Radiata Stories/Character Recruitment

Contents
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 1 Required Characters
 2 Initial Party
 3 Recruitment Requirements
 4 Before the Split
o 4.1 Initial Friends List
 4.1.1 Theater Vancoor Characters
 4.1.2 Olacion Order Characters
 4.1.3 Vareth Magic Institute
 4.1.4 Void Community
 4.1.5 Non-Guild Humans
 4.1.6 Non-Human Characters
o 4.2 First Missions
o 4.3 Jack's Promotion
o 4.4 Large Man in Vancoor Square
 4.4.1 Theater Vancoor
 4.4.2 Void Community
 4.4.3 Non-Guild Humans
 4.4.4 Non-Humans
o 4.5 Ridley's Birthday Party
o 4.6 Monks Trained
 5 Human Path
o 5.1 Meeting at Castle
o 5.2 Leave for Wind Valley
o 5.3 Wind Valley
o 5.4 Return From Wind Valley
o 5.5 Meet with Dynas
o 5.6 Meet Genius in the Sewers
o 5.7 Ganz's Letter
o 5.8 Fight at Lupus Gate
o 5.9 End of the World
 6 Non-Human Path
o 6.1 Meeting with Parsec
o 6.2 Goblin Haven
o 6.3 First Fight with Gawain
o 6.4 Defeat Gawain
o 6.5 Escort Gawain to Fort Helencia
o 6.6 Fight Elwen
o 6.7 Cross and the Fire Dragon
  7 Post Game

[edit] Required Characters

The following characters are placed in your party at various times during the course of the
game. You don't need to do anything to recruit them. There are other characters that you will
periodically be forced to have in your party for short sections of the game. Those are
addressed in the detailed walkthroughs.

 Jack Russell

Jack is always in your party, and the only person you can actually control.

 Ridley Silverlake

Ridley will be in and out of your party at various times during the game.
Ridley is part of your initial brigade while you are in the Radiata Knights
If you choose the human path, she will not be available after the split.
If you choose the non-human path, she will be available off and on during that portion
of the game. She will not be available for the final fights, so you probably don't want
to spend a lot of time leveling her up.

 Ganz Rothschild

Ganz is the captain of your initial brigade while you are in the Radiata Knights.
Ganz is only available while you are a Radiata Knight, and off and on if you choose
the non-human path.
Ganz will not be available for the final battles, so you probably don't want to spend a
lot of time leveling him up.

Although Ganz and Ridley aren't available for the final battles, you will be forced to have
them in your party at various times during the non-human path. So, while you don't want to
spend a lot of time leveling them up, it might be wise to beef them up a bit if you are having
problems staying alive when they are in the party.

[edit] Initial Party

In general, you should recruit characters based on which path you will choose. If you will be
selecting the human path, then your early party should be all humans (with possible
exceptions like Donkey based on skills the first time through the game.) If you are going to
select the non-human path, then recruit and include non-humans in your parties as early as
possible.

You can keep the same characters in your party as much as possible (until a stronger
character becomes available), or you can select characters for specific tasks based on their
capabilities (e.g., skills or types of attack.) I tend to keep the same people in my party
because I have leveled them up so much, they outperform any other character that might have
more appropriate skills, attacks, etc. In general, you always want to have a healer in your
party. The other two can be another fighter and a mage.

If you are choosing the human path, then Flora is your best starting healer. You will
automatically have Clive, but he isn't very good. If you will be choosing the non-human path,
then recruit Romaria as your healer. Not only is she the best non-human healer (IMHO), but
she is a decent fighter. I put Romaria in my party at the start of the game, and she was able to
hold her own up through defeating Gabriel Celesta. She wasn't able to keep the party alive
during the battle with the Ethereal Queen, however. For that battle, you want to have Kain in
your party, since his spells affect all party members, while Romaria (and most other healers)
can only affect a single character. Actually, I might be able to win with Romaria by having
Jack stay in the background and issue commands.

A good starting party for the humans path is:

 Jack
 Lily (start with Alba or Cosmo if you aren't level 22)
 Aidan (so you can get Cecil later)
 Flora (The best human healer available right now)

For the non-human path, a good starting party is:

 Jack
 Martinez
 Sanchos
 Romaria (Keep her in your party for the whole game)

You probably want to "trade up" as stronger characters become available. At first glance, it
might look like your current characters are the best available because you have leveled them
up so much. However, you should consider the strength and defense of the characters, and the
type and strength of any spells, rather than just HP.

Once Aidan reaches level 32, you can swap him out for his father, Cecil. I kept Lily in as the
fighter up until I had Elwen and Nyx, and she held her own. You might want to replace the
mage with Gerald when you recruit him (if you can stand him saying "What's wrong?" over
and over).

Certainly when you get the heads of the guilds, you want to replace most of your party with
them. If you are going to take the human path, you should at least recruit Elwen and Kain,
who are the best fighter and healer available within the first part of the game. This means you
want to recruit all of Theater Vancoor and all of the Olacion Order. Nyx is a nice addition,
but not essential; you could probably keep your best fighter to round off the party. The reason
for this is that in the post-game dungeon, when you get Valkyrie, you probably want to
replace that character with her. If you want Nyx, however, you need to recruit all members of
all the guilds, since you need to speak to Nyx with Elwen, Kain, and Curtis in your party to
get him to join. This means that you only have to recruit all of Vancoor and Olacion in order
to get Elwen and Kain, but all four guilds if you also want to get Nyx.
For the non-human path, put Gil in your party as soon as you recruit him. He is already at a
pretty good level, and he has an attack that hit all enemies. When you recruit JJ, you probably
want to include him as well. Ganz has to be in your final party, and he isn't available until
later in the game. You can either take time to level him up when you get the chance, or you
can just ignore him and basically fight with three characters.

[edit] Recruitment Requirements

There are actually two different "Friends List": one you can access from the options menu,
and another located either next to Thanos in Theater Vancoor, or on a desk in Fort Helencia.
The one in your menu is the total number of friends that you have recruited, including any
previous games. The one on the desk is the list of people you can use for your party in this
game. So, if you want to use a given character at some point in the current game, you will
have to recruit them during this game, even if they appear in the friends list in your menu.

It is a good idea to check out who you have recruited already. every so often, especially
before the game progresses. Go to the Friends List on the desk and click on L1 to sort the list
alphabetically. Then look over the list of people who you wanted to recruit, and make sure
they are all on the list. If you are trying to recruit several people at the same time, it is very
easy to forget something, especially if you remember doing that in the previous game.

