Lino en Kuldes - 40
2. Na-Nal Island Chief - 37
3t. Axel - 19
3t. Lazlo - 19
3t. Ted - 19
6. Nay Village Elder - 16
7t. Charlemagne - 10
7t. Deborah - 10
7t. Fog Ship Guide - 10
10t. Elven Edler - 9
10t. Gareth - 9
10t. Selma - 9
Scholteheim Reinbach III - 8
Keen - 7
Leknaat - 7
Etienne - 6
Helga - 6
Governor of El-Eal - 5
Kevin - 5
Oskar - 5
Pam - 4
Sigurd - 3
Colton - 2
Micky - 2
Nico - 1
Other (Middleport citizens) - 5
Other (Na-Nal citizens) - 3
Other (Kooluk soldiers) - 2
Total: 278 lines
Notes: Yes, Axel's nameless father has that many lines. Also, this arc sucks.
TOTAL LINES SO FAR
1. Snowe Vingerhut - 206 (8.7%)
2. Lino en Kuldes - 157 (6.6%)
3. Katarina - 124 (5.2%)
4. Lazlo - 119 (5.0%)
5. Chiepoo - 104 (4.4%)
6. Paula - 93 (3.9%)
7. Glen Cott - 81 (3.4%)
8. Keneth - 76 (3.2%)
9. Elenor Silverberg - 53 (2.2%)
10. Ramada - 50 (2.1%)
11. Desmond - 46 (1.9%)
12. Scholteheim Reinbach III - 38 (1.6%)
13t. Na-Nal Island Chief - 37 (1.6%)
13t. Setsu - 37 (1.6%)
15. Dario - 31 (1.3%)
16. Lilin - 29 (1.2%)
17t. Colton - 28 (1.2%)
17t. Troy - 28 (1.2%)
19. Kika - 25 (1.1%)
20t. Nalkul - 24 (1.0%)
20t. Rikie - 24 (1.0%)
22t. Akaghi - 23 (1.0%)
22t. Jewel - 23 (1.0%)
24t. Champo - 22 (0.9%)
24t. Flare en Kuldes - 22 (0.9%)
26. Rakgi - 21 (0.9%)
Axel - 19 (0.8%)
Brandeau - 19 (0.8%)
Oleg - 19 (0.8%)
Ted - 19 (0.8%)
Governor of El-Eal - 18 (0.8%)
Graham Cray - 18 (0.8%)
Agnes - 17 (0.7%)
Mizuki - 17 (0.7%)
Scholteheim Reinbach II - 17 (0.7%)
Nay Village Elder - 16 (0.7%)
Tal - 16 (0.7%)
Leknaat - 15 (0.6%)
Lord Vingerhut - 15 (0.6%)
Louise - 15 (0.6%)
Mitsuba - 15 (0.6%)
Hervey - 14 (0.6%)
Sigurd - 14 (0.6%)
Kate - 13 (0.5%)
Micky - 13 (0.5%)
Rene - 12 (0.5%)
Tov - 12 (0.5%)
Deborah - 11 (0.5%)
Graham Cray's son - 11 (0.5%)
Lo Fong - 11 (0.5%)
Manu - 11 (0.5%)
Taisuke - 11 (0.5%)
Charlemagne - 10 (0.4%)
Fog Ship Guide - 10 (0.4%)
Ugetsu - 10 (0.4%)
Elven Elder - 9 (0.4%)
Gareth - 9 (0.4%)
Izak - 9 (0.4%)
Selma - 9 (0.4%)
Gary - 8 (0.3%)
Nalleo - 8 (0.3%)
Peck - 8 (0.3%)
Reinhold - 8 (0.3%)
Shiramine - 8 (0.3%)
Keen - 7 (0.3%)
Lo Hak - 7 (0.3%)
Perrault - 7 (0.3%)
Viki - 7 (0.3%)
Aldo - 6 (0.3%)
Bang - 6 (0.3%)
Bartholomew - 6 (0.3%)
Brec - 6 (0.3%)
Cedric - 6 (0.3%)
Etienne - 6 (0.3%)
Funghi - 6 (0.3%)
Helga - 6 (0.3%)
Nataly - 6 (0.3%)
Oskar - 6 (0.3%)
Rita - 6 (0.3%)
Adrienne - 5 (0.2%)
Ema - 5 (0.2%)
Jango - 5 (0.2%)
Kevin - 5 (0.2%)
Lo Seng - 5 (0.2%)
Ornan - 5 (0.2%)
Rakgi's father - 5 (0.2%)
Yu - 5 (0.2%)
Edgar - 4 (0.2%)
Jeane - 4 (0.2%)
Mao - 4 (0.2%)
Pam - 4 (0.2%)
Phil - 4 (0.2%)
Gau - 3 (0.1%)
Igor - 3 (0.1%)
Lilan - 3 (0.1%)
Lilen - 3 (0.1%)
Lilon - 3 (0.1%)
Nao - 3 (0.1%)
Nico - 3 (0.1%)
Helmut - 2 (0.1%)
Liloon - 2 (0.1%)
Maxine - 2 (0.1%)
Basil - 1 (0.0%)
Chadli - 1 (0.0%)
Gunter - 1 (0.0%)
Konrad - 1 (0.0%)
Nabokov - 1 (0.0%)
Pablo - 1 (0.0%)
Pecola - 1 (0.0%)
Queen of Obel - 1 (0.0%)
Trishtan - 1 (0.0%)
Other (Gaien knights) - 70 (3.0%)
Other (Kooluk soldiers) - 22 (0.9%)
Other (Razril citizens) - 16 (0.7%)
Other (Middleport citizens) - 11 (0.5%)
Other (Obel citizens) - 11 (0.5%)
Other (Pirates) - 9 (0.4%)
Other (Na-Nal citizens) - 8 (0.3%)
Other (Cray underlings) - 7 (0.3%)
Other (Nay citizens) - 6 (0.3%)
Total: 2365 lines
Notes: We're near the end now, so I can safely say there's no way this is game is catching Suikoden 1 for line count. Wow, was not expecting this.
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10. The Liberation of Razril
(end: after completing the Razril events, includes the Razril/Middleport recruits)
1. Lazlo - 22
2. Colton - 16
3t. Elenor Silverberg - 14
3t. Graham Cray - 14
5. Troy - 12
6. Eugene's mother - 10
7t. Ameria - 9
7t. Eugene - 9
7t. Helmut - 9
7t. Millay - 9
Paula - 8
Frederica - 7
Konrad - 7
Jewel - 7
Pecola - 7
Warlock - 7
Jeremy - 6
Lord Vingerhut - 6
Pablo - 6
Keneth - 5
Lino en Kuldes - 5
Maxine - 5
Mitsuba - 5
Scholteheim Reinbach III - 5
Tal - 5
Gretchen - 4
Snowe Vingerhut - 4
Basil - 3
Funghi - 3
Katarina - 3
Karl - 3
Nico - 2
Other (Razril citizens) - 8
Other (Reinbach II's hirelings) - 5
Other (Kooluk soldiers) - 3
Total: 253 lines
11. The Liberation of Obel
(end: recruiting the 108 stars of destiny)
1. Elenor Silverberg - 36
2. Lazlo - 20
3t. Lino en Kuldes - 14
3t. Ramada - 14
5. Colton - 12
6. Travis - 10
7t. Flare en Kuldes - 8
7t. Noah - 8
7t. Rachel - 8
10t. Gary - 7
10t. Graham Cray - 7
10t. Tanya - 7
Kika - 6
Yu - 6
Nabokov - 5
Carrie - 4
Gunter - 4
Setsu - 4
Snowe Vingerhut - 4
Trishtan - 4
Wendel - 4
Cedric - 3
Governor of El-Eal - 3
Nico - 3
Akaghi - 2
Desmond - 2
Ema - 2
Glen Cott - 2
Jewel - 2
Keneth - 2
Mizuki - 2
Chiepoo - 1
Tal - 1
Other (Ship crew) - 3
Other (Pirates) - 2
Other (Obel citizens) - 1
Total: 223 lines
12. The Giant Tree
(end: establishment of the Island Nations Federation)
1. Elenor Silverberg - 52
2. Lino en Kuldes - 28
3. Graham Cray - 24
4. Agnes - 18
5. Troy - 14
6. Lazlo - 13
7. Kika - 7
Frederica - 5
Leknaat - 5
Sigurd - 5
Dario - 4
Helmut - 4
Hervey - 4
Nalleo - 4
Rikie - 4
Akaghi - 3
Chiepoo - 3
Colton - 3
Desmond - 3
Jewel - 3
Mizuki - 3
Pablo - 3
Setsu - 3
Snowe Vingerhut - 3
Tov - 3
Flare en Kuldes - 2
Katarina - 2
Keneth - 2
Tanya - 2
Champo - 1
Louise - 1
Nalkul - 1
Noah - 1
Paula - 1
Ramada - 1
Rene - 1
Rita - 1
Tal - 1
Other (Kooluk soldiers) - 10
Other (Obel citizens) - 1
Total: 249 lines
GRAND TOTAL
1. Snowe Vingerhut - 217 (7.0%)
2. Lino en Kuldes - 204 (6.6%)
3. Lazlo - 174 (5.6%)
4. Elenor Silverberg - 155 (5.0%)
5. Katarina - 129 (4.2%)
6. Chiepoo - 108 (3.5%)
7. Paula - 102 (3.3%)
8. Keneth - 85 (2.8%)
9. Glen Cott - 83 (2.7%)
10. Ramada - 65 (2.1%)
11. Graham Cray - 63 (2.0%)
12. Colton - 59 (1.9%)
13. Troy - 54 (1.7%)
14. Desmond - 51 (1.7%)
15. Setsu - 44 (1.4%)
16. Scholteheim Reinbach III - 43 (1.4%)
17. Kika - 38 (1.2%)
18. Na-Nal Island Chief - 37 (1.2%)
19t. Agnes - 35 (1.1%)
19t. Dario - 35 (1.1%)
19t. Jewel - 35 (1.1%)
22. Flare en Kuldes - 32 (1.0%)
23. Lilin - 29 (0.9%)
24t. Akaghi - 28 (0.9%)
24t. Rikie - 28 (0.9%)
26. Nalkul - 25 (0.8%)
27t. Champo - 23 (0.7%)
27t. Tal - 23 (0.7%)
29. Mizuki - 22 (0.7%)
Governor of El-Eal - 21 (0.7%)
Lord Vingerhut - 21 (0.7%)
Rakgi - 21 (0.7%)
Leknaat - 20 (0.6%)
Mitsuba - 20 (0.6%)
Axel - 19 (0.6%)
Brandeau - 19 (0.6%)
Oleg - 19 (0.6%)
Sigurd - 19 (0.6%)
Ted - 19 (0.6%)
Hervey - 18 (0.6%)
Scholteheim Reinbach II - 17 (0.6%)
Louise - 16 (0.5%)
Nay Village Elder - 16 (0.5%)
Gary - 15 (0.5%)
Helmut - 15 (0.5%)
Tov - 15 (0.5%)
Kate - 13 (0.4%)
Micky - 13 (0.4%)
Rene - 13 (0.4%)
Frederica - 12 (0.4%)
Nalleo - 12 (0.4%)
Deborah - 11 (0.4%)
Graham Cray's son - 11 (0.4%)
Lo Fong - 11 (0.4%)
Manu - 11 (0.4%)
Taisuke - 11 (0.4%)
Yu - 11 (0.4%)
Charlemagne - 10 (0.3%)
Eugene's mother - 10 (0.3%)
Fog Ship Guide - 10 (0.3%)
Pablo - 10 (0.3%)
Travis - 10 (0.3%)
Ugetsu - 10 (0.3%)
Ameria - 9 (0.3%)
Cedric - 9 (0.3%)
Elven Elder - 9 (0.3%)
Eugene - 9 (0.3%)
Funghi - 9 (0.3%)
Gareth - 9 (0.3%)
Izak - 9 (0.3%)
Millay - 9 (0.3%)
Noah - 9 (0.3%)
Selma - 9 (0.3%)
Tanya - 9 (0.3%)
Konrad - 8 (0.3%)
Nico - 8 (0.3%)
Peck - 8 (0.3%)
Pecola - 8 (0.3%)
Rachel - 8 (0.3%)
Reinhold - 8 (0.3%)
Shiramine - 8 (0.3%)
Ema - 7 (0.2%)
Keen - 7 (0.2%)
Lo Hak - 7 (0.2%)
Maxine - 7 (0.2%)
Perrault - 7 (0.2%)
Rita - 7 (0.2%)
Viki - 7 (0.2%)
Warlock - 7 (0.2%)
Aldo - 6 (0.2%)
Bang - 6 (0.2%)
Bartholomew - 6 (0.2%)
Brec - 6 (0.2%)
Etienne - 6 (0.2%)
Helga - 6 (0.2%)
Jeremy - 6 (0.2%)
Nabokov - 6 (0.2%)
Nataly - 6 (0.2%)
Oskar - 6 (0.2%)
Adrienne - 5 (0.2%)
Gunter - 5 (0.2%)
Jango - 5 (0.2%)
Kevin - 5 (0.2%)
Lo Seng - 5 (0.2%)
Ornan - 5 (0.2%)
Rakgi's father - 5 (0.2%)
Trishtan - 5 (0.2%)
Basil - 4 (0.1%)
Carrie - 4 (0.1%)
Edgar - 4 (0.1%)
Gretchen - 4 (0.1%)
Jeane - 4 (0.1%)
Mao - 4 (0.1%)
Pam - 4 (0.1%)
Phil - 4 (0.1%)
Wendel - 4 (0.1%)
Gau - 3 (0.1%)
Igor - 3 (0.1%)
Karl - 3 (0.1%)
Lilan - 3 (0.1%)
Lilen - 3 (0.1%)
Lilon - 3 (0.1%)
Nao - 3 (0.1%)
Liloon - 2 (0.1%)
Chadli - 1 (0.0%)
Queen of Obel - 1 (0.0%)
Other (Gaien knights) - 70 (2.3%)
Other (Kooluk soldiers) - 35 (1.1%)
Other (Razril citizens) - 24 (0.8%)
Other (Obel citizens) - 13 (0.4%)
Other (Middleport citizens) - 11 (0.4%)
Other (Pirates) - 11 (0.4%)
Other (Na-Nal citizens) - 8 (0.3%)
Other (Cray underlings) - 7 (0.2%)
Other (Nay citizens) - 6 (0.2%)
Other (Reinbach II's hirelings) - 5 (0.2%)
Other (Ship crew) - 3 (0.1%)
Grand total: 3089 lines
Chapters in which characters had the most lines:
Lino en Kuldes: 4
Elenor Silverberg: 3
Snowe Vingerhut: 2
Katarina, Lazlo, Paula*: 1 each
Note about the four friends: Presumably, if you take Jewel and/or Tal with you instead of Keneth or Paula, the former will have lines in the 80-110 range instead.
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Final comments:
-Oh man. 5000 lines was the hilariously bad prediction; I knew I'd make at least one but did not expect to be off by that much. The game's clock is significantly longer than S1's, but the combination of load times, sailing, some time-wasting activities, sailing, camera shots without dialog, and sailing all allow S4 to have significantly fewer lines than S1 anyway. It's an empty game in a lot of ways, and dialog is certainly one. Suikoden 3 has triple the line count of this game!
-My predictions for the top ten were pretty good, once you allow for the fact that I was deliberately excluding the four friends. I missed Katarina and overestimated Kika and Desmond but not too badly.
-It really is crazy how much the earlygame dominates in terms of lines. Those first three chapters make up only a small amount of the game's playtime, but account for nearly a quarter of its lines and singlehandedly secure Snowe the top spot and Glen/Katarina spots in the top ten.
-I'm still really good at overestimating strategists. In my defence, Elenor was a very line-dense character after she joined, just... there isn't actually much dialog left after she joins, because empty game is empty.
-Ted may have more impact on the gameplay of S4 than S1, but he has far less on the plot, with over 100 lines fewer. Jeane and Viki never have many lines, and this game did not change that.
-Props to Cmdr who absolutely aced her midgame prediction: Lino did indeed creep just past Snowe's midgame total, but Snowe's "two dozen" (actually 25!) lines kept him ahead.
New overall line leaders (200+):
1. Viktor - 881
(Chris as Flame Champion: ~840)
2. Hugo - 793
3. Nanami - 700
4. Chris - 682
5. Jowy - 547
6. Thomas - 541
(Geddoe as Flame Champion: ~480)
7. Flik - 475
8. Sgt Joe - 410
9. Luc - 407
10. Shu - 390
11. Riou - 372
12. Apple - 363
13. Ace - 319
14. Gremio - 304
15. Cecile - 294
16. Geddoe - 285
17. Caesar - 271
18. Mathiu - 257
19. Salome - 223
20. Snowe - 217
21. Cleo - 214
22. Lino - 204
Well that was an easy update to make! S4 barely sneaks one character into the top 20.
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Next up: Final Fantasy X. As most of you know this game is one of my favourites.
Compared to most other games I've done the lines are a bit shorter, if measured by number of words. FFX makes relatively more use of pauses, laughter, and other non-word communication compared to Suikoden, XF, or Fire Emblem, and the actual lines themselves can sometimes just be a few words long (though as always, they really do vary). My consistent standard remains to count lines based on "one appearance of text on the screen at one time = one line" and to not count voice work that lacks a caption (typically short vocalizations like laughter, surprise, etc.).
I'm already 1500+ lines in so it's a bit late for predictions, but my original guess was that FFX would fall between S2 and S3 for lines (so 7000-9000 roughly). Tidus will definitely have the most and should easily break 1000. Wakka, Yuna, and Auron will fight for second... Wakka certainly gets off to a strong start but we'll see! I'll be stunned if the six non-Kimahri PCs aren't top six, so Lulu and Rikku next. NPC with the most lines will... probably be Seymour? Not certain. Jecht / Mika / Kimahri to round out the top ten? Let's go with that.
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(1) The Arrival of Sin
(end: arrival at Besaid)
1. Tidus - 103
2. Rikku - 42
3. Auron - 22
4. Zanar - 13
5. Bahamut Fayth - 5
6. Brother - 3
7. Jecht - 2
Other (Al Bhed) - 15
Other (Zanarkand) - 11
Total: 216 lines
Zanar is the name of the Zanarkand blitzball announcer. I too long to be named after my home city.
(2) Besaid Island
(end: night after learning of Chappu)
1. Wakka - 115
2. Tidus - 108
3. Yuna - 16
4. Luzzu - 14
5. Gatta - 13
Datto - 10
Letty - 9
Besaid priest - 8
Lulu - 8
Jecht - 6
Tidus's mother - 6
Botta - 5
Jassu - 5
Keepa - 5
Rikku - 5
Other (Besaid) - 5
Other (Aurochs chorus) - 3
Other (Zanarkand) - 3
Total: 344 lines
Datto, Letty, Botta, Jassu, and Keepa are the supporting members of the Besaid Aurochs. When they all speak together during a team huddle, I've noted their lines as Aurochs chorus instead.
