Suikoden V Recruitments

GENSO SUIKODEN V 
Character Recruitment Quick FAQ
by yangxu (jyanglaststar@gmail.com)

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VERSION HISTORY
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Version 0.1
-Added recruiting info on 73 characters

Version 0.2
-Added recruiting info on all 108 Stars

Version 0.3
-Fixed errors related with Haleth's recruitment and some spelling 
 mistakes related with characters' names, added the non-SoD character 
 recruitment section

Version 0.4
-Updated Jeane's recruitment information, fixed errors regarding 
 Mohsen's recruitment, added more information on Josephine's, Norden's 
 Ax's, Nick's and Yoran's recruitments

Version 0.5
-Updated Sorensen's, Mohsen's and Dongo's recruitment information, fixed 
 some errors related to Raja and Toma

Version 0.6
-Many updates have been made regarding Mohsen's, Murad's, Faylen's, 
 Faylon's, Retso's, Sorensen's and Genoh's recruitments. Thanks to all 
 who emailed me the corresponding information

Version 0.7
-First of all, I'd like to apologize and thank all of you who emailed me 
 in between the last update and this one, because I've been having a lot 
 of finals in April, I wasn't able to check my emails at all during that 
 period. My mailbox basically flooded when I logged on today, it'll take 
 too much time to reply to every single mail, so I think give my deepest 
 and most sincere gratitude to you all here, I have tried my best putting 
 everyone's contribution in this update, but if I happen to miss anyone, 
 please let me know and I'll add you right away, thanks!

 Number of updates regarding Mohsen, Byakuren, Takamu, Alhazred, and many 
 other's recruitment info.

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INTRODUCTION
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This is just a simple FAQ that answers your five Ws and one H 
questions during your character recruitment quests. I've listed each 
Star of Destiny in alphabetical order, it should be less confusing 
than ordering them according to their positions on the SoD Tablet.

If you want to know which characters are missable, press Ctrl + F to 
pull out the find box and type the word "missable" in the text box, 
then press enter. The highlighted word should appear under certain 
characters' names (press enter a few more times to allow the browser to 
skim through the FAQ for more), these people are the ones you should 
pay close attention to during your playthrough if you want to get all 
108 SoDs.

Note that this FAQ has some minor spoilers, use it at your own risk if 
you are afraid of being exposed to anything you haven't seen or heard 
so far. You are welcome to email me if things are not clear or wrong 
and I'll gladly credit your contribution.

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Quick FAQ
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Before you start reading, I'd like to point out a few things, there are 
spoilers in this section, so please read it at your own risk.

1. Some characters can die during major wars, the chances are very low,
   however, they can still die, meaning you'll lose them forever. Thus, 
   always always always always always save before you start a major war, 
   you won't know when a squad might be eliminated that resulted in loss 
   of your SoD.

2. There are certain points in game when characters can no longer be 
   recruited, so make sure you get as many as you can before these events 
   unfold:

   -Coronation Ceremony/New Queen's Campaign
   -Liberation of Stormfist
   -Liberation of Sol-Falena

Thanks to Webapprentice for reminding me about random yet permanent death 
of character during major wars.
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Hero/Prince
-Protagonist, joins as soon as you start a new game

Alhazred
-Meet him at the trade shop in Rainwall first. After Lordlake's been 
 revived, go to Tricolor Inn's second floor to find a fortune teller in 
 one of the rooms, pick the choices given in any order and he'll give 
 you a book. Store it at Chuck's place and rest at the inn in your HQ. 
 Come back to Chuck and he'll return the book to you saying that it 
 might be cursed. 

 Return the book to a woman at the room where the fortune teller was 
 in Yashuna and head for Estrise to look for Alhazred who's standing 
 at the town square. Tell him about the book and take him to see the 
 fortune teller in Yashuna only to find the book's slowly draining the 
 guy's soul away. You'll be thrown into a battle with the book, defeat 
 it and watch the scenes, Alhazred will join in the end.

 Thanks to Michelle for pointing out that the fortune teller's at the 
 Tricolor Inn (bath house), not the normal inn.

Ax
-Joins automatically if you choose to abandon your castle during the 
 joint assault by Armes and Godwins. If you choose to defend the HQ, 
 then you'll have to bring a male party to Gordius again to recruit 
 Nick, Yoran and Ax. Credit goes to Andrew for providing the info on 
 their recruitments.

Babbage
-After the coronation ceremony, your HQ should expand a level down 
 such that you can explore the floor below where Luserina's standing. 
 With Sorensen in your active party, head down and go for the 
 northeast door, in the next area, look for the room that has "Gear" 
 displayed as its title. Attempt to enter to get a scene. When it's 
 over, depart for the Babbage lab in Estrise, once the event's done, 
 take Babbage to the gear room. Leave the castle completely then 
 revisit the gear room and Babbage will join the SoD.