There are a number of requirements that can affect your ability to recruit a specific character.
In every case, you will at least have to talk to them. You should continue to talk to them until
either they join or they start to repeat themselves. If they repeat, then something isn't right
and you can't recruit them at that time. Check all the requirements for recruiting them and
make sure they have been done. Also, if the character is involved in a mission, they may not
be available for the rest of the day. For example, after training the monks, you will have to
wait until the following day before you can find any of them to talk to.

In most cases, once a character becomes available, they remain available for the rest of the
game (or to the split). If you try to recruit someone, but you find out that you are missing
something, do whatever you need to and go back and try to recruit them again. There are a
few characters, though, that are only available for a certain period of time, and if you don't
recruit them by then, you will not be able to recruit them during that game. On the
recruitment wiki site [1], there is a list of these "missable" characters.

A number of characters are recruited by beating them in a fight. In most of these cases, if you
lose, you can try again the following day. You can continue trying until you win a fight.

The criteria for a specific character can be any combination of the following conditions:

 Major Game Events

A number of characters can only be recruited after some specific event has occurred
in the game. For example, you can only recruit Flau and Rynka after you have
received Ganz's letter. Some of the events will always occur (e.g., Link Tutorial), but
others may not (e.g., Nocturn's letter to Gerald). If you don't cause an event to happen,
then you won't be able to recruit that character until another time through the game.
Time of Day

Some characters can only be recruited between certain times in the day. Since each
character has their own schedule, this implies it will happen at a specific location. In
this document, if the time is important, I will usually tell you the approximate time
range, and where it will take place. The actual time may be off by a few minutes,
depending on when the character arrives and/or leaves. The official strategy guide
gives their schedule to the minute, but I have found a number of cases where I think
the times are close, but wrong.
If a character is involved in a cut scene and/or the plot events, then the character
usually won't follow their schedule until their involvement is done. Obviously, if a
character is in your party, they won't follow their schedule either, but of course you
have probably already recruited them.

Character Level

You can only recruit certain characters if Jack's level has reached some criteria, either
absolute (e.g., level 22 for Lilly), or relative (e.g., no less than 5 levels below Jarvis
for Jarvis) Some characters can only be recruited after you raise the level of some
other character. For example, to recruit Cecil, Aidan must be level 32.

Recruit Other Characters

Some characters will only join if you have already recruited some list of other
characters. For example, to recruit the head of a guild, you must first recruit all the
other members of the guild.
Sometimes the recruited people have to be in your party (e.g., talk to Cecil with Aidan
in your party and at least level 32). Other times (e.g., guild leaders), you need only to
have recruited them, but they don't have to be in your party at the time.

Sometimes recruiting will happen in several steps, possibly spread over a fairly long period
of time. For example, a character will ask you for something, but you can't get it yet. You
will just have to wait until the item(s) become available, and then finish the recruiting. In
some cases, you can wait to talk to them after you have obtained the item they want.

Some recruiting has to be done over two days, like Alba, and others you want to take more
than one day, like Joaquel. Since midnight is when the days switch, you can use this to your
advantage. For example, Alba hangs out in the Void Community area all night. Speak to him
just before midnight, fight him, and then just stand there for a few minutes until midnight
passes. Then speak to him again, fight him, and you can recruit him. For Joaquel, when he
asks you to guard the storeroom, do that just before midnight. As soon as he leaves, enter the
room and take all the treasure. When he comes back, he will yell at you. Wait a few minutes
until midnight passes, then talk to him again, but this time stay put and you will recruit him.

You can recruit one character at a time if you want, but you will find yourself doing a lot of
running back and forth. I get a lot of enjoyment out of planning how I can recruit several
characters in a group. For example, your initial human party should be Flora or Edgar as the
healer, and Cosmo as the fighter. All of these are from the Olacion order. So, during the
morning, go there and look for Flora. Talk to her and find out about her father, then look for
Edgar cleaning windows. If he isn't there, remember you have to talk to him later. Go find
Cosmo and talk to him. Run down to the clinic and get the picture, stop in Fernando's room to
kick the waste basket and get the belt. Give the items to Flora and Edgar. You have just
recruited three characters with basically one trip to the Olacion Order shrine.

Make a list of what characters you want to recruit next. Add any times of day and locations.
Then plan your trip to get the most number of characters recruited with the least amount of
running around. This is great practice for having to multi-task in real life.

[edit] Before the Split

The following characters are available at the beginning of the game. In general, you should
only recruit characters that will be available through the entire game. That means, if you are
going to choose the human path, don't worry about recruiting non-humans, but if you are
going to choose the non-human path, then don't worry about the humans. The first time
through the game, you probably want to recruit some characters based on the skill they have
(e.g., Donkey for Absorb HP).

If you are going to choose the human path, you will want to have Elwen and Kain in your
final party, since they are the best fighter and healer available. That means you want to recruit
everyone in Theater Vancoor and the Olacion Order. If you want to recruit Nyx, you will also
need to recruit everyone from the Vareth Institute as well as the Void Community.

[edit] Initial Friends List

Here are the characters you can recruit at the beginning of the game, grouped by categories:

[edit] Theater Vancoor Characters

If you want to recruit Elwen (the best fighter in the game), you have to recruit the rest of
Theater Vancoor. (Make sure you take Nocturne's letter to Gerald).

 Aldo

Find the Book of Fairies near the house in the Septem Region. The monsters in this
area are fairly strong, so you probably won't get him until later in the game during
your first play-through.
Time Location
5:00am-6:00am In transit to Quarto Squad Locker Room
6:00am-11:10am Quarto Squad Locker Room
11:10am-12:10am In transit to Begin Eatery 2nd Floor
12:10pm-2:20pm Begin Eatery 2nd Floor
2:20pm-4:15pm In transit to Theater Vancoor Bathroom
4:15pm-5:10pm Theater Vancoor Bathroom
5:10pm-7:00pm In transit to Last Word Book Store
7:00pm-9:30pm Last Word Book Store
9:30pm-10:30pm In transit to Aldo's House
10:30pm-5:00am Aldo's House
  Bruce

Talk to him when your HP is less than 50%

(You can get into a duel, and let the other person keep beating you until you get under
50% before you finish them off.)

 Carlos

Enter the Path of the Spider (sewer) through the cell with the number 5 in the second
basement of Theater Vancoor. Keep heading left, following the water flow to find his
contact, then give it to him.

 Dennis

Talk to him in the Triton Locker Room between 8 and 11 AM or 6 and 8 PM. He will
tell you about a flower that glows
Take the travel pig at night to near the City of Flowers and go left to the end of the
path to find the flower, then give it to him before sunrise.

 Gene

Talk to his mother in the hotel just south of Theater Vancoor, and then talk to him
until he repeats himself. Do that for five different days.

