GENSO SUIKODEN V
Character Recruitment Quick FAQ
by yangxu (
[email protected])
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VERSION HISTORY
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Version 0.1
-Added recruitment info on 73 characters
Version 0.2
-Added recruitment info on all 108 Stars
Version 0.3
-Fixed errors related with Haleth's recruitment and some spelling
mistakes related with characters' names, added the non-SoD character
recruitment section
Version 0.4
-Updated Jeane's recruitment information, fixed errors regarding
Mohsen's recruitment, added more information on Josephine's, Norden's
Ax's, Nick's and Yoran's recruitments
Version 0.5
-Updated Sorensen's, Mohsen's and Dongo's recruitment information, fixed
some errors related to Raja and Toma
Version 0.6
-Many updates have been made regarding Mohsen's, Murad's, Faylen's,
Faylon's, Retso's, Sorensen's and Genoh's recruitments. Thanks to all
who emailed me the corresponding information
Version 0.7
-First of all, I'd like to apologize and thank all of you who emailed me
in between the last update and this one, because I've been having a lot
of finals in April, I wasn't able to check my emails at all during that
period. My mailbox basically flooded when I logged on today, it'll take
too much time to reply to every single mail, so I think I'll give my
deepest and most sincere gratitude to you all here, I have tried my best
putting everyone's contribution in this update, but if I happen to miss
anyone, please let me know and I'll add you right away, thanks!
Number of updates regarding Mohsen, Byakuren, Takamu, Alhazred, and many
other's recruitment info.
Version 0.8
-More updates on recruitment info on Bastan, Hazuki, MiFaSo, and Genoh.
Thanks to everyone that mailed me!
Version 0.9
-I'd like to thank all who mailed me for corrections on various character
recruitment methods. I've been treated with consecutive exams lately, so
I don't have time to reply to all you good contributors in time. Please
forgive my rudeness, your contributions, however, will be noted in the
guide as well as under the acknowledgment section. For those who mailed
me asking for helps, I'm sorry I can't give you immediate responses,
hopefully our board members have solved your problems already.
Gavaya, Bastan, Alhazred, Oboro, and Nakula get corresponding updates on
their recruitment info. Minor updates on
The characters now have star indications next to their names, hopefully
this will ease up your search if you don't know the character's name yet.
Version 1.0
-It's been forever since I updated this FAQ, but now that I do, there
are quite a number of updates on specific character recruitments. I have
received countless emails over the year, although I could not reply to
every single one of them, I sincerely thank all of you for your passion
for Suikoden V and kindness to help making this FAQ even better.
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INTRODUCTION
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This is just a simple FAQ that answers your five Ws and one H
questions during your character recruitment quests. I've listed each
Star of Destiny in alphabetical order, it should be less confusing
than ordering them according to their positions on the SoD Tablet.
If you want to know which characters are missable, press Ctrl + F to
pull out the find box and type the word "missable" in the text box,
then press enter. The highlighted word should appear under certain
characters' names (press enter a few more times to allow the browser to
skim through the FAQ for more), these people are the ones you should
pay close attention to during your playthrough if you want to get all
108 SoDs.
Note that this FAQ has some minor spoilers, use it at your own risk if
you are afraid of being exposed to anything you haven't seen or heard
so far. You are welcome to email me if things are not clear or wrong
and I'll gladly credit your contribution.
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Quick FAQ
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Before you start reading, I'd like to point out a few things, there are
spoilers in this section, so please read it at your own risk.
1. Some characters can die during major wars, the chances are very low,
however, they can still die, meaning you'll lose them forever. Thus,
always always always always always save before you start a major war,
you won't know when a character will die as his or her squad gets
trashed by the enemies.
2. There are certain points in game when characters can no longer be
recruited, so make sure you get as many as you can before these events
unfold:
-Coronation Ceremony/New Queen's Campaign
-Liberation of Stormfist
Thanks to Webapprentice for reminding me about random yet permanent death
of character during major wars.
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Hero/Prince (Tenkai Star)
-Protagonist, joins as soon as you start a new game
Alhazred (Chisui Star)
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
Do the following before you begin the siege on Stormfist.
Meet him at the trade shop in Rainwall first. After Lordlake's been
revived, go to Tricolor Inn's second floor to find a fortune teller in
one of the rooms, pick the choices given in any order and he'll give
you a book. Store it at Chuck's place and rest at the inn in your HQ.
Come back to Chuck and he'll return the book to you saying that it
might be cursed.
Return the book to a woman at the room where the fortune teller was
in Yashuna and head for Estrise to look for Alhazred who's standing
at the town square. If he's not there, sleep at the inn to refresh the
game's setting... Tell him about the book and take him to see the
fortune teller in Yashuna only to find the book's slowly draining the
guy's soul away. You'll be thrown into a battle with the book, defeat
it and watch the scenes, Alhazred will join in the end.
Thanks to Michelle for pointing out that the fortune teller's at the
Tricolor Inn (bath house), not the normal inn; Robert Andrews, keric,
Xaneorath, ravenbear, mastertwo, matthall, sebhyres, darkstar_dragoon,
and reinsel002 for updating me on the timing of his recruitment.
Ax (Tenku Star)
-Joins automatically if you choose to abandon your castle during the
joint assault by Armes and Godwins. If you choose to defend the HQ,
then you'll have to bring a male party to Gordius again to recruit
Nick, Yoran and Ax. Credit goes to Andrew for providing the info on
their recruitments.
Babbage (Chisou Star)
-After the coronation ceremony, your HQ should expand a level down
such that you can explore the floor below where Luserina's standing.
