extra characters

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Oh, so you mean everyone?

Mustadio has a weak attack power, but his ability to snipe from afar make him useful until you get Beowulf. He's still the best single character to use against undead with Seal Evil.

Agrias has some nifty attacks like Holy Explosion and Lightning Stab. She pays her own way in the party until you get Orlandu, when she's a little redundant. But no reason you can't use both of them! Her big advantage over Orlandu is she can equip perfumes and ribbons.

Rafa uses Truth which causes damage to random panels within a set area. I personally hate random area attacks, so I don't use Truth. But she has naturally low Brave, making her easy to turn into a treasure hunter with Move-Find. The lower the Brave, the better the chance of getting a rare item. Combined with her high Faith, she makes a good Mediator.

Malak uses Untruth which is similar to Truth. Everything about him is opposite of Rafa, including high Brave and low Faith. He makes a decent fighter but a lousy spellcaster unless you tinker with his Faith.
I level him up in all jobs, but I don't like to use him.

Orlandu is arguably the best character in the game. He uses the swordskills of Agrias, Meliadoul and Gafgarion! He can attack, heal, and slaughter all in one skillset. And his default sword Excalibur puts him automatically in haste. He's the Tactics equivalent of KoTR.

Meliadoul joins after Orlandu, so her Mighty Sword makes her feel redundant. She can only use swordskills that break armor, so she can only attack human opponents with it. But give her Math skills and a good perfume and she can take names with the best of them.

Rad starts out as Gafgarion's flunky. We never learn much about him, which is too bad. He's not much different from a male generic unit you can get at a Soldier's Office. The big difference is his name is the same in every game. I keep him in the party until I finish the propositions, then I dismiss him and breed monsters. Then I fill in the last ranks of the party with a male recruit I name 'Rad'.

Alicia and Lavian are flunkies of Agrias. they both start out as knights so they look alike. I like to imagine they're sisters, but that's speculation. Generics can be quite fun to have in the party. With Math Skills as a secondary ability, they can hold their own in any fight. Also leveling them up is easy if you set Basic skills as the secondary skills and just Accumulate over and over again.

Boco's a chocobo you can rescue, named for the hero's chocobo in FFV. The main reason to recruit him is you can breed chocobos early in the game. They're fun to have but I like Tiamats the best.