 Gregory

Talk to him to find out he wants some dwarvish liquor. (Level 23 required)
Take the journey pig to Earth Valley and get the wine from the bartender. (The one
you helped out when a knight)

 Paul

Paul is the guy who beat Lord Star during the Knight Trials. Talk to him with a
female in your party. (Non-human females work fine.)

 Rolec

Go into the bathroom when he is there. He should be standing in front of the mirror.
Kick him, and he will join you (without having to duel him).

[edit] Olacion Order Characters

If you want to recruit Kain (the best healer in the game), you will need to recruit everyone
from the Olacion Order.

 Clive

Clive automatically joins your party by signing your friends list.

  Cosmo

You have to be level 10 to recruit him.

Talk to him and he should join.

 Edgar

Talk to him when he is washing windows outside the Olacion building (between 2 and
5pm) to find out he wants Fernando's old belt.
Enter Fernando's room and kick the waste basket to find the belt. Ask Fernando and
he will tell you to keep it, then give the belt to Edgar
Once Edgar tells you about the belt, don't wait too long before you get it.

 Eugene

Catch him drinking in the pub between 8pm and 2am. Keep talking to him until he
joins.

 Flora

Talk to her to find out her father's picture is missing

Talk to Synellia, the receptionist at the Morfin Clinic until she gives you the picture
Give the picture to Flora

 Lulu

Talk to her to find out that her cat is missing.

The correct cat is at the end of the path to the Void Community, on the trash heap that
Zeranium checks each day. You will see a bunch of cats, but when you take most of
them back to her, she will complain that it isn't the right one. Just ignore all the others.
If you check the sign near the Inn south of Theater Vancoor at different times, you
will see it changes depending on where you are on this quest.

[edit] Vareth Magic Institute

If you want to recruit Nyx, you will need to recruit the heads of all the other guilds, which
means all of their members. You can't recruit Curtis (the head) until all the other characters
have joined.

 Aidan

If you want to recruit Cecil (and/or Curtis), you need to recruit Aidan early and keep
him in your party until he reaches level 32.
To recruit him, just talk to him. If that doesn't work, recruit a few more people and try
again.

 Cecil

Talk to him with Aidan in the party at level 32 or greater

 Christoph

Get 5 Gobpakken Seeds and 5 Pointura Threads. (The seeds come from plants near
the City of Flowers, and the threads come from the spiders near the Dark Elf area.
Talk to them when they are alone in their room (between 11am and 2pm), and agree
to give them the items.
Keep talking to Christoph until he joins, then talk to Jill (see Jill)

 Claudia

To recruit her, you need to get a Blood Orc's horn. You can get these later in the game
from Fire Mountain, but you can also get them during the training exercises for the
axe. Blook Orc Horns don't carry across between games. If you also want to recruit
Zida, make sure you show him the horn first, since Claudia will take it from you.
Talk to her in the bottom room of the Moon Tower between 5pm and 7pm. The first
time, give her the horn, then return three nights. Each time you return, talk to the large
glass tube (that originally read "Cautioin Do Not Touch") The first night, the body
will twitch, the next night it will say "Clau", and finally "Claudia". (Apparently it is
the body of her boyfriend who was killed.)

 Cornelia / Rachel

This is a very interesting character. During the day, she is a very young girl, but in the
evening, she is a sexy night club singer.
Once you have recruited her, her name will appear where Cornelia should be, but
during the evening hours it will read "Rachel". If you have her in your party, she
fights as a little girl during the day, and as Rachel during the night.
Talk to her when she changes personalities to the right of the lottery booth in the Void
Community. You have to be talking to her when she does the actual change, not
before or after, so keep mashing the circle button until you see her change.

 Ernest

Talk to him and lend him "Earth Valley" or probably any other upbeat record.
Talk to him the next day to get your record back and to recruit him

 Faraus

Talk to him in the infirmary at the Vareth Magic Institute between 4am and 2pm or
7pm and 10pm to find out he left his medical text at the Olacian Order.
Talk to Kain and get the book, and return the book to Faraus

 Jill

After Christoph joins, talk to Jill, who will also join.

 Johan
 Talk to him on five different days until he repeats himself. He will tell you big lies
each time, but then finally will join you.

 Marietta

Go to the bottom door in the Vareth Institute's Star Tower. You will see a bunch of
boxes and somebody calling for help. Just keep clicking "X" and she will join.

 Morgan

Contrary to the Official Strategy Guide, you must be level 32. You will need 43,000
gold to finally get her, but you can start with "only" 1,000. Talk to her and she will
complain about needing money and ask you for a donation of 1,000. Come back the
next day and she will ask you for 3,000. The following day she will ask for 9,000, and
then finally 30,000. She might not ask if you don't have enough, so if that even
happens, go out and make some more money.
You don't have to do this four days in a row. If it takes you a few days to get enough
money for your next payment, that isn't a problem.

[edit] Void Community

If you want to recruit Nyx, you need to recruit everyone in the Void Community (as well as
all the other guild leaders)

 Alba

He is a decent fighter, and fairly easy to recruit, although it takes two days.
Talk to him each day until he challenges you to a fight. Defeat him on another day.
You can fight him just before midnight, then wait a few minutes and fight him shortly
after midnight.

 Butch

Talk to him with Goyle in your party

 Goyle

Talk to him in the Void Community Casino (between 9pm and 3am) until he fights
you. Defeat him and he will join.

 Jared

Talk to him the the Void bar between 8 am and noon. Keep talking (actually,
listening) until he joins.

 Lily

You must be level 22 to recruit her. She is an excellent fighter, so even if you don't
want to recruit Nyx, she is worth recruiting. I had her in my party from the start, and
 by the end of the game when it was Jack, Lily, Elwen, and Kain, Lily not only held
her own, but actually dealt the final kill every so often.
Wait outside the chapel / devotional room in the sewer beneath Theater Vancoor.
(Follow Elwen or Alicia into the sewers to find it. Elwen enters the sewers around
8am, so you can follow her the day you want to recruit Lily.)
When Elwen is sitting inside the room, Lily will crouch just outside from 1-3pm (this
is at the base of the stairs, just outside the room). Keep talking to her until she fights
you and loses. (A kicking duel won't count, nor will talking to her anyplace else)

 Pinky

Pinky is the watchman outside of the Void club. Kick him when he is sleeping there
between 9pm and 7am.

 Solo

Talk to Felix in the Vareth Magical Institute Library between 10am and 3pm. (He is
the feminine looking person facing you on the left under the stacks.) He tells you that
somebody has been stalking him.
Solo is hiding near the stairs going up to the stacks. Talk to him and tell him Felix is a
guy, not a girl. He will join you.