(3) The Voyage to Kilika
(end: night after the Sending)
1. Tidus - 51
2. Wakka - 43
3. Lulu - 30
4. Yuna - 27
5. O'aka XIII - 9
Datto - 5
Gatta - 3
Keepa - 3
Letty - 3
Luzzu - 3
Botta - 1
Jassu - 1
Other (S.S. Liki) - 15
Other (Kilika) - 3
Total: 196 lines
(4) Their Fathers' Footsteps
(end: arrival in Luca)
1. Tidus - 94
2. Wakka - 78
3. Lulu - 48
4. Yuna - 45
5. Dona - 14
Bickson - 12
Datto - 11
Luzzu - 10
Letty - 9
Jassu - 7
Jecht - 7
Gatta - 6
Graav - 5
Abus - 4
Botta - 4
O'aka XIII - 4
Balgerda - 3
Doram - 2
Keepa - 2
Total: 365 lines
Bickson is the captain of the Luca Goers; Graav, Abus, Balgerda, and Doram are other members of that team.
(5) The City of Blitzball
(end: leaving Luca)
1. Tidus - 123
2. Yuna - 82
3. Wakka - 58
4. Bobba - 45
5. Lulu - 38
6. Auron - 35
7. Mika - 12
8. Datto - 11
Letty - 8
Jimma - 7
Botta - 5
Jassu - 5
Keepa - 4
O'aka XIII - 4
Yenke - 4
Biran - 3
Seymour - 3
Other (Aurochs chorus) - 7
Other (Luca) - 7
Other (Al Bhed) - 2
Total: 463 lines
Bobba is the blitzball announcer and Jimma is the colour commentary.
Total lines so far
1. Tidus - 479 (30.2%)
2. Wakka - 294 (18.5%)
3. Yuna - 170 (10.7%)
4. Lulu - 124 (7.8%)
5. Auron - 57 (3.6%)
6. Rikku - 47 (3.0%)
7. Bobba - 45 (2.8%)
8. Datto - 37 (2.3%)
9. Letty - 29 (1.8%)
10. Luzzu - 27 (1.7%)
11. Gatta - 22 (1.4%)
12. Jassu - 18 (1.1%)
13. O'aka XIII - 17 (1.1%)
14t. Botta - 15 (0.9%)
14t. Jecht - 15 (0.9%)
16t. Dona - 14 (0.9%)
16t. Keepa - 14 (0.9%)
18. Zanar - 13 (0.8%)
19t. Bickson - 12 (0.8%)
19t. Mika - 12 (0.8%)
Besaid priest - 8 (0.5%)
Jimma - 7 (0.4%)
Tidus's mother - 6 (0.4%)
Bahamut Fayth - 5 (0.3%)
Graav - 5 (0.3%)
Abus - 4 (0.3%)
Yenke - 4 (0.3%)
Balgerda - 3 (0.2%)
Biran - 3 (0.2%)
Brother - 3 (0.2%)
Seymour - 3 (0.2%)
Doram - 2 (0.1%)
Other (Al Bhed) - 17 (1.1%)
Other (S.S. Liki) - 15 (0.9%)
Other (Zanarkand) - 14 (0.9%)
Other (Aurochs chorus) - 10 (0.6%)
Other (Luca) - 7 (0.4%)
Other (Besaid) - 5 (0.3%)
Other (Kilika) - 3 (0.2%)
GRAND TOTAL: 1585 lines
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(6) On the Highroad
(end: passage is granted to Mushroom Rock)
1. Tidus - 55
2. Yuna - 51
3t. Maechen - 22
3t. Rin - 22
5. Belgemine - 19
6. Shelinda - 17
7. Auron - 15
8. Lucil - 14
Wakka - 9
Dona - 8
Elma - 8
Luzzu - 8
Seymour - 7
Gatta - 6
Lulu - 6
Calli - 4
O'aka XIII - 4
Calli's mother - 3
Clasko - 2
Other (Crusaders) - 11
Other (Chocobo rancher) - 2
Total: 293 lines
This is the first time Tidus accounts for less than a quarter of the lines in a chapter! Still has the most, though. This chapter is also notable for the introduction of several of the recurring secondary NPCs who show up throughout the PCs' journey. Also, unusually low totals for Wakka and Lulu.
(7) Operation Mi'ihen
(end: entering the Djose Highroad)
1. Tidus - 46
2. Seymour - 31
3. Auron - 29
4. Wakka - 28
5. Yuna - 22
6t. Gatta - 18
6t. Luzzu - 18
8t. Kinoc - 12
8t. Lucil - 12
Lulu - 9
Shelinda - 9
Jecht - 8
Clasko - 7
O'aka XIII - 6
Kimahri - 5
Elma - 1
Other (Crusaders) - 10
(8) The Lightning Temple
(end: leaving Djose Temple for the Moonflow road)
1. Tidus - 35
2. Yuna - 25
3. Isaaru - 20
4. Wakka - 19
5. Auron - 14
6t. Lucil - 13
6t. Luzzu - 13
8. Dona - 12
9t. Elma - 10
9t. Lulu - 10
Barthello - 8
Clasko - 8
Maroda - 8
Pacce - 7
Kimahri - 2
Other (Clergy) - 2
Total: 206 lines
Note: The Luzzu scene only exists if Gatta dies in Operation Mi'ihen.
(9) Disappearing Summoners
(end: reaching Guadosalam)
1. Tidus - 60
2. Wakka - 54
3. Yuna - 26
4. Lulu - 24
5. Auron - 23
6. Rikku - 20
7t. Belgemine - 14
7t. Maechen - 14
9. Kimahri - 12
Biran - 5
Elma - 5
Shelinda - 5
Clasko - 4
Lucil - 4
Yenke - 3
O'aka XIII - 2
Other (Hypello) - 8
Total: 283 lines
Fun fact: The top six in this chapter are the same as the overall top six at this point, in order.
(10) The Maester's Proposal
(end: leaving Guadosalam)
1. Tidus - 106
2. Lulu - 66
3. Yuna - 52
4. Wakka - 32
5. Seymour - 30
6. Auron - 29
7. Maechen - 26
8. Rikku - 23
9. Tromell - 19
10. Shelinda - 14
O'aka XIII - 7
Tidus's mother - 4
Jecht - 3
Kimahri - 2
Other (Guado) - 2
Total: 415 lines
Note: There's a conversation between Tidus and Lulu here which can be replaced by a conversation between Tidus and Rikku, but in all my playthroughs I've never seen it, so the numbers here assume the Lulu scene.
(11) Spheres
(end: leaving the clearing where the first Jecht's Sphere is found)
1. Tidus - 74
2. Auron - 71
3. Rikku - 38
4. Jecht - 25
5. Wakka - 24
6t. Rin - 22
6t. Yuna - 22
8. Lulu - 18
Maechen - 12
Barthello - 9
Lucil - 9
Braska - 7
Elma - 6
O'aka XIII - 3
Kimahri - 2
Other (Merchants) - 1
Total: 343 lines
Interlude: Braska's Pilgrimage
(includes all the optional Auron/Braska/Jecht Spheres except the one on Gagazet)
1. Jecht - 55
2. Braska - 41
3. Auron - 32
4. Kinoc - 6
Total: 132 lines
(12) Confrontation at Macalania Temple
(end: attack from Sin's toxin under Lake Macalania)
1. Tidus - 114
2. Wakka - 63
3. Auron - 53
4. Rikku - 47
5. Yuna - 38
6. Lulu - 34
7. Tromell - 32
8. Seymour - 17
Jyscal - 14
Clasko - 12
Maechen - 12
Shelinda - 12
Kimahri - 10
O'aka XIII - 9
Brother - 7
Other (Clergy) - 6
Total: 480 lines
Included here is a scene in which Tidus rides a snowmobile with the character whom he has the highest affinity with (excluding Yuna and Wakka). For a variety of reasons, this is highly likely to be Lulu, so that is the scene which is counted. I may look up the others later.
Total lines so far
1. Tidus - 969 (24.2%)
2. Wakka - 523 (13.0%)
3. Yuna - 406 (10.1%)
4. Auron - 323 (8.1%)
5. Lulu - 291 (7.3%)
6. Rikku - 175 (4.4%)
7. Jecht - 106 (2.6%)
8. Seymour - 88 (2.2%)
9. Maechen - 86 (2.1%)
10. Luzzu - 66 (1.6%)
11. Shelinda - 57 (1.4%)
12. Lucil - 52 (1.3%)
13. Tromell - 51 (1.3%)
14t. Braska - 48 (1.2%)
14t. O'aka XIII - 48 (1.2%)
16. Gatta - 46 (1.1%)
17. Bobba - 45 (1.1%)
18. Rin - 44 (1.1%)
19. Datto - 37 (0.9%)
20. Dona - 34 (0.8%)
21t. Belgemine - 33 (0.8%)
21t. Clasko - 33 (0.8%)
21t. Kimahri - 33 (0.8%)
24. Elma - 30 (0.7%)
25. Letty - 29 (0.7%)
Isaaru - 20 (0.5%)
Jassu - 18 (0.4%)
Kinoc - 18 (0.4%)
Barthello - 17 (0.4%)
Botta - 15 (0.4%)
Jyscal - 14 (0.3%)
Keepa - 14 (0.3%)
Zanar - 13 (0.3%)
Bickson - 12 (0.3%)
Mika - 12 (0.3%)
Brother - 10 (0.2%)
Tidus's mother - 10 (0.2%)
Besaid priest - 8 (0.2%)
Biran - 8 (0.2%)
Maroda - 8 (0.2%)
Jimma - 7 (0.2%)
Pacce - 7 (0.2%)
Yenke - 7 (0.2%)
Bahamut Fayth - 5 (0.1%)
Graav - 5 (0.1%)
Abus - 4 (0.1%)
Calli - 4 (0.1%)
Balgerda - 3 (0.1%)
Calli's mother - 3 (0.1%)
Doram - 2 (0.0%)
Other (Crusaders) - 21 (0.5%)
Other (Al Bhed) - 17 (0.4%)
Other (S.S. Liki) - 15 (0.4%)
Other (Zanarkand) - 14 (0.3%)
Other (Aurochs chorus) - 10 (0.2%)
Other (Clergy) - 8 (0.2%)
Other (Hypello) - 8 (0.2%)
Other (Luca) - 7 (0.2%)
Other (Besaid) - 5 (0.1%)
Other (Kilika) - 3 (0.1%)
Other (Merchants) - 3 (0.1%)
Other (Guado) - 2 (0.0%)
Grand total: 4010 lines
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(13) A Truth Revealed
(end: capture after obtaining Bahamut)
1. Rikku - 89
2. Tidus - 86
3. Cid - 68
4. Wakka - 46
5t. Auron - 28
5t. Lulu - 28
7. Dona - 18
8t. Isaaru - 17
8t. Yuna - 17
10t. Brother - 15
10t. Rin - 15
12. Maroda - 14
Kimahri - 7
Kinoc - 7
Seymour - 7
Mika - 6
pacce - 4
Keyakku - 1
Total: 473 lines
(14) A Trial and an Escape
(end: night in Macalania Woods)
1t. Tidus - 70
1t. Yuna - 70
3. Seymour - 35
4. Auron - 28
5. Mika - 22
6. Rikku - 17
7. Isaaru - 15
8. Kelk - 12
9. Lulu - 11
10. Wakka - 9
11. Kinoc - 7
Kimahri - 2
Other (Warrior Monks) - 3
Total: 301 lines
(15) To Continue the Pilgrimage
(end: Ronso sing the Hymn of the Fayth)
(includes Remiem Temple and the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth)
1. Tidus - 52
2. Lulu - 41
3. Yuna - 39
4. Belgemine - 31
5. Auron - 26
6. Wakka - 23
7. Biran - 21
8. Kelk - 20
9t. Rikku - 15
9t. Zuke - 15
11t. Kimahri - 13
11t. Maechen - 13
13. Yenke - 10
14. Yojimbo Fayth - 6
Other (Guado) - 4
Total: 329 lines
(16) The Mountain of the Fayth
(end: the party breaks camp to enter Zanarkand)
1. Yuna - 122
2. Tidus - 67
3. Bahamut Fayth - 30
4. Rikku - 26
5. Auron - 24
6. Seymour - 21
7. Braska - 16
8. Wakka - 15
9. Lulu - 13
10. Wantz - 12
11. Kimahri - 4
Total: 350 lines
Note: Yuna has a staggering 78 lines in a row during her sphere recording of her farewells to the party. (Yes, that is more than Kimahri has had the entire game.)
(17) Without False Hope
(end: leaving the Zanarkand Dome after Auron's flashback)
1. Auron - 53
2. Yunalesca - 48
3. Jecht - 42
4. Tidus - 37
5. Yuna - 35
6. Wakka - 18
7. Braska - 15
8. Unsent attendant - 14
9. Lulu - 10
10. Rikku - 9
Anima Fayth - 4
Kimahri - 4
Seymour - 3
Yocun's guardian - 3
Total: 295 lines
Notes: Anima Fayth is, of course, Seymour's mother. Yocun is a previous High Summoner whose guardian appears in a memory scene. Yunalesca has the most lines of any character who only speaks in one chapter, unsurprisingly.
(18) New Plans
(end: gaining access to the world after the meeting with Mika)
1. Tidus - 49
2. Bahamut Fayth - 37
3. Yuna - 34
4. Shelinda - 28
5. Rikku - 25
6t. Auron - 20
6t. Wakka - 20
8. Mika - 16
9. Lulu - 14
10. Kimahri - 10
11. Cid - 9
Brother - 5
Other (Warrior monks) - 5
Total: 272 lines
Interlude: Endgame sidequests
(includes the scene with Dona in Zanarkand, the scenes with Tromell and Lulu in Guadosalam, acquiring Anima, finishing the Belgemine sidequest, talking to Maechen, and the Omega Ruins)
1. Maechen - 51
2t. Anima Fayth - 16
2t. Tidus - 16
4. Tromell - 15
5. Dona - 8
Auron - 6
Wakka - 6
Belgemine - 5
Lulu - 5
Yuna - 5
Total: 133 lines
(19) Never Forget Them
(end: Yuna's speech in Luca)
1. Tidus - 71
2. Yuna - 37
3. Cid - 35
4. Jecht - 27
5. Seymour - 16
6t. Brother - 13
6t. Rikku - 13
8t. Auron - 8
8t. Lulu - 8
10. Wakka - 7
Rin - 3
Bahamut Fayth - 2
Kimahri - 2
Total: 242 lines
GRAND TOTAL
1. Tidus - 1417 (22.1%)
2. Yuna - 765 (11.9%)
3. Wakka - 667 (10.4%)
4. Auron - 516 (8.1%)
5. Lulu - 421 (6.6%)
6. Rikku - 369 (5.8%)
7. Jecht - 175 (2.7%)
8. Seymour - 170 (2.7%)
9. Maechen - 150 (2.3%)
10. Cid - 112 (1.7%)
11. Shelinda - 85 (1.3%)
12. Braska - 79 (1.2%)
13. Kimahri - 75 (1.2%)
14. Bahamut Fayth - 74 (1.2%)
15. Belgemine - 69 (1.1%)
16. Luzzu - 66 (1.0%)
17. Tromell - 66 (1.0%)
18. Rin - 62 (1.0%)
19. Dona - 60 (0.9%)
20. Mika - 56 (0.9%)
21t. Isaaru - 52 (0.8%)
21t. Lucil - 52 (0.8%)
23t. O'aka XIII - 48 (0.7%)
23t. Yunalesca - 48 (0.7%)
25. Gatta - 46 (0.7%)
26. Bobba - 45 (0.7%)
27. Brother - 43 (0.7%)
Datto - 37 (0.6%)
Clasko - 33 (0.5%)
Kelk - 32 (0.5%)
Kinoc - 32 (0.5%)
Elma - 30 (0.5%)
Biran - 29 (0.5%)
Letty - 29 (0.5%)
Maroda - 22 (0.3%)
Anima Fayth - 20 (0.3%)
Jassu - 18 (0.3%)
Barthello - 17 (0.3%)
Yenke - 17 (0.3%)
Botta - 15 (0.2%)
Zuke - 15 (0.2%)
Jyscal - 14 (0.2%)
Keepa - 14 (0.2%)
Unsent attendant - 14 (0.2%)
Zanar - 13 (0.2%)
Bickson - 12 (0.2%)
Wantz - 12 (0.2%)
Pacce - 11 (0.2%)
Tidus's mother - 10 (0.2%)
Besaid priest - 8 (0.1%)
Jimma - 7 (0.1%)
Yojimbo Fayth - 6 (0.1%)
Graav - 5 (0.1%)
Abus - 4 (0.1%)
Calli - 4 (0.1%)
Balgerda - 3 (0.0%)
Calli's mother - 3 (0.0%)
Yocun's guardian - 3 (0.0%)
Doram - 2 (0.0%)
Keyakku - 1 (0.0%)
Other (Crusaders) - 21 (0.3%)
Other (Al Bhed) - 17 (0.3%)
Other (S.S. Liki) - 15 (0.2%)
Other (Zanarkand) - 14 (0.2%)
Other (Aurochs chorus) - 10 (0.2%)
Other (Clergy) - 8 (0.1%)
Other (Hypello) - 8 (0.1%)
Other (Warrior monks) - 8 (0.1%)
Other (Luca) - 7 (0.1%)
Other (Guado) - 6 (0.1%)
Other (Besaid) - 5 (0.1%)
Other (Kilika) - 3 (0.0%)
Other (Merchants) - 3 (0.0%)
Grand total: 6405 lines
Chapters in which characters had the most lines:
1. Tidus: 14.5
2. Yuna: 1.5
3. Auron, Rikku, Wakka: 1 each
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Three Houses Line Counts
For the last few months me and Elfboy have been working on a line count project for Three Houses! Three Houses has a lot of dialogue, between main plot, supports, and other content so it was quite a task!
The lines are counted per text box, or for the narration, each time a new page turns!
This does not include Yuri, Hapi, Balthus, Constance, or Anna. It might happen if I get back into the mood but right now… no. :)
Total line count for the non-DLC content by character (all routes)
This includes: cutscenes, animated cutscenes, monastery dialogue, paralogues, supports, S-supports, goddess tower scenes.