With Sorensen in your active party, head down and go for the
northeast door, in the next area, look for the room that has "Gear"
displayed as its title. Attempt to enter to get a scene. When it's
over, depart for the Babbage lab in Estrise, once the event's done,
take Babbage to the gear room. Leave the castle completely then
revisit the gear room and Babbage will join the SoD.
Bastan (Chisei Star)
-First try recruiting Sorensen and you should get lots of ?Paintings
during your journey inside the Revolving Bridge. Return to Haud after
that quest and enter the appraisal shop. Talk to Bastan, if the
normal appraisal menu appears, speak to him again. Eventually, Bastan
will ask you something about the ?Painting you're carrying, and will
join you when he's done with his babbling.
It doesn't really matter where you get the ?Painting, as long as you
have some in your party items, you can go recruit Bastan. Sorensen is
NOT a mandatory pre-requisit! Michelle confirmed this by recruiting
Bastan using the ?Paintings she got in Ranro Mountain. porcell78 told
me that exiting and re-entering Bastan's shop after each dialogue is
not mandatory, all you have to do is talk to him agan after the
previous conversation ends, which saves a lot of time.
ZeovisMu provided an extensive analysis on Bastan's recruitment since
a lot of people seem to struggle to get him, I'll quote what he wrote
here:
"I would like to point out an error in your FAQ. Sadly, additional
errrors are printed in the official strategy guide from Brady Games,
Hence the number of people who've had trouble recruiting Bastan late
in the game.
I have a save file that is directly after the death of Lord Barrows.
I have several unidentified paintings in my inventory, from Wyverns
by Stormfist, and Revolving Bridge enemies. I've talked to Bastan
100 times, cancelling out when I get the appraisal menu, and then
trying to talk to him again. I also brought him many paintings and
had him appraise them - individually, leaving the shop and returning
for each painting. It blew my mind that a random event could be this
rare.
But then I loaded an earlier save file (just before the New Queen's
Campaign). I took one unidentified painting from the Revolving Bridge
(I did verify it was a graffiti first), and then talked to Bastan 11
times, cancelling out of the appraisal menu each time it came up -
without even leaving the shop. And I recruited him the 12th time I
talked to him. I haven't tested it much, but it looks like you have
a 10% chance to recruit him each time you talk to him while an
unidentified painting is in your inventory.
From the posts I've read about fellow players with this problem, it
sounds like everyone is past the Stormfist Seige like I was. I'm not
positive if the point of no return is the Stormfist Seige itself, or
the death of Lord Barrows. I did notice the dailogue of several Haud
NPCs change after Barrows death, though.
I also have a save at the point where you have to choose to abandon
your headquarters or not, but at the moment, I can't go to the
Revolving Bridge or to Haud (because of the enemy blockade). I am
thinking that once I regain access to those two places, it will
probably be a snap to recruit Bastan, but I can't say for sure.
By the way, many players who waited to recruit Bastan did so most
likely because of the strategy guide published by Brady games. I did,
for instance.
Here is the exact quote from the guide about Bastan:
'Bastan works as an appraiser in Haud Village, and he'll join you if
you bring him a particular ?Painting. The best place to look for it
is in the Revolving Bridge (see Sorensen) where enemies drop it
randomly. It's extremely rare, so bring characters with Treasure
Hunt ability and kill foes till you have dozens of ?Paintings. Then
bring them all to him for appraisal. Later in the game you can get
it more easily from the Wyvern enemies outside of Stormfist.'
So, what do you deduce from this paragraph? Well, I took it to mean
1) I don't have to worry about recruiting Bastan until I get access
to Stormfist.
2) It will be easier to recruit Bastan at Stormfist.
3) As who NEEDS an appraiser at the HQ anyway, why work harder just
to get Bastan early in the game?
It doesn't help that the official guide also claims the point of no
return for recruitment is the Sol Falena Seige, and provides no
indication that Bastan is a missable character whatsoever. I'm also
kinda annoyed that though I can't recruit Bastan after Stormfist
Seige, I can still investigate him with Oboro, which again makes me
think he's still recruitable."
Thanks a lot for your in-depth analysis on Bastan & ZeovisMu!
Belcoot (Tenan Star)
-When you get your HQ, head to Yashuna Village and look for him near
the inn. Ask the whereabouts of Marina and persuade him to join. Get
in the inn and watch the scene. Tell her to go to your castle and the
couple will join the SoD.
Bergen (Chishu Star)
-Joins with Levi
Bernadette (Tenjyu Star)
-Joins by default
Boz (Tenmou Star)
-Joins by default
Byakuren (Chido Star)
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
Each time you recruited 20 characters, you'll encounter it at the
hanging bridge before exiting your HQ. If you have Levi or Genoh
joined the SoD already, when you defeat it, it'll join you. You only
have 5 chances to recruit it, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE LEVI OR GENOH
RECRUITED BEFORE FIGHTING IT!
Another way to recuirt her is to bring Genoh with you and visit the
lower level of your castle right after the expansion.
Thanks to DerangedFlame for letting me know the exact requirement to
get her to appear on the hanging bridge and level4paperboy for
providing the alternative method to encounter Byakuren.
Cathari (Tensoku Star)
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
If you haven't recruited her after the liberation of Stormfist, you
will never be able to get her to join you again. To make her your
companion, first speak to the man at the western entrance of Port
Spinacks, then head back to HQ and ask Logg to take you to the newly
accessable Hershville Port. Talk to Cathari there. When you finished
the Twilight Forest quest, go back to Spinacks and speak to Cathari
again (she's near the rune shop). Pick the second choice on her second
question and she'll join your party. Bring her back to Lucretia in the
War Room (3rd floor) of your HQ and she'll permanently join the SoD.
Cathari can be recruited even before you head to Sauronix Castle, all
you need to do is follow what is being said above and she'll join the
SoD. Thanks to Rion for this update.