[edit] Non-Guild Humans

The only reasons to recruit these characters are either for a skill or because you want to
recruit all possible characters (which will let you see a "special" picture on the Friends List.)

In some ways, these are the hardest characters to recruit. This is because of the small window
of opportunity to contact them. In some cases, you can only talk to them for the brief time
they walk from their house to their fields, and then when they come home for dinner. These
periods can be as short as a few seconds that you have to talk to the character.

 Dan

Talk to him in the Void Community kitchen (in the back of the bar) to find out about a
soup recipe. (He is there from 4pm until 9am.)
Go to Tria village and ask the elder's wife for the recipe, then return it to Dan

 Garcia, Bran, Wal

Talk to Garcia outside the house just past Septem Cave between 7-10am or 5-10pm.
He will mention his two friends are missing and wonders if they are in the cave.
Enter the cave, find the two men, and fight the monster. (You might as well finish
your trip through the cave, it is a great place to level up.)
Talk to the three of them when they are outside their house. Talk to Garcia first, and
then the other two until they all join.

 Howard
 Talk to him in Nuevo Village, just to the left of the houses, around noon, or around
8pm. He will tell you he wants Tria Milk
Recruit Tarkin and get Tria Milk, then give it to Howard

 Gonber

Pass through Tria Village and find a man splashing in the water.
Keep talking to him until you rescue him

 Keaton

Talk to him after Tarkin joins

 Leban and Wyze

Talk to Wyze in Tria Village and learn that Leban is late Walk east until you find him
(just past the travel pig) surrounded by monsters. Beat the monsters to recruit him.
Talk to Wyze after Leban joins

 Mook

Mook's house is on the road to Earth Valley where you fought the Goblin Trio. Talk
to him around 7am, noon, or 6pm to find out that a monster has been bothering him.
Take the side path near his house to the end and beat the monster. You should also
open the chest for a Defense Berry.
Talk to Mook again, and he will join you.

 Morfin

Talk to Morfin when he is in his clinic between midnight and 6am, or around 10am.
Agree to try his medicine.
Go through the same thing on another day, and he should join
I usually visit him after midnight, since there are less other things to do then.

 Nick

Nick is Bruce's son. Talk to him with Bruce in your party, and he will join.
You can find Nick in Vancoor Square during the mornings, and with Godwin and the
other kids outside the Olacion Order Shrine. It is usually easier to talk to him in the
morning, since there are so many kids close together in the afternoon, you have to
keep moving around until you are able to talk to any particular kid.

 Sarval

Sarval is the guy feeding pigs in your home town. Talk to him and find there are three
piglets missing.
Find the pigs south of the Travel Pig, in your house, and north of the town at the top
of the steps on the road towards Tria Village.
  Stefan

Stefan is a big fan of vegetables. Impress him with your knowledge and he will join
you. When he asks you questions, answer "yes", and then "no".
The best time to catch him is 4-8pm to the right of the houses in Nuevo Village. You
can catch him when he first wakes up and goes to the field around 7am, but that is
much harder.

 Sunset

Sunset is the little kid in your home town that runs around with a butterfly net. Talk to
him and he will join.

 Synelia

She is the receptionist at the Morfin Clinic. Talk to her and take the Radiata Quiz and
answer three questions correctly in a row.
If you miss a question, you can take the quiz on a following day. If you are in the
middle of recruiting Flora, she won't ask you the quiz. Come back after you are done
recruiting Flora.

 Tarkin

He is the dairy farmer in Tria Village

Talk to him in the barn and agree to get him some medicine He is in the barn from
around 8am until 3pm, and then from 6-8pm.
Talk to Nask in the Waldo General Store to get the medicine. (The store is near the
gate south of the Olacion Order Shrine.)
Take the medicine back to Tarkin and he will join. If you ask him, he will also give
you some Tria Milk, which you can use to recruit Howard.

 Yack

Talk to him when you have a tsuchinoko dumpling. The easiest time is when he
leaves his house in Nuevo Village around 7am, or returns around 10pm
I read someplace that you only need to have seen a Tsuchinoko, and didn't need to
have the dumpling.

[edit] Non-Human Characters

If you are going to choose the non-human path, you want to recruit these characters as soon
as possible so you can level them up. If you don't, then when the split occurs, you will have a
lot of weak characters to work with. You can use them on any mission before the split, so
there is no real reason to go out of your way to recruit a human character unless you need one
of their skills.

The reverse is true if you will be choosing the human path. You will want to recruit some of
these characters for their skills your first time through the game.
  Hyann

Agree to gamble with him in the morning, making sure you have around 12,000 gold.
Guess even or odd on each throw. If you win four times, he will give you back your
money and join you.
If you do this early in the game, even, even, even, odd seems to work best. If you do it
later, then four odds seems to work. The best approach is to save the game, take the
Travel Pig and talk to him. If you lose too much, then reload the game and try again.
At other times, he does a lottery where you can buy a ticket. You can't recruit him that
way.

 Lufa

The Official Strategy Guide claims that PolPo's soup will carry over across games, so
if you have done that, you can recruit her now.
See [gawain2] <#gawain2> for details on how to recruit her.

 Martinez

You have to be level 23, and have completed at least one solo mission.
Give him a record (you won't get it back, so buy one from Chic Records), then talk to
him on a following day.

 Rika

Talk to her and take her music quiz. (The recruitment wiki site has all the questions
and answers if you need help.)

 Romaria

Beat her at a kicking duel and then talk to her until she joins. If you are going to take
the non-human path, recruit her as early as possible and keep her in your party for all
battles so she can level up with you. She is the best non-human healer, and a very
good fighter.

 Santos

Talk to him with Martinez and Rika in your party

[edit] First Missions

Having gone on your own mission opens up a few more recruits, or at least you can start
recruiting them.

 Anastasia (Olacion Order)

Talk to Anastasia in her room between 2-9pm to find out a key is missing. If she
doesn't, make sure you have 10,000 gold and try again.
Talk to Lulu who admits she threw it out
 Talk to Zeranium (the garbage picker) to find out that he sold it to Thyme at the Faid
General Store.
Buy it from the store for 10,000 gold and return it to Anastasia

 Dwight (Olacion Order)

Enter the confessional (the small door at the end of the hallway in the Olacion order
where Dwight and Anastasia are located) between 6-10pm, and listen to Dwight
confess to stealing the proceeds. (You have to enter the confessional during that time.
You can't be waiting inside or it won't trigger the event.)
Exit the Olacion Order using the nearby door, turn east to the next screen and enter
the large door to catch Dwight in the confessional.
Keep talking to him until he joins. Note:You can only do this after the Smilodon
Mission.