Note: This does not include generic quotes like eating dialogue, task dialogue, or level up quotes. Everyone has the same # of these so you can just add 10 lines to all of the playable characters if you want. :)
Claude von Riegan - 2056 - 5.96%
Byleth Eisner - 1878 - 5.45%
Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd- 1792 - 5.20%
Edelgard von Hresvelg- 1620 - 4.70%
Seteth - 1214 - 3.52%
Hilda Valentine Goneril - 990 - 2.87%
Ferdinand von Aegir - 931 - 2.70%
Mercedes von Martritz - 924 - 2.68%
Annette Fantine Dominic - 918 - 2.66%
Lysithea von Ordelia - 905 - 2.62%
Lorenz Hellman Gloucester - 904 - 2.62%
Hubert von Vestra - 877 - 2.54%
Sylvain Jose Gautier - 872 - 2.53%
Ingrid Brandl Galatea - 866 - 2.51%
Linhardt von Hevring - 865 - 2.51%
Bernadetta von Varley - 855 - 2.48%
Dorothea Arnault - 852 - 2.47%
Caspar von Bergliez - 833 - 2.42%
Ashe Ubert - 830 - 2.41%
Leonie Pinelli - 810 - 2.35%
Ignatz Victor - 802 - 2.33%
Catherine (Cassandra Reubens Charon) - 795 - 2.31%
Felix Hugo Fraldarius - 785 - 2.28%
Flayn - 783 - 2.27%
Raphael Kirsten- 747 - 2.17%
Petra Macneary - 747 - 2.17%
Marianne von Edmund - 729 - 2.11%
Manuela Cassagranda - 708 - 2.05%
Hanneman von Essar - 687 - 1.99%
Shamir Nevrand - 678 - 1.97%
Gilbert Pronislav (Gustave Eddie Dominic) - 662 - 1.92%
Alois Rangeld - 643 - 1.86%
Dedue Molinaro - 637 - 1.85%
Rhea - 590 - 1.71%
Cyril - 553 - 1.60%
Sothis - 319 - 0.93%
Other - 310 - 0.90%
Narrator - 251 - 0.73%
Jeralt - 196 - 0.57%
Rodrigue - 190 - 0.55%
Jeritza - 185 - 0.54%
Judith von Daphnel - 119 - 0.35%
Gatekeeper - 106 - 0.31%
Thales - 67 - 0.19%
Solon - 53 - 0.15%
Cornelia - 46 - 0.13%
Randolph - 42 - 0.12%
Kronya - 36 - 0.10%
Fleche - 35 - 0.10%
Villager - 22 - 0.06%
Ladislava - 21 - 0.06%
Nader - 20 - 0.06%
Gwendal - 13 - 0.04%
Lonato - 12 - 0.03%
Kostas - 11 - 0.03%
Ionius IX - 11 - 0.03%
Indech - 11 - 0.03%
Acheron - 10 - 0.03%
Macuil - 10 - 0.03%
Maurice - 9 - 0.03%
Miklan - 7 - 0.02%
Lambert - 7 - 0.02%
Duke Aegir - 7 - 0.02%
Nemesis - 7 - 0.02%
Metodey - 4 - 0.01%
Pallardo - 4 - 0.01%
Mycen - 4 - 0.01%
Total: 34483 lines
Main plot line count (all routes put together)
This includes cutscenes, animated cutscenes, and monastery dialogue. In non-CF routes, there is a lot of overlapping monastery dialogue between the routes. Each of these is only counted once.
Lines from each character:
1. Claude - 1260 - 14.3%
2. Dimitri - 1077 - 12.2%
3. Edelgard - 1059 - 12.0%
4. Byleth - 911 - 10.3%
5. Seteth - 642 - 7.3%
6. Rhea - 486 - 5.5%
7. Hubert - 369 - 4.2%
8. Gilbert - 294 - 3.3%
9. Narrator - 251 - 2.8%
10. Sothis - 242 - 2.7%
11. Hilda - 241 - 2.7%
12. Ferdinand - 222 - 2.5%
13. Lorenz - 213 - 2.4%
14. Jeralt - 196 - 2.2%
15. Caspar - 194 - 2.2%
16. Dorothea - 189 - 2.1%
17. Flayn - 189 - 2.1%
18. Lysithea - 189 - 2.1%
19. Sylvain - 186 - 2.1%
20. Ingrid - 184 - 2.1%
21. Felix - 183 - 2.1%
22. Linhardt - 183 - 2.1%
23. Alois - 182 - 2.1%
24. Hanneman - 182 - 2.1%
25. Annette - 180 - 2.0%
26. Ashe - 172 - 2.0%
27. Bernie - 165 - 1.9%
28. Rodrigue - 165 - 1.9%
29. Ignatz - 163 - 1.8%
30. Mercedes - 163 - 1.8%
31. Catherine - 162 - 1.8%
32. Dedue - 160 - 1.8%
33. Manuela - 160 - 1.8%
34. Leonie - 159 - 1.8%
35. Petra - 158 - 1.8%
36. Other - 157 - 1.8%
37. Marianne - 151 - 1.7%
38. Raphael - 143 - 1.6%
39. Shamir - 140 - 1.6%
40. Judith - 119 - 1.4%
41. Cyril - 107 - 1.2%
42. Gatekeeper - 106 - 1.2%
43. Thales - 60 - 0.7%
44. Solon - 53 - 0.6%
45. Jeritza - 52 - 0.6%
46. Cornelia - 46 - 0.5%
47. Randolph - 42 - 0.5%
48. Kronya - 36 - 0.4%
49. Fleche - 35 - 0.4%
50. Villager - 22 - 0.2%
51. Ladislava - 21 - 0.2%
52. Nader - 15 - 0.2%
53. Gwendal - 13 - 0.1%
54. Lonato - 12 - 0.1%
55. Ionius IX - 11 - 0.1%
56. Kostas - 11 - 0.1%
57. Lambert - 7 - 0.1%
58. Miklan - 7 - 0.1%
59. Nemesis - 7 - 0.1%
60. Acheron - 4 - 0.0%
61. Metodey - 4 - 0.0%
62. Mycen - 4 - 0.0%
63. Pallardo - 4 - 0.0%
64. Duke Aegir - 3 - 0.0%
Total – 12523 lines
Support line count:
Note: In Lysithea/Cyril and Berndetta/Sylvain, there is a letter from one character being read by the other. I counted the lines to the character reading the letter.
1. Mercedes von Martritz (BL) – 681 [15 supports]
2. Annette Fantine Dominic (BL) – 669 [15 supports]
3. Hilda Valentine Goneril (GD) – 642 [15 supports]
4. Claude von Riegan (GD) – 634 [14 supports]
5. Lysithea von Ordelia (GD)- 634 [16 supports]
6. Ferdinand von Aegir (BE) – 619 [14 supports]
7. Ingrid Brandl Galatea (BL) – 611 [15 supports]
8. Linhardt von Hevring (BE)– 605 [14 supports]
9. Bernadetta von Varley (BE)– 601 [15 supports]
10. Ashe Ubert (BL) – 600 [14 supports]
11. Lorenz Hellman Gloucester (GD) – 586 [14 supports]
12. Dorothea Arnault (BE) – 585 [14 supports]
13. Sylvain Jose Gautier (BL) – 584 [17 supports]
14. Caspar von Bergliez (BE)- 576 [14 supports]
15. Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd (BL) – 575 [14 supports]
16. Leonie Pinelli (GD) – 564 [15 supports]
17. Catherine (CoS) – 563 [13 supports]
18. Ignatz Victor (GD) – 559 [14 supports]
19. Felix Hugo Fraldarius (BL) – 531 [14 supports]
20. Flayn (CoS) – 524 [12 supports]
21. Raphael Kirsten (GD) – 522 [14 supports]
22. Petra Macneary (BE) – 513 [14 supports]
23. Byleth Eisner (CoS) – 505 [35 supports]
24. Seteth (CoS) – 489 [11 supports]
25. Shamir Nevrand (CoS) – 489 [12 supports]
26. Marianne von Edmund (GD) – 487 [14 supports]
27. Manuela Casagranda (CoS) - 479[12 supports]
28. Edelgard von Hresvelg (BE) – 465 [11 supports]
29. Hanneman von Essar (CoS) – 457 [12 supports]
30. Alois Rangeld (CoS) – 414 [11 supports]
31. Hubert von Vestra (BE) – 402 [10 supports]
32. Dedue Molinaro (BL) – 395 [11 supports]
33. Cyril (CoS) – 390 [11 supports]
34. Gilbert Pronislav (CoS) – 281 [9 supports]
35. Jeritza von Hrym (BE) - 102 [2 supports]
36. Rhea (CoS) - 56 [1 support]
Total - 18386 lines
Misc lines (Goddess Tower scenes, S supports, and paralogues)
Byleth - 465
Claude - 162
Other - 153
Dimitri - 140
Hilda - 107
Hubert - 106
Lorenz - 105
Sylvain - 102
Edelgard - 96
Marianne - 91
Ferdinand - 90
Bernie - 89
Leonie - 87
Gilbert - 87
Seteth - 83
Dedue - 82
Raphael - 82
Lysithea - 82
Mercedes - 80
Ignatz - 80
Dorothea - 78
Linhardt - 77
Petra - 76
Sothis - 76
Felix - 71
Ingrid - 71
Flayn - 70
Catherine - 70
Annette - 69
Manuela - 69
Caspar - 63
Ashe - 58
Cyril - 56
Shamir - 49
Hanneman - 48
Rhea - 48
Alois - 47
Sothis - 37
Jeritza - 31
Rodrigue - 25
Indech - 11
Macuil - 10
Maurice - 9
Thales - 7
Acheron - 6
Nader - 5
Duke Aegir - 4
Total: 3610 lines
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Finishing the mainline Suikoden series, it's Suikoden V!
This game has a lot of lines, easily the most of any traditional RPG I've counted so far (3H has more but only if you count supports). I had kinda expected that it might barely edge out Suikoden III, but I lost confidence in that once I realized that maybe voice acting would make me kneejerk overestimate it, as it had in S4. Well, turns out voice acting definitely was not the reason S4 had so few lines. S5 does, admittedly, have considerably more non-voiced lines than voiced, but it's got a lot of both.
I didn't make any predictions and it's all done now, so away we go!
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(1) The Power of the Sun
(end: conclusion of the Lordlake debriefing with Arshtat)
1. Lyon - 54
2t. Arshtat - 37
2t. Sialeeds - 37
4. Georg Prime - 29
5. Ferid - 18
6. Talgeyl - 15
7. Goesch - 13
8. Toma - 9
9t. Freyjadour - 8
9t. Silva - 8
Galleon - 1
Zahhak - 1
Other (officials) - 8
Other (Lordlake residents) - 3
Other (Falenan military) - 2
Total: 243 lines
(2) The Princess of Falena
(end: leaving the Senate after seeing the Sacred Games applicants)
1. Kyle - 65
2. Lymsleia - 56
3. Sialeeds - 55
4. Lyon - 33
5. Ferid - 31
6. Miakis - 30
7. Salum Barows - 29
8. Euram Barows - 21
9. Alenia - 19
10. Freyjadour - 17
11. Zahhak - 14
12. Georg Prime - 13
13. Galleon - 12
Other (officials) - 22
Other (nobles) - 20
Other (Falenan military) - 3
Total: 440 lines
(3) Sol-Falena
(end: departing for Stormfist)
1. Kyle - 43
2. Lyon - 36
3. Arshtat - 35
4. Ferid - 31
5. Lymsleia - 16
6. Sialeeds - 13
7. Freyjadour - 8
8. Miakis - 7
Alenia - 3
Georg Prime - 3
Zahhak - 3
Galleon - 1
Other (partisans) - 12
Other (merchants) - 9
Other (Falenan military) - 2
Other (officials) - 2
Other (Sol-Falena residents) - 2
(4) A Guided Tour
(end: parting ways with Gizel Godwin after the tour)
1. Gizel Godwin - 93
2. Sialeeds - 52
3. Lyon - 46
4. Georg Prime - 39
5. Euram Barows - 25
6. Freyjadour - 12
7. Marscal Godwin - 7
8. Gavaya - 6
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 4
Other (Falenan military) - 2
Other (gladiators) - 1
Total: 287 lines
(5) Schemes in Stormfist
(end: the start of the Sacred Games)
1. Shoon - 70
2. Sialeeds - 54
3. Lyon - 50
4. Gizel Godwin - 38
5. Georg Prime - 35
6. Egbert - 21
7. Euram Barows - 17
8t. Gavaya - 16
8t. Marina - 16
10. Freyjadour - 13
11. Norma - 12
12. Marscal Godwin - 6
Ernst - 1
Zegai - 1
Other (Armes soldiers) - 12
Other (gladiators) - 8
Other (Stormfist residents) - 8
Total: 378 lines
(6) The Sacred Games
(end: transition from the opening to the final rounds)
1. Sialeeds - 55
2. Lyon - 51
3. Belcoot - 45
4. Georg Prime - 32
5. Lymsleia - 31
6. Marina - 21
7. Ferid - 19
8. Nikea - 16
9. Arshtat - 14
10t. Freyjadour - 13
10t. Miakis - 13
12. Murad - 12
13. Alenia - 8
14. Shoon - 5
Dongo - 4
Norma - 3
Ernst - 1
Galleon - 1
Other (partisans) - 25
Other (referee) - 14
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 11
Other (merchants) - 6
Other (contestants) - 4
(7) The Final Round
(end: Belcoot is taken to the infirmirary)
1. Sialeeds - 48
2. Belcoot - 43
3. Lyon - 34
4. Georg Prime - 29
5. Marina - 22
6. Freyjadour - 11
7t. Dolph - 4
7t. Ferid - 4
7t. Gizel Godwin - 4
Arshtat - 1
Gavaya - 1
Lymsleia - 1
Norma - 5
Ernst - 2
Other (merchants) - 24
Other (partisans) - 20
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 8
Other (referee) - 10
Total: 271 lines
(8) Gizel Godwin's Victory
(end: departure from Stormfist)
1. Lyon - 47
2. Sialeeds - 44
3. Marina - 28
4. Arshtat - 27
5. Ferid - 24
6. Belcoot - 21
7. Freyjadour - 13
8. Gizel Godwin - 11
9t. Georg Prime - 10
9t. Lymsleia - 10
9t. Murad - 10
12. Norma - 9
13t. Marscal Godwin - 7
13t. Zegai - 7
Miakis - 3
Ernst - 1
Gavaya - 1
Other (officials) - 5
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 3
Total: 281 lines
(9) The East Palace
(end: travel to Lunas)
1. Lymsleia - 68
2. Sialeeds - 29
3t. Arshtat - 20
3t. Lyon - 20
5. Miakis - 15
6. Georg Prime - 10
7t. Freyjadour - 9
7t. Kyle - 9
9. Jeane - 7
10t. Ferid - 5
10t. Zegai - 5
10t. Zerase - 5
Galleon - 4
Zahhak - 2
Alenia - 1
Other (officials) - 23
Other (Falenan military) - 8
Total: 240 lines
(10) The Holy Land
(includes first visits to Lunas and Raftfleet)
1. Sialeeds - 62
2. Haswar - 49
3t. Isato - 41
3t. Lymsleia - 41
5. Lun - 36
6. Logg - 31
7. Raja - 28
8. Lyon - 24
9. Georg Prime - 22
10. Kisara - 13
11. Freyjadour - 11
12. Miakis - 9
Sairoh - 8
Meroon - 6
Other (clerics) - 5
Total: 386 lines
(11) The Coup
(end: the prince's escape and Lym's capture)
1. Lyon - 58
2. Sialeeds - 49
3. Kyle - 34
4. Ferid - 22
5t. Arshtat - 21
5t. Georg Prime - 21
7. Lymsleia - 17
8. Childerich - 16
9t. Dolph - 13
9t. Gizel Godwin - 13
11. Freyjadour - 11
12. Zahhak - 8
13. Alenia - 6
Miakis - 4
Murad - 4
Galleon - 3
Zegai - 3
Other (Falenan military) - 6
Other (Nether Gate) - 4
Other (attendants) - 1
Total: 314 lines
(12) Escape to the East
(end: arrival at Rainwall)
1. Sialeeds - 52
2. Boz Wilde - 37
3. Haswar - 35
4. Isato - 31
5. Lyon - 30
6t. Bastan - 15
6t. Gizel Godwin - 15
8t. Marscal Godwin - 14
8t. Zegai - 14
10. Georg Prime - 11
11. Lymsleia - 9
Freyjadour - 7
Miakis - 5
Josephine - 4
Other (officials) - 16
Other (citizens at East Palace) - 4
Other (scholars) - 3
Other (Haud residents) - 3
Other (Barows soldiers) - 2
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 1
Total: 308 lines
(13) Lord Barows's Protection
(end: deciding to seek the help of Raftfleet after the Rainwall defense)
1. Salum Barows - 67
2. Luserina Barows - 36
3t. Boz Wilde - 34
3t. Lyon - 34
5. Sialeeds - 21
6. Dinn - 14
7t. Alhazred - 12
7t. Georg Prime - 12
7t. Gizel Godwin - 12
7t. Lymsleia - 12
11. Euram Barows - 11
12. Chuck - 9
Freyjadour - 6
Miakis - 1
Other (merchants) - 9
Total: 290 lines
(14) Failed Recruitments
(end: night after return from Raftfleet/Lordlake)
1. Raja - 30
2t. Logg - 25
2t. Talgeyl - 25
4. Lyon - 24
5t. Kisara - 20
5t. Lun - 20
5t. Salum Barows - 20
5t. Sialeeds - 20
9. Cornelio - 19
10. Luserina Barows - 14
11. Georg Prime - 12
12t. Freyjadour - 11
12t. Murad - 11
Shinro - 9
Sairoh - 3
Zerase - 2
Total: 265 lines
(15) Tactician
(end: leaving Agate Prison after recruiting Lucretia Merces)
1. Logg - 59
2. Lyon - 42
3. Lun - 41
