A Suikoden thread?!
I'm surprised.
Well I like your list, I disagree with the order but the majority of the people you chose would be on my list aswell.
I'd take Lucia, Gizel and Snowe out of on mine though.
I'd put Flik in there.
You follow him as an upstart rebel member, watch his love life unfold, notice the little subtleties like the name of his weapon, see him grow to be a great mercenary leader and so on (my memory fails me on what he does after Suiko II.
Mathiu silverberg would have also been a good candidate.
"Mathiu is a master military strategist and Odessa's older brother. Once an idealistic man, Mathiu participated in the Succession War as a strategist for Kasim Hazil and then as a vice-strategist for Barbarossa Rugner under his uncle, Leon. When Leon devised a plan which required to slaughter of the town of Kalekka, Mathiu reluctantly carried out of the plan out of duty, but retired from his position soon afterward.
Over a decade later, Mathiu is approached by Viktor and the members of the Toran Liberation Army when their leader, Odessa, is assassinated. He agrees to become their chief tactician and strongly believes that preserving human lives should take priority over ending a war as quickly as possible. Mathiu is fatally wounded during a botched assault on Shasarazade and dies while hearing the Liberation Army's soldiers cheer in victory after having conquered Gregminster." wiki
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