Well, you can have a hero. There's one right here. Look to the sky and call my name. I'll come to your rescue any time!

It is the year 198 of the Solar Calendar. The Tokyo Empire, powered by the Amaterasu power plant, has been running strong following the Great Cataclysm of two hundred years prior. It is in this society that Shinra Kusakabe lives, a social outcast who joins the Special Fire Force in hopes of making the world a better place, and proving to everyone that he isn't the devil he's made out to be.

• Character information

Key

• If Shinra is influenced by an Adolla Link, the one he is linked to will be noted in brackets, such as [Shou].
• Feats labeled [Amaterasu] take place while Shinra is mind-controlled by the First Pillar. Note that he also has his fire resistance buffed at this time.
• After the Pillars begin rising from the ocean, all pyrokinetics become stronger, which are noted with [Passive] when needed.
• ^R refers to the use of Rapid.
• ^C refers to the use of Corna.
• ^H refers to the use of Hysterical Strength.
• ^A refers to the use of an Adolla Link.
• Hover over a feat to see the chapter of occurrence.

Strength

Charging
Fire-Boosted

• Blows a hole through an Infernal's core
• Kicks Miyamoto down a street
• Cannonballs into Rekka, then bounces off in a linear path
• Folds a steel door and knocks it off its hinges
• Able to keep himself in place after Charon punches him
• Flies against Faerie's increased gravity
• [Limit] Kurono easily pushes him off-course
• [Limit] Bounces off the giant Infernal imprisoning Nataku

Not

• Tackles Arthur through a door
• Combines a dropkick with Arthur's left hook to send Miyamoto tumbling
• [Passive] Stops the moon's fall^A
• [Shou] Smashes into stone^A
• [Shou] Punches Shou^A

Fire

• Sizzles his shoe
  • Later burns through it
• He leaves behind "The Devil's Footprints"
• Shinra believes he is >= Rekka in terms of firepower
• Singes Shou's cheek
• Chars Hague's clothes, burning through his backside
• Cooks a swarm of bugs
• When Hysterical Strength is active, his flames are blue^H
• [Limit] Can't get out of a flame-retardant fabric

Lifting
Objective

• Flies while carrying four people, two unconscious, and Tamaki grabbing an area she shouldn't
• Carries Arthur while he rides Shinra like a horse
• Does 100 consecutive push-ups
• Catches Rekka's punch that splinters the concrete around them (though his face is supporting his hand)
• Carries lumber
• Joint-locks and throws a man harassing him without much body movement
• Carries two duffel bags of firefighting weapons and also Iris

Scaling

• Judo-throws Rekka, pinning him in an armbar, then uses his flames as propulsion to keep him trapped
• Holds back this dude's dagger
  • He is capable of crossing blades with Arthur
• Catches Benimaru
• Gets his wrist out of Lisa's Fishing Fire
• Blocks Shou's punch

Striking
Arms

• Punches Hibana in the face
• Moves Shou
  • Does it again
• Wallops the guy holding Inca
• Backhands Iris

Knee

• Stuns Rekka with a full-length leg slam
• Smashes Giovanni's face in and catapults him into a wall
• [Amaterasu] Hits himself in the head hard enough to break out of Amaterasu's control^A
• [Limit] Just doinks against Charon

Feet - Base
Objective

• At the moment of impact, creates an explosion with his foot
• With a flying kick, smashes sheet metal and unleashes a blast of air that sends debris flying
• Kicks a car multiple stories into the air, then uses it as a hammer to break Miyamoto's legs
• Hits Burns hard enough that a nearby lightpost shakes
• Breaks Benimaru's planter
• Puts the hurt on Giovanni, blasting through a solid metal wall
• With each spin, his kick's power increases
• KO's two security guards at once

VS Rekka

• Plants Rekka's face in concrete
• Clashes with Rekka evenly
• Dropkicks Rekka into the air
• Chain-kicks Rekka
• Drives Rekka into the ground and takes him down
  • The effort of fighting Rekka made him light-headed
  • Rekka gets back up shortly after

VS White Clads

• Creates a small explosion grazing Arrow's arrow
• Forces Haran to retreat
• Staggers Haran
• Deflects Arrow's arrow
• One-shots Mirage with a dropkick
• Moves Charon way from Inca
• Redirects Giovanni's bug leg

VS Fire Force

• Knocks away the 5th's Angels Three when they were on top of him
• One-shots all three of the Angels Three at once
• Lands a solid hit on Arthur
• [Limit] Does nothing to Burns even though it's his strongest kick

VS Other

• Kicks Joker backwards
• Kicks Miyamoto into a car
• Kicks off Miyamoto's arm
  • Miyamoto has Infernal-level durability
• Destroys an Infernal