Bastan
-First try recruiting Sorensen and you should get lots of ?Paintings 
 during your journey inside the Revolving Bridge. Return to Haud after 
 that quest and enter the appraisal shop. Talk to Bastan, if the 
 normal appraisal menu appears, exit, re-enter and speak to him again. 
 Eventually, Bastan'll ask you something about the ?Painting you're 
 carrying, and will join you when he's done with his babbling.

 It doesn't really matter where you get the ?Painting, as long as you 
 have some in your party items, you can go recruit Bastan. Soresen is 
 NOT a mandatory pre-requisit! Michelle confirmed this by recruiting 
 Bastan using the ?Paintings she got in Ranro Mountain. Thanks Michelle!

Belcoot
-When you get your HQ, head to Yashuna Village and look for him near 
 the inn. Ask the whereabouts of Marina and persuade him to join. Get 
 in the inn and watch the scene. Tell her to go to your castle and the 
 couple will join the SoD.

Bergen
-Joins with Levi

Bernadette
-Joins by default

Boz
-Joins by default

Byakuren
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!! 
 
 Each time you recruited 20 characters, you'll encounter it at the 
 hanging bridge before exiting your HQ. If you have Levi or Genoh 
 joined the SoD already, when you defeat it, it'll join you. You only 
 have 5 chances to recruit it, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE LEVI OR GENOH 
 RECRUITED BEFORE FIGHTING IT!

 Thanks to DerangedFlame for letting me know the exact requirement to 
 get her to appear on the hanging bridge.

Cathari
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!! 

 If you haven't recruited her after the liberation of Stormfist, you 
 will never be able to get her to join you again. To make her your 
 companion, first speak to the man at the western entrance of Port 
 Spinacks, then head back to HQ and ask Logg to take you to the newly 
 accessable Hershville Port. Talk to Cathari there. When you finished 
 the Twilight Forest quest, go back to Spinacks and speak to Cathari 
 again (she's near the rune shop). Pick the second choice twice and 
 she'll join your party. Bring her back to Lucretia in the War Room 
 (3rd floor) of your HQ and she'll permanently join the SoD.

 Cathari can be recruited even before you head to Sauronix Castle, all 
 you need to do is follow what is being said above and she'll join the 
 SoD. Thanks to Rion for this update.

Chisato
-Be sure to watch Chisato's puppet show during your first visit to 
 Nirva Island, bring Bernadette with you and pay a revisit there (take 
 the ship in Estrise), watch some scenes unfold and speak to Chisato, 
 tell her it's too dangerous and watch the scenes that follow. Once 
 you freed the kid, exit the inn and ask Chisato again at her booth 
 and she'll join the SoD.

Chuck
-Joins by default

Cius
-Joins by default

Cornelio
-Visit the large mansion in Haud (south to the appraisal shop) and 
 defeat all the DoReMi Elves in there. Cornelio rushes out and scolds 
 you for your irresponsible actions. He then joins the party and a 
 battle with a Doremi Elf after you exit his house automatically 
 ensures. Capture it with Cornelio's Doremi Rune and he'll join the 
 SoD.

Craig
-Joins by default

Dinn
-Joins by default

Dongo
-When Lordlake's been restored, you can find an Iron Hammer in the 
 previously unaccessable areas of Lordlake. Head to Dwarf Camp and 
 give it to Dongo at the blacksmith, then sharpen one person's weapon 
 to level 8 for an event. On your visit to Sable, you can get a Silver 
 Hammer by going up the stairs near the armor shop. Return to Dwarf 
 Camp and talk to Dongo again. Sharpen one person's weapon to level 12 
 for an event, and he'll join the SoD afterwards. 
 
 Ji Hui Lim commented in his mail that if you got the Silver Hammer 
 before getting the Iron Hammer, you can still get Dongo to join you 
 by sharpening the weapon all the way to level 12. I believe the key 
 to recruiting Dongo is the Silver Hammer (or any other higher level 
 hammers), and its ability to forge weapon to level 12. Big thanks to 
 Ji Hui for his discovery. Thanks also goes to Michelle for pointing 
 out that sharpening weapon to level 8 will get you the first event 
 between Dongo and his master (Dongo won't join you after that though).

Egbert
-Once you rescued Lucretia, go to the dungeon beyond the Dwarf Camp 
 and head all the way till the split path before the entrance to 
 Agarte Prison. Take the left path until you find Egbert. During your 
 conversation with him, there'll be a part when he talks extremely 
 slow (letter by letter), DO NOT PRESS ANYTHING UNTIL THE ICON THAT 
 SIGNALS YOU TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT PHRASE APPEARS! If you did this 
 correctly, Egbert will join you in the end. If you fast-forwarded his 
 passionate speech, exit out to the worldmap and come back to talk to 
 him again.

Eresh
-You'll need to recruit Jeane first. After your HQ upgraded to its 
 second level, revisit the Big Hole and you should encounter Eresh not 
 far from where Levi was standing. She'll join your party and you'll 
 need to go all the way into the Underground Ruin room where Jeane 
 examined the altar. A new path should be revealed which leads you 
 deeper into the ruins. In the deepest area of this new dungeon, you 
 will have to fight a very tough boss, you must make sure you are at a 
 high enough level before you handle this (level 60 is good). When you 
 win, Eresh will join the SoD. Note that if you recruit her, you'll 
 have to give up on getting Euram since both of them share the same 
 star.

