The Enforcers (
Background[]
Enforcers are assigned a number based on the order they were appointed, with the first being Campanella. The number of an Enforcer is not necessarily an indicator of their strength; however, the two strongest Enforcers, McBurn and Leonhardt, have been assigned 1 and 2, respectively.
In Trails in the Sky SC, Bleublanc reveals that Enforcers are able to act on their own accord regardless if it goes against an Anguis or the Grandmaster's wishes, since the society is built on willing trust. They are able to go on hiatus or even quit altogether, as shown with both him and McBurn, while Joshua, Renne and Sharon left the society. In Trails in the Sky the 3rd, the Anguis themselves state that they simply cannot order around the Enforcers, that it is not the way of the Society. Campanella, "The Fool," who is assigned the number 0, has a position different from the other Enforcers. He generally acts as an observer and does not seem to share the same freedoms as his fellow Enforcers.
In Trails of Cold Steel II, Intermission: "Aboard the Pantagruel" during a conversation between Duvalie and Rean, it is said that Enforcers are selected by the Grandmaster herself and in order to be selected as one and given a number that person needs to be burdened by some kind of "darkness", typically a traumatic event that deeply impacted their life. Otherwise, they are ineligible to become an Enforcer, shown in SC when Leonhardt told Estelle that she was ineligible for the position due to her lack of "darkness".
List of Enforcers[]
| No. | Name | Alias(es) | Arcana | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Campanella | The Fool | The Fool | |
| I | McBurn | Almighty Conflagration Blazing Demon |
The Magician | |
| II | Leonhardt | Loewe Bladelord |
The High Priestess | Deceased |
| III | Lucrezia Isselee | Golden Butterfly | The Empress | |
| IV | The Emperor | |||
| V | Hierophant | |||
| VI | Luciola | Bewitching Bell | The Lovers | Missing[1] |
| VII | Simeon | Imaginator | The Chariot | |
| VIII | Walter Kron | Direwolf | Strength | |
| IX | Sharon Kreuger | Severing Chains Severing Eclipse |
The Hermit | Quit |
| X | Bleublanc | Phantom Thief B | Wheel of Fortune | Hiatus |
| XI | Justice | |||
| XII | The Hanged Man | |||
| XIII | Joshua Astray | Black Fang | Death | Quit |
| XIV | Temperance | |||
| XV | Renne | Angel of Slaughter | The Devil | Quit |
| XVI | The Tower | |||
| XVII | Shirley Orlando | Sanguine Ogre | The Star | |
| XVIII | Ulrica | Influencer | The Moon | |
| XIX | Cedric Reise Arnor | The Sun | ||
| XX | Ixs Jorda |
Glinting Bullet Shadow Eater |
Judgement | |
| XXI | The World | |||
| XXII | ??? |
Trivia[]
- Enforcers are known as Legion in Japanese.
- In an AMA, when quizzed on whether all the Enforcers were pre-planned prior to development, Kondo stated that it was 'a little bit of column A, and a little bit of column B. They basically have all the ideas of what kind of character they want in an individual role but end up fine-tuning a lot of these characters for their specific roles in the games in which they appear. He also stated he found Loewe the coolest,and Bleublanc the most annoying, despite having created him.[2]
- In Trails through Daybreak II, Harwood proclaims that Ixs and Jorda are the "third number from last" after being appointed to Enforcers. During an interview with Kondo, he confirms that this wasn't an error and states that there may be more than 23 Enforcers.[3]
- Enforcers are assigned a number based on the order of their appointment:[4]
- 1184-1192: Campanella & McBurn
- 1192-1193: Leonhardt
- 1194: Lucrezia
- 1194-1195; IV & V
- 1195: Luciola
- 1195-1197: Simeon
- 1197: Walter, Krueger, Bleublanc, XI, XII, and Joshua, XIV, and Renne
- Either pre-1203 or post-1203: XVI
- 1204-1205: Shirley
- 1205-1206: Ulrica
- 1206-1207: Cedric
- 1209: Ixs and Jorda
- Enforcer V is an older man and Enforcer XII is a female martial artists with both being active in the East.[5]
- It’s implied that the Grandmaster privately speaks to any Enforcers that want to leave the organization.
References[]
- ↑ Her official status as an Enforcer is 'missing'. During the climax of the Orbal Shutdown Phenomenon, Luciola escaped from her opponents from the Axis Pillar. She appeared in Trails to Azure as a fortune-teller in Mishelam, Crossbell. She leaves a message to Scherazard in Trails into Reverie congratulating her on her marriage.
- ↑ https://old.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/c8u8iy/ama_i_am_toshihiro_kondo_president_of_nihon/?ref=share&ref_source=link
- ↑ https://gu4n.medium.com/kuro-no-kiseki-ii-crimson-sin-art-book-interview-4998e87e53b4
- ↑ https://gu4n.medium.com/kuro-no-kiseki-ii-crimson-sin-art-book-interview-4998e87e53b4#:~:text=One%20question%20I%E2%80%99ve,numbered%20in%20order.
- ↑ Kai no Kiseki: Farewell, O Zemuria, Act 3 (運命へのカウントダウン), 07/12.