Feet - Amped
Unlinked

• Creates a small crater in the ground^R
• Moves Burns's face^R
• Shakes the trees behind Burns, and "makes his arm tingle"^R
• Charon calls his attack "lukewarm"^R
• Craters Charon with a demonic blast that dwarfs buildings^C
  • This is the first time Charon has been hurt
• Unsteadies Burns, something he has never been able to do prior^H
• Clashes with Stage 2 Burns^H
• Stage 3 Burns breaks out of Corna after a short time^C

Linked

• [Amaterasu] Kicks Hague out of his office^A
• [Amaterasu] Doubles Hague over^A
• [Amaterasu] Blasts Arthur aside^AR
• [Passive] Kicks away Titan Raffles' laser^A
• [Passive] Craters Titan Raffles' titanic wheel^A
• [Passive] Destroys eight Demons at once^A
• [Passive] One-shots Titan Raffles^A
• [Shou] Caves in Stage 5 Burns' chest^AC
• [Shou / Evangelist] Moves Shou backwards despite his block^AR
• [Shou / Evangelist] Clashing with Shou destroys some concrete pillars^AR
• [Shou / Evangelist] Sent Shou into a brick wall^AR
• [Woman In Black] Vaporizes Tempe with a blast that shakes the oasis a good distance away^A

Other

• Deflects a fireball that smashes through tree trunks

Durability

Blunt
Objective

• As a child, KO'd himself boosting into a wall
• An Infernal blasts him into a steel pipe and KO's him for five seconds
• Believed he would die falling from the roof of Company 8's Cathedral
• Rekka slams his fist into his face and craters the concrete under it, then gets a full-force punch that splinters the concrete in a much wider area
• Smacked into a stone column
• Blasted into a brick wall by Shou
• Minor environmental damage
• Clubbed with a blender
• Hit with a gorilla head
• In the radius of Burns' Voltage Nova: Stage 1
• In the radius of Burns' Voltage Nova: Stage 2
• In the radius of Burns' Voltage Nova: Stage 3
  • This destroyed three floors of a penitentiary
• Swung around like a weapon and has his head smashed on concrete
• [Amaterasu] Slung through a window

Scaling
VS Fire Force Company 1

• Rekka socks him in the face and he takes it well
• Sent tumbling when Rekka punches him in the mouth
• Takes one of Rekka's punches to the face when his guard is down
• Rebuffed by Burns, though he did just wake up from an intense surgery and three days of sleep
• Hit multiple times by the shockwave coming from Burns
• Punched by Burns
• Overhead slammed by Stage 3 Burns
• Smiles after taking multiple Stage 3 direct blows to the face

VS Fire Force Company 7

• Beni throws Maki into him and they tumble into a shelf
• Kicked in the head by Beni

VS Fire Force Company 8

• Takes a punch to the midsection from Maki
• [Amaterasu] Shield-bashed by Arthur wielding Hague
• [Amaterasu] Elbowed by Arthur
• [Amaterasu] Takes three of Arthur's "special" moves consecutively and ends up on the ground

VS White Clad

• Kicked in the face by Haran
• Stunned after Giovanni chops his neck while he's completely unaware
• Takes a nice hit to the jaw from Giovanni's rocket fist
• Giovanni's rocket corkscrew punch stuns him when he's also trapped in Lisa's flaming tentacles
• Shou beats him up
• Punched down a street by Charon and gets back up instantly
• Stomped, then kicked by Charon
• Downspiked by Charon
• Tanks a backhand from Charon
• Takes some blows from Faerie
• Launched by Haumea using Sumire's ability
• Boomed by Haumea

VS Other

• Staggers after taking Joker's elbow to the head
• A Demon's punch is enough to break him in two, and he only survives by jumping backwards

Esoteric
Not Heat

• [Cold] As a child, his legs were sealed inside liquid nitrogen tanks
• [Electricity] Resists Giovanni's two-million volt taser, but goes down after he increases the charge
• [Endurance] Pushed to the limit of his endurance to learn the Hysterical Strength of a Fire Scene
• [Internal] Has the energy of his kick sent back into him
• [Internal] Hit with a full force Rapid kick's energy
• [Mental] Resists Amaterasu's attempt to mind control him
  • It does succeed once he's in a fighting mood, and may have lasting effects
• [Mental] Gets high on the fumes of natural gas, though he can sober up when needed
• [Mental] Has no shame
• [Radiation] Has passive resistance to small amounts of radiation
• [Radiation] Near Nataku's lasers when they explode
• [Time Stop] Shou's Severed Universe makes him woozy
• [Other] Auto-heals a lethal wound thanks to his Adolla Link with Captain Kayoko, but she can't take the fire of Adolla and is incinerated