 Thanks to Ben who discovered that Jeane's letter regarding a revisit 
 to the Big Hole as well as her presence in your active party are not 
 mandatory factors to recruit Eresh. Eresh will still join you even if 
 the whole letter mess didn't take place. The only difference from 
 what I can see so far is if you read Jeane's letter and brought her 
 with you to see Eresh, there are additional dialogues between them 
 suggesting some unknown relation between the two sages. 

Ernst
-Joins with Norma

Euram
-You must first recruit Isabel and Alhazred. When Stormfist has been 
 liberated, go to Rainwall and talk to him at the Barrow's Manor then 
 watch the scenes that follow. Talk to him again to get him to join 
 the SoD. Note that if you recruit Euram, you cannot recruit Eresh 
 anymore (both of them share the same star).

Faylen
-Joins with Roy when you choose "I was just trying to clear my good 
 name" when Solis thanks you followed by your agreement on releasing 
 Faylen and Faylon upon Roy's request (credit goes to Robert Shin who 
 pointed out the correct choices the Prince needs to pick. 

 If you happen to select the wrong answer when you respond to either 
 of the questions, a small quest must be done to recruit Faylen and 
 Faylon. Bring Roy with you and revisit Solis' house in Sable. Talk to 
 the people on the first floor, then head for Roy's base on Mountain 
 Ranro for an event. Take out the 3 stolen items and return them to 
 the people in Solis' house and the two will join you.

 If you still haven't recruited them after Stormfist's been liberated, 
 you'll need to have Oboro investigate their whereabouts. They'll be 
 at the cemetary in your HQ.

 Thanks goes to Bob Spamoni for mailing me about the couple's presence 
 after Stormfist's been liberated.

Faylon
-Joins with Faylen

Flail
-Joins by default

Fuwalafuwalu
-Joins by default

Fuyo
-Joins with Oboro

Galleon
-Joins by default

Gavaya
-Bring three ladies with you (I had Viki, Norma and Faylen) to 
 Raftfleet. Talk to him at the platform before the inn and he'll join.

 Thanks to Jim B who informed me that you only need three ladies in 
 the party to get Gavaya to join, they don't have to be who I had in 
 my party.

Georg
-Joins by default

Genoh
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
 
 DO THIS AS SOON AS YOU GAIN ACCESS TO BEAVER LODGE!

 After you met Fuwalafuwalu, talk to the beaver standing outside his 
 house to get some info about "boss", go back and talk to Fuwalafuwalu 
 for an extented explanation. The reason I stress this is, as Rem 
 pointed out in his email, it's nearly impossible to find Fuwalafuwalu 
 after he goes to the HQ. I don't know if this makes Genoh a missable 
 one if you didn't talk to Fuwalafuwalu in time, but I'll tag him as 
 missable just in case. If anyone's able to find the whereabouts of 
 Fuwalafuwalu, please let me know.

 Have someone old in your active party (like Alhazred or Levi) and 
 make sure that person's level is no more than 1~2 levels below the 
 Prince's. Head to Water Basin's deepest area (where you recruited 
 Richard) and kindly ask Genoh to join you. Thanks to Webapprentice 
 for correcting me on the characters you can bring to recruit Genoh.
 Thanks goes to JC, Webapprentice and Michelle for correcting my 
 mistake on who to bring and how far apart the level should be between 
 the Prince and the old folk; and Rem for mailing me about the pre-
 requisits for recruiting Genoh.

Goesch
-Joins by default

Gunde
-Joins by default

Haleth
-MISSABLE CHARACTER!! 
 
 Once HQ has upgraded for the second time, go to the Administrator's 
 Office in Hershville and talk to him. Return to HQ and watch the 
 scenes in the tavern (Lower Basement Level, just take the elevator), 
 then go back to Hershville. Enter the leftmost house near the armor 
 shop for more scene and leave Hershville. Come back AGAIN and talk to 
 the person in the Administrator's Office (where Haleth was standing 
 originally). Drop in at HQ's tavern again to recruit him. If he 
 didn't join you by the time Stormfist is liberated, you won't be able 
 to recruit him any longer.

Haswar
-Joins with Urda

Hazuki
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!

 YOU MUST MAKE SURE MARNIA ISN'T IN YOUR PARTY THE FIRST TIME YOU TALK 
 TO HAZUKI AT PORT SPINACHS, because if you do, you'll miss her forever 
 as mentioned by Robert Edwards Jr.
 
 So kick out Marina and Belcoot before you talk to Hazuki. When you've 
 chatted with her, go back and bring Belcoot (and Marina, too, if you 
 want some extra dialogues) to Hazuki, and she'll join you afterwards.

 Thanks goes to Robert Edwards Jr. for letting me know this crucial 
 factor for determining Hauzki's recruitment.

Isabel
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!

 After the discussion about coronation, attempt to head toward the 
 Babbage Lab and a scene will take place. Make sure you have recruited 
 Alhazred and have watched the cursed book scene. 