Chisato (Chiken Star)
-Be sure to watch Chisato's puppet show during your first visit to
Nirva Island, bring Bernadette with you and pay a revisit there (take
the ship in Estrise), watch some scenes unfold and speak to Chisato,
tell her it's too dangerous and watch the scenes that follow. Once
you freed the kid, exit the inn and ask Chisato again at her booth
and she'll join the SoD.
Chuck (Chison Star)
-Joins by default
Cius (Chikai Star)
-Joins by default
Cornelio (Chigaku Star)
-Visit the large mansion in Haud (south to the appraisal shop) and
defeat all the DoReMi Elves in there. Cornelio rushes out and scolds
you for your irresponsible actions. He then joins the party and a
battle with a Doremi Elf after you exit his house automatically
ensures. Capture it with Cornelio's Doremi Rune or kill it and he'll
join the SoD.
Thanks goes to FruitOfTheLoom for pointing out that killing the elf
doesn't affect Cornelio's determination to join your party.
Craig (Tenyu Star)
-Joins by default
Dinn (Tenman Star)
-Joins by default
Dongo (Chiko Star)
-If you have a Silver, Gold or Platinum Hammer, you can return to Drawf
Camp and ask Dongo to sharpen your weapon to the maximum level the
corresponding hammer allows. You'll get to watch two events involving
Dongo and his master, followed by his request to join the SoD. Giving
Dongo the Iron Hammer will warrant a cutscene, but will not be enough
to recruit him.
Thanks to Ji Hui Lim, Michelle, jaguire, springgan, Meowakin, porcell78
and jon france for corrections and updates on the exact criteria for
Dongo's recruitment.
Egbert (Chihei Star)
-Once you rescued Lucretia, go to the dungeon beyond the Dwarf Camp
and head all the way till the split path before the entrance to
Agarte Prison. Take the left path until you find Egbert. During your
conversation with him, there'll be a part when he talks extremely
slow (letter by letter), DO NOT PRESS ANYTHING UNTIL THE ICON THAT
SIGNALS YOU TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT PHRASE APPEARS! If you did this
correctly, Egbert will join you in the end. If you fast-forwarded his
passionate speech, exit out to the worldmap and come back to talk to
him again.
Eresh (Tenfu Star)
-You'll need to recruit Jeane first. After your HQ upgraded to its
second level, revisit the Big Hole and you should encounter Eresh not
far from where Levi was standing. She'll join your party and you'll
need to go all the way into the Underground Ruin room where Jeane
examined the altar. A new path should be revealed which leads you
deeper into the ruins. In the deepest area of this new dungeon, you
will have to fight a very tough boss, you must make sure you are at a
high enough level before you handle this (level 60 is good). When you
win, Eresh will join the SoD. Note that if you recruit her, you'll
have to give up on getting Euram since both of them share the same
star.
Thanks to Ben who discovered that Jeane's letter regarding a revisit
to the Big Hole as well as her presence in your active party are not
mandatory factors to recruit Eresh. Eresh will still join you even if
the whole letter mess didn't take place. The only difference from
what I can see so far is if you read Jeane's letter and brought her
with you to see Eresh, there are additional dialogues between them
suggesting some unknown relation between the two sages.
Ernst (Tensatsu Star)
-Joins with Norma
Euram (Tenfu Star)
-You must first recruit Isabel and Alhazred. When Stormfist has been
liberated, go to Rainwall and talk to him at the Barrow's Manor then
watch the scenes that follow. Talk to him again to get him to join
the SoD. Note that if you recruit Euram, you cannot recruit Eresh
anymore (both of them share the same star).
Faylen (Chiin Star)
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
Joins with Roy when you choose "I was just trying to clear my good
name" when Solis thanks you followed by your agreement on releasing
Faylen and Faylon upon Roy's request (credit goes to Robert Shin who
pointed out the correct choices the Prince needs to pick.
MAKE SURE YOU DO THE FOLLOWING AS SOON AS YOU CAN, IF YOU HAPPENED TO
MISS THEM DURING YOUR QUEST TO GET ROY.
If you happen to select the wrong answer when you respond to either
of the questions, a small quest must be done to recruit Faylen and
Faylon. Bring Roy with you and revisit Solis' house in Sable. Talk to
the people on the first floor, then head for Roy's base on Mountain
Ranro for an event. Take out the 3 stolen items and return them to
the people in Solis' house and the two will join you.
Now if you still haven't recruited them before the Armes' invasion, and
you chose to defend HQ, Roy will die but The couple will live on. You
can then find and recruit them at the cemetary area below your castle.
Thanks goes to Josh Patterson, Robert Shin, Bob Spamoni, Apokk, Aaron P.,
lucas.broster for clarifying the deaths related issues with these two
characters.
Faylon (Chisu Star)
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
Joins with Faylen
Flail (Tenson Star)
-Joins by default
Fuwalafuwalu (Chikyou Star)
-Joins by default
Fuyo (Chizen Star)
-Joins with Oboro
Galleon (Tenyu Star)
-Joins by default
Gavaya (Chibi Star)
-Bring Viki, Norma and Faylen to Raftfleet. Talk to him at the platform
before the inn and he'll join.
Georg Prime (Teni Star)
-Joins by default
Genoh (Chihi Star)
-Do this as soon as you can when you gained access to Beaver Lodge, it
will save you time later. After you met Fuwalafuwalu, talk to the
beaver standing outside his house to get some info about "boss", go
back and talk to Fuwalafuwalu for an extented explanation.
Have someone old in your active party (like Alhazred, Galleon Levi,
not Jeane or Zerase) and make sure that person's level is no more than
1 ~ 2 levels below the Prince's. Head to Water Basin's deepest area
(where you recruited Richard) and kindly ask Genoh to join you.
