#percy fe

Paralogue 19: Great Heroism

Arthur’s son Percy, tired of only having his wyvern Ace for company, sneaks out of his baby jail. Arthur runs into him as he’s running away. Something I’ve noticed, every time a child sneaks out of a Deeprealm their parents by coincidence happen to be there. Great writing.

Percy decides that Arthur is a villain for never visiting him and declares our defender or justice to be his archenemy. Some wandering mercenaries come by and assume Arthur is a bandit, both because he made Percy cry and because he looks just like the famed bandit Gazak. First of all, no, he doesn’t. Secondly, having the bandit from Forrest’s chapter be mentioned is an oddly good bit of connection between these chapters. That said, the fact that you can recruit Gazak makes Arthur insisting that he isn’t associated with that evil bandit.

Arthur says he isn’t Gazak, but Percy says he is to get back at his dad. People die in this chapter because of Percy. Innocent people. Who probably had families. Percy is kinda evil. Fortunately, you recruit him by beating him up.

Actually, to be fair, you don’t have to kill any enemies to beat this chapter. Spread around the map are Dragon Veins that scare away enemies, giving you gold for each enemy scared away. I decided to try and beat this chapter without killing anyone as a personal challenge. The problem is, half of the enemies are programmed to stay still instead of charging in to attack you, meaning I couldn’t lure them to the Dragon Veins. And because this is a route chapter, I had to kill nine people. Because Percy is a brat.

After the battle, Arthur apologizes for abandoning Percy and recruits him as his sidekick, which is what Percy wanted all along.

Percy

Arthur’s son, a gee golly holy noun Batman sidekick. Which would be fun, if he didn’t just cause a dozen pointless deaths because he’s a brat. Hating the fact that your dad abandoned you is a trait half the characters in his generation share, but no one else was so sad they killed someone. Design wise, he is wearing a cape and a mask, because the superhero thing was too subtle with Arthur. His personal skill, Fortunate Son, prevents him from being drafted into the Vietnam War and also boosts Crit Evade of him and nearby allies.

Support: Arthur/Percy

C: Arthur asks if Percy and Ace are getting along. Percy says they are.

B: Arthur asks if Ace has gotten aggressive. Percy says no.

A: Arthur sneaks around and watches Percy and Ace. Percy catches him and Arthur explains that he found out Ace's parents were evil dragons. And by dragons, I mean wyverns, because this game keeps making that mistake.

Review: Wow that sucked. It was boring, repetitive, confusing from a lore perspective, and felt kinda out of character for Arthur.

Support: Percy/Mother

C: Percy's mom tells him to eat his dinner slowly and wash his hands first.

B: Percy scrapes his knee while training. His mother, remembering this takes place in the oldentimes, chastises him because a cut like that could get infected and make him lose a leg.

A: Percy worries about not being strong enough to protect his family from monsters. His mother tells him he'll be strong someday and that, until that day, she'll protect him.

Review: The A-Rank is good. The other two aren’t. I am getting tired of complaining about child soldiers.

Support: Percy/Corrin

C: Percy and Corrin spar. Percy wins because a tornado shows up and distracts Corrin.

B: Percy is depressed because he always wins fights through luck rather than skill. Corrin tells him to train to become more like his father.

A: Percy duels Corrin and wins via luck, again. Corrin says he's better at fighting though.

S: Percy proposes with a toy ring. Then a bird shows up and gives him a real ring.

Review: Percy being supernaturally lucky is a good inversion of Arthur’s bad luck, something reflected with his amazing Luck base and growth rate. That said, this one falters with Percy just winning via luck anyway.

Support: Moron/Percy

C: Percy says he wants to be a great knight, like his father, who needs to use a Heart Seal to become a Great Knight. Percy says he respects his father because he can shrug off being his by lightning and trampled by horses without losing heart.

B: Percy and Corrin train together. Corrin throws rocks at Percy, which don't hit him because he's lucky.

A: Percy suggests Corrin throw a beehive at him. Corrin is stung by bees.

Pit in Percy’s outfit from fire emblem fates and percy in pits outfit for kid Icarus uprising