Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-87.58.238.15-20180120205635

So i had some thoughts about Simon and some of his first followers all the way back in the first chapter. Before recruiting merchants, elven scholars and succubi princesses Simon started out pretty quickly with a select group: Himself, Aka, Yarra, Qum, Robin (and maybe Hilstara). This group had a pretty nice dynamic, but a year later after i started playing ive noticed that this original team shares a lot of similarity to a trope known as "the five man band".

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FiveManBand

Stating that such a group often consists of:

The Leader: Simon, should be pretty obvious

The Lancer: Yarra, who often stands in direct contrast to Simon on most decisions yet is arguably his closest ally

The Smart Guy (Gal): Robin, who is smart, nerdy and younger than almost all the other characters

The Chick: Qum, obviously. Peacekeeping, calming and concidered the heart of the group.

The Big Guy: This is probably the biggest leap, but Aka is the only remaining of the first 5 recruited. She is the most physical member of the group and is often put in charge of physically requiring jobs (like assassinating dudes who deserve it). Either this, or you can count Aka as a second Lancer while Hilstara is The Big Guy

So what do you all think? Is it possible that Sierra has used this model as a template at some point or is this all just a cool coincidence? 