4t. Cius - 39
4t. Lucretia Merces - 39
6. Lelei - 28
7. Gunde - 14
Boz Wilde - 8
Killey - 8
Dongo - 7
Dinn - 6
Freyjadour - 6
Luserina Barows - 6
Salum Barows - 4
Moroon - 3
Euram Barows - 1
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 4
Total: 315 lines
(16) The Defence of Raftfleet
(end: just before the first visit to Oboro's office)
1. Lucretia Merces - 52
2. Raja - 35
3. Takamu - 26
4t. Egbert - 23
4t. Kisara - 23
4t. Sialeeds - 23
7. Bahram Luger - 15
8. Josephine - 14
9. Salum Barows - 13
10. Lyon - 11
11. Marscal Godwin - 10
12. Shinro - 9
13t. Georg Prime - 8
13t. Lun - 8
Dilber Novum - 6
Gizel Godwin - 6
Lelei - 6
Logg - 6
Boz Wilde - 5
Freyjadour - 5
Murad - 5
Cius - 2
Luserina Barows - 2
Dinn - 1
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 10
Other (Raftfleet residents) - 10
Total: 334 lines
(17) Nothing but the Straight Facts
(end: parting ways with Oboro and Norden following the investigation)
1. Oboro - 77
2. Lyon - 52
3. Fuyo - 43
4. Norden - 39
5. Shigure - 34
6. Sagiri - 18
Freyjadour - 8
Oboro's mouse - 4
Other (Barows soldiers) - 12
Total: 287 lines
(18) The Truth of the Dawn Rune
(end: leaving Barows' mansion after receiving the Dawn Rune)
1. Salum Barows - 61
2. Lucretia Merces - 41
3. Luserina Barows - 39
4t. Kyle - 36
4t. Lyon - 36
6. Sialeeds - 32
7t. Chuck - 23
7t. Euram Barows - 23
9. Boz Wilde - 19
10. Kisara - 17
11. Oboro - 15
12t. Dilber Novum - 14
12t. Wilhelm - 14
14. Norden - 13
15. Georg Prime - 12
16. Jidan Guisu - 11
Dinn - 9
Freyjadour - 9
Zerase - 6
Lelei - 3
Cius - 2
Mueller - 2
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 6
Other (Armes soldiers) - 4
Total: 447 lines
(19) Relocation to Raftfleet
(mostly includes recruiting, end before returning to Lordlake)
1. Sorensen - 51
2. Urda - 32
3. Lu - 29
4. Lyon - 28
5t. Babbage - 26
5t. Oboro - 26
7. Freyjadour - 20
8. Isato - 18
9. Lucretia Merces - 16
10. Rahal - 15
11t. Dolph - 11
11t. Roog - 11
11t. Zegai - 11
Boz Wilde - 10
Raja - 9
Shun Min - 9
Takamu - 9
Sialeeds - 8
Donna Wilde - 7
Gizel Godwin - 7
Norma - 7
Retso - 7
Sairoh - 7
Luserina Barows - 6
Marscal Godwin - 6
Norden - 6
Chuck - 5
Wilhelm - 5
Fuyo - 4
Georg Prime - 4
Kisara - 4
Sagiri - 3
Shigure - 3
Gavaya - 2
Lance - 1
Mueller - 1
Other (Raftfleet residents) - 20
Total: 444 lines
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(20) To Save Lordlake
(end: teleporting away from the Ceras Lake Ruins)
1. Toma - 67
2. Zweig - 66
3. Lyon - 53
4. Lucretia Merces - 38
5. Fuwalafuwalu - 33
6. Lorelai - 30
7. Maroon - 25
8. Lymsleia - 20
9. Viki - 19
10. Talgeyl - 16
11t. Muroon - 15
11t. Raja - 15
13. Silva - 13
14t. Freyjadour - 11
14t. Gizel Godwin - 11
Miroon - 9
Jeane - 6
Goesch - 5
Kisara - 5
Cius - 2
Lelei - 2
Sialeeds - 1
Other (Yashuna residents) - 7
Other (Beavers) - 2
Other (Lordlake residents) - 2
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 1
Total: 474 lines
(21) The Secret of the Lake
(end: recruiting Zerase after obtaining the HQ)
1. Lucretia Merces - 42
2. Zweig - 41
3. Lyon - 38
4. Toma - 31
5t. Gizel Godwin - 17
5t. Lorelai - 17
5t. Raja - 17
5t. Sialeeds - 17
9. Maroon - 13
10. Zerase - 11
11. Marscal Godwin - 8
12. Kisara - 7
Goesch - 5
Alenia - 4
Boz Wilde - 4
Freyjadour - 4
Lun - 4
Logg - 3
Sorensen - 3
Zahhak - 3
Cius - 2
Lelei - 2
Muroon - 2
Babbage - 1
Silva - 1
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 33
Other (Lordlake residents) - 1
Total: 331 lines
(22) A Town Restored
(recruiting + return to Lordlake, ends after failing to recruit Fuwalafuwalu)
1. Euram Barows - 51
2. Alhazred - 35
3. Zunda - 33
4t. Belcoot - 27
4t. Subala - 27
6. Freyjadour - 21
7. Marina - 18
8. Richard - 17
9. Dongo - 16
10t. Bastan - 14
10t. Genoh - 14
10t. Toma - 14
13t. Lun - 13
13t. Wilhelm - 13
15t. Mueller - 11
15t. Silva - 11
15t. Zweig - 11
18. Fuwalafuwalu - 10
Maroon - 8
Goesch - 8
Killey - 8
Lyon - 7
Viki - 7
Muroon - 6
Talgeyl - 6
Chuck - 3
Other (Merchants) - 12
Other (Dwarves) - 5
Other (Raftfleet residents) - 4
Other (Dawn Army soldiers) - 3
Total: 433 lines
(23) Kyle's Homecoming
(end: leaving Orok's mansion after rescuing the conscripts)
1. Kyle - 56
2. Wasil - 43
3. Lyon - 35
4. Orok - 20
5t. Lucretia Merces - 18
5t. Taylor - 18
7. Talgeyl - 15
8. Georg Prime - 14
9t. Nikea - 13
9t. Volga - 13
11. Raja - 12
12. Murad - 11
13. Mohsen - 10
Boz Wilde - 6
Freyjadour - 5
Other (Lelcar residents) - 41
Other (Dawn Army soldiers) - 3
Total: 333 lines
(24) The Defence of Lelcar
(end: departure for Sable; includes post-Lelcar recruitments)
1t. Lelei - 29
1t. Orok - 29
3. Wasil - 28
4t. Jeane - 24
4t. Nikea - 24
6t. Levi - 21
6t. Taylor - 21
6t. Zahhak - 21
9. Lucretia Merces - 20
10. Volga - 19
11t. Lyon - 15
11t. Mohsen - 15
13. Freyjadour - 14
14. Bergen - 13
15. Kyle - 10
16. Sialeeds - 8
17. Murad - 7
Raja - 4
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 6
Other (Lelcar residents) - 9
Total: 337 lines
(25) The Bandit Prince
(end: council meeting after returning from Sable)
1. Sialeeds - 53
2. Roy - 51
3. Dinn - 39
4. Solis Raulbel - 35
5. Lyon - 31
6. Euram Barows - 26
7. Boz Wilde - 25
8. Faylen - 21
9. Faylon - 19
Luserina Barows - 9
Lucretia Merces - 7
Freyjadour - 5
Raja - 5
Talgeyl - 4
Wasil - 3
Other (Sable soldiers) - 20
Other (Sable residents) - 17
Other (Barows soldiers) - 4
Other (Bandits) - 1
Total: 375 lines
(26) The Plan for the Beavers
(end: Lymsleia/Gizel scene after returning from Beaver Lodge)
1. Nakula - 60
2. Linfa - 50
3. Lyon - 47
4. Maroon - 28
5. Fuwalafuwalu - 20
6. Oboro - 18
7. Lymsleia - 16
8t. Dolph - 14
8t. Dongo - 14
8t. Gizel Godwin - 14
11. Freyjadour - 12
12. Lucretia Merces - 10
Luserina Barows - 7
Sagiri - 6
Toma - 6
Miakis - 4
Boz Wilde - 3
Goesch - 3
Shigure - 3
Viki - 3
Dinn - 1
Raja - 1
Talgeyl - 1
Wasil - 1
Other (Merchants) - 10
Other (Dwarves) - 8
Other (Beavers) - 7
Other (Yashuna residents) - 2
Total: 369 lines
(27) A Meeting with the Admiral
(end: council meeting after returning from Nirva Island)
1. Skald Egan - 63
2. Bernadette - 57
3. Isabel - 51
4. Lyon - 47
5. Georg Prime - 43
6. Chisato - 29
7. Boz Wilde - 26
8. Lucretia Merces - 19
9. Luserina Barows - 18
10. Euram Barows - 17
11t. Freyjadour - 13
11t. Mathias - 13
13. Sialeeds - 10
Raja - 4
Other (bandits) - 22
Other (pirates) - 15
Other (Nirva residents) - 10
Other (Island nations soldiers) - 3
Total: 460 lines
(28) The Coronation
(recruitment between Nirva and Doraat)
1. Yahr - 50
2. Bernadette - 48
3. Nelis - 40
4. Retso - 35
5t. Muroon - 33
5t. Sorensen - 33
7. Moroon - 32
8. Chisato - 24
9. Freyjadour - 19
10t. Meroon - 15
10t. Miroon - 15
12. Lu - 13
13. Genoh - 12
14t. Babbage - 11
14t. Maroon - 11
14t. Shun Min - 11
17. Gavaya - 9
18t. Byakuren - 7
18t. Lyon - 7
Subala - 4
Other (Island nations soldiers) - 35
Other (Pirates) - 34
Other (Nirva residents) - 11
Total: 509 lines
(29) Confrontations in Doraat
(end: Georg's departure after Miakis's accusation)
1. Lyon - 41
2. Lucretia Merces - 40
3. Alenia - 39
4. Miakis - 38
5. Zerase - 30
6. Sialeeds - 14
7. Leknaat - 13
8t. Gizel Godwin - 9
8t. Taylor - 9
10. Shigure - 7
11t. Georg Prime - 6
11t. Oboro - 6
Freyjadour - 4
Jeane - 4
Dolph - 3
Sagiri - 3
Boz Wilde - 2
Dinn - 2
Raja - 1
Other (Doraat residents) - 12
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 6
Other (Lelcar residents) - 5
Total: 294 lines
(30) The Queen's Campaign
(end: the departure of Sialeeds)
1. Lucretia Merces - 45
2. Miakis - 43
3. Oboro - 40
4. Lymsleia - 37
5. Lyon - 33
6t. Levi - 29
6t. Raven - 29
8. Norma - 26
9. Galleon - 25
10. Sialeeds - 23
11. Roy - 21
12. Kyle - 18
13. Alenia - 15
14. Freyjadour - 14
Gizel Godwin - 9
Fuyo - 9
Solis Raulbel - 9
Zahhak - 9
Egbert - 7
Zerase - 7
Ernst - 6
Bergen - 5
Raja - 5
Shigure - 5
Dolph - 4
Lelei - 4
Taylor - 3
Marina - 2
Luserina Barows - 2
Boz Wilde - 1
Marscal Godwin - 1
Sagiri - 1
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 3
Total: 490 lines
(31) Galleon's Tale
(end: recruiting Galleon, includes Haswar and Eresh recruitments)
1. Miakis - 51
2. Galleon - 41
3. Lucretia Merces - 34
4. Haswar - 31
5. Silva - 25
6. Isato - 21
7t. Arshtat - 20
7t. Eresh - 20
9. Zweig - 15
10. Urda - 14
11. Luserina Barows - 12
12t. Ferid - 11
12t. Lorelai - 11
14t. Gizel Godwin - 10
14t. Lelei - 10
16. Roy - 9
17. Freyjadour - 8
Georg Prime - 6
Sialeeds - 6
Zerase - 6
Kyle - 5
Lymsleia - 5
Jeane - 3
Shepcesska - 3
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 4
Other (Falenan military) - 2
Other (Nether Gate) - 2
Total: 385 lines
(32) The Ruins of Twilight
(end: Lyon is healed)
1. Miakis - 84
2. Zweig - 43
3. Cathari - 38
4t. Hazuki - 34
4t. Lorelai - 34
6. Craig Laden - 28
7. Rania - 14
8t. Killey - 12
8t. Rahal - 12
10t. Freyjadour - 11
10t. Lucretia Merces - 11
10t. Roog - 11
Belcoot - 9
Haleth - 9
Leknaat - 9
Silva - 6
Logg - 3
Lyon - 3
Flail - 1
Lance - 1
Other (Dragon cavalry) - 6
Other (Nether Gate) - 3
Other (Dragon horse) - 1
Total: 383 lines
(33) An Appeal to the Cavalry
(end: return to the castle after Craig refuses to help)
1. Miakis - 71
2. Wabon - 62
3. Lucretia Merces - 30
4t. Lun - 23
4t. Rahal - 23
6. Logg - 20
7. Roog - 15
8. Craig Laden - 14
Dinn - 10
Childerich - 9
Gunde - 9
Lyon - 9
Maha Sparna - 9
Boz Wilde - 8
Lelei - 8
Wasil - 7
Alenia - 6
Gizel Godwin - 6
Raja - 6
Freyjadour - 5
Shula Valya - 5
Talgeyl - 5
Zahhak - 5
Bahram Luger - 4
Flail - 3
Jidan Guisu - 3
Lance - 3
Silva - 3
Dilber Novum - 2
Galleon - 2
Fuwalafuwalu - 1
Other (Doraat residents) - 14
Other (Dwarves) - 9
Other (Nether Gate) - 4
Other (Estrise soldiers) - 1
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 1
Total: 415 lines
(34) The Godwin Offensive
(end: return after saving the dragon horses)
1. Rahal - 63
2. Roog - 48
3. Lucretia Merces - 47
4. Nick - 41
5. Georg Prime - 30
6. Yoran - 26
7. Childerich - 19
8. Dolph - 12
Maha Sparna - 9
Ax - 7
Freyjadour - 7
Raja - 7
Gizel Godwin - 5
Lymsleia - 5
Miakis - 5
Sialeeds - 5
Zahhak - 5
Boz Wilde - 4
Talgeyl - 4
Wasil - 4
Dilber Novum - 3
Dinn - 3
Jidan Guisu - 3
Fuwalafuwalu - 2
Roy - 2
Wabon - 2
Bahram Luger - 1
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 12
Other (Dragon horse) - 6
Other (Nether Gate) - 5
Other (Armes soldiers) - 1
Total: 393 lines
Note: There are two branches of the story here. First, a minor one: I opted to defend Lelcar instead of Lordlake, both because it's the default option and because there's a naval component to the battle, making it a bit easier. Second, the major one: I chose to abandon the castle, because that's how you keep 108 stars.
(35) The Recapture
(end: regaining control following the Doraat/Sable battles)
1. Lucretia Merces - 62
2t. Bahram Luger - 35
2t. Childerich - 35
4. Raja - 23
5t. Craig Laden - 17
5t. Shula Valya - 17
7. Alenia - 16
8. Zweig - 13
9. Georg Prime - 12
10. Boz Wilde - 10
11t. Maha Sparna - 9
11t. Roog - 9
Freyjadour - 7
Gizel Godwin - 7
Miakis - 7
Dilber Novum - 5
Jidan Guisu - 5
Kisara - 5
Marscal Godwin - 5
Sharmista - 5
Sialeeds - 5
Bernadette - 4
Wabon - 4
Dinn - 3
Fuwalafuwalu - 2
Rahal - 2
Wasil - 2
Lelei - 1
Nick - 1
Talgeyl - 1
Yoran - 1
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 21
Other (Merchants) - 9
Other (Doraat citizens) - 6
Other (Armes soldiers) - 4
Other (Dawn Army soldiers) - 3
Total: 373 lines
Note: Again, this continues the "abandon the castle" branch of the story. There's a third branch that also occurs in this chapter, where you choose whether to attack Doraat or Sable, and I've chosen to attack Doraat for the same reasons as Lelcar was chosen in the first branch.
(36) The Bearer of the Twilight Rune
(end: departing Stormfist after conquering it)
1. Lucretia Merces - 74
2. Georg Prime - 40
3. Shula Valya - 39
4. Shoon - 37
5. Childerich - 29
6. Lelei - 25
7. Zerase - 23
8. Logg - 22
9. Haleth - 20
10. Sialeeds - 19
11. Cius - 15
12. Dilber Novum - 14
13. Sharmista - 12
14t. Josephine - 11
14t. Lorelai - 11
14t. Zweig - 11
Freyjadour - 9
Kisara - 7
Boz Wilde - 6
Craig Laden - 5
Nifsara - 4
Raja - 3
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 3
Total: 439 lines
(37) Sialeeds's Plan
(end: Gizel's death)
1. Sialeeds - 76
2. Lucretia Merces - 67
3. Gizel Godwin - 56
4. Lyon - 52
5. Euram Barows - 39
6. Alenia - 30
7. Lymsleia - 22
8. Luserina Barows - 20
9. Raja - 16
10. Lelei - 15
11t. Georg Prime - 12
11t. Zerase - 12
13. Zahhak - 10
14t. Miakis - 8
14t. Salum Barows - 8
16t. Marscal Godwin - 7
16t. Silva - 7
Roy - 6
Freyjadour - 5
Kyle - 5
Boz Wilde - 4
Talgeyl - 3
Cius - 2
Craig Laden - 2
Dolph - 2
Fuwalafuwalu - 2
Logg - 2
Wabon - 2
Dinn - 1
Lun - 1
Wasil - 1
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 5
Other (Dawn Army soldiers) - 1
Total: 501 lines
Note: This includes Euram's recruitment. It's not possible to do it on the same file as an Eresh recruitment, but line counts of both have been included anyway.
