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Mae

More shining force fanart

Reconstruction of an early portrait of Mae, and then some extra blinking and talking frames, and extra expressions closer to her final ones, because I'm glad her personality turned into what it is, but this pose looks a lot more dynamic. More comments on the website.

The original print from MDFan December 1991:

Protagonist [Human] Class: Swordsman -> Hero

The young hero who faces battles, spurred on by destiny

*** As protagonist of the game, he's the young hero who leads the Shining Force. One year ago, he lost his memory, and was found unconscious by Lowe in the coast near Guardiana. After that, he continued to train his swordsmanship in there. His real identity (?) is descendant of the family entrusted with the duty to protect Dark Dragon's seal. ***

As revealed in the later half of the game, he is the younger brother of Cain from the Runefaust army, and the two were fated to fight Dark Dragon.

The black armor (reinforced clothes?) he wears after changing class to "hero" were designed for this mission, much like Cain's white armor. It seems the armor itself has been among his belongings even when he was still in Guardiana, but before becoming "hero" class, he didn't know how to put it on, and thus could not use it in battle. _____

Mae [Centaur] Class: Knight -> Paladin

The crimson fighting spirit galloping through the battlefield! Shining Force's offense captain!

*** The only daughter of Varios, captain of the Guardiana knights. She's very proud of her class and species. At the start she was prejudiced against the protagonist because he was an outsider, but once the castle fell she realized their duty, and vowed to cooperate with him. After that she became the Shining Force's main fighting power. ***

In the game she's the focus of the event with Varios, and thus it isn't mentioned anywhere, but of course, Mae had a mother as well. Her name was Allia, and she was a female knight who fought alongside Varios in her youth. However, she died of an illness when Mae was young.

Her popular (?) strong personality is in part due to having her parents in mind. Ever since she was young, she dreamed of becoming a knight like her mother and helping Varios in battle.

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Notes about Max:

The armor thing is a detail mentioned only by this guide, but Max's backstory and family are explained in the original game, the english localization just did away with all of it because it is uh, Bad, to put it mildly.

Unlike the other arrogant centaurs, Ken honestly admires the protagonist’s strength. He’s an apprentice of the knights of Guardiana. Since he’s young, Mae treats him like a little brother, but he actually has a crush on her.

On one hand it is extremely cute that he has a crush on Mae (who wouldn’t lmao), on the other I sure hope this isn’t the series saying “haha yeah Mae doesn’t show up in SFCD because she got married and housewifed like all female characters do”. I will kill something if that’s the case.

Dislikes fighting. Hates even the thought of getting hurt, from the bottom of his heart. Because of this personality, he’s often made fun of by his companions. Despite that, he remains a soldier because of his reliable skills, which everyone recognizes.

Hans baby i’m asking for the billionth time... why are you a soldier. Why did you choose this job. Did you even choose this job. I need answers, including a 1000 page essay on how you then found peace and never stepped on a battlefield again.

A priest training in the church of Guardiana. Has a good nature and a foul mouth, easily misunderstood. He found and rescued the protagonist, who was lying unconscious in the nearby beach, and since then they became great friends, living together.

oh my god they were roommates

I will replay it to confirm but I don’t remember SFCD saying a thing about Mae which is a sin, she’s clearly so so important to the Force and Guardiana.

cool he’s bound by fate to fight after fight against the darkness in return for this miraculous survival, but let him at least see his friends once more. Maybe send a letter? Come on Simone this isn’t as nice as it sounds.

...if Simone has a book about it how long has it been. Assuming Simone lives in a world and not just straight atop the fourth wall.

*looks at a dude whose head is clearly floating with no neck* funky armor man

why didn’t Egress affect Adam too? I can fully understand that as an ancient robot he might have wanted or had a duty to watch over the sinking castle but Max is the one who cast the spell to save everyone. Did he know Adam would stay? Are heroes even in control of Egress or are they like “i’m the fated hero, spell, save my ass!” and the spell does what it wants.