 Grant (Olacion Order)

After the Smilodon Mission, talk to Grant, who will ask you to deliver some church
bulletins to the Void Community
Deliver them to the people who run the Mysterious Creatures Inn, Dead End Armory,
Chic Records, the bar at Club Vampire, and the casino at Club Vampire.
Return and talk to Grant until he joins

 Elef, Hip, and Ryan (Non-Guild Humans)

Accept the mission to defeat the beasts on the bridge. If you don't do this, you won't
be able to get these characters, who are the workmen on the bridge.
Keep checking back at the bridge between missions until they complain about needing
their spare set of blueprints.
Get the blueprints from the inn south of the Olacion Order Shrine (right behind the
lottery stand.)
This recruitment will continue later, after the Large Man in Vancoor Square

To continue the game, enter your room during the day. Yuri will wake Jack up from a nap
and take him to Vancoor Square. Defeat Sheila, and then return to Theater Vancoor to
continue the game. This will open up a new mission concerning the rats in the magic institute
(which is the final story for the sick kid.) Leave a space open in your party, since Daniel will
automatically join you once you get there.

 Elena

After you have told the sick kid all three stories, talk to Elena (his sister) and she will
join

 Adina

Speak to Adina with Elena in your party and she will join

 Walter (start)
 You can start to recruit Walter at this point, but you won't be able to finish until after
the split.
Talk to Walter and he will ask you to look for his wife Sheila if you ever get into the
castle. Tell him yes.
You won't be able to finish this until later on the human path

When you return to Theater Vancoor, you will be given a new mission with Jarvis and
Daniel. This will be your last mission with the Hecton Squad. It is pretty straight forward:
you are to escort the princess, who will be kidnapped, and you have to find them. Look in the
abandoned house between the two gates near the Vareth Magic Institute and the Olacion
Order. You will see a healing spot and a blue save flag, so use them both. There is a switch
upstairs that will open a secret door. When you are in the sewers, take time to explore and
collect the treasures that are available. When you are ready to progress the game, look for a
large hole in the wall, which is a sewer pipe, that will take you to the Void Community. You
get there by taking the "01" exit from the second square room. When the mission is finally
completed (sort of), you will be made sergeant and have your own squad (i.e., your own
party).

[edit] Jack's Promotion

After Jack is promoted, you can now recruit the following:

 Gareth (Theater Vancoor)

Talk to him when training between 3-6am or 5-10pm. Defeat him and he will join.
Note: When you regain control after the Link tutorial, you will be in the training room
with Gareth training, so recruit him right away.

 Conrad (Theater Vancoor)

Talk to him, and he will join and give you 1,000 gold to buy better clothes

 Daniel (Theater Vancoor)

Daniel will join your party after you he helps you clear the rats out of the Vareth
Magic Institute. Talk to him after completing the mission and after acheiving your
promotion.

 David (Theater Vancoor)

Talk to him and he will ask you to deliver a letter to Mint

Give the letter to Mint, who is just west of the house in the Septem Region before
10am, and in Tria Village after 10am
Return to David and talk to him when he is not training until he joins

 Eon (Void Community)

Talk to him in the Void Basement between 11pm and 3am. He will mention his rats
are sick, and wonder if Morfin can help
 Talk to Morfin, who refers you to the Waldo General Store (which is south of
Morfin's clinic, near the gate.) (*Note:* This step is optional.)
Talk to the owner of Waldo General Store to get rat meds.
Give the medicine to Eon and talk to him until he joins

 Franklin(Vareth Magic Institute)

Talk to him with a female in your party

 Gordon (Theater Vancoor)

Talk to him and defeat him

 Iris (Void Community)

Talk to her and double her pay (you will pay her 40,000 gold)
She is expensive to recruit, but she attacks groups of enemies, similar to a lance

 Jarvis (Theater Vancoor), Giske (Non-Guild)

You can't be less than five levels below Jarvis. (Of course, I would be really
disappointed in you if you are more than five levels below Jarvis.)
Make sure you have less than 5,000 gold. Buy the best armor and equiment available,
and if you still have money, buy berries at Alkaico General Store in the Void
Community. If you still have too much, get some strong cure medicines until you
come under 5,000 gold.
Talk to Giske (the bartender at Carl's pub) who asks you to collect some tabs for him.
Talk to Jasmine in Sun Patty accessories (around the corner) who will give you the
money.
Talk to Jarvis who will ask for more time. Agree to give him more time.
Note: make sure you don't have more than 5,000 gold. Report back to Giske. He will
ask you to pay for Jarvis's tab. Since you don't have 5,000 gold, you can't pay it right
then.
Go fight someplace to get at least 5,000 gold, and then give it to Giske. This will let
you recruit Giske.
Speak to Jarvis, who will figure out you paid his tab, and you will recruit him.
Note: If you have already been told by Thanos about a strange man in Vancoor
Square, it will trigger a cut scene when you attempt to go into Carl's Pub. Don't worry,
you will still be able to recruit Giske and Jarvis once the cut scenes are over.

[edit] Large Man in Vancoor Square

Once you have finished the episode with the large man in Vancoor Square, you will be able
to recruit (or shortly) the following characters:

[edit] Theater Vancoor

 Caesar
 Talk to him in Vancoor Square when he is staring at the fountain in Vancoor Square
(between 6-11pm) with Gareth and Aldo in your party. (Note: Must be over level 31).

 Gerald

Note: It is easy to miss Gerald, so make sure you start this before the game
progresses.
Enter the Vampire Club in the Void Community.Be sure to go alone, and after
completing "The Ultimate Battle" job. This will trigger a cut scene where Nocture
will ask you to deliver a letter to Gerald. It will be pretty obvious what to do, although
you will gain control of Jack a few times between the various cut scenes. You use this
to go and save it you want.
Some time after Nocturne and Gerald fight it out, speak to Gerald, who will tell you
that if you can beat him he will join you. If you lose, don't worry, you can try again
(once per day)
One strategy I saw on the recruitment wiki was to poison Gerald and then run around
avoiding him until he dies from the poison. An easy way to do this is by locking on to
him with the R1 button and holding up on the controller. You can tape your controller
in this position and walk away while his health drains away. The same can be done
with Nocturne. Another was to continuously throw Mass of Emneties at him to stop
him from using his volty blast on you.
The method that I use was to equip "Full Power", which increases your volty strength,
and equip the Rune Sword, which has a side effect of Petrify. Start the duel by hitting
him with the sword. If you paralyze him, that is great, keep hitting him until he
becomes unparalyzed. Lock onto him and use your volty.
If at any time, Gerald starts to sparkle, indicating that he will soon use his volty,
immediately equip the "Fierce Defense" skill and use an herb to bring you to full HP.
Then hold down the X button and wait for his volty. If you are at 100% HP and your
Fierce Defense skill is up the whole way, you should have a few HP left after the
volty attack. Quickly feed Jack an herb to restore his HP to max again. Alternatively,
try equipping the skill "Max HP Plus" and use an Herb Extract S when Gerald starts
sparkling.

