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Sora is a Knight of Mind

Shiro is an Heir of Mind

Both are very obviously Mindbound. Their obsession with games clearly points to this. In addition they talk about how they win, typically by going deep into the nitty gritty rules, loopholes, and chances. Their drive for knowledge is to understand their chances at victory. Sora's devotion to care for his sister echoes the serving nature of the knight. In addition, Sora's mask of confidence and bravado is exactly that, a mask, which Is a typical behavioral pattern of knights. Shiros class was far more difficult to nail down. Initially I had her pegged as a witch due to her stand off nature and her relation to her brother. However her relation to her aspect doesn't quite work. She fits a bit better as an heir, she doesn't just command her aspect but embodies it.

Bonus: ______ is a Lord of Mind

I would like to put forth that the synergy between these two mind players is so great that they are able to function as one. They represent that of a Lord of Mind. Oftentime they lay out the games in such a way that their victory is effectively guaranteed. They function as a force of nature

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Leon Fou Bartfort is a Witch of Rage.

This was a pretty quick one to classpect, his default perspective throughout the anime has been one of rejecting his reality. He is constantly critical of the society he lives in and of the authenticity of those in his setting. Leon also proves himself to be ragebound with his choice of both social and combat tactics, he chooses to play the scumbag in order to knock opponents off their game. In essence he is manipulating the rage within his enemies, the first hints of witch. Another expression of Leon being a witch is Luxion.

Witches and heirs are shown to have a tendency to attach themselves to familiars, though the details are slightly different. Witches usually have one familiar and Luxion fits that designation perfectly.

Witches have a tendency to be an appreciated other, one who is separate from others by way of their aspect. Leon continues to cement himself as a witch in this manner as well, many have shown to have a distaste of interacting with Leon due to his rage-inducing personality. Even so, he is counted on time and time again.

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Katarina Claes Is a rogue of heart

This is expressed pretty clearly a couple ways.

The Heartbound are tied to concepts of the self. Rogues are tied to ideas of theft and redistribution. Katarina is shown several times stealing scenes from routes of the original game in order to engage with many of her friends. Katarina is shown to be unapologetically herself, a mainstay of rogues. Because of her, many of Katarina's friends are able to establish a stronger sense of self compared to the original iterations of themselves. This is pretty clear act of distributing heart, even further she does this by being herself.

Heartbound also tend to splinter, creating multiple iterations of themselves (seen with nepetas roleplaying, and several of dirks splinter duplicates). Katarina shows signs of this when we see her scenes of how she deliberates her situation.