 Go back to HQ and talk to Luserina, have less than 3 people in your 
 party and head for Haud. Some scenes will take place as you enter. 
 Agree to exterminate evil with Isabel and the pair will join the SoD.

 If you still haven't recruited her by the time Stormfist has been 
 taken over, you'll miss them completely.

 Thanks to xander and Jax for pointing out that cursed book scene must 
 take place first before you can trigger the scene with Isabel in Haud 
 and JaX for pointing out that Isabel's a missable character.

Isato
-Joins with Urda

Jeane
-First, head over to the Big Hole and talk to the soldier there. When 
 Lelcar's been burnt down, head over to the rune shop to meet Jeane. 
 Pick the first choice for her first question and second choice for 
 her next question and she'll join your active party. 

 Make sure to bring some strong party members with you, then revisit 
 the Big Hole. Go beyond where Levi's standing for a scene, and head 
 all the way to the end of the new Underground Ruin for another scene. 
 Jeane should join the SoD permanently after that.

Josephine
-If you have Sialeeds in her fancy royal costume in your party, go to 
 Haud and talk to Josephine at the southwest part of the town and ask 
 her to join you. You can also bring Sharmista or Shula with you to 
 recruit her if you didn't do so with Sialeeds. Thank TMR_Xenith for 
 providing names of other specific characters that can recruit her.

Killey
-Once you saved Lucretia from the prison, bring Cius and visit the 
 eastern wing cells for a scene with Killey. When Lorelai and Zweig 
 have joined you, you'll encounter Killey again at the entrance of 
 your HQ, be nice to him and he'll leave. He'll join the SoD once the 
 events at Twilight Forest are over.

 If you didn't save him from the cell after the Twilight Forest scenes 
 have taken place, simply follow the above instructions and head for 
 Ceras Lake Ruin's deepest area to get him to join.

Kisara
-Joins by default

Kyle
-Joins by default

Lance
-Joins by default

Lelei
-Joins by default

Levi
-After you've taken Doraat, head to the Big Hole and speak to Levi in 
 the cave's tunnel, both he and Bergen will join the SoD.

Linfa
-Once your HQ's been established, head to Estrise's inn and talk to 
 Linfa. Agree to play her card game and lose 2000 potch to her. Head 
 to Yashuna Village and meet her again near the rune shop. Look for 
 more stars and allow the story to advance further, then head to the 
 inn in Raftfleet (Linfa should be there before the coronation event 
 takes place). Speak to her and play the silly game again (doesn't 
 matter if you win or lose), agree to help her pay off the debt to 
 the old hag and she'll join your force afterwards.

Logg
-Joins by default

Lorelai
-Joins by default

Lucretia
-Joins by default

Lu
-Once Babbage has joined the SoD. Bring Sorensen with you and head 
 back to the Babbage lab for a scene. Agree to help her find the lost 
 gear (examine the left area near the entrance) and she'll join you.

Lun
-Joins by default

Luserina
-Joins by default

Lyon
-Joins by default

Marina
-Joins with Belcoot

Maroon
-Joins by default

Mathias
-Joins with Isabel

Meroon
-Joins with Moroon

Miakis
-Joins by default

Miroon
-Once the coronation ceremony has completed, take Muroon with you and 
 visit the Tricolor Inn. Talk to Miroon there and investigate the cave 
 by exiting the door to the right of the counter. Walk all the way to 
 the end for a scene, give permission to allow Miroon to set up a bath 
 house in your HQ and she'll join the SoD.

Mohsen
-Be sure to talk to him and purchase some equipments from his shop 
 before Lelcar burned down. Thanks to Webapprentice who points out 
 that buying some stuff from Mohsen's shop in Lelcar WILL have an 
 effect on whether you can recruit him right after Lelcar's incident. 
 Talk to him again after his store's destroyed and he'll join you when 
 you offer him the opportunity to open an armor shop at your HQ. 

 If you didn't talk to him before Lelca's destroyed, or if you tell 
 him to "Pull yourself together" when you are given a choice, you will 
 have to buy 6 items at his shop in Doraat to recruit him. Note that 
 the 6 items you purchase must be items in his regular stock, not the 
 rare find ones!

 After a certain point in game, Mohsen cannot be recruited at his shop
 in Doraat, you'll need to head over to Hershville to get him to join 
 you. 
 
 Credit goes to Pete for providing me the insights on how to recruit 
 Mohsen if you missed him in Lelcar; Rem Ogaki for clarifying that 
 the 6 items doesn't include rare finds; and Takeshi for informing me 
 on Mohsen's availability in Hershville when he can no longer be 
 recruited at his shop in Doraat.

Moroon
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
 
 Bring Maroon, Miroon, Muroon with you and take the boat to the Baska
 Mineshaft. Talk to Moroon near a collapsed house and head to Beaver's 
 Lodge for Meroon (she's standing in front of the trade shop). Bring 
 the 4 of them to see Moroon again, then revisit Beaver's Lodge for a 
 scene. Thank Moroon and he'll join you with Meroon.

