Quote Originally Posted by Marky Tee View Post
so these characters that can die permanently-are they all story characters or are there generics like in FFT?
The real tricky part is story characters can die before you even recruit them. Multiple times throughout the game you'll encounter a character in distress who you've met before or has a particular significance later on. You usually start on the opposite side of the map as your enemies, but that NPC will begin way behind enemy lines. In these scenarios, it's usually a race for your fastest characters to save them before they're felled by their own horrible AI tactics.