If Fuwalafuwalu moved to your HQ before you could get your info on
"boss" (make sure you talk to the beaver standing outside the elder's
house in Beaver Lodge first), you can find him in the Beaver Lodge
room located on B1F, second room from the elevator when your HQ
upgarded the first time. You can also find him standing near Logg,
Lun and the dwarfs after the New Queen's Campaign.
Thanks to Webapprentice for correcting me on the characters you can
bring to recruit Genoh. Thanks also goes to JC, Webapprentice and
Michelle for correcting my mistake on who to bring and how far apart
the level should be between the Prince and the old folk; Rem for
mailing me about the pre-requisits for recruiting Genoh; JC, OSC740,
chopstickev, Andrew Kung for telling me the whereabouts of the old
beaver in the HQ; and benoit levesque for mentioning that Zerase and
Jeane should not be in your team when you recruit Genoh.
Goesch (Chitou Star)
-Joins by default
Gunde (Chibun Star)
-Joins by default
Haleth (Chikou Star)
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
Once HQ has upgraded for the second time, go to the Administrator's
Office in Hershville and talk to him. Return to HQ and watch the
scenes in the tavern (Lower Basement Level, just take the elevator),
then go back to Hershville. Enter the leftmost house near the armor
shop for more scene and leave Hershville. Come back AGAIN and talk to
the person in the Administrator's Office (where Haleth was standing
originally). Drop in at HQ's tavern again to recruit him. If he
didn't join you by the time Stormfist is liberated, you won't be able
to recruit him any longer.
Haswar (Tensyo Star)
-Joins with Urda
Hazuki (Chikyu Star)
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
DO NOT BRING BELCOOT WITH YOU WHEN YOU SEE HER THE FIRST TIME, IF YOU
DO, HAZUKI WILL DISAPPEAR FOR ETERNITY!
The quickest way to recruit Hazuki is to kick out Marina and Belcoot
from your party (if you have them) and talk to her at Port Spinacks
first, then bring Belcoot (and Marina if you want extra dialogues)
back to Hazuki to recruit her.
However, if you happened to talk to Hazuki with Marina in your party
the first time, she'll disappear for a while. When this happens, you
can go ahead and finish your mission at Sauronix Castle first, then
blink to your HQ, add Belcoot in your party, and teleport back to
Port Spinacks. Hazuki should be there, talk to her again and she'll
join the SoD.
Big thanks to Matsuura, maxence ulala, Squeenix Man and Heretic for
pointing out some of the crucial details on Hazuki's recruitment.
Isabel (Chii Star)
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
After the discussion about coronation, attempt to head toward the
Babbage Lab and a scene will take place (if you can't trigger this,
try recruiting Alhazred by going through the event about the cursed
book).
Go back to HQ and talk to Luserina, have less than 3 people in your
party and head for Haud. Some scenes will take place as you enter.
Agree to exterminate evil with Isabel and the pair will join the SoD.
If you still haven't recruited her by the time Stormfist has been
taken over, you'll miss them completely.
Thanks to xander and Jax for pointing out that cursed book scene may
influence the event involving Isabel, Robert Andrews and Gilberto for
verifying that Alhazred is not a mandatory requirement to recruit
Isabel and JaX for pointing out that Isabel's a missable character.
Isato (Tenritsu Star)
-Joins with Urda
Jeane (Chiketsu Star)
-First, head over to the Big Hole and talk to the soldier there. When
Lelcar's been burnt down, head over to the rune shop to meet Jeane.
Pick the first choice for her first question and second choice for
her next question and she'll join your active party.
Make sure to bring some strong party members with you, then revisit
the Big Hole. Go beyond where Levi's standing for a scene, and head
all the way to the end of the new Underground Ruin for another scene.
Jeane should join the SoD permanently after that.
Josephine (Chichin Star)
-If you have Sialeeds in her fancy royal costume in your party, go to
Haud and talk to Josephine at the southwest part of the town and ask
her to join you. You can also bring Sharmista or Shula with you to
recruit her if you didn't do so with Sialeeds. Thank TMR_Xenith for
providing names of other specific characters that can recruit her.
Killey (Tenbi Star)
-Once you saved Lucretia from the prison, bring Cius and visit the
eastern wing cells for a scene with Killey. When Lorelai and Zweig
have joined you, you'll encounter Killey again at the entrance of
your HQ, be nice to him and he'll leave. He'll join the SoD once the
events at Twilight Forest are over.
If you didn't save him from the cell after the Twilight Forest scenes
have taken place, simply follow the above instructions and head for
Ceras Lake Ruin's deepest area to get him to join.
Several people have been forwarding their concerns on Killey as the
events in Ceras Lake Ruin would not trigger at all, thereby making
him a missable characer. The only thing I can say is that I was able
to recruit him when I missed him the first time using this method,
but it would definitely be a good idea to get him when he first
becomes available. I apologize for any inconveniences this information
might have caused you.
Kisara (Chisatsu Star)
-Joins by default
Kyle (Tenko Star)
-Joins by default
Lance (Tenhei Star)
-Joins by default
Lelei (Chifuku Star)
-Joins by default
Levi (Chizen Star)
-After you've taken Doraat, head to the Big Hole and speak to Levi in
the cave's tunnel, both he and Bergen will join the SoD.
Linfa (Chishu Star)
-Once your HQ's been established, head to Estrise's inn and talk to
Linfa. Agree to play her card game and lose 2000 potch to her. Head
to Yashuna Village and meet her again near the rune shop. Look for
more stars and allow the story to advance further, then head to the
inn in Raftfleet (Linfa should be there before the coronation event
takes place). Speak to her and play the silly game again (doesn't
matter if you win or lose), agree to help her pay off the debt to
the old hag and she'll join your force afterwards.
