Humphrey Mintz

Humphrey Mintz (ハンフリー・ミンツ, Hanfurī Mintsu) is a supporting character in Suikoden and Suikoden II who makes a cameo in Genso Suikogaiden Volume 2. Humphrey is a skilled but taciturn swordsman.

Suikoden
"...Yo!"

- Humphrey Mintz

Humphrey Mintz is a skilled swordsman who was part of the Scarlet Moon Empire's Hundred Man Battalion. Humphrey became one of the most renowned captains of the batallion, but when he was ordered to participate in the Kalekka Incident, Humphrey grew furious and attacked his commander, becoming a fugitive. Humphrey disappeared without a trace afterwords. Eventually Humphrey joined the Toran Liberation Army under Odessa Silverberg.

When the hide-out at Lenankamp was attacked by Scarlet Moon Empire soldiers, Humphrey managed to escape. Humphrey made his way to Toran Castle with members of displaced Toran Liberation Army. Humphrey accepted Tir McDohl as a leader, noting, when Flik protested at the new Toran Liberation Army leader, that Tir was doing well.

Humphrey served the Toran Liberation Army throughout the war, travelling to Goya in order to help form an alliance with the Dragon Knights. When Joshua Levenheit met Humphrey, he expressed concern for Humphrey, as he had been quite worried after Humphrey had disappeared. Humphrey brushed this concern off, saying that he had his reasons for disappearing and introduced Tir to Joshua. As the Toran Liberation Army drew up an alliance with the Dragon Knights, Joshua Levenheit claimed that they would be working together once more, against a different enemy. Joshua asked Humphrey to look after Futch, a young former Dragon Knight who had lost his dragon and thus could no longer stay in Goya, as Joshua would not need to worry about Futch if Humphrey was with him. Humphrey agreed to do so, and Futch thanked him. Humphrey also invited his former adversary, Kreutz, to join the Toran Liberation Army, to which Kreutz accepted.

Following the Battle at the Northern Checkpoint, Humphrey was placed in charge of a battalion of men by Mathiu Silverberg, who ordered Humphrey to attack the Fortress of Rakan. Acting as a decoy, Humphrey Mintz's attack on the Fortress of Rakan forced Kasim Hazil to commit troops there, making it easier for the Toran Liberation Army to enter Moravia. After acting as a decoy, Humphrey and Lepant returned to Moravia, where their reinforcements took care of the remaining troops stationed outside.

After the Battle at Floating Fortress Shasarazade, Humphrey helped Flik pursue the survivors of the Toran Liberation Army's attack. Following the last battle, Humphrey remained a man of few words, simply proclaiming that the Gate Rune War was over.

Following the end of the Gate Rune War, Humphrey left the Toran Republic along with Futch on a journey.

Personality and Traits
A silent and taciturn man, Humphrey rarely said anything that was not needed; this caused Mathiu Silverberg some confusion when Humphrey simply said "Uh huh" in response to Mathiu's question as to whether the Toran Liberation Army's meeting with the Dragon Knights was a success. Flik told Mathiu that he should not worry about Humphrey's silent nature and that Humphrey could just be a little friendlier to others.

Despite his silent nature, Humphrey would occasionally open up to others. Before the Battle at Floating Fortress Shasarazade, Humphrey told Mathiu Silverberg how he had attacked his commander during the Kalekka incident; it had been the first time, and, he hoped, the last time, Humphrey had attacked someone out of sheer hatred. Mathiu told Humphrey that this was no time to be distressed, as they had a job to do; such thoughts could wait until the end of the Toran Liberation War.

Humphrey was highly practical, and despite his shock at hearing of the death of Odessa Silverberg, he immediately recognized that Tir McDohl would be able to succeed Odessa as a leader.

Befitting his logical nature, Humphrey was also unafraid to ask former adversaries for aid; during the Toran Liberation War, Humphrey asked Kreutz to join the Toran Liberation Army, immediately noticing that Kreutz would be of great help to the Toran Liberation Army.

Trivia

 * Humphrey's weapon, despite being a broadsword, upgrades as Muramasa, Murasame, and Masamune, three historically significant types of Katana.