Thread:MMYP999/@comment-27109830-20190720105636/@comment-27109830-20190922192739

Alright then.

Both Naesala and Alvin are sharp-dressed nobles/royals of JRPGs who sell their services to the highest bidder. As hired mercs, both have a rather infamous tendency to backstab whoever has employed them at the time, and frequently change sides in the war to suit their own purposes, even burning whatever bridges they had along the way to do it. While they're genuinely sad about this lifestyle, they're both accustomed and forced into it by outside sources as was revealed late into the stories, and have since repaired the friendships they've wrecked after being released from these shackles, albeit on a much more positive not for Naesala; as his Blood Pact was finally broken and could finally marry the woman he loved, while Alvin lost the one person he lived this life for as well as the woman he loved, a fact he's painfully reminded of in the sequel.

Both also have some contrasts. Namely, Naesala isn't entirely human and wields no weapons in battle; just his ability to transform into a raven and his wind magic. Meanwhile, Alvin is a completely normal human who lacks the ability to use Spirit Artes, and compensates for this with his sword and gun.