Supposed Heat

• In the blast radius of Joker's exploding powder
• Burns tapping his foot on the ground sends him flying and stuns him
• Rekka's Star Fist Punch gut punches him, and he takes it in stride
• Rekka punches him in the chest, yet Shinra still puts him on the ground
• Blocks Rekka's Star Fist Punch
• Hit by Benimaru's Iai Chop: Form One
• Takes a glancing hit from Arrow's arrow that knocks him out of his flight
• Cooked in a Demon's fireball
• Trapped in Lisa's flaming tentacles
• Hit by Shou, on bare skin, which causes an explosion to go through him
• Near Burns when he's activated Voltage Nova
• Charon's Stamp downs him
• Completely gooned on by Charon
• Immolated in Tempe's Holy Light
• Hit with Kurono's Eclipse
• Inca ignites a fire right beside him
• Fights through Stage 5 Burns gripping his chest
• Completely unconscious after using his body to block Juggernaut's arm cannon
• Takes two hits from post-Dragon Arthur

Actual Heat

• Easily goes down to Hibana's heat syncope, but he does resist it after figuring out how it works
• A double dosage of Hibana's heat syncope and her Sakura technique sends him into her throne
• Hibana's sakura petals singe his bare skin
• Tanks Hibana's Sakura Blizzard
• A glancing touch on Rekka's Sei is enough to burn through his jumpsuit
• If a pyrokinetic burns up too much of the oxygen in their body, they are afflicted with tephrosis
• The room he fights Kurono in continues heating up at a rapid pace
• Sprayed with boiling liquid
• Burns at Stage 3 can instantly disintegrate a burncoat and Shinra puts his bare feet on him
• The environment while fighting Burns was hot enough to instantly evaporate sweat

Piercing

• Joker's cards go through his burnsuit and draw blood
• Haran's dagger is able to draw blood with a snick
  • Haran can also cut Arthur
• Shou beats him up
• Shou stabs him through his burncoat
• Blocks Shou's sword with his handguard
• With Shou's sword embedded in his chest and Haumea grinding it around, he's alive
• Hague's fire axe doesn't draw blood
• Bit by a Hellhound
• Slashed by Kurono
• Shot by Haumea
• [Limit] Burncoats are not bulletproof

Speed

Agility

• Dodges Arrow's arrow from close range after getting tagged once
• Ducks under Arthur's slash
• Avoids Giovanni's flying hand
• Moves through all of Mirage's mirages
• Immediately recovers while training with Benimaru
• Pulls Shou into close range, then escapes when he needs to
• Break dances on Kurono
• Avoids Giovanni's attacks in complete darkness
• Breaks Burns' hold
• Look how cool he is
• [Amaterasu] Avoids Ogun's flame spears
• [Amaterasu] Can fight a delusional Arthur

Flight
Agility

• Stops a multi-story fall, then flies back to where he fell from
• Outmaneuvers a group of the 5th's Fire Soldiers
• Completely evades Rekka's Star Fist Punch while he's in the air
• Dodges Arrow's arrow
• Barely dodges it when he's distracted
• Evades Arrow's buckshot
• Too fast for an unprepared Giovanni

Other

• Saves Iris from a falling light fixture
• Saves Tamaki from Joker's gunpowder
• Flies four people out of the Rookie Games building as it explodes
• Matches the Matchbox
• Chases an Infernal up a dozen stories
• Escapes Rekka's pin
• Blitzes Rekka and lands a hit on him from behind when he has something to push off of
• Flies faster than Arthur runs
• Flies faster than Arrow runs
• Keeps Haran from slashing him open
  • Haran is capable of fighting Arthur
• Catches up to Arrow's arrow
• Keeps up with Joker's motorcycle
• Weaves around Raffles' lasers

Rapid

• Soars into the sky
• Catches up to Benimaru's fireball
• Very nearly tags Benimaru before he can block
• Moves faster than some White Clads can see and kicks a White Clad holding Litch hostage in the face
• Shooms up to Shou
• Faster than Shou
• Capable of crossing the distance between him and Shou in "the blink of an eye
• Haumea can only "kind of" see him fighting with Shou, and Yona can't see them at all
• Scop can't hold onto him
• To counter Giovanni reading his mind, he just gets faster
• [Amaterasu] Attacks Arthur too fast for Ogun to see
• [Amaterasu] Blitzes Ogun
• [Amaterasu] Arthur states he can react to Shinra using the Rapid, but he can't move fast enough to do anything
  • Once he gets zoned in/spaced out, he can
• [Limit] Kurono is able to consistently get the better of him
• [Limit] Benimaru using Hysterical Strength completely outclasses him