 If you still haven't recruited him after Sol-Falena's been liberated, 
 he's gone forever. Thanks goes to Jonathan Van En for emailing me on 
 this.

Mueller
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
 
 Joins with Wilhelm

Muroon
-When you first get your HQ, talk to her twice at the entrance of the 
 HQ port where a save point is located and she'll join the SoD.

Murad
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!

 You need to persuade this guy 3 times before he decides to join you. 
 Murad moves from town to town, and will always show up in the town 
 where a major war took place to help the injured. He is MISSABLE! If 
 you are unable to recruit him after the liberation of Stormfist, he
 will never show up again!

 Based on the timeline of each major war, Murad could be showing up in 
 the following order (this may vary in your game, just make sure that 
 you look around in town after a war has taken place there):

 Rainwall ---> Raftfleet ---> Lordlake ---> Lelca ---> Beaver Lodge
 ---> Doraat (after you claimed it the first time) ---> Sable (after 
 liberation) ---> Stormfist (after liberation). 

 Credit goes to bobert123 for adding the info on Murad's presence in 
 Doraat and Brett Bellmore for his correction on Murad's presence in 
 Stormfist (after liberation) after the liberation of Sable.

Nakula
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
 
 Head into the inn's second floor and meet Nakula on your first visit 
 to Sable. After the events at Sable involving Roy are over, teleport 
 back there and talk to Nakula, then speak to Oboro at his detective 
 agency in Raftfleet and head back for Nakula. Once the dialogues are 
 over, Sagiri and Nakula will join the SoD. 

 Nakula's no longer available if you didn't talk to him between getting 
 Roy and going to Nirva Island for the first time, so make sure you do 
 this, 'cause otherwise you'll miss him AND Sagiri!

 Big thanks to P.J.Reed, Deathguise0 and Roy&Mary Bohling for providing 
 this vital piece of info!

Nelis
-Joins with Yahr

Nick
-Joins automatically if you choose to abandon your castle during the 
 joint assault by Armes and Godwins. If you choose to defend the HQ, 
 then you'll have to bring a male party to Gordius again to recruit 
 Nick, Yoran and Ax. Credit goes to Andrew for providing the info on 
 their recruitments.

Nifsara
-Joins by default

Nikea
-When Lelca's been burnt down, head to the inn in Estrise and duel her 
 and she'll join you when you win.

Norden
-First, talk to Norden inside the inn (near the bar counter) for a 
 scene, and head over to Oboro's detective agency to trigger the next 
 series of events. Once the investigation ends, talk to Norden near 
 the entrance of Rainwall and he should join the SoD. Credit goes to 
 Pete for reminding me about the details on how to trigger Norden's 
 event.

 If somehow Norden doesn't join you after the investigation scene is 
 over, Corey Fisher mailed me explaining that an alternative way to 
 get him on your team is available:
 
 "All you have to do is talk to him one time in Rainwall and then wait 
  till Lordlake has been restored, then go to Oboro's Detective Agency 
  where one of them tells you that Norden has left for Lordlake. Go to 
  Lordlake and he should be somewhere to the left of the entrance."
 
 Thanks Corey!

 Katie Nicely also added that Norden will appear in Raftfleet's inn 
 if you miss him the first time, he'll reject you a few time, but will 
 eventually join you after Lordlake's liberated.

 Furthermore, Takeshi commented that: 

 "You don't have to talk to Norden in Rainwall ever other than the one
  time that Oboro automatically brings him in when you get the Dawn 
  Rune. You can still get him even if you never enter the bar there."
 
 Thanks Takeshi.

Norma
-Talk to her without Levi in your party at the inn in Raftfleet first, 
 then talk to her again with Levi in your party and she will join the 
 SoD along with Ernst. Thanks to Ben for his addition about the effect 
 of Levi's absence and presence on Norma's recruitment.

Oboro
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
 
 In Rainwall, when Lucretia asks you to find Oboro to investigate the 
 Lordlake incident, go to the port in Rainwall to find Oboro's ship, 
 and you'll get a series of scenes and several choices to make within. 
 ALWAYS PICK THE ANSWER THAT ALLOWS YOU TO STICK WITH OBORO TO 
 INVESTIGATE THE CASE TOGETHER WHENEVER YOU GET TO MAKE A CHOICE! If 
 you did this correctly, you can recruit Oboro and Shigure by visiting 
 them once the agency moves to Raftfleet.

 If you didn't choose to stay with Oboro during the investigation on 
 Lordlake, you'll have to visit his ship in Raftfleet from time to 
 time (whenever there is an advance in story) and ask him to join you. 
 He'll refuse several times before deciding to be recruited. It's 
 very important that you fetch him before the new queen's campaign 
 begins, otherwise Oboro's ship will leave Raftfleet and will not be 
 found for the rest of the game.