(38) To Change Falena
(includes the "Lymsleia" 108 star ending)
1. Lyon - 89
2. Zweig - 45
3. Lymsleia - 33
4. Haswar - 30
5. Georg Prime - 19
6. Luserina Barows - 18
7. Marscal Godwin - 15
8. Lucretia Merces - 14
9. Dolph - 13
10. Miakis - 12
Freyjadour - 7
Killey - 7
Raja - 7
Craig Laden - 6
Zerase - 6
Isato - 5
Leknaat - 5
Lorelai - 5
Fuwalafuwalu - 3
Shula Valya - 3
Boz Wilde - 2
Dinn - 2
Talgeyl - 2
Wasil - 2
Cius - 1
Lelei - 1
Wabon - 1
Other (scholars) - 5
Other (clerics) - 2
Total: 360 lines
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SUIKODEN V: GRAND TOTAL
1. Lyon - 1217 (9.0%)
2. Sialeeds - 891 (6.6%)
3. Lucretia Merces - 726 (5.4%)
4. Georg Prime - 484 (3.6%)
5. Miakis - 410 (3.0%)
6. Lymsleia - 399 (2.9%)
7. Freyjadour - 379 (2.8%)
8. Gizel Godwin - 343 (2.5%)
9. Kyle - 281 (2.1%)
10. Zweig - 245 (1.8%)
11. Euram Barows - 231 (1.7%)
12. Raja - 228 (1.7%)
13. Boz Wilde - 214 (1.6%)
14. Salum Barows - 202 (1.5%)
15. Luserina Barows - 189 (1.4%)
16. Oboro - 182 (1.3%)
17. Arshtat - 175 (1.3%)
18. Logg - 171 (1.3%)
19. Ferid - 165 (1.2%)
20. Alenia - 147 (1.1%)
21. Lun - 146 (1.1%)
22t. Belcoot - 145 (1.1%)
22t. Haswar - 145 (1.1%)
24. Lelei - 134 (1.0%)
25. Toma - 127 (0.9%)
26. Isato - 116 (0.9%)
27. Rahal - 115 (0.8%)
28. Shoon - 112 (0.8%)
29. Bernadette - 109 (0.8%)
30t. Childerich - 108 (0.8%)
30t. Lorelai - 108 (0.8%)
30t. Zerase - 108 (0.8%)
33. Marina - 107 (0.8%)
34. Kisara - 101 (0.7%)
35. Talgeyl - 97 (0.7%)
36. Roog - 94 (0.7%)
37t. Dinn - 91 (0.7%)
37t. Wasil - 91 (0.7%)
39. Galleon - 90 (0.7%)
40. Roy - 89 (0.7%)
41. Sorensen - 87 (0.6%)
42. Marscal Godwin - 86 (0.6%)
43. Maroon - 85 (0.6%)
44. Zahhak - 81 (0.6%)
45. Dolph - 76 (0.6%)
46. Silva - 74 (0.5%)
47. Fuwalafuwalu - 73 (0.5%)
48. Craig Laden - 72 (0.5%)
49. Wabon - 71 (0.5%)
Cius - 65 (0.5%)
Shula Valya - 64 (0.5%)
Skald Egan - 63 (0.5%)
Norma - 62 (0.5%)
Murad - 60 (0.4%)
Nakula - 60 (0.4%)
Norden - 58 (0.4%)
Fuyo - 56 (0.4%)
Muroon - 56 (0.4%)
Bahram Luger - 55 (0.4%)
Chisato - 53 (0.4%)
Nikea - 53 (0.4%)
Shigure - 52 (0.4%)
Egbert - 51 (0.4%)
Isabel - 51 (0.4%)
Taylor - 51 (0.4%)
Levi - 50 (0.4%)
Linfa - 50 (0.4%)
Yahr - 50 (0.4%)
Orok - 49 (0.4%)
Alhazred - 47 (0.3%)
Urda - 46 (0.3%)
Dilber Novum - 44 (0.3%)
Jeane - 44 (0.3%)
Solis Raulbel - 44 (0.3%)
Lu - 42 (0.3%)
Nick - 42 (0.3%)
Retso - 42 (0.3%)
Dongo - 41 (0.3%)
Zegai - 41 (0.3%)
Chuck - 40 (0.3%)
Nelis - 40 (0.3%)
Babbage - 38 (0.3%)
Cathari - 38 (0.3%)
Gavaya - 35 (0.3%)
Killey - 35 (0.3%)
Moroon - 35 (0.3%)
Takamu - 35 (0.3%)
Goesch - 34 (0.3%)
Hazuki - 34 (0.3%)
Zunda - 33 (0.2%)
Volga - 32 (0.2%)
Wilhelm - 32 (0.2%)
Sagiri - 31 (0.2%)
Subala - 31 (0.2%)
Bastan - 29 (0.2%)
Haleth - 29 (0.2%)
Josephine - 29 (0.2%)
Raven - 29 (0.2%)
Viki - 29 (0.2%)
Leknaat - 27 (0.2%)
Maha Sparna - 27 (0.2%)
Yoran - 27 (0.2%)
Genoh - 26 (0.2%)
Mohsen - 25 (0.2%)
Miroon - 24 (0.2%)
Gunde - 23 (0.2%)
Jidan Guisu - 22 (0.2%)
Faylen - 21 (0.2%)
Meroon - 21 (0.2%)
Eresh - 20 (0.1%)
Shun Min - 20 (0.1%)
Cornelio - 19 (0.1%)
Faylon - 19 (0.1%)
Bergen - 18 (0.1%)
Sairoh - 18 (0.1%)
Shinro - 18 (0.1%)
Richard - 17 (0.1%)
Sharmista - 17 (0.1%)
Mueller - 14 (0.1%)
Rania - 14 (0.1%)
Mathias - 13 (0.1%)
Ernst - 11 (0.1%)
Ax - 7 (0.1%)
Byakuren - 7 (0.1%)
Donna Wilde - 7 (0.1%)
Lance - 5 (0.0%)
Flail - 4 (0.0%)
Nifsara - 4 (0.0%)
Oboro's mouse - 4 (0.0%)
Sehpcesska - 3 (0.0%)
Other (Godwin soldiers) - 142 (1.0%)
Other (merchants) - 79 (0.6%)
Other (officials) - 76 (0.6%)
Other (partisans) - 57 (0.4%)
Other (Lelcar residents) - 55 (0.4%)
Other (pirates) - 49 (0.4%)
Other (Island nations soldiers) - 38 (0.3%)
Other (Raftfleet residents) - 34 (0.3%)
Other (Doraat residents) - 32 (0.2%)
Other (Falenan military) - 25 (0.2%)
Other (referee) - 24 (0.2%)
Other (bandits) - 23 (0.2%)
Other (dwarves) - 22 (0.2%)
Other (Armes soldiers) - 21 (0.2%)
Other (Nirva residents) - 21 (0.2%)
Other (nobles) - 20 (0.1%)
Other (Sable soldiers) - 20 (0.1%)
Other (Nether Gate) - 18 (0.1%)
Other (Sable residents) - 17 (0.1%)
Other (Barows soldiers) - 14 (0.1%)
Other (Dawn Army soldiers) - 10 (0.1%)
Other (Beavers) - 9 (0.1%)
Other (gladiators) - 9 (0.1%)
Other (Yashuna residents) - 9 (0.1%)
Other (scholars) - 8 (0.1%)
Other (Stormfist residents) - 8 (0.1%)
Other (clerics) - 7 (0.1%)
Other (Dragon horse) - 7 (0.1%)
Other (Dragon cavalry) - 6 (0.0%)
Other (Lordlake residents) - 6 (0.0%)
Other (Barows soldiers) - 4 (0.0%)
Other (citizens at East Palace) - 4 (0.0%)
Other (contestants) - 4 (0.0%)
Other (Haud residents) - 3 (0.0%)
Other (Sol-Falena residents) - 2 (0.0%)
Other (attendants) - 1 (0.0%)
Other (Estrise soldiers) - 1 (0.0%)
Grand total: 13558 lines
Chapters in which characters had the most lines:
1. Sialeeds: 6
2t. Lucretia, Lyon: 5 each
4t. Kyle, Miakis: 3 each
6. Salum Barows: 2
Euram Barows, Gizel Godwin, Logg, Lymsleia, Nakula, Oboro, Rahal, Raja, Shoon, Skald Egan, Sorensen, Toma, Yahr: 1 each
Lelei, Orok: tied for 1
Other random notes:
-Georg, Jeane, Killey, Lorelai, and Viki return in Suikoden V after appearing in previous games. Every one of them has more lines in this game than any previous, unless one combines Viki and Little Viki in Suikoden III.
-Leknaat also returns in Suikoden V, and has more lines than she did in III or IV, but fewer than in I or II.
-One character who stands out to me is Marscal. As the arguable main antagonist (in the sense he's ultimately in charge of the Godwin faction) and last one standing, he has under 100 lines in a game where many other antagonists blow way past that. I can't say I expected him to have fewer lines than Alenia or Childerich.
-With nearly 50% more lines than the next closest game, Suikoden V characters hold pretty much all the records within the series: most lines by one character, most lines by a silent main, most lines by a strategist, most lines by a character who is not playable, you name it.
-One record it does not hold: most lines by a male character, still held by Viktor. In fact, female characters accounted for all of the top three, and five of the top six, in Suikoden V. The distribution evens out after that, but it still means that V easily has more female voices than any other game in the series. I haven't formally totaled it but I'd be stunned if this weren't the only game in the series they were over 50%.
Final mainline series line leaders:
1. Lyon - 1217
2. Sialeeds - 891
3. Viktor - 881
(Chris as Flame Champion: ~840)
4. Hugo - 793
5. Lucretia Merces - 726
6. Nanami - 700
7. Chris Lightfellow - 682
8. Jowy Atreides - 547
9. Thomas - 541
(Geddoe as Flame Champion: ~480)
10. Georg Prime - 493
11. Flik - 475
12t. Miakis - 410
12t. Sgt Joe - 410
14. Luc - 407
15. Lymsleia - 399
16. Shu - 390
17. Freyjadour - 379
18. Riou - 372
19. Apple - 363
20. Gizel Godwin - 343
21. Ace - 319
22. Gremio - 304
23. Cecile - 294
24. Geddoe - 285
25. Kyle - 281
26. Caesar Silverburg - 271
27. Mathiu Silverburg - 257
28. Zweig - 245
29. Euram Barows - 231
30. Raja - 228
31. Salome - 223
32. Snowe Vingerhut - 217
33t. Boz Wilde - 214
33t. Cleo - 214
35. Lino en Kuldes - 204
36. Salum Barows - 202
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WILD ARMS 4
1. Still Village Ciel
(end: making landfall after the escape from Ciel)
1. Jude - 98
2. Arnaud - 51
3. Ethelda - 29
4. Tony - 21
5. Yulie - 11
Hakim - 7
Solon - 7
Wyoming - 7
Diana - 7
Archibald - 6
Heinrich - 6
Raymond - 6
Henri - 5
Samuel - 4
Narrator - 3
Maybell - 2
Other (Ciel residents) - 5
Other (soldiers) - 3
Total: 278 lines
2. Friends who Watch Your Back
(end: return to Port Rosalia after Culane Temple)
1. Jude - 93
2. Raquel - 76
3. Arnaud - 74
4. Yulie - 34
5. Lambda - 9
Tony - 5
Councilman Ashley - 4
Councilman Buckingham - 4
Lily - 4
Sasha - 4
High Minister Clifford - 3
Pico - 3
Councilman Arlington - 2
Councilman Lauderdale - 2
Rebecca - 2
Dr. Morgan - 1
Narrator - 1
Other (soldiers) - 13
Total: 334 lines
3. The Shining Spear Pierces the Darkness
(end: leaving Celesti after the defeat of Jeremy)
1. Jude - 57
2. Arnaud - 41
3. Yulie - 40
4. Raquel - 29
5. Jeremy - 20
6t. Lambda - 18
6t. Narrator - 18
9. Hugo - 6
9t. Augst - 5
9t. Kresnik - 5
11. Farmel - 4
Enil - 3
Rebecca - 3
Sasha - 3
Scythe - 3
Asia - 2
Balgaine - 2
Belial - 2
Dr. Morgan - 2
Fiore - 2
Lily - 2
Pico - 2
Total: 269 lines
4. In the Cold Iron Box
(end: after Eulalia rises into the sky)
1. Arnaud - 54
2. Jude - 50
3. Yulie - 48
4. Jeremy - 31
5. Raquel - 22
6. Augst - 11
7t. Kresnik - 10
7t. Lambda - 10
9. Farmel - 9
High Minister Clifford - 3
Councilman Arlington - 2
Councilman Ashley - 2
Councilman Buckingham - 2
Councilman Lauderdale - 2
5. Nightmare Spiral
(end: immediately the scene in which the party awakes post-Wunderweltraum)
1. Arnaud - 74
2. Jude - 44
3. Raquel - 35
4. Belial - 33
5. Lambda - 28
6. Farmel - 24
7t. Augst - 23
7t. Scythe - 23
9. Yulie - 16
10. Jeremy - 10
11. Kresnik - 4
Other (soldiers) - 5
Total: 319 lines
6. Nightless City Guara Bobelo
(end: leaving Guara Bobelo)
1. Jude - 89
2. Arnaud - 50
3. Raquel - 49
4. Yulie - 44
5. Gawn - 40
6. Lambda - 16
7. Raymond - 14
8. Ethelda - 9
Dr. Black - 6
Sasha - 5
David - 4
7. Taking the Name of Exorcist
(end: completion of Neve D'Argento)
1. Gawn - 62
2. Jude - 41
3. Yulie - 24
4t. Arnaud - 23
4t. Lambda - 23
6. Raquel - 22
7. Kresnik - 15
8. Ethelda - 11
9. Augst - 10
10t. Asia - 8
10t. Fiore - 8
12. Tony - 6
Total: 253 lines
8. At the End of the Wilderness
(end: the defeat of Hugo)
1. Gawn - 70
2. Jude - 52
3. Hugo - 29
4t. Arnaud - 25
4t. Raquel - 25
6. Yulie - 10
Total: 212 lines
9. Time and Rocks Piled Up
(end: arriving in Buckeye)
1. Jude - 47
2. Gawn - 44
3. Raquel - 33
4. Arnaud - 27
5. Yulie - 24
6. Lambda - 20
7. Asia - 17
8t. Enil - 14
8t. Fiore - 14
10. Balgaine - 9
11. Ethelda - 8
12. High Minister Clifford - 6
Councilman Arlington - 2
Councilman Ashley - 2
Councilman Buckingham - 2
Councilman Lauderdale - 2
Hauser - 2
Rebecca - 2
Total: 275 lines
10. Howling at an Unstoppable Fate
(end: train crash)
1. Jude - 97
2. Yulie - 92
3. Arnaud - 38
4. Enil - 37
5. Raquel - 30
6. Gawn - 26
7. Emmett - 18
8. Balgaine - 14
Councilman Buckingham - 7
Farmel - 5
High Minister Clifford - 5
Sasha - 4
Councilman Arlington - 3
Councilman Ashley - 3
Councilman Lauderdale - 2
Ethelda - 1
Other (train announcer) - 1
Total: 383 lines
11. Buried City
(end: Yulie goes with Gawn)
1. Jude - 57
3. Raquel - 49
2. Arnaud - 46
4. Yulie - 24
5. Gawn - 23
6. Augst - 14
7. Hauser - 12
8. Ethelda - 6
Hakim - 4
Henri - 4
Diana - 3
Heinrich - 3
Maybell - 3
Raymond - 3
Solon - 3
Wyoming - 3
Samuel - 2
Total: 259 lines
12. Ghosts of the Knights
(end: capture of the party by Brionac)
1. Jude - 54
2. Arnaud - 51
3. Lambda - 48
4. Kresnik - 47
5. High Minister Clifford - 44
6t. Raquel - 25
6t. Tony - 25
8. Councilman Buckingham - 11
9. Councilman Lauderdale - 10
10. Farmel - 9
11t. Councilman Arlington - 8
11t. Yulie - 8
13. Councilman Ashley - 4
Emmett - 3
Augst - 1
Total: 348 lines
13. The Funeral Rain Flows Down Your Cheek
(end: arrival in Halim)
1. Jude - 42
2. Raquel - 32
3. Ethelda - 26
4. Arnaud - 24
5. Lambda - 22
6. Gawn - 20
7. Augst - 15
8. Heinrich - 14
9t. Kresnik - 12
9t. Solon - 12
11t. Diana - 11
11t. Farmel - 11
13. Yulie - 8
14. Samuel - 6
Total: 255 lines
14. Green Tracks
(end: departure from Halim)
1. Jude - 82
2. Raquel - 43
3. Arnaud - 42
4. Archibald - 38
5. Henri - 31
6. Yulie - 20
7. Lambda - 15
Maybell - 8
Hakim - 6
Wyoming - 6
Sasha - 5
Rebecca - 2
Total: 298 lines
15. Force, Storm, and Crisis
(end: departure towards Dievas Airport)
1. Jude - 100
2. Arnaud - 56
3. Yulie - 47
4. Raquel - 36
5. Kresnik - 25
6. Jeremy - 22
7t. Dr. Morgan - 14
7t. Pico - 14
Lily - 6
Rebecca - 3
Total: 323 lines
16. Reckless ARM
(end: party joins up again at the end of Illsveil)
1. Jude - 78
2. Kresnik - 44
3. Arnaud - 36
4. Yulie - 34
5. Farmel - 32
6. Gawn - 28
7. Raquel - 16
Jane Doe SW - 3
Jane Doe AX - 2
Jane Doe GN - 2
Lambda - 2
Total: 277 lines
17. As Time Goes By
(end: the account of the protagonists ten years later)
1. Jude - 98
2. Lambda - 43
3t. Arnaud - 33
3t. Yulie - 33
5. Hauser - 25
6. Raquel - 16
7. Farmel - 13
Narrator - 9
Ethelda - 6
Hakim - 4
Archibald - 3
Henri - 2
Sasha - 2
Maybell - 2
Wyoming - 2
Rebecca - 2
Total: 293 lines
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WILD ARMS 4 GRAND TOTAL
1. Jude - 1179 (23.8%)
2. Arnaud - 745 (15.0%)
3. Raquel - 538 (10.9%)
4. Yulie - 517 (10.4%)
5. Gawn - 313 (6.3%)
6. Lambda - 254 (5.1%)
7. Kresnik - 162 (3.3%)
8. Farmel - 107 (2.2%)
9. Ethelda - 96 (1.9%)
10. Jeremy - 83 (1.7%)
11. Augst - 79 (1.6%)
12. High Minister Clifford - 61 (1.2%)
13. Tony - 57 (1.1%)
14. Enil - 54 (1.1%)
15. Archibald - 47 (0.9%)
16. Henri - 42 (0.8%)
17. Hauser - 39 (0.8%)
18t. Belial - 35 (0.7%)
18t. Hugo - 35 (0.7%)
20. Narrator - 31 (0.6%)
21. Asia - 27 (0.5%)
22t. Scythe - 26 (0.5%)
22t. Councilman Buckingham - 26 (0.5%)
24. Balgaine - 25 (0.5%)
25. Fiore - 24 (0.5%)
Raymond - 23 (0.5%)
Heinrich - 23 (0.5%)
Sasha - 23 (0.5%)
Solon - 22 (0.4%)
Emmett - 21 (0.4%)
Diana - 21 (0.4%)
Hakim - 21 (0.4%)
Pico - 19 (0.4%)
Councilman Lauderdale - 18 (0.4%)
Wyoming - 18 (0.4%)
Councilman Arlington - 17 (0.3%)
Dr. Morgan - 17 (0.3%)
Councilman Ashley - 15 (0.3%)
Maybell - 15 (0.3%)
Rebecca - 14 (0.3%)
Samuel - 12 (0.2%)
Lily - 12 (0.2%)
Dr. Black - 6 (0.1%)
David - 4 (0.1%)
Jane Doe SW - 3 (0.1%)
Jane Doe AX - 2 (0.0%)
Jane Doe GN - 2 (0.0%)
Other (soldiers) - 21 (0.4%)
Other (Ciel residents) - 5 (0.1%)
Other (train announcer) - 1 (0.0%)
Grand total: 4957 lines
Chapters in which characters had the most lines:
Jude: 13
Arnaud, Gawn: 2 each
Random comments:
-At just under 24%, Jude has the highest percentage of his game's lines of any character so far. He's very important!
-This is another game where the PCs clearly dominate, due to how much dialog they have with each other.
-The top ten is mostly predictable, although I was a bit surprised Jeremy edged out Augst (I think of the latter as notably more important). Jeremy is pretty good at talking a lot the few times he's on screen, though.
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VALKYRIE PROFILE
Prologue
Platina - 26
Lucian - 21
Mother Laia - 3
Arngrim/Jelanda recruitment
Arngrim - 115
Jelanda - 49
Badrach - 34
Roland - 22
Lombert - 17
Lenneth Valkyrie - 10
King of Artolia - 6
Villnore Agent - 6
Head Chef - 5
Waitress - 4
Lawfer - 2
Lawfer's father - 2
Narrator - 1
Other (Artolian knights) - 9
Total: 282 lines
Notes: This is definitely a bit outside the norm for recruitments from here on out, being a bit of an introduction to the setting and the system as well. It's the longest recruitment by a notable margin.
Chapter 0
Freya - 61
Lenneth Valkyrie - 33
Odin - 8
Frei - 4
Elder Vampire - 3
Total: 109 lines
Belenus recruitment
Belenus - 29
Asaka - 12
Lenneth Valkyrie - 7
Maria - 4
Belenus's father - 1
Narrator - 1
Other (undead) - 1
Total: 55 lines
Llewelyn recruitment
Millia - 14
Llewelyn - 12
Lenneth Valkyrie - 8
Other (priests) - 2
Unknown - 2
Narrator - 1
Total: 39 lines
Notes: The unknowns are people Millia is overhearing... probably her parents? Also a rare recruitment where someone besides the recruited character has the most lines.