Movement

• Dodges Lisa's Fishing Fire (at first)
• Avoids Shou's slash
• Significant moves are made fighting Shou in the time it takes Licht to blink
• Blocks Charon's punch
• Avoids Tempe's flame rain, and deflects one projectile
• Moves his head aside from Kurono's kunai
• Blocks Giovanni's bug leg
• Ducks around Benimaru's jab

Reaction
Feats

• Pulls Maki out of the path of Arrow's arrow in one panel
• Dodges Shou's sword slash intended to kill him

Anti-Feats

• Hit by Vulcan's soda can
• Hit by Lisa's soda can
• Benimaru is able to put a "knife" to his throat
  • By the end of his first training session he has fixed this problem

Adolla Link

• Were he to overheat in the middle of a jump, he would be vaporized
• [Inca] Brings Inca with him to look at the world 250 years in the past, seeing that people used to be 3D, which knocks him out for three months (emphasis on the him)^A
• [Shou / Evangelist] Tags Shou^A
• [Shou / Evangelist] Very clearly faster than when he arrived^A
• [Shou / Evangelist] Reaches a speed that he doesn't appear in Shou's stopped time^A
• [Shou / Evangelist] Enters Shou's Severed Universe^A
• [Woman In Black] Vaporizes Tempe in under a second^A

Intelligence

• Realizes he needs to get out of Maki's range and takes flight
• Continuously changes tactics in midair
• Kept the knowledge of a traitor to himself in case all of Company 1 was against him
• Even though Arrow is using the chaos of Asakusa to hide her movements, and her arrows can be curved, Shinra still figures out where she'll fire from next and what her ultimate goal is
• Comes up with a strategy to work with Arthur
• Invents a new technique by watching Benimaru and copying his hand gestures
• Recognizes Shou's murderous intent and adapts
• Makes a plan to beat Shou that involves blinding him with fire, then speeding in with Rapid
• Deciphers that Charon is actually a second gen, not a third as well as realizes there is a moment when Charon transfers his potential energy to kinetic he can attack in
• [Anti-Feat] Thinks Lisa is one of Vulcan's inventions

Adolla

Adolla Burst

• Considered "pure" flame
• Amaterasu is an Adolla Burst
• Rekka's bug reacts to his flame
• Even though Shinra doesn't directly connect to the Evangelist, he can access its power by forcing an Adolla Link with Shou
• The flames of Shou's Adolla Burst can't be doused with a fire hose
• The Woman In Black taught animals to speak and increased their lifespan
• Can fuel a power plant
• Allows for Adolla Links
• As of the Eighth Pillar rising from the ocean, Shinra can reach lightspeed on his own

Adolla Link

• Hears Konro's plea from across the chaos of Asakusa
• Hears Giovanni order Vulcan's death
• Syncs with Shou
  • Does it again, and sees the Evangelist
• Forces a Link with Shou
• Shows his memories to Shou
• Amaterasu is able to mind control him through this
• Hears the Woman In Black's message
• Connects to Nataku's cries for help
  • Does it again
• Watches Captain Hague die
• Hears Burns' plan to kill Obi
• Accidentally syncs with Shou while fighting Burns
• Meets Shou in a dream
• Once Pillars begin rising from the ocean, he links with Inca

Skill

Sight

• Noticed Arrow and her companion
• Has 20/10 eyesight
• Makes out that the lights on the Chinese Peninsula are Infernals

Other

• Matches Rekka blow-for-blow according to Tamaki
• Quickly puts up a large smokescreen
• Escapes the noose of Giovanni's hand
• His hand symbols are martial arts-based
• Joint-locks and throws a man
• There was never a clear winner between him and Arthur
• Loses in CQC to Charon's White Clad
• Dropkick-blasts Burns, then loops around and smashes him into the ground

Other

Aliases

• Find-The-Nun-And-Crush-Company-5 Man
• Bring-The-Delusional-Lady-Back-To-Her-Senses Man
• Catch-The-Dirtbag-Making-Artificial-Infernals Man
• Won't-Let-You-Go-Backward-Or-Forward Man
• Bears-With-The-Unbearable Man
• Kick-It-Off-Course-No-Matter-What Man
• Knock-The-Masked-Turd's-Nose-Back-Into-His-Own-Business Man
• Kickman
• Calls-Things-"Man" Man
• Absolutely-Gonna-Make-His-Stuck-Up-Brother-Call-Him-Brother Man
• Shinra Man
• Stop-The-Great-Cataclysm Man

Other

• Doesn't get the girls
• Very defensive about his break dancing
• Me when I see a young child while the airplane is experiencing turbulence
• Had a toy Omnitrix as a child
• Eats more than the average person
• Literally Jesus
• Supreme Commander of the World Heroes Force

Shinrabanshou-Man

Hope can't be stopped…and I can't stop smilin'.