[edit] Void Community

 Nocturne

Talk to him with Gerald in your party. Then defeat him in a duel.

[edit] Non-Guild Humans

 Bligh

This is a pain since it is hard to catch him. The actual recruitment is fairly easy,
though. You can talk to Bligh when he first gets up around 6am. He walks from his
house directly to the field, so be standing in the narrow passage way between the two
houses. You can also talk to him after he comes home for dinner, from 6-10pm.
Talk to Bligh and find out his pipe is missing.
Go to the Goblin Village, walk through the town, and fight Brie. If you win, he will
tell you he tossed it in the rubbish heap (which is inside the town)
 Find the pipe (it will be sparkling), and return it to Bligh.

 Finish recruiting Elef, Ryan, Hip (Non-Guild Human)

You had to have accepted the mission to defeat the monsters at the bridge.
You had to have gotten them the spare blueprints
Talk to them after the bridge is finished in their inn where you got the blueprints.

 Lyle

Talk to him with Conrad in your party.

 Tony

Speak to him after you beat the boss in the sewers beneath Theater Vancoor.

[edit] Non-Humans

 Aesop, Gob, and Monki (Goblin Trio)

When you first cross the bridge into the Goblin country, you will meet them again.
Beat them in a fight, and then decide to let them go, and they will join you.

 Ben

Kick him three times when he is sleeping (9am - 3pm). When he sits up, talk to him.
Answer "Sure" when asked, and then don't hit any buttons until he joins you. He is
inside the Goblin Town near the fork in the path.

 Brie

Apparently, Brie wants to be a mage.

First, you have to recruit Bligh,.
After Bligh has been recruited, talk to Brie with two mages in your party (magicians
from Vareth Institute). If you haven't been recruiting any humans, Jill and Christoph
are two easy mages to get, since you probably have five seeds and threads by now.

 Den

You will find him wandering around on the platforms above the Goblin Town. Kick
him a total of five times.

 Donkey

Note: You want to recruit him during your first pass through the game so that you can
get his /Absorb HP/ skill.
Buy all his records and he will join you.
During subsequent games, just remove the records from the player and have them in
your inventory, so you don't have to buy them again.
  Gabe

Gabe is a shop keeper in the Goblin Town. He will ask you to give him some items
(50 panic powder). Buy them and give them to him.

 Gobrey

He is a ghost who is looking for a Tsuchinoko Dumpling. Give him one.

 Golly

Golly is Donkey's biggest fan. Talk to him with Donkey in your party.

 Gonn

Talk to him five times in one day. (They can be right after another). The best way to
do this is to talk to him when he is near the chest to the right of where you recruited
the Goblin Trio. He is there between 5am and 5pm.

 Goo

Talk to him when you have an empty bottle, and agree to give it to him.

 Lin

Talk to him and he will ask you some questions. Answers are: "Handsome",
"Responsible", and "Sergeant Lin". (Honesty is not always possible in RPG
games. ;^)

 Mason

Kick him three times, and then agree to play a game.

He has hidden three things, and gives you a peek at where they are. If you have
explored the area much, you should be able to recognize the locations.
You might want to stand still and kick him each time he goes by rather than trying to
chase him.

[edit] Ridley's Birthday Party

After Ridley's birthday party, you can recruit the following characters:

 Elmo

Talk to him and defeat him.

 Joaquel (Void Community)

Talk to him shortly before midnight when he is guarding a door in the basement of
Club Vampire. Agree to guard the door while he goes somewhere.
 As soon as he leaves, enter the room and kick things until you find the treasures,
including a couple of berries.
Exit the room and talk to Joaquel, who will yell at you.
Wait until midnight passes and talk to Joaquel again. This time, don't move until he
comes back. He will then join you. (he is possible to get before her birthday)

 Chatt (Dark Elves - Non - human)

Talk to Chatt, and he will lead you on a wild goose chase.

Talk to Chatt in the brewery and agree to drink
Talk to Clarence
Go to the store room in the Elder's room and defeat the "monster"

 Zida (Dark Elves - Non - human)

Talk to him in the cellar between 1-4pm, and show him a Gobpakken Seed.
Talk to him and show him a Blood Orc's Horn
Note: Zida won't keep the horn, but Claudia will. So, if you want to use the same horn
to recruit both characters, show the horn to Zida first, and then give it to Claudia.

[edit] Monks Trained

After the training mission, you can start to recruit more people. Avoid going into Jack's house
during this time to prevent the game from progressing the game before you are done
recruiting.

 Achilles (Olacion)

If you beat all the monks during the training mission, you will have to fight Achilles.
If you win, he will join.
Beating Achilles will trigger the duel with Rocky. The strategy guild claims it won't
be available until after you return from Wind Valley, but I got it sooner. I don't
remember exactly, but I'm pretty sure it was after the split.

 Vitas (Olacion)

Speak to her after the training mission when she is training in her room (between
10am and 5pm). She will challenge her to a duel. Beat her and she will join.

 Alvin (Olacion)

After the meeting in the castle, speak to Kain, who will tell you that Alvin has been
assigned to you. Then speak to Alvin.

 Miranda (Olacion)

After the training mission, talk to Miranda when you are less than 100% HP so she
can heal you. Do that on three separate days. (You can kick somebody in the area and
 let them do some damage before you beat them. You could even duel Miranda, but I
could never bring myself to do that.)
As soon as you recruit Miranda, put her in your party in place of Flora. There are two
reasons for this:

 Miranda is a better healer than Flora

 You need to get Miranda up to level 35 in order to recruit Godwin

[edit] Human Path

The following characters can be recruited after you have decided to take the human path.

[edit] Meeting at Castle

These characters can be recruited after the meeting at the castle.

You should visit Kain, Ortoroz, and Ray C. Ross (who is the owl in the president's office of
the Vareth Institute). Each of them will assign two members to work with you. You should
recruit them at this time, along with some additional characters that are now available:

 Alicia (Vancoor)

Talk to Elwen when she is at the shrine in the sewer (from noon to 3pm.)
Talk to Alicia in the shrine (between 10 and 11pm.)