Logg (Chitan Star)
-Joins by default
Lorelai (Chikatsu Star)
-Joins by default
Lucretia (Tenki Star)
-Joins by default
Lu (Chikei Star)
-Once Babbage has joined the SoD. Bring Sorensen with you and head
back to the Babbage lab for a scene. Agree to help her find the lost
gear (examine the left area near the entrance) and she'll join you.
Lun (Chikaku Star)
-Joins by default
Luserina (Chikai Star)
-Joins by default
Lyon (Tenei Star)
-Joins by default
Marina (Chihi Star)
-Joins with Belcoot
Maroon (Chima Star)
-Joins by default
Mathias (Chiei Star)
-Joins with Isabel
Meroon (Chiku Star)
-Joins with Moroon
Miakis (Chiin Star)
-Joins by default
Miroon (Chiretsu Star)
-Once the coronation ceremony has completed, take Muroon with you and
visit the Tricolor Inn. Talk to Miroon there and investigate the cave
by exiting the door to the right of the counter. Walk all the way to
the end for a scene, give permission to allow Miroon to set up a bath
house in your HQ and she'll join the SoD.
Mohsen (Chiyu Star)
-Be sure to talk to him and purchase some equipments from his shop
before Lelcar burned down. Thanks to Webapprentice who points out
that buying some stuff from Mohsen's shop in Lelcar WILL have an
effect on whether you can recruit him right after Lelcar's incident.
Talk to him again after his store's destroyed and he'll join you when
you offer him the opportunity to open an armor shop at your HQ.
If you didn't talk to him before Lelca's destroyed, or if you tell
him to "Pull yourself together" when you are given a choice, you will
have to buy 6 items at his shop in Doraat to recruit him. Note that
the 6 items you purchase must be items in his regular stock, not the
rare find ones!
After a certain point in game, Mohsen cannot be recruited at his shop
in Doraat, you'll need to head over to Hershville to get him to join
you.
Credit goes to Pete for providing me the insights on how to recruit
Mohsen if you missed him in Lelcar; Rem Ogaki for clarifying that
the 6 items doesn't include rare finds; and Takeshi for informing me
on Mohsen's availability in Hershville when he can no longer be
recruited at his shop in Doraat.
Moroon (Chibou Star)
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
Bring Maroon, Miroon, Muroon with you and take the boat to the Baska
Mineshaft. Talk to Moroon near a collapsed house and head to Beaver's
Lodge for Meroon (she's standing in front of the trade shop). Bring
the 4 of them to see Moroon again, then revisit Beaver's Lodge for a
scene. Thank Moroon and he'll join you with Meroon.
If you still haven't recruited him after Sol-Falena's been liberated,
he's gone forever. Thanks goes to Jonathan Van En for emailing me on
this.
Mueller (Tenkoku Star)
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
Joins with Wilhelm
Muroon (Chiman Star)
-When you first get your HQ, talk to him twice at the entrance of the
HQ port where a save point is located and he'll join the SoD.
Thanks goes to jon france for pointing out its gender.
Murad (Chijyu Star)
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
You need to persuade this guy 3 times before he decides to join you.
Murad moves from town to town, and will always show up in the town
where a major war took place to help the injured. He is MISSABLE! If
you are unable to recruit him after the liberation of Stormfist, he
will never show up again!
Based on the timeline of each major war, Murad could be showing up in
the following order (this may vary in your game, just make sure that
you look around in town after a war has taken place there):
Rainwall ---> Raftfleet ---> Lordlake ---> Lelca ---> Beaver Lodge
---> Doraat (after you claimed it the first time) ---> Sable (after
liberation) ---> Stormfist (after liberation).
Credit goes to bobert123 for adding the info on Murad's presence in
Doraat and Brett Bellmore for his correction on Murad's presence in
Stormfist (after liberation) after the liberation of Sable.
Nakula (Teni Star)
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
Head into the inn's second floor and meet Nakula on your first visit
to Sable. After the events at Sable involving Roy are over, teleport
back there and talk to Nakula, then speak to Oboro at his detective
agency in Raftfleet and head back for Nakula. Once the dialogues are
over, Sagiri and Nakula will join the SoD.
In some people's playthrough Nakula may no longer be available if you
didn't talk to him between getting Roy and going to Nirva Island for
the first time, other people have had the experience of being able to
recruit him by bringing Oboro to him after the battle of Doraat without
talking to Nakula beforehand, try both methods if one didn't work out
for you.
Big thanks to P.J.Reed, Deathguise0 and Roy&Mary Bohling, and Nick Toft
& Jessica Hjelsand for providing Nakula's recruitment info!
Nelis (Chitai Star)
-Joins with Yahr
Nick (Tensui Star)
-Joins automatically if you choose to abandon your castle during the
joint assault by Armes and Godwins. If you choose to defend the HQ,
then you'll have to bring a male party to Gordius again to recruit
Nick, Yoran and Ax. Credit goes to Andrew for providing the info on
their recruitments.
Nifsara (Chimei Star)
-Joins by default
Nikea (Chiaku Star)
-When Lelca's been burnt down, head to the inn in Estrise and duel her
and she'll join you when you win.
Norden (Chiyu Star)
-First, talk to Norden inside the inn (near the bar counter) for a
scene, and head over to Oboro's detective agency to trigger the next
series of events. Once the investigation ends, talk to Norden near
the entrance of Rainwall and he should join the SoD. Credit goes to
Pete for reminding me about the details on how to trigger Norden's
event.
