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This is Eddie
Ril,
the first playable character you'll see in the game. When the power
outage starts, he notices just how suspicious the principal's
announcement sounds and decides to leave his classroom and try to
figure out what's going on. For most of the game, Eddie mainly relies on his physical strength and weapons, as he doesn't have any special skills or superpowers like many of the other characters. He does have one special attack, however--the Blubber Slam, which causes him to jump and slam down ontop of an enemy with all of his weight. Early on, this is easily the most powerful attack you have, though it tends to miss more often than most other attacks. Eddie's HP and Attack are higher than anyone else's, and most of his other stats aren't too bad either. Being a fat guy with no superpowers, though, he's not especially fast; his Speed and Accuracy are the lowest in the game (though his Accuracy can be helped a bit by keeping his glasses equipped at all times.) |
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The second character
you'll meet is Joguo
Goueng-Zu, the heir to the
Goueng-Zu ninja clan that, for some odd reason, decided to leave Japan
about 200 years ago and relocated to some middle-of-nowhere town in
Virginia. Like Eddie, Joguo mostly relies on physical attacks; unlike Eddie, he's also gone through some ninja training, so he has a variety of special moves that allow him to throw ninja stars, trip enemies, and so on. He can also steal items from enemies, which could come in handy considering that the game is set in a school and the vending machines don't work during a power outage. Though his HP and Attack are not quite as high as Eddie's, Joguo does have the best Defense of any character in the game, as well as high Speed and decent Accuracy and Evade. His Power and Wisdom are both rather low, however, making him more vulnerable to special attacks than most. |
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Joining the party third
is Bridget
Sticke, who seems to be a fairly
normal (albeit abnormally tall) girl until she starts throwing
fireballs at things. Not much else is known about her, except that she
usually hangs out with a group of girls known as "the Swarm." Though Bridget's physical attacks aren't exactly weak (and she even has the ability to attack all enemies at once using her Swarmclaw move), her specialty is magic. Throughout the game, she learns a variety of spells, allowing her to blast enemies with fire and electricity as well as poisoning them, lowering their stats, and even killing them instantly. Though she does learn a few beneficial spells later on, Bridget's focus is very heavily on offense. Of all the playable characters, Bridget is by far the fastest, outspeeding even Joguo. Her Power stat is also the highest, enabling her magical attacks to cause a great deal of damage. However, she is somewhat frailer than most characters, with the lowest Defense and second-lowest HP in the game. |
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Joining the party
temporarily is Jason
Sehmat, also known as "Jay."
He's not as tough as the rest of the characters, though he (somewhat)
makes up for this with his ability to use a variety of tools and
machines in combat rather than his own strength. Though he leaves the
party not long after he joins, it may be possible to get him back as a
permanent part of the team later on. Jay relies on his technological skill rather than strength or special powers, which makes it difficult for him to keep up with the others. Though he will eventually have access to better equipment, he starts out with only a few simple defensive weapons such as a taser, pepper spray, and a poison-dart gun. Most of Jay's stats are pretty average all around, with none being dramatically higher or lower than the others (and all being lower than most of the other characters' stats.) He does have one strong point, however--his Accuracy is by far the highest in the game, ensuring that his attacks will rarely ever miss. |
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The student council
president at AHS is Adam
Nebozu. He's also a playable
character, though (thankfully) he doesn't hang around with the party
for too long. He'd rather be off playing golf or drinking excessive
quantities of cheap beer than actually doing something important anyway. Adam is essentially just a normal human, so he really has no special abilities. Instead, he fights using one of his golf clubs, either clobbering enemies with it or stepping back and sending golf balls flying in their direction. Unfortunately, hitting golf balls around inside a building isn't really a good idea, and they will sometimes bounce off a wall and hit a party member (or even Adam himself!) if you're unlucky. Adam's stats are generally nothing special--most are average, aside from his low Accuracy, very low Power, and a Wisdom stat that makes even Joguo's look good. However, his HP is surprisingly decent, and his Attack and Defense are both slightly above average as well. He also has the highest Evade of all, mirroring his ability to get out of pretty much anything with a combination of lying, cheating, and sucking up to the school staff. |
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The fourth party member to join (without leaving shortly
afterward) is Damuru-J,
whose name is only known thanks to a label found nearby in the place
where the rest of the group first meets her. Even more mysterious than
Bridget, though in her case it's because even she doesn't know anything
about herself--pretty much all of her memory seems to have been wiped.
Will she recover any of her memory as time goes on? Like Bridget, Damuru-J has access to magical powers, though thanks to her condition she doesn't know exactly how or why. Unlike Bridget, her abilities are mainly defensive or healing in nature, though she does learn a few attacking spells (most of them ice-based) throughout the game. Damuru-J's stats are heavily focused on her magical abilities, and she has the most EP and the highest Wisdom of all the characters. Her Power stat, though not quite as high as Bridget's, is also far higher than most of the others. She also has fairly good Defense, comparable to Eddie's (though weakened a bit by her lack of strong armor.) However, she has very little physical attacking power, and her HP and Evade are both the lowest in the game. |