Bright Shield Rune

The Bright Shield Rune (輝く盾の紋章, Kagayaku Tate no Monshō)is one of the 27 True Runes. It is the rune of the protagonist of Suikoden II.

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The Bright Shield Rune was a rune inherited by the leader of the New State Army as the Dunan Unification War began to intensify. It originally comprised half of the Rune of Beginning, along with the Black Sword Rune, which was inherited by Jowy Atreides.

In comparison to the aggressive Black Sword Rune, the Bright Shield Rune holds many powerful curative spells and abilities. Rune scholars, interested in the nature of True Runes debate whether the two runes choose their bearers based on their personalities or if the runes instead manipulated the bearers.