If somehow Norden doesn't join you after the investigation scene is
over, Corey Fisher mailed me explaining that an alternative way to
get him on your team is available:
"All you have to do is talk to him one time in Rainwall and then wait
till Lordlake has been restored, then go to Oboro's Detective Agency
where one of them tells you that Norden has left for Lordlake. Go to
Lordlake and he should be somewhere to the left of the entrance."
Thanks Corey!
Katie Nicely also added that Norden will appear in Raftfleet's inn
if you miss him the first time, he'll reject you a few time, but will
eventually join you after Lordlake's liberated.
Furthermore, Takeshi commented that:
"You don't have to talk to Norden in Rainwall ever other than the one
time that Oboro automatically brings him in when you get the Dawn
Rune. You can still get him even if you never enter the bar there."
Thanks Takeshi.
Norma (Tenyu Star)
-Talk to her without Levi in your party at the inn in Raftfleet first,
then talk to her again with Levi in your party and she will join the
SoD along with Ernst. Thanks to Ben for his addition about the effect
of Levi's absence and presence on Norma's recruitment.
Oboro (Chiyu Star)
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
In Rainwall, when Lucretia asks you to find Oboro to investigate the
Lordlake incident, go to the port in Rainwall to find Oboro's ship,
and you'll get a series of scenes and several choices to make within.
ALWAYS PICK THE ANSWER THAT ALLOWS YOU TO STICK WITH OBORO TO
INVESTIGATE THE CASE TOGETHER WHENEVER YOU GET TO MAKE A CHOICE! If
you did this correctly, you can recruit Oboro and Shigure by visiting
them once the agency moves to Raftfleet.
If you didn't choose to stay with Oboro during the investigation on
Lordlake, you'll have to visit his ship in Raftfleet from time to
time (whenever there is an advance in story) and ask him to join you.
He'll refuse several times before deciding to be recruited. It's
very important that you fetch him before the new queen's campaign
begins, otherwise Oboro's ship will leave Raftfleet and will not be
found for the rest of the game.
Rem mailed me about the specific number of times you should visit
Oboro before he disappears:
"If you fail to recruit Oboro during the Lordlake investigation in
Rainwall, he'll refuse four times before agreeing to join on the
fifth time. There are six opportunities to recruit Oboro between
Lordlake and the coronation, so I think you can afford to miss only
one opportunity to ask Oboro to join or you will miss him entirely."
Luminaria sent me further clarifications on the exact steps to get
Oboro if you missed your first chance, which is extremely helpful:
"[y]ou can still recruit him if you passed up the opportunity to help
him investigate stuff in Rainwall (which the Bradygames guide doesn't
even mention...), and you do need to ask him to join you 5 times.
He'll refuse 4 times, then join on the 5th. Your guide was a little
vague on when you're able to ask Oboro to join you, so here are the
times when I asked, and when he finally joined:
1) After Lord Barrows kicks you out of Rainwall, but before you
actually leave town.
2) After destroying the dam at Lordlake and recruiting Nord
3) After defending Lecar
4) After you rescue the Beavers from Beaver Lodge when Godwin's
forces set it on fire
5) After talking to Lucretia in your war room, but before actually
going to Nirva Island (He joined here)
If you've done all of this, Oboro et al will move to your castle
after the siege at Doraat
You really cant stress the importance of Oboro enough. Recruiting
Oboro lets you also recruit Fuyo, Shigure, Sagiri, Nakula, and Raven.
Six SoD all depend on you getting Oboro."
Reidge also wanted to mention that the number of times Oboro refuses
you depends on when you decided to drop the investigation on Norman's
relation with the Barrows:
"The number of Oboro's refusals to join prince's army depends on how
long you stick with him when you investigate Barrows' case in
Rainwall.
You said that Oboro will refuse us 5 times, but in my case, I choose
to leave the investigation at the last time, so he only refused me
once. It will be different if you choose to leave the investigation
at the second time or third time"
Thanks goes to Rem for his discovery, Brian Hofrichter for letting
me know that Oboro can be recruited before the new queen's campaign
takes place, Luminaria for the in-depth analysis and Reidge for
pointing out Oboro's refusal times in relation to when you decide to
drop the investigation on Norman.
Orok (Tenpai Star)
-Joins by default
Rahal (Chiki Star)
-Joins by default
Raja (Tengou Star)
-Joins by default, thanks to Joan for pointing out my missing info
on this character.
Rania (Chisa Star)
-Bring Miakis with you and talk to her at her house in Sauronix, some
events will unfold as you exit the house. Invite her afterwards and
she'll join the SoD.
Raven (Chisatsu Star)
-Once Doraat has fallen into your control, head to Sable and speak to
Solis at his mansion, he'll tell you that his family tree has been
stolen. Return to either Raftfleet or HQ and speak to Oboro at his
agency (near the Gear Room on the first floor if you plan to visit
him at HQ). Afterwards, talk to Egbert at the HQ inn to receive his
family tree and give that to Oboro. Watch the scenes that follow and
rest at the inn. Oboro'll come to you at night time and you'll need
to investigate the Storage Room. Check the top right corner and Raven
should reveal himself. When you get a choice to pardon his behavior,
choose to forgive him and he'll join the SoD.
Retso (Chizou Star)
-Persuade him at Raftfleet's inn to join you after the coronation
ceremony, make sure you've recruited Subala and have unlocked the
fishing minigame. Retso'll mention something about sashimi. Go back
to HQ and play the fishing game till you pick up some "Strange Fish".
Note that you can only play the game when you are free from missions
that affect the progress the story (eg. before an upcoming battle).
Return to Retso and ask him to examine the fish for a scene, then
take him and Shun Min back to HQ (if you used the Blinking Mirror, go
outside south from where you are) and the two will join the SoD
afterwards.