 Rem mailed me about the specific number of times you should visit 
 Oboro before he disappears:

 "If you fail to recruit Oboro during the Lordlake investigation in 
  Rainwall, he'll refuse four times before agreeing to join on the 
  fifth time. There are six opportunities to recruit Oboro between 
  Lordlake and the coronation, so I think you can afford to miss only 
  one opportunity to ask Oboro to join or you will miss him entirely." 
 
 Thanks goes to Rem for his discovery and Brian Hofrichter for letting 
 me know that Oboro can be recruited before the new queen's campaign 
 takes place.

Orok
-Joins by default

Rahal
-Joins by default

Raja
-Joins by default, thanks to Joan for pointing out my missing info 
 on this character.

Rania
-Bring Miakis with you and talk to her at her house in Sauronix, some 
 events will unfold as you exit the house. Invite her afterwards and 
 she'll join the SoD.

Raven
-Once Doraat has fallen into your control, head to Sable and speak to 
 Solis at his mansion, he'll tell you that his family tree has been 
 stolen. Return to either Raftfleet or HQ and speak to Oboro at his 
 agency (near the Gear Room on the first floor if you plan to visit 
 him at HQ). Afterwards, talk to Egbert at the HQ inn to receive his 
 family tree and give that to Oboro. Watch the scenes that follow and 
 rest at the inn. Oboro'll come to you at night time and you'll need 
 to investigate the Storage Room. Check the top right corner and Raven 
 should reveal himself. When you get a choice to pardon his behavior, 
 choose to forgive him and he'll join the SoD.

Retso
-Persuade him at Raftfleet's inn to join you after the coronation 
 ceremony, make sure you've recruited Subala and have unlocked the 
 fishing minigame. Retso'll mention something about sashimi. Go back 
 to HQ and play the fishing game till you pick up some "Strange Fish".
 Note that you can only play the game when you are free from missions 
 that affect the progress the story (eg. before an upcoming battle). 
 Return to Retso and ask him to examine the fish for a scene, then 
 take him and Shun Min back to HQ (if you used the Blinking Mirror, go 
 outside south from where you are) and the two will join the SoD 
 afterwards. 

 Credit goes to Webapprentice for letting me know that the two can only 
 be recruited after the coronation ceremony; and JC for pointing out 
 that the fishing minigame only becomes available when you're free from 
 missions that can affect the progress of the story.

Richard
-Once Mueller's joined the SoD, go to Water Basin south of Beaver's 
 Lodge (stick to the river bank). Do not bring anyone old with you 
 (eg. Alhazred or Levi). Go to the deepest area in this dungeon and 
 ask Richard to join. When he refuses, look for Mueller in one of the 
 rooms in the inn in your HQ and revisit Richard at Water Basin. He'll 
 then join the SoD.

Roog
-Joins by default

Roy
-Joins by default, however, if you want Faylon and Faylen to join at 
 the same time, pick the first choice when he asks you if you could 
 release Faylen and Faylon.

Subala
-Bring Lun to Raftfleet once you get your HQ and talk to her on the 
 platform before the Inn. Agree to compete in the fishing game with 
 her. Beat her in that minigame and she'll join. If you lost, go back 
 to Raftfleet and talk to her again to play the minigame until you 
 beat her.

 Thanks to Rem, Shoelip and Michelle for correcting the mispelled 
 Subala.

Sagiri
-Joins with Nakula

Sairoh
-Buy 6 salts at any trade shop, then check for rumors with the guy 
 at the trade shop in Raftfleet from time to time after Shinro has 
 joined the SoD. If you see the information "the price of salt has 
 skyrocketed", talk to Sairoh beside the guy until he asks you to 
 bring down the inflation. Sell your 6 salts here and talk to Sairoh 
 again and he'll join the SoD.

Sharmista
-Joins by default

Shigure
-Joins with Oboro

Shinro
-Once Raftfleet becomes your ally, talk to Shinro at the item shop 
 and he'll join the SoD.

Shoon
-Joins by default

Shun Min
-Joins with Retso

Shula
-Joins by default

Silva
-Joins by default

Sorensen
-You can recruit Sorensen right after you left Rainwall for Raftfleet 
 provided that you met the trio in Estrise's Babbage lab.
 
 Go to the Revolving Bridge and talk to the soldier there, visit the 
 Babbage lab again, talk to the two nerds and bring them to the 
 Revolving Bridge again. Head all the way up to fight a boss, and watch 
 the scenes when you enter the room behind. Sorensen should join you 
 after this quest's done. During your picnic there, you probably 
 encountered numerous gear enemies, they drop a hell lot of ?Paintings, 
 be sure to keep some because you'll need these to recruit Bastan later.
 
 Big thanks to Joan and Ji Hui for pointing out the missing information 
 on recruiting Sorensen; and Takeshi, Shoelip and Alexander W for letting 
 me know that Sorensen can be done right after you left Rainwall.

Takamu
-Right after you freed Lucretia from prison, bring Cius and Lelei with 
 you and visit the prison's western wing (the areas after your save 
 point). Cius will free Takamu, agree to find his suitcase for him (in 
 the top right corner of the room with the save point) and Takamu will 
 join the SoD. Note however that if you are on a mission that advances 
 the story, you cannot recruit Takamu, you can only get him to join you 
 when you get the time to scout for companions.

