RPG line counts

[Dark Holy Elf]

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.

[Dark Holy Elf]

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.

[Dark Holy Elf]

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.

[Dark Holy Elf]

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.

[Dark Holy Elf]

(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

[Dark Holy Elf]

(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

[Dark Holy Elf]

(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

[Luther Lansfeld]

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

[Dark Holy Elf]

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!

[Dark Holy Elf]

(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

[Dark Holy Elf]

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

[Dark Holy Elf]

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.

[Dark Holy Elf]

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

[Dark Holy Elf]

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.

[Dark Holy Elf]

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

[Dark Holy Elf]

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

[Dark Holy Elf]

(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

[Dark Holy Elf]

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

[Dark Holy Elf]

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