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Zelgius | Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn | Reserved
Player Info:
Nickname: Sami
Age:
Personal DW:
Method of Contact: I'm SamiFire on Plurk.
Characters Played: None!
Character Info:
Name: Zelgius
Age: Unknown, but he appears to be in his 20's.
Canon: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn
Pull Point: Just before his death as the Black Knight
Background Info:
History: Backstory Wiki Link
Zelgius was born in Daein. From his birth, he had a mark on his back- a "brand"- that signified that he had some Laguz blood in his ancestry somewhere. According to him, someone on his father's side was with a Laguz. (For reference, the Laguz are a race of people that can turn into various animals, while humans are called Beorc.) People with this mark are shunned by both Laguz and Beorc; neither side wants anything to do with them. As a result, Zelgius grew up hated by his family and as a source of shame for them. To escape this treatment, he joined the Daein army and served under General Gawain, studying swordsmanship under him as well. He developed an immense respect for his general, to the point that his dream was eventually to fight with him personally.
During his time as a soldier, he encountered Sephiran, the Prime Minister of Begnion. He showed his brand to Sephiran and asked if it could possibly be removed. He also mentioned that, due to being a Branded, he was aging more slowly and would have to leave the army to avoid detection. Sephiran and Zelgius made an agreement that, after he left the Daein army, Zelgius would seek out Sephiran and join him in his task. When Zelgius left the army, he did as he was told and joined Sephiran, becoming one of Begnion's top generals in the process.
When Path of Radiance begins, Zelgius has become one of Daein's Four Riders under the guise of the mysterious Black Knight. He finds Gawain (now known as Greil, Ike's father) and kills him in a fight, becoming Ike's enemy in the process. He spends most of the game aiding Ashnard's efforts to spark war across Tellius. He does appear to Ike's group as Zelgius when he asks if Begnion can aid Ike's army, but his offer is refused. Later, he duels with Ike as the Black Knight before disappearing for the rest of the game, thought to have been killed in the collapse of the castle he was in.
In Radiant Dawn, Zelgius (again as the Black Knight) assists Micaiah in various ways, such as saving her from being assassinated. He fights on the side of Daein until he is called back to Begnion to fight the Laguz Alliance. The war progresses until the goddess Ashera unleashes her judgment and turns all the people to stone. Then, Zelgius waits in the Guidance Tower for Ike and his army. Zelgius loses his final battle with Ike and dies satisfied that, in facing Ike, he fought General Gawain at the height of his power. However, he is taken to Prospero just before he dies completely...
Personality: Zelgius is, above all, incredibly loyal to his masters. He rarely strayed from Sephiran's orders during the whole storyline; the only thing he did that wasn't ordered by Sephiran was seeking out and killing Greil (Gawain). One could say that he was utterly devoted to Sephiran after he joined him, and such devotion makes sense considering their relationship. Sephiran was the only person that Zelgius ever trusted enough to get close to and show his brand to. That gesture alone implies a massive amount of trust from Zelgius and perhaps justifies his loyalty.
The ones Zelgius places his loyalty in are people he admires on a deep level- and even then, there must be some sort of special element in place in order for him to perform what he considers the ultimate act of trust: revealing his brand. As much as Zelgius worshipped General Gawain, it's not likely that he would actually show him his brand. The only reason Sephiran even got to see Zelgius's brand was that Zelgius thought Sephiran might be able to remove it. Nonetheless, Sephiran clearly had something special about him that made Zelgius decide to risk scorn and reveal his brand.
Zelgius can also be something of a strength seeker. He idolized General Gawain and longed to equal and perhaps exceed him. It can be taken to mean that perhaps he sees his strength as the one thing he permanently "has." People betray him and nothing else in his life seems permanent but his strength and his brand, which is more of a loss than anything else. The way he was so consumed by his desire to fight his general implies a bit of an obsessive or singleminded quality to him.
On the note of his brand, Zelgius is a man who is very much defined by his status as a Branded. A life of being looked down upon and scorned by others has given him rather low self-worth. He never gets close to anyone for fear of discovery and subsequently being the subject of hate and shame once more; Sephiran is the sole exception. The fear of being scorned once more is a gaping vulnerability in this otherwise powerful man's defenses. He lived a sad life alone... or at least, he was alone until he met Sephiran.
That fear of discovery seems to be his one dominating fear. He doesn't even fear death as much as he fears seeing shame or hatred in another's eyes. That may be partly why he joined the Daein army in the first place; the scorn from his family rendered his self-worth so low that he didn't care if he died in battle. The fear defines many aspects of his life, such as his persistent loneliness and his refusal to get close to people.
Game Specific:
Arcana: Emperor
Justification: As a general, Zelgius definitely fits the Emperor arcana qualities of authority, leadership, and decision making skills. He is in a position of authority and leadership that requires good decision making skills. His authority also can be hampered by the effects of the reversed emperor- that is, it can be lost or manipulated (one Begnion senator just flat-out steals the command from under his nose at one point).
Samples:
First Person Sample:
[Video]
[Zelgius stares into the camera before he begins to speak.]
First, I would like to thank the person who taught me to use this device. I have never seen anything like it, so without your guidance, I would most likely still be at a loss with it.
As for the matter at hand... I will make this brief. I wish to train on Shadows lurking throughout the city and in that dungeon I have heard people talking about. Who wishes to meet with me during the Dark Hour and train? Please let me know. My Persona is very physically-oriented, so a magic-using Persona would be a good complement to my skills. If you wish to train, however, do not let the kind of Persona you have stop you. All party members will be welcomed. Thank you.
Third Person Sample:
Zelgius awoke in the strange room that he had lived in for several days now. He still couldn't get used to this place; the room was made of materials that he had never seen before. Furthermore, he was still struggling with various modern appliances. Not even after someone had politely explained it to him did he understand how the microwave in his hotel room worked did he fully understand the mysterious machine that made food hot (and exploded eggs, something he found out the hard way). The same went for the refrigerator. How did it keep food cold? Did the light always stay on? Why was there even a light in there to begin with? Zelgius simply could not keep up.
And, naturally, Zelgius was befuddled by the cell phone he had received upon arrival to Prospero. What bizarre magic was this? It responded to touch, and displayed information when he poked certain things. The relationship between the poking and what came up on the screen was a bit easy to solidify in his mind, but there were still difficulties in using it. He had trouble making posts to the network because he could never tell when the device was recording or not. In the end, he settled for making text posts. This world was going to take some getting used to, and so he had to learn how to communicate and gain information. If only everything just wasn't so confusing...
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