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Character: Leaf
Series: Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu / Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Character Age: 16
Canon: The continent of Jugdral is a tangled mess of medieval-flavored politics, backstabbing, and treachery. Seisen no Keifu is a strategy-RPG following these entanglements over two generations; Thracia 776 is a sidestory following the campaigns of Prince Leaf of Lenster. Forced into hiding since Lenster fell to enemy forces when he was young, Leaf has spent his life on the run from the Grandbellian Empire. As the game begins, Leaf decides to strike back, gathering what forces he can for a desperate strike to regain control of his homeland.
Leaf is plagued with insecurity -- that he can't live up to what the people need from him, that he's not enough of a hero to reclaim his kingdom, that he isn't worthy of the sacrifices people have made to keep him alive. However, he's fiercely tenacious and always does the best he can to repay those who have aided him, protect the common people, and live up to his father's legacy. He always considers what his advisors tell him, but nor will he take "that's a bad idea" as an excuse not to help those who need him, even when he's already pushed himself and his army as far as they can go. He still has growing to do, and his immaturity sometimes makes itself apparent, but he's conscious of his failings and constantly strives to make up for past mistakes and become the best person -- and lord -- that he can be.
Note: Thracia 776 has a number of escape missions, where the goal is to get Leaf to a certain tile on the map so he can retreat. However, if any of his allies still on the map when he escapes, they are automatically captured by the enemy and cannot be rescued until very late in the game.
Sample Post: Ah, you mustn't go back, sir, it's too dangerous! I know your arm is important to you, but the gorillas have us nearly surrounded! The Director would surely show no mercy to one who has deserted her forces to help me escape. Your life is surely more important than your arm, isn't it? For the peasantry to care so little for their own lives...I had suffered no delusions about the harshness of the empire's rule, but to see such despair even in the neutral lands of Seefud? I hadn't imagined that the effects of their reign reached so far. Even in Northern Thracia, there were still pockets of resistance, people who still had the will to stand up and fight...but I don't see anything like that here. Everyone seems so far beyond hope that they've forgotten even the word freedom, let alone what it means.
But I can't spare the time for such thoughts, not now. We can't dawdle. If one of those toucans above should spot our position, they'll have an entire legion of gorillas at our throats. The exit can't be much further, not with how far we've come already.
No, don't lag behind, please! We can't afford to dawdle, but I can't escape until I know that you are safe. Who knows what might happen to you if I leave first? I can't repay all you've done for me by leaving you to such a fate, sir. Hold it together longer for me, and I’ll do as you ask and use my brains. After all, you’re right. In the absence of my advisors, I need to use my head. I can’t allow myself to be captured within these confines. What sort of gratitude would it show to be captured, to the people who have given their lives to carry me this far? If I wait behind, I risk giving up all of that...for what? I have an obligation to restore my homeland. I still have so far to go, but if I stall here and allow myself to be taken once again, I'll give up everything I've fought for and gained nothing but to have spared myself the guilt of leaving you behind. If I put my own peace of mind over the good of my kingdom, how can I hope to accomplish anything?
I'm sorry, sir! You're right. I can do nothing but to honor your sacrifice and press onward. I thank you for everything, and I vow that you shall not have died in vain! The way before me is almost clear, if I can just break through this barrier -- ow! I should've realized it wouldn't be so easy, but -- wait, how did I...what sorcery is this?
Madam Director! This battle may be yours, but I swear by the blood of the holy crusaders that flows in my veins, I will escape from this encampment and return to the kingdom of my forefathers! But first, I have a more pressing mission to attend to: escaping from this skirt.
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Series: Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu / Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Character Age: 16
Canon: The continent of Jugdral is a tangled mess of medieval-flavored politics, backstabbing, and treachery. Seisen no Keifu is a strategy-RPG following these entanglements over two generations; Thracia 776 is a sidestory following the campaigns of Prince Leaf of Lenster. Forced into hiding since Lenster fell to enemy forces when he was young, Leaf has spent his life on the run from the Grandbellian Empire. As the game begins, Leaf decides to strike back, gathering what forces he can for a desperate strike to regain control of his homeland.
Leaf is plagued with insecurity -- that he can't live up to what the people need from him, that he's not enough of a hero to reclaim his kingdom, that he isn't worthy of the sacrifices people have made to keep him alive. However, he's fiercely tenacious and always does the best he can to repay those who have aided him, protect the common people, and live up to his father's legacy. He always considers what his advisors tell him, but nor will he take "that's a bad idea" as an excuse not to help those who need him, even when he's already pushed himself and his army as far as they can go. He still has growing to do, and his immaturity sometimes makes itself apparent, but he's conscious of his failings and constantly strives to make up for past mistakes and become the best person -- and lord -- that he can be.
Note: Thracia 776 has a number of escape missions, where the goal is to get Leaf to a certain tile on the map so he can retreat. However, if any of his allies still on the map when he escapes, they are automatically captured by the enemy and cannot be rescued until very late in the game.
Sample Post: Ah, you mustn't go back, sir, it's too dangerous! I know your arm is important to you, but the gorillas have us nearly surrounded! The Director would surely show no mercy to one who has deserted her forces to help me escape. Your life is surely more important than your arm, isn't it? For the peasantry to care so little for their own lives...I had suffered no delusions about the harshness of the empire's rule, but to see such despair even in the neutral lands of Seefud? I hadn't imagined that the effects of their reign reached so far. Even in Northern Thracia, there were still pockets of resistance, people who still had the will to stand up and fight...but I don't see anything like that here. Everyone seems so far beyond hope that they've forgotten even the word freedom, let alone what it means.
But I can't spare the time for such thoughts, not now. We can't dawdle. If one of those toucans above should spot our position, they'll have an entire legion of gorillas at our throats. The exit can't be much further, not with how far we've come already.
No, don't lag behind, please! We can't afford to dawdle, but I can't escape until I know that you are safe. Who knows what might happen to you if I leave first? I can't repay all you've done for me by leaving you to such a fate, sir. Hold it together longer for me, and I’ll do as you ask and use my brains. After all, you’re right. In the absence of my advisors, I need to use my head. I can’t allow myself to be captured within these confines. What sort of gratitude would it show to be captured, to the people who have given their lives to carry me this far? If I wait behind, I risk giving up all of that...for what? I have an obligation to restore my homeland. I still have so far to go, but if I stall here and allow myself to be taken once again, I'll give up everything I've fought for and gained nothing but to have spared myself the guilt of leaving you behind. If I put my own peace of mind over the good of my kingdom, how can I hope to accomplish anything?
I'm sorry, sir! You're right. I can do nothing but to honor your sacrifice and press onward. I thank you for everything, and I vow that you shall not have died in vain! The way before me is almost clear, if I can just break through this barrier -- ow! I should've realized it wouldn't be so easy, but -- wait, how did I...what sorcery is this?
Madam Director! This battle may be yours, but I swear by the blood of the holy crusaders that flows in my veins, I will escape from this encampment and return to the kingdom of my forefathers! But first, I have a more pressing mission to attend to: escaping from this skirt.
Voting went here at 98.1%.