Radiata Stories/Character Recruitment

Certain characters in  may only be recruited at specific times of the day or if Jack is a part of their faction (Human or Fairy).

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

Theater Vancoor Characters
If you want to recruit Elwen (the best fighter in the game), you have to recruit the rest of 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.

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 far-right cell 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 elvin wine.


 * 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).

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. (See *Signs and Posters* in Easter Eggs and Silly Things for more info.)

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 Kain), 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 infirmirary 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.

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 Casin (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 have to 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 feminie 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.

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 Vancoor kitchen (in the back of the bar) to find out about a soup recipie. (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 moster. (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


 * Leban, Keaton, and Wyze
 * Talk to Tarkin 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 Keaton after Leban has joined


 * 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.

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 chacter 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.


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


 * Talk to Chatt in the brewrey and agree to drink


 * Go to the store room in the Elder's room and defeat the "monster"

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 22, 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


 * Zida
 * 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.