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| - The Tactician was Walking the Earth to train his/her skills as a military strategist. He/She was ambushed by bandits and found by Lyn, who nursed him/her back to health. The Tactician would go on to join the armies of the Lords as their strategist. The Tactician is a stand-in for the player with no dialogue or characterization. Many of the cutscenes either take place from the Tactician's first person point of view or will show the back of the Tactician's head looking out into the scene as a psuedo-first-person point of view.
* Ambiguous Gender: His/her sprite.
* But Now I Must Go: At the end of the game.
* Canon Name: The default name is Mark.
* Demoted to Extra: Appears and is mentioned less and less near the middle and last quarter of the game, but lessened a bit at the very end. Yes, this game managed to render the player him/herself to be of minimal importance to the overall plot.
* The Faceless: The Tactician's face is never seen.
* Featureless Protagonist: Occasionally, the back of the Tactician's head will be shown in the cutscene, but otherwise no details are given about the Tactician's appearance or background.
* Hello, Insert Name Here
* Heroic Mime: Occasionally, the other characters will ask you a question and reply as if you had responded.
* Mission Control: Essentially the character's entire role/purpose. Also somewhat crosses over with The Smart Guy... unless you get a D/E rank, in which even the ending sequence will mock you.
* OC Stand In: Oh good God, the Tactician Sues and Stus...
* This actually does fit the intended purpose of the Tactician. The Tactician is supposed to be an Escapist Character for the player to project themselves into the game, and if you play well in the game, the other characters will lavish praise on you.
* This Shipper Is You: The game mechanics allow for all the shippers out there to turn their character into a matchmaker. Unless you find the options available... too limiting.
* Player Character
* Purely Aesthetic Gender: Actually, in this game, there isn't even an aesthetic difference because the Tactician's sprite and artwork is exactly the same regardless of which gender you pick. Some of the characters will react differently to your character based on gender, but otherwise, there is no real impact on the game.
* The Strategist
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