• ALL ALLIES
  • Husnu - HP
    
  • Zafeera - Low HP = Damage
    
  • Tiqin - Poison Resist
  
  
• ARCANA
  • Miaya - Magic Attack
    
  • Najima - Magic Attack
    
  • Threnody - Freeze
    
  • Wakata - HP regen
  
  
• BEAST
  • Lone Eagle - Physical Attack
    
  • Sur - Damage Reduction
    
  • Tasha - Reflect Damage
    
  • Ursula - HP & Damage
  
  
• FORTIFIED ARMOR
  • Galo Zahra - Knockdown = boost
    
  • Ruha (I think)* - Damage vs Light and Medium
  
  
• HEAVY ARMOR
  • Alaf Jahim - Damage reduction
    
  • Galo Zahra - Knockdown = boost
    
  • Makan - HP Regen
    
  • Shirim - Magic Defense
    
  • Fayiz - Damage reduction
    
  • Mousa - Crit
    
  • Mhan Hassan - Damage v Akhal
    
  • Jibril - Stun
  
  
• HEAVY WEAPON
  • Zina - Crit
  
  
• IMPALE WEAPON
  • Zerur - Crit
  
  
• KNIGHT ARMOR
  • Alaf Jahim - Damage reduction
    
  • Galo Zahra - Knockdown = boost
    
  • Ruha (I think)* - Damage vs Light and Medium
  
  
• LIGHT ARMOR
  • Batu - HP
    
  • Khaza - Bleed
    
  • Kanaya - Evade = damage
    
  • Mileena - Damage vs Heavy
    
  • Nabiha - Damage to burned
    
  • Nura - Knockdown = damage
    
  • Raheel - Decrease Bleed
    
  • Rebiyah - Light Armor
  
  
• LIGHT ARMOR MELEE
  • Mucadin - Physical Attack
    
  • Ruha - Damage vs Light and Medium
    
  • Saqie - Chance to ambush
  
  
• LIGHT ARMOR RANGED
  • Umara - Shield
    
  • Zelisa - Evade
    
  • Sharida - Knockdown = summon
  
  
• MACHINA
  • Isa - Damage Reflection
    
  • Makan - HP Regen
    
  • Infan - Movement Speed
  
  
• MEDIUM ARMOR
  • Behrouz - Defense
    
  • Fayiz - Damage reduction
    
  • Batu - HP
    
  • Kanaya - Evade = damage
    
  • Ruha - Damage vs Light and Medium
    
  • Mhan Hassan - Damage v Akhal
    
  • Raheel - Decrease Bleed
  
  
• MEDIUM ARMOR RANGED
  • Dhaji - Confuse
  
  
• MELEE
  • Amira Zahra - Magic defense
    
  • Astrid - HP and Damage Reduction
    
  • Bataru - Leech
    
  • Emin - Chance to summon Bahar
    
  • Goldie Kabir - Confusion
    
  • Lut Jahim - Damage to stunned
    
  • Omar - Increase damage when status effect
    
  • Rabih Lukman - Magic Attack
    
  • Talat Hassan - Ironstone
    
  • Tua - Damage
    
  • Yusuf - Cooldowns
    
  • Janub - Damage vs Cavalry
    
  • Esfir - Knockdown = Utar
  
  
• MONSTER
  • Basit - Damage vs Light
    
  • Sanjay - Leech
    
  • Yaya - Damage reduction
  
  
• MOUNTED
  • Bahat - Physical Damage
    
  • Blackmane - Movement Speed
    
  • Rabia - Physical Damage
    
  • Vicuna - HP
    
  • Amira Zahra - Magic defense
    
  • Goldie Kabir - Confusion
    
  • Rabih Lukman - Magic Attack
  
  
• PIERCE
  • Toya - Damage vs Bleed
  
  
• RANGED
  • Hartum - Mana Regen
    
  • Ishtar - Magic Defense
    
  • Mumtali Giddah - Slow
    
  • Petra - Crit
    
  • Yasmin Giddah - Damage vs Light & Cavalry
    
  • Amira Zahra - Magic defense
    
  • Goldie Kabir - Confusion
    
  • Rabih Lukman - Magic Attack
    
  • Fire Eye - Burn
  
  
• SLASH
  • Princess Bellen - Attack Speed
    
  • Rwal - Bewitch
    
  • Toya - Damage vs Bleed
    
  • Yousef - HP and Mana Regen
  
  
• SPECIAL
  • Gizeh - Damage reduction
    
  • Misod - Increase disables
    
  • Riq - Mana
    
  • Shoaib Hassan - HP
    
  • Yousef - HP and Mana Regen
  
  
• SUMMON
  • Aganazzar - Chance to debuff
    
  • Hu'ud - Cooldown
    
  • Takiya - Knockdown = boost
    
  • Najima - Magic Attack
  
  
• WIZARD
  • Assel - Crit
    
  • Hina - Freeze
    
  • Kunju - HP
    
  • Lotus Kabir - Magic defense
    
  • Muta'aliq - Max Health
    
  • Hartum - Mana Regen
    
  • Mumtali Giddah - Slow
    
  • Yasmin Giddah - Damage vs Light & Cavalry

* Ruha’s Command skill applies to “non-Heavy Armor” and I don’t know if Knight and Fortified are separate and distinct from “Heavy” or not.
Even if I thought I knew, of course I have no idea whether it’s coded the way they wrote it.