After Shinra fused with Shou and Mari Kusakabe via Soul Resonance, they became the personification of hope to combat the Evangelist and the Saint.
Creation
Death

• "Lessened the value of life" by bringing Death closer to it
  • So he basically just created God
• Took the entire world's supply of pyrokinetic abilities, as well as Shinrabanshouman's abilities over all of nature
  • However, he could not take Arthur's due to him being outside of Earth at the time
• Formed Death the Kid in Shinra's image
• Here's a small collection of his feats in Soul Eater

Other

• Deflects the Despair Saint's black flame attacks and transforms them into flowers
• The impact of his kick turns into flowers
• Creates an AOE transformation effect by stamping his foot
• Forms a whale
• Catches a ball of the Despair Saint's divine light and forms an atmosphere with its energy, which douses the black flames covering Earth
  • Uses another one to form civilization, which required him to repeatedly stop and reverse time until he could get it right
• Creates mountains and continents, and animals to populate them
• Has the power of "All Nature"
• Transforms all of the Despair Saint's tears back into souls to repopulate the planet and resurrect everyone
  • This even affects the souls she absorbed while she is still connected to them
• Used Vulcan and Licht's minds when reshaping the world
• People with strong souls are now powerful in place of pyrokinetics
  • He created the world of Soul Eater but I can't exactly get feats for that and still be short enough to post. Just know this is the case.

Physicals
Durability

• Ignores Haumea's "Prayer of Despair"
• No-sells an Amaterasu bomb blast
• Undamaged by a laser

Other

• Deflected the Despair Saint's lightspeed projectile
• Obliterates the despair that Haumea left behind when she stepped down

Other

• Capable of stopping time using Shou's Ignition Ability

First off on our list is the barbarian!
I gotta say I do like the idea and flavor a lot, not to mention the fact that they get Throw-The-Gnome as an ability is quite fun. My only issues with this subclass are that it doesnt seem to give you much in terms of power, its a sub that definately needs a bit more UMPH to it. I believe it leans too deeply to the thrown weapon mechanic, but issue with that is, if you power boost your weapon, then throw it....you dont have the weapon anymore.
Also, I know we have fire/storm/ice giants, but giants as a type never felt that elemental to me. And so the lvl6 feature feels more draconic if you ask me, and Id worry itd step on future design space. Instead it could perhaps double your rage bonus, it measures up to about the same damage number, still very weak compared to Zealot which adds half your level +d6, but better thematically I believe.
Conclusion, make it give your weapon the Returning Weapon enchantment at either lvl3 or 6, then this would be immaculate. Maybe throw in some defensive ribbons too.
EDIT: I have apparently misread, lvl6 feature does give it returning, which does go a long way adressing my primary concerns. Still I feel it needs some generic good stuff buffs however.
Secondly, THE DRUID!
....well. its a druid with a companion. Theres not much to say here I believe, Im not exactly a fan of the "if you dont command it, it just dodges" mechanics especially when combined with "but if youre KOd it can do whatever it wants". I get that its "standart behaviour", but still. Dont like it. Otherwise, I dont think the dinosaur scales up that well, essentially its a spritual weapon(BA for d8+mod attack from a source away from you), which is great for low levels, but drops off rather fast Im afraid. Id like it if it were buffed a bit at higher levels, and the fact that its attacks are never considered Magic Weapons feels like an oversight. Maybe you could use your action to make it have multiattack after some point. Who knows.
Its a perfectly servicable subclass, doing some neat things but overall forgettable for me, though it has a good core premise and with just a bit of polish, can turn around to be really interesting.
And now.... the wizard...
The runes are an interesting mechanic and I love it, except for the fact that some options are far too good. But before we get to those, why do they get to cast comprehend languages for free, wihout limit? Its warlock's job to use leveled spells as cantrips, not wizards, back off you power hungry class designer. That being said, the runes are interesting, they have nice options. Id probably not make the life rune ×5, maybe ×3 is more appropriate but because its so limited in use its no biggie. War is sensible and wind is fun.
I love the class so far.
But after lvl6 they will never ever use those runes because at level 6 they get Legendary Resistance. Expanding a rune use for an LR on STDEX/CON means that you never use them so you can just fuel your LR, and end up never failing concentration. It removes any incentive to interact with the rest of the subclass in any meaningful way, and so all that interesting gameplay mechanics just get flushed down the drain. At lvl10 you get to recharge your rune uses with arcane recovery, which is just LR uses at this point.
I do however like the 14th level feature. The Runecrafter's Bane is probably a bit too much and the other 2 can use some buffs, Curse especially doesnt need to take up your BA, youre way past Spritual Weapon at this point and Unveiled could give one attack advantage every round, kind of like a mini faerie fire.
Conclusion, remove the lvl6 feature and the free comprehend languages, and this might be a very interesting and fun to play wizard.
Overall thoughts, its an awfully well made UA all things considered and Im looking forward to how these things will be fleshed out. It really looks like these subclasses are one or two tweaks away from being very fun to play and have at the table.

