The Brave thing is the one that protects a character's HP. It's like Master Chief's Shield in Halo or something like that. A character must break his/her opponent's "brave" 1st before he/she could deliver some punishing HP attacks (Square Attacks). Circle Attacks are usually the ones who can weaken them easily. And once a char's brave is destoryed, the number of brave points will be transferred to his/her opponent's attack. (i.e. Squall 800 BP, Bartz 100 BP: if Bartz managed to break the 800BP, his attack ponts will become 100+800=900). I think the maximum BP in Dissidia is 9999. So If your char starts with a 9999 BP, 1 square attack will instantly end the match add some or correct me if I missed somethings lol. Oops missed some 9's Thanks Iki