Other Chapter 1 (Solde Catacombs)
Lenneth Valkyrie - 3
Other (necromancers) - 1
Total: 4 lines
Lawfer recruitment
Lawfer - 16
Celia - 5
Arngrim - 4
Kashell - 3
Lawfer's father - 3
Other (Artolian knights) - 2
Roland - 1
Total: 34 lines
Nanami recruitment
Nanami - 24
Lenneth Valkyrie - 7
Nanami's mother - 6
Nanami's father - 5
Total: 42 lines
Jun recruitment
Ogre - 10
Jun - 8 (or 18, if you combine his total with the Ogre's)
Ai - 8
Nanami's father - 8
Lenneth Valkyrie - 7
Other (Hai-Lan residents) - 4
Total: 45 lines
Notes: The ogre is a reflection of Jun's personality (specifically his lust for violence) so if you want to combine his and Jun's lines that would be pretty reasonable. And yes, Nanami's father returns here. He's called "Shinto priest" but he has the same sprite/portrait and the same job in the same town so presumably it's the same guy. Or they're twins.
Other Chapter 2 (Nethov Swamp, Salerno Academy)
Lenneth Valkyrie - 6
Total: 6 lines
Kashell recruitment
Kashell - 20
Celia - 17
Greater Demon - 3
Lenneth Valkyrie - 3
Total: 43 lines
Janus recruitment
Janus - 8
Bert - 6
Ernest - 5
Gunter - 5
Lenneth Valkyrie - 3
Other (Crell Monferaigne residents) - 3
Janus's father - 1
Total: 31 lines
Notes: Bert and Ernie! This is one of the shortest recruitments. I still don't really understand the plot of it.
Other Chapter 3 (Oddrock Caves, Clockwork Mansion)
Lenneth Valkyrie - 5
Greater Demon - 2
Total: 5 lines
Yumei recruitment
Yumei - 49
Fuyuki - 43
Fuyuki's father - 27
Narrator - 4
Lenneth Valkyrie - 3
Total: 126 lines
Aelia recruitment
Aelia - 13
Lenneth Valkyrie - 6
Gandar - 5
Other (Villnore knights) - 2
Total: 26 lines
Notes: The shortest normal recruitment in the game. It's funny to contrast its length with the Yumei recruitment; you can potentially get them back-to-back (as I did, this playthrough).
Lorenta recruitment
Lezard Valeth - 40
Lorenta - 21
Other (elves) - 10
Lorenta's husband - 5
Bellion - 4
Other (Flenceburg sorcerers) - 2
Total: 82 lines
Other Chapter 4 (Cave of Thackus, Dark Tower of Xervah)
Lenneth Valkyrie - 10
Hel Servant - 2
Other (Flenceburg sorcerer) - 2
Total: 14 lines
Midgame Seal Scenes (Lezard Tower, Brahms Castle, Lucian, Weeping Lily Meadow)
Lenneth Valkyrie - 28
Lezard Valeth - 22
Claire - 17
Lucian - 9
Dolce - 7
Brahms - 6
Other (Gerabellum) - 1
Total: 90 lines
Mystina recruitment
Mystina - 66
Lezard Valeth - 47
Other (Flenceburg sorcerers) - 6
Lenneth Valkyrie - 3
Total: 122 lines
Notes: One of the wordier recruitments, which is unsurprising given that it's basically part of the main plot en route to the A ending.
Lucian recruitment
Lucian - 18
Claire - 13
Other (Gerabellum) - 10
Lenneth Valkyrie - 5
Barren - 1
Rusty - 1
Total: 48 lines
Notes: The "other" is mostly dying children. Lovely world, this.
Grey recruitment
Celia - 22
Grey - 5
Lenneth Valkyrie - 5
Kashell - 4
Aelia - 1
Total: 37 lines
Notes: I'm sure I wasn't the only one who first watched this recruitment expecting we would get Celia.
Other Chapter 5 (Arkdain Ruins, Citadel of Flame)
Lenneth Valkyrie - 7
Fire Elemental - 2
Raver Lord - 1
Jayle recruitment
Jayle - 24
Fahn - 19
Genevieve - 14
Magnus - 8
Lenneth Valkyrie - 5
Total: 70 lines
Shiho recruitment
Other (Hai-Lan) - 9
Shiho - 7
Suo - 6
Other (Suo's army) - 4
Suo's Superior - 3
Total: 29 lines
Notes: Imagine having less lines in your own recruitment than nameless generics.
Badrach recruitment
Badrach - 81
Lenneth Valkyrie - 16
Geena - 13
Villnore Agent - 4
Total: 114 lines
Notes: Badrach, Badrach. So many words, so bad at explaining yourself. It's a miracle he became an einherjar. Highest line count of any recruit outside of Arngrim.
Lost City of Dipan
Lenneth Valkyrie - 37
Barbarossa - 27
Walther - 12
Hrist Valkyrie - 9
Malabeth - 9
Dallas - 8 or 10
Gyne - 6 or 8
Mystina (past) - 3
Llewelyn (past) - 2
Total: 115 lines
Notes: Finally a dungeon with significant plot! There are some scenes where the three mages (Walther, Dallas, and Gyne) speak over a black background. The lines appear in three distinct positions on the screen, so can each be associated with one character, and furthermore one of the speakers is identified as the leader by the other two, which implies he is Walther. But it's impossible to tell which of the other two speakers is Dallas and which is Gyne, hence the ambiguity. Dallas has two more lines than Gyne when the three are revealed on-screen.
Lucian Transfer Scene
Lucian - 23
Lenneth Valkyrie - 14
Total: 37 lines
Other Chapter 6 (Sunken Shrine)
Wraith - 3
Lenneth Valkyrie - 2
Total: 5 lines
Lucian Asgard Scene
Lucian - 33
Loki - 21
Frei - 17
Narrator - 10
Lenneth Valkyrie - 7
Platina - 1
Total: 89 lines
Notes: The lines I've attributed to narration here are a bit weird... I'm not even certain that's what they're supposed to be. They kinda summarize some dialog that appears off-screen, though, and it's not in the voice of the character(s) who might be speaking.
Suo recruitment
Suo - 16
Other (Suo's army) - 6
Suo's superior - 4
Lenneth Valkyrie - 3
Other (Hai-Lan) - 3
Total: 32 lines
Notes: There are three lines here (the first three, actually) that I'm not 100% certain are Suo, but I think they're supposed to be him talking to himself (they certainly don't fit Suo's comrades). So I've included them.
Other Chapter 7 (Lyseria, Forest of Spirits, Tomes of the Amenti)
Other (elves) - 25
Lenneth Valkyrie - 17
Akhetamen - 4
Lyseria - 4
Total: 50 lines
Sacred Phases
Freya - 49
Odin - 15
Lucian - 2
Lenneth Valkyrie - 1
Loki - 1
Total: 68 lines
Notes: Almost all Freya except for Odin's 6-line request to recruit Lyseria in the Chapter 6 sacred phase, and then the Freya/Odin exchange about Lucian and Loki in Chapter 7's. This does not include any lines from the einherjar themselves, because that depends on who you send. There are a substantial number of lines uncounted as a result...
Other Chapter 8 (Palace of the Dragon, Arianrod, Celestial Castle)
Lenneth Valkyrie - 14
Gandar - 13
Freya - 6
Dark Lord - 4
Genevieve - 4
Total: 41 lines
B ending
Freya - 11
Narrator - 11
Lenneth Valkyrie - 3
Surt - 3
Thor - 2
Vidar - 1
Tyr - 1
Eir - 1
Hermod - 1
Ull - 1
Hodur - 1
Total: 36 lines
Notes: Includes the 8 mysterious narration lines if you leave the game on after the credits roll, hinting at the A ending.
A ending (pre-Asgard Hill)
Lenneth Valkyrie - 45
Mystina - 34
Lezard Valeth - 31
Arngrim - 23
Loki - 23
Hrist Valkyrie - 19
Freya - 17
Brahms - 12
Lucian - 9
Narrator - 9
Surt - 7
Frei - 6
Odin - 6
Platina - 2
Belenus - 1
Claire - 1
Other (Vanir) - 1
Total: 246 lines
A ending (final battle and epilogue)
Loki - 20
Lenneth Valkyrie - 18
Lezard Valeth - 18
Brahms - 10
Lucian - 2
Narrator - 2
Mystina - 1
Total: 71 lines
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VALKYRIE PROFILE GRAND TOTAL
1. Lenneth Valkyrie - 370 (16.1%)
2. Lezard Valeth - 158 (6.9%)
3. Freya - 144 (6.2%)
4. Arngrim - 142 (6.2%)
5. Lucian - 117 (5.1%)
6. Badrach - 115 (5.0%)
7. Mystina - 104 (4.5%)
8. Loki - 65 (2.8%)
9t. Jelanda - 49 (2.1%)
9t. Yumei - 49 (2.1%)
11. Celia - 44 (1.9%)
12. Fuyuki - 43 (1.9%)
13. Narrator - 39 (1.7%)
14. Claire - 31 (1.3%)
15. Belenus - 30 (1.3%)
16. Odin - 29 (1.3%)
17t. Hrist Valkyrie - 28 (1.2%)
17t. Brahms - 28 (1.2%)
19t. Fuyuki's father - 27 (1.2%)
19t. Kashell - 27 (1.2%)
19t. Barbarossa - 27 (1.2%)
19t. Frei - 27 (1.2%)
23t. Nanami - 24 (1.0%)
23t. Jayle - 24 (1.0%)
25. Roland - 23 (1.0%)
26. Suo - 22 (1.0%)
27. Lorenta - 21 (0.9%)
Fahn - 19 (0.8%)
Lawfer - 18 (0.8%)
Jun - 18 (0.8%)
Genevieve - 18 (0.8%)
Gandar - 18 (0.8%)
Lombert - 17 (0.7%)
Millia - 14 (0.6%)
Aelia - 14 (0.6%)
Llewelyn - 14 (0.6%)
Lawfer's father - 13 (0.6%)
Geena - 13 (0.6%)
Asaka - 12 (0.5%)
Walther - 12 (0.5%)
Agent of Villnore - 10 (0.4%)
Surt - 10 (0.4%)
Malabeth - 9 (0.4%)
Dallas - 9 (0.4%)
Ai - 8 (0.3%)
Janus - 8 (0.3%)
Magnus - 8 (0.3%)
Dolce - 7 (0.3%)
Shiho - 7 (0.3%)
Gyne - 7 (0.3%)
Suo's Superior - 7 (0.3%)
King of Artolia - 6 (0.3%)
Nanami's mother - 6 (0.3%)
Bert - 6 (0.3%)
Head Chef - 5 (0.2%)
Nanami's father - 5 (0.2%)
Ernest - 5 (0.2%)
Gunter - 5 (0.2%)
Greater Demon - 5 (0.2%)
Lorenta's husband - 5 (0.2%)
Grey - 5 (0.2%)
Waitress - 4 (0.2%)
Maria - 4 (0.2%)
Bellion - 4 (0.2%)
Akhetamen - 4 (0.2%)
Lyseria - 4 (0.2%)
Dark Lord - 4 (0.2%)
Mother Laia - 3 (0.1%)
Elder Vampire - 3 (0.1%)
Wraith - 3 (0.1%)
Unknown - 2 (0.1%)
Hel Servant - 2 (0.1%)
Fire Elemental - 2 (0.1%)
Thor - 2 (0.1%)
Belenus's father - 1 (0.0%)
Drow Shaman - 1 (0.0%)
Janus's father - 1 (0.0%)
Barren - 1 (0.0%)
Rusty - 1 (0.0%)
Raver Lord - 1 (0.0%)
Vidar - 1 (0.0%)
Tyr - 1 (0.0%)
Eir - 1 (0.0%)
Hermod - 1 (0.0%)
Ull - 1 (0.0%)
Hodur - 1 (0.0%)
Other (elves) - 35 (1.5%)
Other (Hai-Lan) - 16 (0.7%)
Other (Artolian knights) - 11 (0.5%)
Other (Gerabellum) - 11 (0.5%)
Other (Flenceburg) - 10 (0.4%)
Other (Suo's army) - 10 (0.4%)
Other (Crell Monferaigne) - 3 (0.1%)
Other (priests) - 2 (0.1%)
Other (Villnore knights) - 2 (0.1%)
Other (undead) - 1 (0.0%)
Other (Vanir) - 1 (0.0%)
Total: 2305 lines
Notes:
-Valkyrie Profile is an interesting game for this. It obviously has a very different narrative structure than the other games I've done line counts for. This manifests in the game having quite a low line count for an RPG.
-Lenneth, interestingly, rarely has the most lines in any given significant chunk of the game; it literally never happens in a recruitment scene, nor in the earlygame. Once the actual plot shows up in the mid- and lategame, she finally gets a chance to shine. And of course, since nobody else except her is consistently around, her first place finish is a foregone conclusion.
-Lezard comes second in large part because this man loves the sound of his own voice. Another fitting that description is Badrach, who gets to a sixth place finish despite being utterly irrelevant in the overarching narrative.
-Two recruitment-only NPCs make the top twelve, which is pretty remarkable: Fuyuki, who benefits from a strong supporting role in one of the longest recruitments, and Celia, who is a rarity in the VP world: a mortal with an uncanny ability to not die.
-The playable character with the least lines is Lyseria (although presumably she'd pass Gandar if you counted her sacred phase stuff. Maybe?). Janus, Shiho, and Grey are also buried deep among minor NPCs.
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VALKYRIE PROFILE 2: SILMERIA
Prologue
Silmeria - 10
Hrist - 4
Alicia - 1
Other (Einherjar) - 9
Total: 24 lines
Chapter 1: Defiers of the Gods
Silmeria - 93
Rufus - 55
Alicia - 37
Brahms - 10
Other (Solde) - 4
Other (Einherjar) - 3
Notes: Brahms is going by the name Dylan at this point. I'm just counting them as Brahms's lines, though.
Total: 202 lines
Chapter 2: Darkness in Dipan
Lezard Valeth - 31
Rufus - 31
Alicia - 29
Silmeria - 24
Brahms - 19
Hrist - 16
Dallas - 9
Barbarossa - 8
Walther - 7
Gyne - 2
Total: 176 lines
Chapter 3: Ulterior Motives
Hrist - 72
Rufus - 69
Alicia - 62
Silmeria - 52
Brahms - 43
Arngrim - 39
Lezard - 38
Odin - 4
Freya - 2
Total: 381 lines
Chapter 4: Wrath of the Gods
Odin - 30
Hrist - 27
Alicia - 22
Freya - 19
Dallas - 18
Rufus - 17
Brahms - 15
Lezard - 13
Ull - 13
Silmeria - 11
Arngrim - 7
Walther - 6
Barbarossa - 4
Gyne - 2
Other (Dipan) - 2
Total: 206 lines
Chapter 5: The Invisible Hand
Rufus - 161
Alicia - 110
Arngrim - 31
Odin - 26
Freya - 25
Hrist - 24
Roussalier - 17
Lezard - 14
Heimdall - 10
Other (Aesir) - 3
Total: 421 lines
Chapter 6: The Twisted World Tree
Lezard - 42
Brahms - 40
Alicia - 28
Rufus - 28
Hrist - 27
Lenneth - 26
Arngrim - 11
Silmeria - 9
Valkyrie - 8
Total: 219 lines
VALKYRIE PROFILE 2 GRAND TOTAL
1. Rufus - 361 (22.2%)
2. Alicia - 289 (17.7%)
3. Silmeria - 199 (12.2%)
4. Hrist - 170 (10.4%)
5. Lezard Valeth - 138 (8.5%)
6. Brahms - 127 (7.8%)
7. Arngrim - 88 (5.4%)
8. Odin - 60 (3.7%)
9. Freya - 46 (2.8%)
10. Dallas - 27 (1.7%)
11. Lenneth - 26 (1.6%)
12. Roussalier - 17 (1.0%)
13t. Walther - 13 (0.8%)
13t. Ull - 13 (0.8%)
15. Barbarossa - 12 (0.7%)
16. Heimdall - 10 (0.6%)
17. Valkyrie - 8 (0.5%)
18. Gyne - 4 (0.2%)
Other (Einherjar) - 12 (0.7%)
Other (Solde) - 4 (0.2%)
Other (Aesir) - 3 (0.2%)
Other (Dipan) - 2 (0.1%)
Total: 1629 lines
Notes:
-I didn't include einherjar recruitment lines. They all have one each, though of course, which ones you get are random.
-VP2 has a crazy low line total compared to most RPGs. The text boxes are short, too! To some extent it's a bit of a writing-light game, and it's probably also the result of trying to full voice act a lower-budget game in the mid 00's.
-VP2 also has a very small number of characters, relatively; just 18 named, which is surely the lowest of any game I've counted.
-Many VP2 characters also appeared in VP1, naturally. Lenneth, Lezard, Freya, Arngrim, as well as Barbarossa and Gyne (surprisingly) have more lines in VP1. Hrist, Brahms, Odin, Dallas, Walther, and Ull have more lines in VP2. Silmeria technically appears in VP1 but only has lines in VP2.
VP1-2 combined line totals:
1. Lenneth - 396
2. Rufus - 361
3. Lezard - 296
4. Alicia - 289
5. Arngrim - 230
6. Freya - 200
7. Silmeria - 199
8. Hrist - 198
9. Brahms - 155
10. Lucian - 117
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Turns out I wasn't done with Suikoden after all, it's time for Tierkreis!
Outside of Suikoden 3, the tenkai star doesn't usually talk. Well, what if a tenkai star talked. A lot.
No, seriously. A LOT. I was expecting big numbers, but they ended up just staggering. You'll never know unless you count, I guess.