 Godwin (Olacion)

Talk to him with Miranda in your party at level 35 or better.

 Fernando (Olacion)

After you recruit Godwin, you should be able to recruit Fernando, assuming you
recruited everyone else that you could.
You need to have recruited Fernando's people, which is basically everyone on the
right side of the Olacion Shrine. They were probably recruited in the following order:
Edgar, Flora, Achilles, Vitas, Miranda, Alvin, and Godwin.
When he's in his room meditating talk to him and fight him, beat him and he'll join
you.

 Kain (Olacion)

If you have recruited everyone in the Olacion Order (except perhaps Rocky), talk to
Kain. He will thank you for pulling the members together, and join you.

 Derek (Vareth)

Speak to him after being told he will work with you.

 Felix (Vareth)

He is another character from the Vareth Institute that will be assigned to you. Talk to
him and he will join.

 Herz (Void)

If you read the sign in the Void Community area, you know that Herz is a master of
disguise. You have probably encountered her several times in one of her disguises. To
recruit her, you have to uncover them by talking to her with the real character in your
party. You can do this in any order, but each time has to be on a different day.

 Go into Blade Pharmacy (near your house) between 4 and 6pm with Conrad in
your party.
 Go into Verontier Armory (in Vancoor Square) between 7-8pm with Caesar in
your party.
 Go into Carl's Pub with Alicia in your party between 8pm and 2am.

Just for fun, before you reveal her disguises, go into these stores during those times. If
you stand outside before time, you will see Herz going into the store, then go inside
and you will see the disguised character. If you are standing inside the store when she
enters, you will see the disguised character enter.
If you remember, during the very beginning of the game, when you got kicked out of
the Knights, and went into Carl's Pub with Ganz, you saw Alicia there. After you have
discovered her disguise, when she goes into the store, she stays as herself.

 Interlude (Void)

Talk to him after he is assigned to you. Keep talking until he duels you. After you
beat him, keep talking until he joins.
Note: Make sure you keep talking to him. The first time I played this game, I stopped
after the duel, thinking he had joined. It wasn't until I was most of the way through
before I discovered he was not on my friends list.

 Ortoroz (Void)

Talk to him and he will ask you to find some meteorite fragments.
There are four of them, and they can only be found between midnight and 6am. Don't
be standing in the area before midnight, or it may not be there. If that happens, try
leaving the area and coming back.
If you have the feathered earing equipped, you can get all four fragments during a
single trip.

 Sonata (Void)

He plays hide and seek with you. Talk to him, and he flies off. Find him and talk to
him again. He will be on the bridges outside of the following gates: Heliforde,
Echinda, and Lupus Gate.
[edit] Leave for Wind Valley
Once you are ready to leave for Wind Valley, you can recruit these characters:

 Star (Non-Guild)

After accepting Sebastian's mission, talk to him.

 Sebastian (Non-Guild)

Talk to him with Star in your party.

 Ursula (Vareth)

Talk to her after the mission. (That would be after you reported back to Thanos, not
just after the battle)

[edit] Wind Valley

When you arrive at Wind Valley and are about to approach the Wind Dragon, it will be your
only chance to recruit Dynas:

 Dynas (Non-Guild)

If you have an empty place in your party, Dynass will join you for the start of the
battle (which will add him to you Friends List). He will be defeated before the second
half, so if you already have recruited him from a previous game, you probably don't
want to keep a space open for him.

[edit] Return From Wind Valley

After you get back after your fight with Sir Gawain after Wind Valley, the following
characters are available for recruitment:

 Ardoph (Vareth)

Talk to him after you get back from Fort Algandars

 Dimitri (Vareth)

Talk to him after you get back from Fort Algandars

 Leona (Vareth)

Talk to her in the Vareth Institute Library (noon-7pm) and find out she is looking for
a book. Check with the librarian who tells you Aldo has it checked out. Talk to him
and give it to her. (You can do this step earlier in the game.)
 Next she is looking for the Book of Angels (that you got from the Algandars Castle)
Give it to her and she will join.

 Rocky (Olacion)

Note: Rocky doesn't have to be recruited in order to get Kain.

Go to the lake north west of the Dark Elves' place. You can take the Travel Pig, go
east, and then south west when you get a chance. Talk to Rocky and defeat him.
On a subsequent day, talk to Rocky near the ruins beyond Septem Cave (the same
place where you got the meteorite and/or tsuchinoko), and he will join.

[edit] Meet with Dynas

After the meeting with Dynas at the castle, the following characters are available:

 Astor (Non-Guild)

He is the cook of the castle, and remembers when he cooked for your father. Talk to
him and he will join. You can talk to him across the counter when he is in the kitchen,
or while he is walking in the halls.

 Charlie (Radiata)

Talk to him

 Nina (Radiata)

Talk to her while she is training and agree to duel. Do this again on a following day
and she will join.

 Patrick (Radiata)

Catch him drinking in the dungeon watchroom around 8pm and promise not to tell. (If
he isn't drinking when you go in, go back out and try again.)
When done, go next door and recruit Putt.

 Putt (Radiata)

Catch him sleeping one room to the right of Patrick around 9pm and promise not to
tell.
The Official Strategy Guide claims he is in the watchman's room, but he is actually in
the next room.

 Walter (Vancoor)

After recruiting Patrick and Putt, find Sheila's cell and talk to her
Talk to Walter to give him Sheila's message.

 Zeranium (Non-Guild)
 Talk to Lord Larks until he tells you about a former fighter. The easiest way to find
him is around 8am in the audience chamber.
Talk to Zeranium until he joins.

[edit] Meet Genius in the Sewers

 Genius (Vareth)

When the cut scene is over, go back in and talk to him.

 Curtis (Vareth)

Genius should finish out the Vareth Magic Guild. If you recruited everyone else, talk
to Curtis in the Observatory from noon to 9pm.

 Thanos (Vancoor)

If you completed all missions and reported back to him, he should join you at this
point.

 Elwen (Vancoor)

Thanos should complete recruitment of Theater Vancoor. Talk to Elwen and beat her
in a duel. If you lose, you can try on another day (for as many days as you need)
Since Elwen has King of Day, fight her at night.

 Nyx (Void)

Talk to him with Curtis, Kain, and Elwen in your party, then beat him in a duel. (I'm
not sure what happens if you lose, so save before you fight him.)
Since Nyx has King of Night, fight him during the day.

[edit] Ganz's Letter

 Flau (Void)

Talk to her.