I WOULD LOVE HELP UPDATING THIS LIST here are some of the missing Heroes:
ALI BANTU - UNKNOWN
AMZAFA - UNKNOWN
BADIS - UNKNOWN
FADIA - UNKNOWN
LAIK - UNKNOWN
LATIF - UNKNOWN
SHAHID - UNKNOWN
SUMAYAH - UNKNOWN
TAHARJ - UNKNOWN
YAKUB - UNKNOWN

To recruit an NPC you need a relationship status of [20] Friendly, or better.
--This gives you Command Skill Level 1.
--[50] Dutiful gives you Command 2.
--[100] Reverent gives Command 3.

Start your game by adding the most convenient NPCs to your party, without respect to their abilities or Command buffs.
--When you enter a town, ask "What can I do for you" of the NPC's in the Tavern.
--You can save before doing so and reload until you get a quest you like. ("Save scumming.")
--The quest may be enough to make them friendly; if not, give a Gift.
--Recruit them once they are Friendly.
--Tell them to leave when you find someone better [This doesn't make them angry.]
--Take their equipment before expelling them! (Unless you are leading a faction and they are one of your leaders.)

Then, play the game as normal using your random NPC's
--Accumulate Gifts in your inventory
--You can occasionally buy Gifts (Fleur sells them)
--Take Charisma talents

Of course you should upgrade your NPCs for ones with better abilities/utility whenever possible, but with respect to the NPCs with Command Skills:

When you see one of the NPC's you really want (an end-game Character) in a Tavern, give them a Gift and ask if they have a quest for you.
--This allows you to increase their friendliness rating as high as possible before recruiting them.
--It can be harder/slower to increase Favor once the Hero is in your party.

Once you have the NPC you want at [50] (or higher) (or 46 or 48), Recruit them.
--Immediately go into their dialogue menu and choose "Command Skill", they will raise it to 2 for you.

NOTES

Once you have the Command Skill at 2 [50] or 3 [100] it will not be lost if the relationship status falls.

If you have NPC's that you are recruiting because of their Skill Trees (rather than their Command), hire them as soon as possible!
You want full control over their Skill Points and skill trees.
(Or else you will be wishing for more Wisdom crystals, which you get by going to the two Libraries in Zagros once a month.)

ALWAYS SAVE before opening a Party event!
This gives you the option to save scum to achieve the best results.
--If all results are bad, you can reload, then hit X to close/skip the event, it will go away with no effect.
--Always abuse the Characters whose Command skills are not applicable to your units and protect the Favor of the important ones.
(Unless their Command Skill is already at 3, in which case abuse them, too!)

If you REALLY want to cheat during a Party Event, you can go to a town, save carefully, view the results, reload the save, then kick out everyone in the party who has a negative response.
After resolving the event, go to the Tavern and Recruit them again!

Random Tips and Things I Wish I Knew From the Start
This guide has a useful section:


The list is very incomplete*, but it should give you an idea about what you are looking for in a good Character with respect to their Skill Trees (as opposed to Command).

* And is very wrong that Threnody doesn't have enough active abilities!

I might also mention that "Heal an ally" is mostly useless (regardless of whether they earned a (*) rating or not) -- don't bother with Healing unless it's AoE.

Most heals and self-heals are inconsequential, a few hundred HP at the expensive of mana or using a damage skill.
Better to let a Character die and revive while spamming attacks than waste time healing 5% of their HP.

In general, avoid minor or modest Skill Tree buffs and heals that are not passive and waste time (and Mana!) in battle. In general.

The one situation in which you benefit from targeted healing is if your Squad is composed of armies with small units, such as Rams and Ballistas and Special creatures.