Whew, I'm struggling to resist the urge to tout how fantastic the Trails of Cold Steel games are, but I don't want to spoil them. I strongly urge you not to look the series up on its wiki or on TV Tropes, and instead enjoy the story for yourself. The quadrilogy centers around Rean Schwarzer, who is a deconstruction of your usual LN/JRPG protagonist, and that's the most I'll say without going into specifics.
Steam page here. Don't look up the other games! Massive spoilers!
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Geoff Thew made a video on the 'Trails series overall worldbuilding qualities, and it's spoiler free for Cold Steel.
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