 Rynka (Void)

Talk to Cody and he will tell you he lost his mother's necklace
Find the neclkace in the Path to the Beast Pit (in the corner near where Rynka hangs
out.) and give it to Cody
Talk to Rynka, who will thank you.
Talk to Rynka on another day, and she will ask you if you know what Cody (her son)
wants for his birthday.
Talk to Cody in the Levante Store in the morning (7-10am). He will tell you he wants
one of the swords there.
 Talk to Rynka, and she will admit that she would rather not buy him a sword
Talk to Cody at least a day later.
Talk to Rynka until she joins

[edit] Fight at Lupus Gate

After the fight at Lupus Gate, the following characters are available:

 Natalie (Radiata)

Talk to her

 Leonard (Radiata)

Talk to him with Natalie in your party

[edit] End of the World

 Adele (Non-Guild)

You can't recruit Adele until after your final duel with Gawain and you enter the End
of the World.
Keep talking to her until she joins. She is pretty weak, so I'm not sure you will be able
to use her, since it is so late in the game. But, if you want to recruit all the characters,
it only takes a Travel pig to the Tria Area.
I think the idea was that you were to talk to her after a number of events and tell her
what has been going on. The first time I played this game, I never talked to her much
during the actual game, and Jack kept telling her all the things that had happened, one
after another. So it may not matter if you talk to her on other times or not.

[edit] Non-Human Path

The following characters can only be recruited after you have chosen the non-human path.

[edit] Meeting with Parsec

After you have met with Parsec at Fort Helencia, the following characters are available:

 Franz

Talk to him

 Gil

Talk to him and beat him in a duel

 Grigory
 Talk to him. He is outside the fort drinking a lot

 Keane

Buy 10,000 worth of items from him

 Marsha

Spend 10,000 in her store

 Naom

Talk to him. He is outside the council room.

 Serva

Talk to him when he is training between 9am-noon, or 2-7pm, and agree to fight him.
Beat him on three different days and he will join.

[edit] Goblin Haven

After you arrive at Goblin Haven, the following characters can be recruited:

 Ricky

Find and talk to Ricky to find out that he is missing Happy (his wolf. Ricky is a wolf
rider). Find Happy near the bridge that you used to get to this area and give him an
herb
Go back and talk to Ricky.
Technically, you can do this before you get to Goblin Haven, but it will probably be
on your way there.
Remember how you found him, since you will have to find Dominic in the same
location later with Ricky in your party.

 Georgio

Talk to him with a two-handed sword equipped. (If you have something else
equipped, he will mention a two-handed sword.)
Fight him and win.

 Jan

Talk to him, then fight him and win. He will ask you a question before the fight.

 Niko

Talk to him when he is spaced out (11am-2pm, or 10-11pm)

 Pietro
 Talk to him and then immediately defeat him three times in a row. (He isn't hard, but
you can always save before hand.)

[edit] First Fight with Gawain

After the first time you fight Gawain, the following characters are available:

 Danny

Danny is apparently bi-polar. Sometimes he is normal, and sometimes he is crazy.

Talk to him when he is spaced out On another day, talk to him when he is normal.
Danny sells Life and Mystery Berries between 7am-9pm.

 Giovanni

Talk to him when you are wearing the recruitment suit you got from the Goblin
Cemetery.

 Luka

Talk to him while wearing the recruitment suit.

 Sonny

Talk to him while wearing the recruitment suit

[edit] Defeat Gawain

 Alan

Talk to him. He wants five Matango larvae from the Sediche Region
Find five larvae, then give them to them

 Bosso

You will find him being attacked by two Matangos

Defeat the Matangos, then defeat Bosso in a duel

 Gawain

He joins automatically as part of the game. (Similar to Ganz and Ridley on the human
side.)
Note: If you don't have the King of the Night skill, fight enough link battles with
Gawain so you can learn it.

 Lufa

Lufa is the cook in the Dark Elf Village

 Talk to her and learn she wants some of Polpo's soup
Give her some soup. You can get it from Polpo
Note: Polpo's soup is supposed to be one of the things that carry over from game to
game. So, if you have previously played the non-human path, you can collect the
soup, and then give it to her the next game after the Friends List is created.

 Pitt

Talk to him

 Polpo

Talk to him while he's cooking his soup, and find out he needs three Deathclover
Larvae
Find them in the area outside of Goblin Haven.
Go back to Polpo and give him the larvae

 Row

Talk to him and find out he wants a rainbow crystal

Give it to him. (It is in the Goblin Cemetery area if you don't already have it.)

 Shin

Shin hates humans. You need to soften him up.

Talk to him and beat him on four separate days.
You can find him outside the house that is just before the Elder's house around 5am
and several other times during the day.

[edit] Escort Gawain to Fort Helencia

Once you arrive back at Fort Helencia with Sir Gawain, the following characters are
available:

 Coco

Talk to him when you have an empty party (you are all alone)

 Dominic

Talk to him with Ricky in your party. He will be at the same place you originally
found them.

 Fan

Talk to her near the entrance to the City of Flowers (9pm-2am) and agree to a race.
Run to the tree at the top of the hill outside of the Eastern entrance to Fort Helencia. If
you don't normally have the Feathered Earing equipped, you probably want to put it
on for this race.
 (Fortunately, she doesn't travel during any fights, but you might want to clear out that
path before you accept.)

 Few

Talk to her when you have a party consisting of a dark elf, a green goblin, and a black
goblin.

 Mikey

Mikey is my favorite dark elf. He refuses to hate humans, even if you pick the Human
Path.
Talk to him when he is reading in the brewery (10pm-2am) and he will ask for a story
Tell him a story. Repeat this on three separate days.

 Clarence

Talk to him after you have recruited all of the dark elves

[edit] Fight Elwen

After the fight with Elwen, the following characters are available:

 Dyvad

Talk to him.

 Marco

Talk to him when he is reading (not selling) a book (10pm to 6am). Answer "Ignore
it", "Save them", and finally, "That person is crazy."
The Official Strategy Guide claims you can't recruit him until after fighting Elwen,
but I was able to do it before then.

[edit] Cross and the Fire Dragon

 Doppio

Talk to him while you have a Kings Toadstool. Beat him in a fight. You can get a
King's Toadstool from the Blood Orc's area. You can only carry one at a time. You
can actually get one during the human path, but they don't carry over to the next
game.

 Drew

Talk to him when you have a Kings Toadstool and give it to him.

 Galvados
 Talk to him, agree to fight, and beat him.

 Gruel

Talk to him after you have recruited all the Black Goblins

 JJ

Talk to him and get the Blood Orcs to agree to join (and release the Green Orcs).
After you beat Galvados, go back and tell J.J., and he will join you.

[edit] Post Game

After you defeat Valkyrie in the bonus dungeon, she will offer to join your party. She makes
the rest of the fights easier.