With this current volume, there have been so many story arcs introduced that I'm forgetting some of the earlier stuff. I don't know if anyone is keeping a similar list but thought to try and make one with one with the stuff I remembered and discovered through my current re-read.
Please add any other story arcs I may have forgotten/overlooked
^{Apologies if I've misspelled any names}
Edit: Added points from comments
  1. Izril
    a. Erin and Lyonette
        i. Maviola staying at Erin’s inn
        ii. Dealing with the new Earthers
        iii. Going to the Walled Cities and shocking everyone with Illvris’ ring
        iv. Going to the Gnollmoot
        v. The du Marquins coming for their daughter
        vi. Erin discovering Pawn and Lyonette
        vii. Niers visiting the Inn once the Gentleman Callers complete their investigations
        viii. Bearclaw going after Erin & Mrsha
        ix. Tamaroth's Coin
        x. Apista's Hive
        xi. Numbtongue and his apparitions. Also, mining. Also, Numbtongue hanging out with Garia and Octavia
        xii. Will Hedault meet Erin through the door?
        xiii. Maybe Erin will sing again. Hopefully when Ryoka returns
    b. Ryoka
        i. Meeting Treiarch with all the electronics
        ii. Meeting the Horns
        iii. Persua’s blood feud
        iv. Az'kerash using Ryoka to get to Teriarch
        v. Researching vampire AIDS?
    c. Rags and the Goblins
        i. Building Goblinhome
        ii. Adventurers seeking the wyvern bounty
        iii. Searching for the keys and Velan’s treasure
        iv. Rabbiteater traveling with the knights
        v. The truth of Goblins
    d. Antinium
        i. Klbkch and Xrn going back to Rhir with Individuals to learn how to make Queens (and/or the Free Queen making new Queens)
        ii. Reaction to Magnolia’s revelations
        iii. Bird meeting Klbkch
        iv. Pawn’s relationship with Lyonette
        v. Garry and his assistants
    e. Liscor
        i. New lake may breach the Dungeon?
        ii. Selys’ growing pains and the quest for the Heartflame set
        iii. Getting to the Mother of Graves (Dungeon)
    f. Riverfarm
        i. Halrac
        ii. Pebblesnatch’s door
        iii. Nanette getting better
        iv. Nanette and the Goblins
        v. Wiskeria and the witches stopping Belavierr?
        vi. Fae members of Lakens court
    g. Players making multiple troupes
    h. Magnolia and the Circle of Thorns
    i. Veltras and Gralton taking revenge on the Drakes?
    j. Wil and group visiting Zeres and going to Khelt
    k. Wil and the last shipwreck
    l. Stopping/Surviving Belavierr
    m. Walled Cities
        i. Illvris' Necromancer Task Force
        ii. Saliss and Octavia
        iii. Saliss making a potion for Erin with the Faerie flower
        iv. Saliss/Onieva and Chaldion
        v. Lasica and Rufelt having a kid. Jelaqua and Maughin
        v. Pelt moving to Liscor
    n. Toren and Healing Slime
  2. Chandrar
    a. KoD vs KoC (and Chandrar’ kingdoms by proxy)
    b. Trey and his vengeance against Actelios, and his hate for Roshal
    c. The martial artists in Pomle
    d. Tarkhatres’ guerilla war with Emperor of Sands
    e. Amerys captive in Wistram
    f. Nawalishifra making a 30 pound sword for KoD
    g. The Actelios "thing" waking up and Fetohep
  3. Terandria
    a. Queen of Pop trying to survive
    b. War between Ailendamus, Calanfer and other kingdoms
    c. The Griffin Prince
  4. Baleros
    a. Yellow Rivers epidemic
    b. The Doctor’s new parasite
    c. Niers’s students meeting the UN. (Will they gain at least one new strategist?)
    d. Tulm killing Treiarch or Manus’s dragon?
  5. Rhir
    a. Doing the ritual again
    b. Joker
    c. What are demons?
  6. Wistram
    a. Cognita gaining sentience
    b. The Earthers at Wistram
  7. Innworld
    a. Dead Gods and Afterlife
    b. Antibiotics by Geneva and/or Octavia
    c. Will we ever see Minos and it's enemies? (Is it Goblins?)
    d. Drath Archipelago which has [Ninja]s, probably
    e. Runners vs Assassins. Mihaela Godfrey in First Landing. And First Landing itself

• The best class is the Fighter without doubt. He is strongest initially and remains the strongest as long as you find decent equipment. Armor can be bought but the best weapons need to be found at random (unless you exploit a bit...). Tank and damage dealer. Use his "berserk attack option" for double damage. Superior stamina.
  