 Thanks to Dragon Valhall and Dave Smith for letting me know that Cius 
 AND Lelei are required to free Takamu.

Talgeyl
-Joins by default

Taylor
-When you first get your HQ, head outside for a scene with Taylor. 
 When Lelca's destroyed, give him the permission to do his interview 
 by talking to him in the following order in your HQ: Outside the inn, 
 in front of the Sealed Room, in front of Georg's Room and he'll join 
 you. If you rested at inn before you get him to join you, you'll have 
 to start over again.

Toma
-Joins by default, thanks to Joan for pointing out the duplicated info 
 on Toma.

Urda
-!!MISSABLE CHARACTER!!
 
 After you rescued Lucretia, put Takamu in your party and visit the 
 Lunas' Norther Forest to find her. Agree to accompany her to Lunas 
 (the path behind her) and talk to Isato in the Oracle's Conclave. 
 Once the major battle following the coronation is over, visit the 
 Oracle's Conclave with Urda again and some events should take place. 
 Escape from Lunas and Urda, Haswar and Isato should join the SoD.

 She can no longer be recruited after you liberated Sol-Falena, so be 
 sure to get her before that happens.

 Thanks to Thomas Shelton for pointing her unavailability after Sol-
 Falena's been liberated.

Viki
-Joins by default

Volga
-Joins by default

Wabon
-Joins by default

Wasil
-Joins by default

Wilhelm
-MISSABLE CHARACTER!! 
 
 Once you get your HQ, bring Viki or some other cute girl with you and 
 talk to him at the Raftfleet inn. Mueller and Wilhelm move from time to 
 time (Raftfleet ---> Lelca ---> Doraat), however, if you still haven't 
 gotten these two to join by the time you get your final upgrade on your 
 HQ, you won't ever find them again!

Yahr
-Note that if you are on your way to recruiting Chisato, you'll have 
 to come back here later to recruit Yahr and Nelis. YOU CANNOT GET ALL 
 OF THEM IN ONE TRIP (evil, evil Konami...).

 Bring Bernadette with you and revisit Nirva Island by taking the ship 
 at Estrise. At the bottom left part of the port, you'll get an 
 explanation about rune cannons from a soldier. Head into one of the 
 rooms at the inn to get a scene with Nelis and Yahr. Attempt to 
 return to Estrise and the pair will join you. Some scenes will take 
 place on the sea, choose to investigate the light and you'll be 
 thrown into a ship graveyard followed by a boss fight. When you 
 defeat the creature, go deeper into the wrecked ship till you see a 
 group of 3 pirates sitting on the deck. Approach them for a scene and 
 the boss you faced returns. You'll get a time-limit choice here, if 
 you quickly pick the second choice (fire the rune cannon), Yahr and 
 Nelis will join you later. Otherwise, you'll have to recruit them at 
 the inn in Nirva Island once this whole mess is over.

Yoran
-Joins automatically if you choose to abandon your castle during the 
 joint assault by Armes and Godwins. If you choose to defend the HQ, 
 then you'll have to bring a male party to Gordius again to recruit 
 Nick, Yoran and Ax. Credit goes to Andrew for providing the info on 
 their recruitments.

Zegai
-Whenever you get a choice involving Zegai, always defend him for the 
 good cause. After you've recruited enough SoDs, come back to Lunas' 
 Northern Path and finish the first part of the quest involving Urda 
 (bring her to Lunas and talk to Isato). Exit to the worldmap and come 
 back in, head for where Urda's standing and a monster's squeeking 
 sound should be heard. Go up the path to meet Zegai. If you have 
 enough SoDs, he will join; otherwise, come back later when you've 
 recruited a large number of companions.

Zerase
-Joins by default

Zunda
-After getting your HQ, head for the Dwarf Camp and go up the ladder 
 near the rune shop. She's behind the man standing on the building 
 (zoom in with R1 if you can't see clearly). Talk to her and agree 
 to show her see a window. Make sure to bring Takamu with you, go to 
 Lunas and visit the upper room as soon as you enter the Oracle's 
 Conclave for a scene and she'll join the SoD.

 If you recruited Urda, Isato and Haswar before you recruited Zunda, 
 you'll need to bring Urda with you in order to take Zunda back to 
 Luna, Takamu won't work at this point in time.

 Thanks goes to Ben for reminding me to bring Takamu along in order 
 to enter Luna's Northern Forest before the Dragon Knight's scenario, 
 and destalino lim for letting me know that Urda's required to enter 
 the Luna's Forest if you recruited her before Zunda. 

Zweig
-Joins by default

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Non-SoD Recruitable Characters
==============================

Besides the 108 Star of Destiny characters in this game, there are 
also 5 more non-SoD characters (more like monsters) you can recruit 
and these are the DoReMi Elves Cornelio's after. If you manage to get 
them all in your first playthrough, you can listen to various 
background musics in Suikoden V by talking to Cornelio at the cafe 
in your HQ.