SUIKODEN TIERKREIS
Prologue
The One King - 2
Other (Stars of Destiny) - 7
Total: 9 lines
(1) Get Rid of the Eastern Laggarts
(end: returning to Citro Village after receiving the Shining Legacy)
1. Sieg - 100
2. Dirk - 97
3. Marica - 72
4. Liu - 68
5. Jale - 29
6. Rajim - 22
7. Yadima - 19
8. Sisuca - 9
Other (monsters) - 6
Other (Citro Village) - 4
Total: 426 lines
(2) Track Down Marica's Double
(end: Liu leaves the party)
1. Sieg - 118
2. Hotupa - 81
3. Marica - 74
4. Other Marica - 73
5. Liu - 49
6. Jale - 38
7. Rajim - 23
8. Moana - 14
9. Conon - 8
10. Dirk - 7
11t. Fergus - 6
11t. Sisuca - 6
Other (monsters) - 5
Other (Citro Village) - 3
Total: 505 lines
(3) Expose Macoute's Evil
(end: leaving Grayridge)
1. Sieg - 133
2. Hotupa - 87
3. Logan - 84
4. Erin - 81
5. Marica - 76
6. Macoute - 59
7. Gilliam - 36
8. Jale - 33
9. Moana - 29
10. Semias - 10
Other (Grayridge) - 30
Other (Stars of Destiny) - 3
Total: 661 lines
(4) The Largest Library in the World
(end: back at the inn in Grayridge after Cynas)
1. Sieg - 113
2. Marica - 68
3. Hotupa - 50
4. Erin - 49
5. Jale - 34
6. Valfred - 33
7. Conon - 27
8t. Diadora - 20
8t. Fergus - 20
10. Logan - 17
Icas - 11
Mysterious Man - 10
Vaslof - 9
Darrow - 7
Savina - 6
Other (Order soldiers) - 48
Other (Cynas) - 44
Total: 566 lines
(5) Defend Citro Village
(end: successfully driving off Conon and Fergus)
1. Sieg - 91
2. Marica - 46
3. Fergus - 29
4. Liu - 26
5. Rajim - 25
6. Hotupa - 24
7. Conon - 22
8. Moana - 19
9. Logan - 17
10. Jale - 15
11. Erin - 12
12t. Asad - 11
12t. Semias - 11
14. Dirk - 9
15. Chrodechild - 8
Hafin - 2
Other (Order soldiers) - 35
Other (castle residents) - 2
Total: 404 lines
(6) To the Magedom of Janam
(end: naming the castle)
1. Sieg - 120
2. Asad - 65
3. Chrodechild - 60
4. Marica - 48
5. Mubal - 46
6. Shairah - 42
7. Danash VIII - 31
8. Rizwan - 23
9t. Dirk - 17
9t. Liu - 17
Luvais - 13
Jale - 12
Logan - 11
Diadora - 7
Shams - 7
Erin - 5
Hotupa - 5
Meruvis - 5
Moana - 3
Other (Janam) - 3
Other (Stars of Destiny) - 1
Total: 541 lines
(7) The First Empress Consort
(end: after the Corridor scene with Cougar)
1. Sieg - 181
2. Cougar - 62
3. Asad - 52
4. Hotupa - 42
5. Zahra - 37
6. Selen - 25
7t. Moana - 23
7t. Roberto - 23
9. Anya - 22
10. Eunice - 21
11. Shairah - 20
12. Meruvis - 18
13. Wahie - 17
Atrie - 13
Jale - 12
Balsam - 12
Marica - 10
Chrodechild - 7
Valfred - 7
Yod - 5
Diadora - 4
Danash VIII - 2
Other (Order soldiers) - 6
Other (castle residents) - 5
Total: 626 lines
(8) The Second Empress Consort
(end: returning to the castle after visiting the Arcane Academy)
1. Sieg - 175
2. Shams - 52
3t. Mubal - 38
3t. Tongatihi - 38
5. Dirk - 33
6. Taj - 19
7. Liu - 18
8t. Rizwan - 17
8t. Sisuca - 17
Marica - 11
Nimni - 10
Moana - 9
Sophia - 8
Manaril - 6
Jale - 2
Other (castle) - 8
Total: 461 lines
(9) The Third Empress Consort
(end: successfully defending the castle from the Order's second attack)
1. Sieg - 107
2. Kureyah - 68
3. Selen - 20
4. Masrur - 18
5. Furat - 17
6. Jale - 15
7t. Asad - 14
7t. Geschutz - 14
9. Chrodechild - 13
10t. Liu - 12
10t. Minen - 12
10t. Nuzhat - 12
Moana - 10
Misrach - 8
Nakil - 8
Shams - 8
Busche - 1
Other (Salsabil) - 20
Other (Order soldiers) - 4
Other (castle) - 1
Total: 382 lines
(10) Ladzaa Fortress Siege
(end: Tehah Village, recruiting Muro and Luvais)
1. Sieg - 199
2. Liu - 60
3. Cougar - 51
4. Luvais - 38
5. Vaslof - 28
6. Macoute - 24
7. Atrie - 20
8. Morrin - 19
9. Meruvis - 18
10. Moana - 16
11. Muro - 15
12. Gadburg - 14
13. Roberto - 12
14. Marica - 10
Resno - 6
Shairah - 6
Sotah - 6
Asad - 5
Hotupa - 5
Jale - 5
Logan - 5
Hafin - 3
Nakil - 2
Nhazu - 2
Other (Order soldiers) - 14
Other (castle) - 10
Other (Tehah) - 10
Other (Janam) - 4
Total: 607 lines
(11) Make Allies of the Porpos
(end: returning to the castle after obtaining Cerulean Flux)
1. Sieg - 114
2. Liu - 84
3. Neira - 65
4. Nimni - 63
5. Cougar - 44
6. Nhazu - 25
7. Dogha - 19
8. Namna - 17
9t. Conon - 14
9t. Rekareka - 14
Tuhululu - 1
Other (Stars of Destiny) - 2
Total: 462 lines
(12) Ladzaa Fortress Siege Again
(end: Cougar returns to his home world)
1. Sieg - 179
2. Nimni - 33
3. Liu - 28
4t. Chrodechild - 27
4t. Cougar - 27
6. Other Marica - 25
7. Nakil - 21
8. Asad - 20
9t. Dromon - 18
9t. Hotupa - 18
9t. Roberto - 18
9t. Semias - 18
9t. Wustum - 18
Danash VIII - 14
Vaslof - 13
Felecca - 11
Moana - 9
Numnu - 9
Nemne - 7
Xebec - 7
Meruvis - 6
Resno - 4
Shairah - 4
Nomno - 3
Other (Janam) - 16
Other (Tehah) - 13
Other (Astrasia) - 9
Other (Order soldiers) - 9
Other (Porpos) - 6
Total: 590 lines
(13) Goodbye, Magedom!
(end: recruitment of the Blades and Asad)
1. Sieg - 143
2. Asad - 81
3. Liu - 61
4. Chrodechild - 55
5. Manaril - 46
6. Danash VIII - 36
7. Taj - 26
8. Roberto - 23
9. Shams - 19
10. Meruvis - 15
11. Rizwan - 13
12. Shairah - 12
13. Moana - 11
Hotupa - 7
Valfred - 7
Diadora - 4
Hafin - 3
Nakil - 1
Other (Janam) - 26
Total: 641 lines
(14) Journey to the West
(end: returning to the castle after visiting Cragbark)
1. Sieg - 199
2. Roberto - 78
3. Diulf - 72
4. Marica - 19
5t. Hotupa - 18
5t. Servillah - 18
7t. Chrodechild - 16
7t. Lycia - 16
7t. Mubal - 16
7t. Zenoa - 16
Autar - 14
Manaril - 12
Moana - 12
Atrie - 11
Macoute - 10
Dirk - 9
Sophia - 9
Nhazu - 7
Tigre - 7
Jale - 6
Valfred - 5
Meruvis - 4
Diadora - 3
Liu - 3
Asad - 2
Nimni - 2
Other (Furious Roar) - 8
Total: 592 lines
(15) Interlude: Midgame recruitments
(There's a lot in here! Basically everyone you can recruit after your castle expansion, including after starting the Furious Roar arc, but before Diulf joins your party, with the exception of the Gurno recruitment.)
1. Sieg - 494
2. Maybelle - 68
3t. Moana - 55
3t. Nhazu - 55
5. Dogha - 49
6. Balsam - 45
7. Dromon - 42
8. Rekareka - 39
9. Numnu - 38
10. Icas - 37
11. Nuzhat - 36
12. Nimni - 33
13t. Asad - 28
13t. Felecca - 28
13t. Geschutz - 28
Atrie - 26
Ouragan - 24
Xebec - 24
Sphiel - 23
Nakil - 22
Other Marica - 21
Nemne - 20
Yadima - 20
Khemia - 19
Morrin - 17
Yod - 17
Neira - 16
Yovel - 14
Mubal - 13
Nomno - 12
Hafin - 11
Tuhululu - 11
Marica - 10
Minen - 10
Namna - 10
Megion - 9
Enumclaw - 4
Sotah - 4
Wustum - 4
Jale - 3
Other (Porpos) - 18
Other (Tehah) - 13
Total: 1470 lines
(16) Help the Furious Roar
(end: scene where Atrie discusses the One King after Cragbark defence)
1. Sieg - 165
2. Diulf - 54
3. Chein - 51
4. Liu - 47
5t. Fredegund - 39
5t. Lycia - 39
7. Atrie - 35
8. Chrodechild - 32
9. Tigre - 23
10. Ouragan - 17
11. Beardsley - 15
Autar - 12
Servillah - 10
Jale - 7
Marica - 6
Meruvis - 6
Namna - 5
Asad - 4
Logan - 4
Cougar - 3
Nimni - 3
Roberto - 3
Hotupa - 2
Neira - 1
Other (Order soldiers) - 12
Other (Furious Roar) - 6
Total: 601 lines
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(17) Pharamond Siege
(end: returning to the castle after recapturing Pharamond)
1. Chrodechild - 112
2. Sieg - 88
3. Fredegund - 47
4. Guntram - 47
5. Liu - 35
6. Amaralicht - 22
7. Beardsley - 18
8. Roberto - 17
9. Diulf - 13
10t. Asad - 12
10t. Meruvis - 12
12. Quillard - 10
Servillah - 8
Lycia - 7
Moana - 6
Mubal - 4
Nimni - 4
Manaril - 3
Other (Astrasia) - 12
Other (Order soldiers) - 12
Other (Stars of Destiny) - 4
Total: 493 lines
Note: This is the only chapter in the game where Sieg does not have the most lines.
(18)Nab the Intruders
(end: Liu receives his tattoos)
1. Sieg - 154
2. Liu - 104
3. Chrodechild - 62
4. Diadora - 59
5. Lao-Kwan - 38
6. Luo-Tao - 36
7. Valfred - 20
8. Len-Lien - 16
Ouragan - 11
Fergus - 7
Icas - 7
Marica - 6
Roberto - 6
Guntram - 5
Amaralicht - 4
Namna - 4
Atrie - 3
Diulf - 3
Other Marica - 3
Quillard - 3
Sophia - 3
Asad - 2
Mubal - 2
Nimni - 2
Zenoa - 2
Hotupa - 1
Moana - 1
Other (Infinity) - 4
Total: 568 lines
(19) Defend Pharamond
(end: returning the the castle after the Pharamond defence)
1. Sieg - 92
2. Liu - 72
3. Chrodechild - 34
4. Roberto - 24
5. Fredegund - 20
6. Vaslof - 18
7. Chein - 17
8. Guntram - 15
9. Ouragan - 14
Hao-Shi - 12
Luo-Tao - 12
Beardsley - 7
Len-Lien - 7
Diulf - 6
Resno - 6
Asad - 5
Jale - 4
Marica - 4
Nimni - 4
Tigre - 3
Moana - 2
Other (Order soldiers) - 20
Other (Astrasia) - 9
Other (Scribes) - 5
Other (Stars of Destiny) - 4
Other (Porpos) - 3
Total: 419 lines
(20) The Three Questions
(end: scene where Zenoa explains what Starbearers are)
1. Sieg - 145
2. Yula - 55
3. Lathilda - 45
4t. Bosche - 42
4t. Chrodechild - 42
6. Zenoa - 37
7. Liu - 31
8. Quillard - 31
9. Fredegund - 28
10. Amaralicht - 22
Gadburg - 17
Guntram - 17
Rajim - 15
Mourgent - 12
Diadora - 7
Valfred - 7
Diulf - 6
Luo-Tao - 6
Nimni - 5
Moana - 3
Other (Order soldiers) - 2
Total: 575 lines
(21) The Return of Megion
(recruitments and other scenes during Luo-Tao's search for the Chronicles)
1. Sieg - 171
2. Moana - 64
3. Diulf - 49
4. Hina - 44
5. Megion - 40
6. Yovel - 33
7. Lubberkin - 31
8. Eusmil - 28
9. Xebec - 25
10. Savina - 20
11. Morrin - 17
Servillah - 14
Balsam - 13
Dromon - 13
Hotupa - 13
Logan - 12
Lycia - 12
Liu - 11
Numnu - 11
Tigre - 11
Autar - 10
Nictis - 10
Len-Lien - 8
Felecca - 7
Neira - 6
Total: 673 lines
(22) Engage the Archivists
(end: after the big battle, includes Namna's recruitment)
1. Sieg - 46
2. Dirk - 21
3. Liu - 18
4. Neira - 17
5. Namna - 15
6t. Asad - 10
6t. Fergus - 10
8t. Chrodechild - 9
8t. Manaril - 9
10t. Conon - 7
10t. Sophia - 7
Diulf - 6
Moana - 6
Nimni - 6
Valfred - 6
Logan - 5
Jale - 4
Luo-Tao - 4
Rajim - 3
Diadora - 2
Marica - 2
Sisuca - 2
Total: 215 lines
(23) Hurry to the Magedom
(end: return to the castle after the desert appears, includes Taj's recruitment)
1. Sieg - 100
2. Shams - 94
3. Taj - 58
4. Manaril - 45
5. Mubal - 41
6. Asad - 39
7. Valfred - 23
8. Dirk - 20
9. Liu - 14
10. Diadora - 9
Chrodechild - 5
Diulf - 4
Furat - 4
Hotupa - 4
Nimni - 4
Masrur - 3
Moana - 3
Rizwan - 1
Other (Stars of Destiny) - 5
Other (Salsabil) - 3
Total: 479 lines
(24) Find the Desert Chronicle
(end: returning to the castle after defeating Diadora)
1. Sieg - 233
2. Tsaubern - 104
3. Ramin - 38
4. Keflen - 37
5. Hotupa - 23
6. Wustum - 19
7. Yula - 17
8. Shams - 16
9t. Diadora - 15
9t. Moana - 15
Luo-Tao - 13
Other Ramin - 12
Enumclaw - 9
Manaril - 8
Wahie - 5
Other (Salsabil) - 22
Other (Porpos) - 3
Total: 589 lines
(25) To the Tower of the Way
(end: scene with Nova in the infirmary)
1. Sieg - 130
2. Diadora - 97
3. Nofret - 56
4. Liu - 41
5. Misrach - 31
6. Nova - 26
7. Shams - 20
8. Zahra - 15
9. Eunice - 10
Manaril - 8
Sophia - 6
Valfred - 3
Beardsley - 2
Moana - 2
Dirk - 1
Other (Nofret's underlings) - 20
Total: 468 lines
(26) Fort Arc Siege
(end: learning about Nova's true relationship with Sophia)
1. Sieg - 132
2. Nova - 40
3. Gilliam - 39
4. Atrie - 36
5. Luvais - 29
6. Vaslof - 25
7. Liu - 17
8. Diadora - 16
9. Resno - 10
Hotupa - 8
Diulf - 6
Asad - 4
Chrodechild - 4
Moana - 4
Sophia - 4
Logan - 2
Nimni - 2
Shams - 2
Other (Order soldiers) - 5
Total: 385 lines
(27) Make Allies of the Auster Folk
(end: Indrik and Diiwica join)
1. Sieg - 149
2. Vaslof - 93
3. Kashgar - 46
4. Ordovic - 30
5. Diiwica - 21
6. Gorno - 20
7. Hotupa - 19
8t. Dirk - 16
8t. Indrik - 16
10. Liu - 13
Moana - 7
Nimni - 7
Valfred - 6
Zenoa - 5
Nova - 3
Resno - 3
Asad - 2
Chrodechild - 2
Diulf - 2
Other (Auster folk) - 6
Total: 466 lines
(28) Rescue Sophia
(end: successful occupation of Fort Arc, includes recruitments after)
1. Sieg - 112
2. Yomi - 39
3. Chihaya - 28
4. Indrik - 28
5. Liu - 24
6. Darrow - 22
7. Wustum - 21
8t. Nova - 17
8t. Diiwica - 17
10. Tsaubern - 16
11. Ordovic - 12
12. Sophia - 11
Savina - 8
Marica - 7
Neira - 7
Shams - 7
Vaslof - 7
Diadora - 6
Jale - 3
Moana - 1
Other (Auster folk) - 7
Total: 400 lines
(29) Showdown with Him
(end: Sophia joins, includes recruitments immediately after)
1. Sieg - 141
2. Dirk - 69
3. Liu - 61
4. Mun-Tsang - 46
5. Sophia - 38
6. Keflen - 34
7. Diadora - 28
8. Marica - 19
Nova - 12
Luo-Tao - 7
Diulf - 5
Shams - 5
Tigre - 5
Vaslof - 4
Chrodechild - 3
Jale - 3
Moana - 3
Nimni - 3
Hotupa - 2
Eunice - 1
Zahra - 1
Other (Stars of Destiny) - 7
Total: 497 lines
(30) Check Out Rarohenga
(end: the final recruitments)
1. Sieg - 210
2. Valfred - 49
3. Zayin - 47
4. Liu - 43
5. Hao-Shi - 37
6. Sophia - 32
7. Balsam - 30
8. Kow-Low - 28
9. Icas - 20
10. Rufa - 19
11. Guntram - 17
12. Enumclaw - 15
Moana - 9
Yod - 9
Lamade - 7
Morrin - 7
Wahie - 6
Other (Scribes) - 10
Other (Stars of Destiny) - 5
Total: 600 lines
(31) Cynas Siege
(end: the perpetual day begins)
1. Sieg - 109
2. Liu - 49
3. Atrie - 22
4. Valfred - 21
5. Diadora - 14
6. Diulf - 13
7. Zenoa - 10
Marica - 7
Mubal - 6
Vaslof - 5
Beardsley - 4
Macoute - 4
Asad - 3
Chrodechild - 3
Nimni - 2
Ordovic - 2
Sophia - 2
Neira - 1
Other (Cynas) - 16
Other (Order soldiers) - 5
Total: 298 lines
(32) Find the Twelfth Chronicle
(end: completing the mission in the twelfth world)
1. Sieg - 153
2. Marica - 77
3. Liu - 44
4. Diadora - 27
5. Jale - 18
6t. Luo-Tao - 17
6t. Moana - 17
Rajim - 13
Sisuca - 11
Mubal - 10
Nimni - 10
Manaril - 9
Asad - 8
Dirk - 7
Diulf - 7
Vaslof - 7
Chrodechild - 6