Credit goes to Webapprentice for letting me know that the two can only
be recruited after the coronation ceremony; and JC for pointing out
that the fishing minigame only becomes available when you're free from
missions that can affect the progress of the story.
Richard (Chian Star)
-Once Mueller's joined the SoD, go to Water Basin south of Beaver's
Lodge (stick to the river bank). Do not bring anyone old with you
(eg. Alhazred or Levi). Go to the deepest area in this dungeon and
ask Richard to join. When he refuses, look for Mueller in one of the
rooms in the inn in your HQ and revisit Richard at Water Basin. He'll
then join the SoD.
Roog (Chimou Star)
-Joins by default
Roy (Chizoku Star)
-Joins by default, however, if you want Faylon and Faylen to join at
the same time, pick the first choice when he asks you if you could
release Faylen and Faylon.
DO NOT CHOOSE TO DEFEND YOUR CASTLE DURING THE ARMES/GODWIN INVASION,
otherwise you'll permanently lose Roy!
Thanks to Kean for stressing the importance of the choice you make
before the enemies' counterattack.
Sagiri (Chikyou Star)
-Joins with Nakula
Sairoh (Chikou Star)
-Buy 6 salts at any trade shop, then check for rumors with the guy
at the trade shop in Raftfleet from time to time after Shinro has
joined the SoD. If you see the information "the price of salt has
skyrocketed", talk to Sairoh beside the guy until he asks you to
bring down the inflation. Sell your 6 salts here and talk to Sairoh
again and he'll join the SoD.
Thanks to TckeyTheGlove for telling me that Shinro isn't required to
recruit Sairoh.
Sharmista (Chii Star)
-Joins by default
Shigure (Chikou Star)
-Joins with Oboro
Shinro (Chiyu Star)
-Once Raftfleet becomes your ally, talk to Shinro at the item shop
and he'll join the SoD.
Shoon (Tentai Star)
-Joins by default
Shun Min (Chishu Star)
-Joins with Retso
Shula (Tenkyu Star)
-Joins by default
Silva (Chirei Star)
-Joins by default
Sorensen (Chishun Star)
-You can recruit Sorensen right after you left Rainwall for Raftfleet
provided that you met the trio in Estrise's Babbage lab.
Go to the Revolving Bridge and talk to the soldier there, visit the
Babbage lab again, talk to the two nerds and bring them to the
Revolving Bridge again. Head all the way up to fight a boss, and
watch the scenes when you enter the room behind. Sorensen should join
you after this quest's done. During your picnic there, you probably
encountered numerous gear enemies, they drop a hell lot of ?Paintings,
be sure to keep some because you'll need these to recruit Bastan
later.
Big thanks to Joan and Ji Hui for pointing out the missing info on
recruiting Sorensen; and Takeshi, Shoelip and Alexander W for letting
me know that Sorensen can be done right after you left Rainwall.
Subala (Chikei Star)
-Bring Lun to Raftfleet once you get your HQ and talk to her on the
platform before the Inn. Agree to compete in the fishing game with
her. Beat her in that minigame and she'll join. If you lost, go back
to Raftfleet and talk to her again to play the minigame until you
beat her.
Thanks to Rem, Shoelip and Michelle for correcting my spelling error
on her name.
Takamu (Chimou Star)
-Right after you freed Lucretia from prison, bring Cius and Lelei (Lelei
alone does not trigger this event) with you and visit the prison's
western wing (the areas after your save point). Cius will free Takamu,
agree to find his suitcase for him (in the top right corner of the room
with the save point) and Takamu will join the SoD. Note however that if
you are on a mission that advances the story, you cannot recruit Takamu,
you can only get him to join you when you get the time to scout for
companions.
Thanks to Dragon Valhall and Dave Smith for letting me know that Cius
AND Lelei are required to free Takamu, thanks to black_sword_rune for
clarifying that having just Lelei in your party does not trigger the
event with Takamu.
Talgeyl
-Joins by default
Taylor (Chiyou Star)
-When you first get your HQ, head outside for a scene with Taylor.
When Lelca's destroyed, give him the permission to do his interview
by talking to him in the following order in your HQ: Outside the inn,
in front of the Sealed Room, in front of Georg's Room and he'll join
you. If you rested at inn before you get him to join you, you'll have
to start over again.
Toma (Tenkou Star)
-Joins by default, thanks to Joan for pointing out the duplicated info
on Toma.
Urda (Chisou Star)
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
After you rescued Lucretia, put Takamu in your party and visit the
Lunas' Norther Forest to find her. Agree to accompany her to Lunas
(the path behind her) and talk to Isato in the Oracle's Conclave.
Once the major battle following the coronation is over, visit the
Oracle's Conclave with Urda again and some events should take place.
Escape from Lunas and Urda, Haswar and Isato should join the SoD.
She can no longer be recruited after you liberated Sol-Falena, so be
sure to get her before that happens.
Thanks to Thomas Shelton for pointing her unavailability after Sol-
Falena's been liberated.
Viki (Chibin Star)
-Joins by default
Volga (Tenken Star)
-Joins by default
Wabon (Chijiku Star)
-Joins by default
Wasil (Tenzai Star)
-Joins by default
Wilhelm (Tenbou Star)
-MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
Once you get your HQ, bring Viki or some other cute girl with you and
talk to him at the Raftfleet inn. Mueller and Wilhelm move from time to
time (Raftfleet ---> Lelca ---> Doraat), however, if you still haven't
gotten these two to join by the time you get your final upgrade on your
HQ, you won't ever find them again!
Yahr (Chisin Star)
-Note that if you are on your way to recruiting Chisato, you'll have
to come back here later to recruit Yahr and Nelis. YOU CANNOT GET ALL
OF THEM IN ONE TRIP (evil, evil Konami...).
