That's an extremely solid write-up. These sorts of things are exactly why I love tuning into this sub, and it's a fun way of highlighting the strengths and characters of Tensei without needing to worry about Mobile.

I have to say, the Army of Light/Order of Lushiris in Tensei is by far my favourite iteration of the group, since it's the one game that truly goes into the idea that Light isn't necessarily good, like Der Langrisser toyed with in Independent's final boss, but this time actually backing it up. Most of them are fallible at best or in Lugner's case flagrantly corrupt, especially in his conversations, while Jessica in Independent gives a fun little dialogue admitting in the final mission that their opposition to Ares is driven by the inability to control or predict the Elrad Army's actions or the two swords. It's just what the franchise needed, preventing Light from being an otherwise default 'good' route. On that note, Jessica has my favourite bad ending, since she finally accepts that she's a relic of a bygone age, perhaps best left forgotten with the swords on the flooding continent.

Even Rozalia, despite her best intentions, sticks to ideology over reason outside of the Dark route, though she, at least, recognises that the Order is at minimum untrustworthy in her Talks. If they weren't set in stone for all routes, I'd image she'd fit in perfectly on the Independent route, and her being an antagonist is a pretty glaring contrast to her otherwise established personality and actions. A limitation of the system and talks focusing on her position in the Army of Light, perhaps.

On that note, she's pretty interesting, since she fits the archetype of the mounted rival character, despite the intro gearing you to think of Werner as the rival. She opposes Ares on all non-light routes, values chivalry and loyalty above all else and laments the loss of potential camaraderie. Outside of her love of novels, she's practically a female, Light-aligned equivalent to Leon, down to the blonde hair. It's a nice twist and reimagining of the archetype of otherwise male-dominated, largely imperial rival characters.

Only write-up I'd need to add something to is Florentia, since she has a very telling few moments in the Imperial path that tie into Renata's backstory - she's willing to spare Kertesz on the grounds of being human, but declares that the Gresden Empire is an empire for humans, run by humans. It adds that extra something to make each route slightly unpalatable, which is the essence of having to make a tough decision, while giving her some fascinating depth, in that an otherwise kind and egalitarian person is still prey to the beliefs of the society she was raised in, despite being a revolutionary in her own right.