VERY IMPORTANT!
These elves can only join you when you have Cornelio in your battle 
party, which means you can't put him in the Entourage group. This is 
because you'll need his DoReMi Rune's first skill to tame the elves. 
Furthermore, you MUST ensure that at least one position is empty in 
your active party (battle or entourage), otherwise, no matter how 
many times Cornelio uses his rune, the elf won't join.

The elves are met in random encounters at specific locations, you can 
kill them if you wish, they'll keep coming back until you recruited 
them, so no need to worry whether they are missable or not.

ReMiFa
-Automatically encountered after Cornelio joined the SoD. If you 
 accidentally killed it, you can capture it in the northern forest 
 near Estrise on the worldmap through random encounters.

MiFaSo
-Can be captured in the forest southeast of Doraat on the worldmap 
 through random encounters.

FaSoLa
-Randomly encountered by running around the forest southwest of 
 Rainwall (cross the bridge to the right of Rainwall and go down and 
 left till you see some forest) on the worldmap.

SoLaTi
-Randomly encountered IN the mountain path between Yashuna Village 
 and Beaver's Lodge, NOT ON THE WORLDMAP.

LaTiDo
-Randomly encountered IN the Twilight Forest before the ruins, NOT 
 ON THE WORLDMAP. 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
================

I'd like to thank the following people who helped me out greatly during 
the FAQ construction:

-Kouli, for writing the first walkthrough on Suikoden V which helped 
 me immensely during my experimentation with different methods for 
 recruiting the various SoD.

-Andrew for providing an alternative recruitment route for getting 
 Nick, Yoran and Ax

-Pete for giving me the details on how to trigger the event with 
 Norden, for providing insights into Mohsen's recruitment and for 
 reminding me on the missing information regarding Jeane's 
 recruitment

-TMR_Xenith for providing names of other specific characters that can 
 recruit Josephine

-Pete, bloodywolf2k5, and Trevor for pointing out my missing info on 
 Jeane's recruitment

-Joan for pointing out missing/duplicated info regarding Toma, Raja 
 and Sorensen's recruitments

-Wepapprentice for updating me on a lot of important details regarding 
 requirements for recruiting Mohsen, Retso, Shumin and Genoh, and 
 reminding me about random yet permanent death of character during major 
 wars

-Ji Hui Lim for providing a key determining factor for recruiting 
 Dongo

-Joan and Ji Hui for pointing out my missing information on Sorensen

-JC for going through a lot of troubles, trials and errors in order to 
 point out mistakes in recruiting Genoh, Retso and Shumin

-Corey for giving me the details on an alternative method to recruit 
 Norden if he did not join the SoD after Lordlake's investigation in 
 Rainwall

-Rion Guardona for letting me know that Cathari's recruitable as soon 
 as Port Spinacks becomes available

-Brett Bellmore for pointing out that Murad is available after the 
 liberation of Stormfist, giving the people another chance to recruit 
 him after the sable Liberation war

-Rem for giving me his detailed discovery on the exact number of times 
 you must pay visits to Oboro before he disappears as well as what 
 type of items you need to purchase from Mohsen's shop in Doraat as 
 well as the pre-requisits for recruiting Genoh

-bobert123 for commenting on Murad's presence in Doraat

-Robert Shin for giving me the correct choices that should be made if 
 Faylon and Faylen are to join the SoD with Roy together

-Ben for numerous corrections regarding Norma, Eresh and Zunda's 
 recruitments

-JaX for pointing out that Isabel's a missable character

-Katie Nicely for pointing out Norden's whereabouts he refused to join 
 you after the investigation on Lordlake

-Jonathan Van En for telling me that Moroon's a possible missable 
 character

-Takeshi Kubo Templin for informing and updating me on Sorensen's, 
 Norden's and Mohsen's recruitment info

-Michelle Taylor for giving me a lot of corrections and suggestions 
 regarding Alhazred, Bastan, Dongo, Genoh and Subala's information on 
 the FAQ

-Thomas Shelton for pointing out that Urda's missable if she's not 
 recruited after Sol-Falena's been liberated

-Bob Spamoni for mailing me about the couple's presence after Stormfist 
 has been liberated.

-xander for pointing out that cursed book scene must take place first 
 before you can trigger the scene with Isabel at Haud

-Brian Hofrichter for letting me know that Oboro can be recruited before 
 the new queen's campaign takes place

-Alexander W for pointing out that Soresen can be recruited right after 
 Raftfleet becomes your HQ

-Jim B who informed me that you only need three ladies in the party to 
 get Gavaya to join, the choices are not fixed

-DerangedFlame for letting me know the exact requirement to get Byakuren 
 to appear on the hanging bridge

-destalino lim for letting me know that Urda's required to enter the Luna's 
 Forest if you recruited her before Zunda

IF I FORGET TO CREDIT YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, I 
RECEIVE AT LEAST 20 MAILS A DAY AND THERE MIGHT BE A CHANCE THAT I LET 
SOME MAILS SLIP BY MY EYES AFTER READING THEM THROUGH. THANKS!

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