Bring Bernadette with you and revisit Nirva Island by taking the ship
at Estrise. At the bottom left part of the port, you'll get an
explanation about rune cannons from a soldier. Head into one of the
rooms at the inn to get a scene with Nelis and Yahr. Attempt to
return to Estrise and the pair will join you. Some scenes will take
place on the sea, choose to investigate the light and you'll be
thrown into a ship graveyard followed by a boss fight. When you
defeat the creature, go deeper into the wrecked ship till you see a
group of 3 pirates sitting on the deck. Approach them for a scene and
the boss you faced returns. You'll get a time-limit choice here, if
you quickly pick the second choice (fire the rune cannon), Yahr and
Nelis will join you later. Otherwise, you'll have to recruit them at
the inn in Nirva Island once this whole mess is over.
Yoran (Tenrou Star)
-Joins automatically if you choose to abandon your castle during the
joint assault by Armes and Godwins. If you choose to defend the HQ,
then you'll have to bring a male party to Gordius again to recruit
Nick, Yoran and Ax. Credit goes to Andrew for providing the info on
their recruitments.
Zegai (Tensyo Star)
-Whenever you get a choice involving Zegai, always defend him for the
good cause. After you've recruited enough SoDs, come back to Lunas'
Northern Path and finish the first part of the quest involving Urda
(bring her to Lunas and talk to Isato). Exit to the worldmap and come
back in, head for where Urda's standing and a monster's squeeking
sound should be heard. Go up the path to meet Zegai. If you have
enough SoDs, he will join; otherwise, come back later when you've
recruited a large number of companions.
Zerase (Tenkan Star)
-Joins by default
Zunda (Chiri Star)
-After getting your HQ, head for the Dwarf Camp and go up the ladder
near the rune shop. She's behind the man standing on the building
(zoom in with R1 if you can't see clearly). Talk to her and agree
to show her see a window. Make sure to bring Takamu with you, go to
Lunas and visit the upper room as soon as you enter the Oracle's
Conclave for a scene and she'll join the SoD.
If you recruited Urda, Isato and Haswar before you recruited Zunda,
you'll need to bring Urda with you in order to take Zunda back to
Luna, Takamu won't work at this point in time.
Thanks goes to Ben for reminding me to bring Takamu along in order
to enter Luna's Northern Forest before the Dragon Knight's scenario.
Zweig (Chisoku Star)
-Joins by default
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Non-SoD Recruitable Characters
==============================
Besides the 108 Star of Destiny characters in this game, there are
also 5 more non-SoD characters (more like monsters) you can recruit
and these are the DoReMi Elves Cornelio's after. If you manage to get
them all in your first playthrough, you can listen to various
background musics in Suikoden V by talking to Cornelio at the cafe
in your HQ.
VERY IMPORTANT!
These elves can only join you when you have Cornelio in your battle
party, which means you can't put him in the Entourage group. This is
because you'll need his DoReMi Rune's first skill to tame the elves.
Furthermore, you MUST ensure that at least one position is empty in
your active party (battle or entourage), otherwise, no matter how
many times Cornelio uses his rune, the elf won't join.
The elves are met in random encounters at specific locations, you can
kill them if you wish, they'll keep coming back until you recruited
them, so no need to worry whether they are missable or not.
ReMiFa
-Automatically encountered after Cornelio joined the SoD. If you
accidentally killed it, you can capture it in the northern forest
near Estrise on the worldmap through random encounters.
MiFaSo
-Can be captured in the forest southeast of Doraat on the worldmap
through random encounters. It can also be found in a forest with one
tree across the river directly to the west of Baska Mine on the world
map, get there by trekking southeast from Doraat (thanks to Shoelip
for the alternative location to capture MiFaSo).
FaSoLa
-Randomly encountered by running around the forest southwest of
Rainwall (cross the bridge to the right of Rainwall and go down and
left till you see some forest) on the worldmap.
SoLaTi
-Randomly encountered IN the mountain path between Yashuna Village
and Beaver's Lodge, NOT ON THE WORLDMAP.
LaTiDo
-Randomly encountered IN the Twilight Forest before the ruins, NOT
ON THE WORLDMAP.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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I'd like to thank the following people who helped me out greatly
during the FAQ construction:
-Kouli
-Andrew
-Pete
-TMR_Xenith
-bloodywolf2k5
-Trevor
-Joan
-Wepapprentice
-Ji Hui Lim
-JC
-Corey
-Rion Guardona
-Brett Bellmore
-Rem
-bobert123
-Robert Shin
-Ben
-JaX
-Katie Nicely
-Jonathan Van En
-Takeshi Kubo Templin
-Michelle Taylor
-Thomas Shelton
-Bob Spamoni
-Shoelip
-xander
-Brian Hofrichter
-Alexander
-DerangedFlame
-OSC740
-chopstickev
-Andrew Kung
-maxence ulala
-Squeenix Man
-Matsurra
-ZeovisMu
-TckeyTheGlove
-FruitOfTheLoom
-black_sword_rune
-P.J.Reed
-Deathguise0
-Roy&Mary Bohling
-Nick Toft
-Jessica Hjelsand
-Robert Andrews
-Gilberto
-Luminaria
-Kean
-Reidge
-level4paperboy
-jon france
-Heretic
-keric
-Xaneorath
-ravenbear
-mastertwo
-matthall
-sebhyres
-darkstar_dragoon
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-jaguire
-springgan
-Meowakin
-porcell78
-Bob Spamoni
-Apokk
-Aaron P.
-lucas.broster
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SOME MAILS SLIP BY MY EYES AFTER READING THEM THROUGH. THANKS!
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