• Arguably better later on - in terms of offense anyway - is the Fairy Ninja. His casting is actually poor yet not altogether useless. He suffers from having too many good options to choose from: some usually remain underdeveloped. Only he can use the best weapon, which has a drop rate of ~80%. If you powertrain his Stealth early he can be strong rather early - otherwise he isn't. The Alchemist (or Ninja/Bishop/Ranger) can brew potions for money.
  
• IF your party is an actual party (as opposed to a solo start) I wouldn't ever pass on a Bishop. He's easily the best spellcaster with access to all spells. He is a bit lame for a start since specialized casters learn quicker. His armor is actually quite good compared to other casters. To use him effectively requires some heavy grinding and a proper plan concerning what to grind when.
  
• Another good party member would be the Valkyrie. She is about the toughest there is and can use Priest spells, which is actually the best magic among hybrids. Healing & buffs mainly. She uses the best armour, which is a big deal since those are purchaseable in unlimited quantities, provide armor and resistances as well as HP/Stamina/Spellpoint regeneration in the end game. On the downside her offense is mediocre and you can have Vi the Valkyrie in your party anyway. She's proficient with polearms, which is fine if you use her as a utility tank but not a good choice if she's supposed to deal major damage. However: you can buy the best polearm while the better options (Sword or Mace + Shield) are more reliant on unique artifacts. If nobody else claims the best swords / maces she should pick those up.
  
• A Ranger is actually a comfortable choice and fun to play. His marksmanship is second to none and he searches the area passively. Note for beginners: if you get into a fight while actively searching you'll usually be ambushed - your opponents move first. Also he has high senses and doesn't just search but actually finds his stuff. He learns Alchemy like the Ninja does yet he's not obliged to learn all that much at once so his casting is a bit better. His ranged attacks can critically hit. It's the best crit there is since he doesn't need the crit skill but uses Ranged Combat for that. Therefor his crit chance is usually higher. His armor is okay, his melee is okay albeit usually underdeveloped. His offense is overall quite strong due to constant high damage output & crits - as long as he can safely shoot his arrows anyway.
  

If you just want six members a second Fighter is an option. He'll be weaker than the first since Fighters depend on equipment. He'll still be strong ;)

• The Bard is a comfortable choice and fun to play. He improves your resting and casts using stamina. This is not necessarily an advantage: stamina is rather valuable. It does however allow spamming spells in low level fights without thinking about "saving Spellpoints" (Stamina regenerates quickly between fights). More of a comfort thing really. You should make her female since you'll find a Stamina regen item early which is exclusively for women. All in all his casting is very strong for a hybrid but weaker than an actual casters ability. He has some nice equipment. A jack of all trades. His "spells" are cast by using instruments - it's good to know where to find them. Can open locks - in case you lack a Ninja/Rogue. He is decently strong early yet falls off later on.
  
• The Gadgeteer is quite fun as well. His Omnigun gets better every other level to make him a very strong marksman later on. His casting is about as strong as a Bards though probably a bit weaker early on and arguably stronger in the end. Also uses Stamina to cast (make her female, see Bard). Gadgets are items that allow casting a spell and usually need to be build out of several smaller parts. It is rather advantageous to know where to find them and how to combine them. Thus you should either be a veteran or do your research if you want good gadgets within a reasonable time. That's why I am not granting him a top spot: mediocre early game and knowledge requirements to speed up the development. Can open locks - in case you lack a Ninja/Rogue.
  
• Rogues can deal some nice backstabbing damage but need to be rather close to the enemy to land those. They are like early game Ninjas: better from the start yet lack the potential of the Ninja. Although he can't cast spells he's well suited to use the various bombs and powders to some effect. That way his "casting" is better than most Ninjas early on as well yet these contraptions aren't really available in "high end" versions. The early stages of the game tend to be the hardest so the Rogue can definitely be considered.
  