Zenoa - 4
Erin - 3
Hotupa - 3
Logan - 2
Fredegund - 1
Kashgar - 1
Len-Lein - 1
Lycia - 1
Neira - 1
Nova - 1
Ordovic - 1
Shams - 1
Servillah - 1
Sophia - 1
Other (Stars of Destiny) - 13
Total: 476 lines
(33) The Final Battle
(includes 108 star ending)
1. Sieg - 158
2. Liu - 33
3. Atrie - 26
4. The One King - 20
5t. Hotupa - 16
5t. Marica - 16
7. Diadora - 13
8t. Jale - 13
8t. Zenoa - 13
10. Valfred - 12
Chrodechild - 10
Vaslof - 9
Gadburg - 8
Moana - 7
Diulf - 6
Icas - 6
Maybelle - 6
Nimni - 6
Other Marica - 6
Fredegund - 5
Morrin - 5
Busche - 4
Minen - 4
Asad - 2
Geschutz - 2
Rajim - 2
Neira - 1
Shams - 1
Other (Valfred's family) - 8
Total: 418 lines
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SUIKODEN TIERKREIS: GRAND TOTAL
1. Sieg - 5006 (28.7%)
2. Liu - 1083 (6.2%)
3. Marica - 588 (3.4%)
4. Chrodechild - 510 (2.9%)
5. Hotupa - 428 (2.5%)
6. Asad - 369 (2.1%)
7. Moana - 360 (2.1%)
8. Diadora - 331 (1.9%)
9. Dirk - 306 (1.8%)
10. Jale - 256 (1.5%)
11. Diulf - 252 (1.4%)
12. Shams - 232 (1.3%)
13. Vaslof - 218 (1.2%)
14. Roberto - 204 (1.2%)
15t. Nimni - 199 (1.1%)
15t. Valfred - 199 (1.1%)
17. Atrie - 192 (1.1%)
18. Cougar - 187 (1.1%)
19. Mubal - 176 (1.0%)
20. Logan - 159 (0.9%)
21. Erin - 150 (0.9%)
22. Manaril - 146 (0.8%)
23. Fredegund - 140 (0.8%)
24. Other Marica - 128 (0.7%)
25. Sophia - 121 (0.7%)
26. Tsaubern - 120 (0.7%)
27. Neira - 115 (0.7%)
28t. Rajim - 103 (0.6%)
28t. Taj - 103 (0.6%)
30. Guntram - 101 (0.6%)
31. Balsam - 100 (0.6%)
32. Nova - 99 (0.6%)
33. Macoute - 97 (0.6%)
34. Luo-Tao - 95 (0.5%)
35. Luvais - 90 (0.5%)
36. Nhazu - 89 (0.5%)
37. Zenoa - 87 (0.5%)
38t. Meruvis - 84 (0.5%)
38t. Shairah - 84 (0.5%)
40. Danash VIII - 83 (0.5%)
41. Icas - 81 (0.5%)
42. Conon - 78 (0.4%)
43t. Gilliam - 75 (0.4%)
43t. Lycia - 75 (0.4%)
45. Maybelle - 74 (0.4%)
46. Dromon - 73 (0.4%)
47t. Fergus - 72 (0.4%)
47t. Yula - 72 (0.4%)
49. Keflen - 71 (0.4%)
50t. Chein - 68 (0.4%)
50t. Dogha - 68 (0.4%)
50t. Kureyah - 68 (0.4%)
53. Ouragan - 66 (0.4%)
54. Morrin - 65 (0.4%)
55. Wustum - 62 (0.4%)
56. Numnu - 58 (0.3%)
57t. Nofret - 56 (0.3%)
57t. Xebec - 56 (0.3%)
59t. Nakil - 54 (0.3%)
59t. Rizwan - 54 (0.3%)
61t. Rekareka - 53 (0.3%)
61t. Zahra - 53 (0.3%)
63t. Namna - 51 (0.3%)
63t. Servillah - 51 (0.3%)
Hao-Shi - 49 (0.3%)
Megion - 49 (0.3%)
Tigre - 49 (0.3%)
Amaralicht - 48 (0.3%)
Nuzhat - 48 (0.3%)
Kashgar - 47 (0.3%)
Yovel - 47 (0.3%)
Zayin - 47 (0.3%)
Beardsley - 46 (0.3%)
Felecca - 46 (0.3%)
Mun-Tsang - 46 (0.3%)
Lathilda - 45 (0.3%)
Ordovic - 45 (0.3%)
Selen - 45 (0.3%)
Sisuca - 45 (0.3%)
Geschutz - 44 (0.3%)
Hina - 44 (0.3%)
Indrik - 44 (0.3%)
Quillard - 44 (0.3%)
Bosche - 42 (0.2%)
Gadburg - 39 (0.2%)
Misrach - 39 (0.2%)
Semias - 39 (0.2%)
Yadima - 39 (0.2%)
Yomi - 39 (0.2%)
Diiwica - 38 (0.2%)
Lao-Kwan - 38 (0.2%)
Ramin - 38 (0.2%)
Tongatihi - 38 (0.2%)
Autar - 36 (0.2%)
Savina - 34 (0.2%)
Eunice - 32 (0.2%)
Len-Lien - 32 (0.2%)
Lubberkin - 31 (0.2%)
Yod - 31 (0.2%)
Darrow - 29 (0.2%)
Resno - 29 (0.2%)
Chihaya - 28 (0.2%)
Enumclaw - 28 (0.2%)
Eusmil - 28 (0.2%)
Kow-Low - 28 (0.2%)
Wahie - 28 (0.2%)
Nemne - 27 (0.2%)
Minen - 26 (0.1%)
Sphiel - 23 (0.1%)
Anya - 22 (0.1%)
The One King - 22 (0.1%)
Furat - 21 (0.1%)
Masrur - 21 (0.1%)
Gorno - 20 (0.1%)
Hafin - 19 (0.1%)
Khemia - 19 (0.1%)
Rufa - 19 (0.1%)
Muro - 15 (0.1%)
Nomno - 15 (0.1%)
Mourgent - 12 (0.1%)
Other Ramin - 12 (0.1%)
Tuhululu - 12 (0.1%)
Nictis - 10 (0.1%)
Sotah - 10 (0.1%)
Lamade - 7 (0.0%)
Busche - 5 (0.0%)
Other (Order soldiers) - 172 (1.0%)
Other (Cynas) - 60 (0.3%)
Other (Stars of Destiny) - 51 (0.3%)
Other (Janam) - 49 (0.3%)
Other (Salsabil) - 45 (0.3%)
Other (Tehah) - 36 (0.2%)
Other (Astrasia) - 30 (0.2%)
Other (Grayridge) - 30 (0.2%)
Other (Porpos) - 30 (0.2%)
Other (castle) - 26 (0.1%)
Other (Nofret's underlings) - 20 (0.1%)
Other (Scribes) - 15 (0.1%)
Other (Furious Roar) - 14 (0.1%)
Other (Auster folk) - 13 (0.1%)
Other (monsters) - 11 (0.1%)
Other (Valfred's family) - 8 (0.0%)
Other (Citro village) - 7 (0.0%)
Other (Infinity) - 4 (0.0%)
Grand total: 17465 lines
Comments:
-Tierkries has pretty small textboxes on average, but even so these are big numbers. Perhaps it's not too shocking; it's not a short game (probably the third longest Suikoden) and it's also probably the most dialog-dense game I've counted lines for. Relatively gameplay-light, borders on having a visual novel feel at points.
-Sieg's numbers are unreal. He kinda smashes every record in these threads so far. He has the highest percentage of his game's lines by a good margin (Jude was 24%, Sieg is 29%); he's always onscreen outside the odd villain-cam scene, and is very opinionated about everything. At over 5000 lines he beats several full games by himself.
-Liu's a very solid second; only Wild Arms XF managed to have two characters over 1000 lines until Tierkreis.
-Dirk leads the way for NPCs, but to be fair this is in part because of his stint as a PC; without that he and Valfred are about tied, which makes sense.
-Jale having way less lines than the rest of the core Citro group is pretty notable, he's just a quiet guy. He still managed to just sneak into the top ten at the end.
-The rest of the top ten is filled out by major supporting PCs, most of whom join early, except Diadora who is very important once she does join (and has some NPC lines before then).
-So on the gender balance tracker, it's interesting that the top eight is 4:4, but then the next twelve are all men. Obviously Sieg was always gonna skew the overall total pretty far in one direction. It's probably pretty close to S1 (80%:20%) though I've not formally totaled it.
-Suikoden Tierkreis has 13 different characters with more lines than anyone from Suikoden 4.
Suikoden franchise line leaders! (English-only games, excluding Suikoden Tactics)
1. Sieg - 5006
2. Lyon - 1217
3. Liu - 1083
4. Sialeeds - 891
5. Viktor - 881
(Chris as Flame Champion: ~840)
6. Hugo - 793
7. Lucretia Merces - 726
8. Nanami - 700
9. Chris Lightfellow - 682
10. Marica - 588
11. Jowy Atreides - 547
12. Thomas - 541
13. Chrodechild - 510
(Geddoe as Flame Champion: ~480)
14. Georg Prime - 493
15. Flik - 475
16. Hotupa - 428
17t. Miakis - 410
17t. Sgt Joe - 410
19. Luc - 407
20. Lymsleia - 399
21. Shu - 390
22. Freyjadour - 379
23. Riou - 372
24. Asad - 369
25. Apple - 363
26. Moana - 360
27. Gizel Godwin - 343
28. Diadora - 331
29. Ace - 319
30. Dirk - 306
31. Gremio - 304
32. Cecile - 294
33. Geddoe - 285
34. Kyle - 281
35. Caesar Silverburg - 271
36. Mathiu Silverburg - 257
37. Jale - 256
38. Diulf - 252
39. Zweig - 245
40. Shams - 232
41. Euram Barows - 231
42. Raja - 228
43. Salome - 223
44. Vaslof - 218
45. Snowe Vingerhut - 217
46t. Boz Wilde - 214
46t. Cleo - 214
48t. Lino en Kuldes - 204
48t. Roberto - 204
50. Salum Barows - 202
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Tales of Berseria
Tales of Berseria is one of the more line-dense games I've counted so far. Hope you like dialog! All six PCs talk a lot, each individually having more lines than all but a small handful of characters featured in this thread so far (Sieg and a few FE3H characters).
I've chosen to combine the numbers of certain malakhim and their human forms (if you've played the game, you know who) because the line between their personalities is quite blurry. I've spoiler-guarded the big one, but as always in these threads, minor spoilers still exist. On with the show!
1. Velvet Crowe - 3449 (19.1%)
2. Laphicet - 2262 (12.5%)
3. Eleanor Hume - 1866 (10.3%)
4. Rokurou Rangetsu - 1821 (10.1%)
5. Magilou Mayvin - 1742 (9.7%)
6. Eizen - 1720 (9.5%)
7. Bienfu - 356 (2.0%)
8. Artorius Collbrande - 252 (1.4%)
9. Innominat / spoiler - 214 (1.2%)
10. Grimoirh - 202 (1.1%)
11. Benwick - 200 (1.1%)
12. Teresa Linares - 198 (1.1%)
13. Dyle - 191 (1.1%)
14. Zaveid - 186 (1.0%)
15. Kamoana - 168 (0.9%)
16. Seres / Celica Crowe - 158 (0.9%)
17. Melchior Mayvin - 113 (0.6%)
18. Tabatha Baskerville - 111 (0.6%)
19. Medissa - 107 (0.6%)
20. White Turtlez - 99 (0.5%)
21t. Percival Asgard - 85 (0.5%)
21t. Shigure Rangetsu - 85 (0.5%)
23. Kurogane - 81 (0.4%)
24. Oscar Dragonia - 72 (0.4%)
25t. Confessor - 61 (0.3%)
25t. Niko - 61 (0.3%)
Jude Mathis - 42 (0.2%)
Videl - 36 (0.2%)
Brigid Brigand - 35 (0.2%)
Phoenix - 33 (0.2%)
Majelu - 25 (0.1%)
Morgrim - 25 (0.1%)
Shipping Guild Master - 24 (0.1%)
Valta - 21 (0.1%)
Milla - 20 (0.1%)
Van Aifread - 16 (0.1%)
Lancelot Capulus - 13 (0.1%)
Gideon - 12 (0.1%)
Donera - 9 (0.0%)
Orthie - 8 (0.0%)
Russ - 8 (0.0%)
Guardian - 7 (0.0%)
Griffin - 6 (0.0%)
Mendi - 5 (0.0%)
Mahina - 3 (0.0%)
Silva - 2 (0.0%)
The previous Shigure - 2 (0.0%)
Diana - 1 (0.0%)
Other (Hellawes) - 197 (1.1%)
Other (Loegres) - 186 (1.0%)
Other (Taliesin) - 177 (1.0%)
Other (Port Zekson) - 175 (1.0%)
Other (Pirates) - 165 (0.9%)
Other (Reneed) - 129 (0.7%)
Other (Yseult) - 114 (0.6%)
Other (Aball) - 104 (0.6%)
Other (Exorcists) - 100 (0.6%)
Other (Stonebury) - 91 (0.5%)
Other (Katz) - 74 (0.4%)
Other (Haria) - 73 (0.4%)
Other (Bloodwings) - 69 (0.4%)
Other (Port Cadnix) - 54 (0.3%)
Other (Meirchio) - 38 (0.2%)
Other (Normin) - 22 (0.1%)
Other (Malakhim) - 19 (0.1%)
Other (Beardsley) - 18 (0.1%)
Other (Prisoners) - 13 (0.1%)
Other (Dogs) - 8 (0.0%)
Other (Daemons) - 3 (0.0%)
GRAND TOTAL: 18042 lines
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Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Remember when this was considered the story-heavy Fire Emblem game? Elferidge Farms remembers.
Anyway it's still a big game with a lot of lines, even with its lack of real support conversations (I am not counting the poor little vestigial RD support lines for this).
Total lines: 9274
(includes extended main plot as well as all info conversations, talk conversations, and boss conversations)
Part 1: 1809
Part 2: 896
Part 3: 3722
Part 4: 2860
By character:
1. Micaiah - 862 (9.3%)
2. Ike - 750 (8.1%)
3. Sothe - 455 (4.9%)
4. Elincia - 316 (3.4%)
5. Pelleas - 286 (3.1%)
6. Ranulf - 279 (3.0%)
7t. Narrator - 276 (3.0%)
7t. Yune - 276 (3.0%)
9. Sanaki - 238 (2.6%)
10. Tibarn - 214 (2.3%)
11. Zelgius - 179 (1.9%)
12. Sephiran - 170 (1.8%)
13. Lekain - 161 (1.7%)
14. Skrimir - 145 (1.6%)
15. Jill - 137 (1.5%)
16. Zihark - 126 (1.4%)
17. Nailah - 125 (1.3%)
18. Soren - 124 (1.3%)
19t. Almedha - 120 (1.3%)
19t. Geoffrey - 120 (1.3%)
21. Lucia - 117 (1.3%)
22. Kurthnaga - 114 (1.2%)
23. Rafiel - 108 (1.2%)
24. Tauroneo - 104 (1.1%)
25. Jarod - 99 (1.1%)
26. Aimee - 97 (1.0%)
27. Izuka - 96 (1.0%)
28. Reyson - 93 (1.0%)
29. Mist - 90 (1.0%)
30. Haar - 88 (0.9%)
31. Sigrun - 82 (0.9%)
32. Dheginsea - 80 (0.9%)
33. Tormod - 77 (0.8%)
34. Brom - 74 (0.8%)
35. Valtome - 73 (0.8%)
36. Lethe - 69 (0.7%)
37. Ena - 67 (0.7%)
38. Naesala - 63 (0.7%)
39. Nasir - 62 (0.7%)
40. Levail - 60 (0.6%)
41. Ashera - 57 (0.6%)
42t. Janaff - 53 (0.6%)
42t. Kieran - 53 (0.6%)
42t. Marcia - 53 (0.6%)
45t. Bastian - 52 (0.6%)
45t. Ludveck - 52 (0.6%)
Rolf - 48 (0.5%)
Meg - 45 (0.5%)
Nolan - 45 (0.5%)
Titania - 45 (0.5%)
Edward - 44 (0.5%)
Heather - 42 (0.5%)
Shinon - 41 (0.4%)
Boyd - 40 (0.4%)
Hetzel - 39 (0.4%)
Laura - 39 (0.4%)
Numida - 39 (0.4%)
Leonardo - 38 (0.4%)
Lyre - 37 (0.4%)
Calill - 34 (0.4%)
Gareth - 34 (0.4%)
Oscar - 34 (0.4%)
Tanith - 34 (0.4%)
Fiona - 32 (0.3%)
Leanne - 31 (0.3%)
Ulki - 31 (0.3%)
Aran - 30 (0.3%)
Caineghis - 30 (0.3%)
Muarim - 30 (0.3%)
Nephenee - 29 (0.3%)
Rolf's mother - 27 (0.3%)
Ilyana - 26 (0.3%)
Stefan - 26 (0.3%)
Nealuchi - 25 (0.3%)
Oliver - 24 (0.3%)
Astrid - 23 (0.2%)
Mordecai - 23 (0.2%)
Jorge - 22 (0.2%)
Kyza - 22 (0.2%)
Volke - 22 (0.2%)
Daniel - 21 (0.2%)
Yeardley - 21 (0.2%)
Misaha - 18 (0.2%)
Septimus - 18 (0.2%)
Vika - 18 (0.2%)
Renning - 17 (0.2%)
Laverton - 16 (0.2%)
Makalov - 16 (0.2%)
Lombroso - 15 (0.2%)
Muston - 15 (0.2%)
Volug - 15 (0.2%)
Mia - 13 (0.1%)
Nico - 13 (0.1%)
Zeffren - 13 (0.1%)
Roark - 12 (0.1%)
Veyona - 11 (0.1%)
Amy - 10 (0.1%)
Largo - 10 (0.1%)
Maraj - 10 (0.1%)
Radmin - 10 (0.1%)
Silvano - 10 (0.1%)
Alder - 9 (0.1%)
Giffca - 9 (0.1%)
Yuma - 9 (0.1%)
Callum - 8 (0.1%)
Djur - 8 (0.1%)
Goran - 8 (0.1%)
Zaitan - 8 (0.1%)
Gatrie - 7 (0.1%)
Rommit - 7 (0.1%)
Tashoria - 7 (0.1%)
Agony - 5 (0.1%)
Altina - 5 (0.1%)
Istvan - 5 (0.1%)
Pain - 5 (0.1%)
Pugo - 5 (0.1%)
Rhys - 5 (0.1%)
Sergei - 5 (0.1%)
Wystan - 5 (0.1%)
Burton - 4 (0.0%)
Danved - 4 (0.0%)
Isaiya - 4 (0.0%)
Jacob - 4 (0.0%)
Catalena - 3 (0.0%)
Saron - 2 (0.0%)
Other (Begnion soldiers) - 107 (1.2%)
Other (Daein citizens) - 52 (0.6%)
Other (Daein soldiers) - 39 (0.4%)
Other (Crimean citizens) - 32 (0.3%)
Other (Crimean soldiers) - 28 (0.3%)
Other (Crimean nobles) - 16 (0.2%)
Other (Senators) - 15 (0.2%)
Other (Gallian soldiers) - 13 (0.1%)
Other (Begnion messengers) - 10 (0.1%)
Other (Disciples of Order) - 5 (0.1%)
Other (Bandits) - 2 (0.0%)
Other (Goldoan) - 1 (0.0%)
Other (Phoenician soldiers) - 1 (0.0%)
I've attached the full by-chapter breakdown in a text file. This file has not been cleaned up and I make no guarantees for how easy it is to parse.