Percival Fraulein

Percival Fraulein (パーシヴァル・フロイライン, Pāshivuaru Furoirain) is a supporting character in Suikoden III. Percival is one of the Six Mighty Zexen Knights.

History
"One of the six renowned Zexen Knights. He excels at handling horses and is known as the "Swordsman of Gale"."

- Percival's profile

Percival is one of the renowned Six Mighty Knights, the most skilled of the Zexen Knights. His talent at handling horses and his speed on horseback has earned him the nickname of the "Swordsman of Gale". He was also popular with women due to his good looks, charming personality, and snappy banter.

Raised in Iksay Village, Percival was still known as "Percy" to its residents. He was one of very few knights to have come from a commoner background, which tended to give him a flexible view on things, allowing him to offer up unique ideas and insights easily.

He joined the Knights as a common soldier but became one of the Six Mighty Knights at the behest of Knight Commander Galahad, who had observed Percival's skills on the field of battle. After becoming one of the Six Knights, he became a rival of Borus Redrum but eventually the two forged a bond as comrades.

During the War of the Champions, Percival became concerned concerned about Chris, who has collapsed from exhaustion, and invited her to his hometown's harvest festival. In the village, he was greeted by his old childhood nickname, Percy. Chris would tease Percival in return by calling him Percy, embarrassing him while cheering up the beleaguered knight commander.

Later, Percival would lead the siege of Budehuc Castle alongside Leo. Although under the orders of the Zexen Council, Percival was reluctant to act after witnessing the resistance of the castle residents to remove Thomas as the castle lord. He would agree to back down, much to Leo's consternation. Percival also realized that Salome most likely had a plan in mind and wanted to wait until it was carried out, showing his flexible attitude.

During the War of the Champions, Percival fought valiantly and bravely, without ever losing his cool, contributing greatly to the cause of the Fire Bringer. Following the war, Percival returned to his home village before rejoining the knights when war broke out, his skills as sharp as ever.

Trivia

 * Percival's weapon upgrades as Einst, Ghegenwelt, Zukenft. These are transcriptions of the German words for Past, Present, Future. The latter two are incorrect, correctly transcribed they would be Gegenwart and Zukunft.
 * Percival does relatively well as a combat mage. As far as skill upgrades allow everything reaches B or A levels. He gets the unique skills Continual Attack, Parry and Shield Magic.
 * Percival participates in the Knight A attack with Borus when not mountaed. He can also participate in the Knight B attack with Chris, and Borus or Leo. This only works when the party are mounted on horses.
 * His first name is a reference to the Arthurian knight Parzival. His last name is incorrectly transcribed German for Miss. Correctly, it would be Fräulein.