• Lord is almost as good as a Valkyrie. He is a FightePriest hybrid just like the Valkyrie, also uses the best armour. He has more health, +1 HP regeneration as a special (pointless in fights but good to heal in between fights) and is proficient with dual weapon wielding. A Valkyrie will "Cheat Death" though, coming back to life KO'd when killed - that's usually better than a few bonus HP. I'd usually go for a Valkyrie when having a party for that reason. The Lord does however deal more damage if granted good equipment. He competes for the swords. So if you have a Fighter that Fighter gets the best weapon and it weakens the Lord. The best secondary (=offhand) weapon - the only one that's good enough to be used as a primary weapon, too - is a mace: "Diamond Eyes". With that and a decent primary weapon he'll certainly outdamage the average Valkyrie - even if he doesn't use a sword but another good mace. Maces are found late in the game though - on Rapax Rift mainly. Up until then they are lacking.
  
• Monk and Samurai are for those that do not need to be convinced. Not the strongest classes yet an option if you fancy those. In theory they are strong but it's kinda hard to get their spellcasting going. Without it they'll be weaker Fighters with a few magic buffs.
  
• All the casters are overshadowed by the Bishop. He's clearly the best. If you want a relaxed game without grinding however they can be considered. A priest is really nice especially if you don't have a Valkyrie/Lord. His buffs and heals come in handy and he is not all that squishy. An Alchemist also isn't as squishy as Mage and Psionic and offers a mixture of very strong offense and healing spells while lacking a bit in the buff department. Mages are possibly the strongest in offense - especially early on. They also offer some nice buffs. They are the only ones who can't even cast the basic "Heal Wounds". Psionics have a few buffs, some healing and some offense yet excell at none. Their "Insanity" is among the best debuffs and available very early on. As a rule of thumb it is better to have casters (or hybrids) of different magical schools than to have multiple casters of the same school. Casters tend to die a lot. If casters make half your party: don't say I didn't warn you.
  

One of Wizardrys greatest strength is the option to play with less than six characters. That way it remains challenging for a long time. The "hard" setting can be hard even for a full party if you don't know the game. If you use some of the hints given here however an RPG veteran may choose to start on an even harder setting. Playing with fewer characters is the way. Four characters have a significantly harder time. Three is a true challenge. Ultimately... there can be only one!
As far as your overall party composition goes: mind that some classes do not want to fight in melee (Ranger, Gadgeteer, Casters...), others are melee but get wounded easily so they enjoy to retreat into the backline to recover at times (Ninja, Rogue, Monk...). Thus you ought to have a few tanks to be your frontline. I trust you'll value damage without me telling you to... Get a good mix.
As far as races go just see how many points you got left and how much you got on your prime attributes. You should always max out the attributes instead of raising everything. You want the expert skills to unlock - you need 100 for that. Another thing would be the least useful attributes being really low. If you got more speed than needed that's always fine. If you got extra intelligence & piety on a fighter it's (as good as) useless though. Faeries have very limited equipment and could do with some knowledge concerning where to find it. Their higher Spellpoint recovery is really good on pure casters though. Due to unique items you can only fully equip one faerie plus a faerie ninja. Humans are usually really bad for everything but Monks since they lack specialization. They got +15 attribute points though and can be really good in a one-char game.
A topic that is left mostly uncovered because I do not fancy it is class changes. You can change classes but it needs to be done well to make sense (it's not like Wizardry 7). Common examples are Alchemist -> Ninja; Mage -> Samurai; Psionic -> Monk; Priest -> Lord/Valkyrie. Cursed items should remain in slot even if they aren't supposed to be worn by the new class - which is useful only in a selected few cases. I never used this though. The "Gown of Divine Mail", the best Chainmail, is cursed and thus can be worn by any character by means of a class change. It is a rare find though. Also the Cane of Corpus, arguably the best weapon, is cursed. Since it can only be worn by a fairy Ninja you'll need a character that is a fairy and his/her attributes will remain a Jack of all Trades' (to fullfill Ninja requirements) - two major disadvantages. A few other high end items come to mind but these should be the most prominent examples. Overall the "cursed change" is a questionable advantage and only truly powerful in a few exceptional cases. Class changes can be used to pick up a skill usually unavailable for the original class. The most common example might be to level up as Rogue once and power training Stealth to 100 in that one level. This can certainly be a major advantage for many if not most non-stealth characters but it depends on a time consuming grind. Please keep in mind: I don't use class changes, this advantage is not at all obligatory.
Hint: you can change your characters in game. That can be used to start with the equipment you want. You start with the character bringing the right equip (i.e. a human ninja for the ninja garb). The characters can then be changed (i.e. the human for a fairy ninja who'd usually start with a gossamer gown). You can decide whether you buy the changed characters equip but you'll keep your initial equip either way. Surprise, surprise: the Fighter carries outstanding equipment - especially armor wise.
Finally you should know that you do not need any specific thing. Do what deems you fun. Enjoy!