Justice Will Prevail: He's like the Kim Kaphwan of Soulcalibur.Jack-of-All-Stats: Quite average, though his range is understandably limited while he has good ring out abilities and unusually high meter gain.
Patroklos initially learned iaijutsu and iaido from Setsuka (and he was a very quick learner), but then decided to switch to using his mother's Athenian style out of respect. Hypocrite: One of his victory quotes has him shouting "I fight in the way I see fit!", yet he is an Unwitting Pawn of Graf Dumas and later Elysium.The look on his face and more depressed movement during his usually cocky animation stands out. Outside of story, doesn't take fighting against Pyrrha Ω very well, and slips into regret if he wins.Needless to say, he doesn't take the triple-whammy well. This comes within literal minutes of him discovering Dumas is actually Nightmare in disguise, and that his sister is Malfested. He gets a big one after realizing that all of those people Dumas had him kill were actually innocent people, not Malfested.Gorgeous Greek: A beautiful young Athenian whose facial features and mop of curly blonde hair evoke Classical Greek sculptures.His quotes reflect his dedication to his ideal of justice. For Great Justice: Patroklos fights to bring justice to Europe and cleanse it of the Malfested.Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Patroklos is the more foolish of the siblings due to his recklessness in killing innocent people whom he thought was a Malfested.Patroklos starts the game as one of those people. She starts the game being victimized by people because of their unjust assumption that she's a criminal. After the man denies this, Patroklos stabs him in the back, while gleefully stating how unfortunate it is that the man can't prove his innocence. Establishing Character Moment: The scene after his first battle in story mode has him accusing a man of being a Malfested because he's "pale and filthy".By the end, he's found his true resolve and becomes much more focused, though his battle quotes still retain just a teeny tiny bit of arrogance in them. Defrosting Ice Queen: At the start, he's a complete prick who only wants to find his sister and kill all malfested who stand in his way.Coming-of-Age Story: What the entire story mode boils down to for him.Character Development: He goes from an arrogant guy who just wants revenge against the Malfested and will kill anyone who even barely looks like one to almost becoming Soul Calibur's Knight Templar to moving past his hatred to save his sister.New Legends of Project Soul gives context to this. Burn the Witch!: He has this attitude towards the Malfested.Pyrrha turning into Pyrrha Omega and revealing herself as a Malfested finally pushes him into a Heroic BSoD. This is when he starts losing it, but he's not quite broken enough yet. Dumas appears and reveals himself as Nightmare, saying that the people Patroklos killed in his name were actually innocent people whose souls were devoured by Soul Edge afterward. Break the Haughty: After finally rescuing his sister and abandoning everything else, he gets his ass handed to him by Astaroth and then Voldo.Before Elysium's influence pushes him into that mindset again. He still does it, but his obvious reluctance subverts the trope. He is way, way, way less gung-ho about killing malfested once his sister reveals she is one. Black-and-White Insanity: Patroklos starts off the story mode with a vehement hatred of Malfested to the point where he gleefully kills people he thinks are Malfested on-sight due to having been raised being told one killed his beloved mother and kidnapped his little sister.Bishounen: Like most of the young male characters, he is designed with a smooth, handsome face, though he goes one step further with his mop of cherubic blond hair, evoking Classical Greek sculptures of beautiful young men.Tira: "What's that? Me? The only pawn on this board is this stupid little girl!" * Smack!*