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|name = Agares Blight | |name=Agares Blight | ||
| | |jpname=アガレス・ブライト | ||
| | |roname=Agaresu Buraito | ||
| | |img=Agares Blight (S2 character art) | ||
| | |art=Ishikawa Fumi | ||
|gender = Male | |gender=Male | ||
|race = Human | |race=Human | ||
| | |dob=408 | ||
|age=53 {{S2}} | |||
|age = 53 {{S2}} | |from=[[Highland Kingdom]] | ||
|from = [[Highland Kingdom]] | |family=[[Jillia Blight|Jillia]] ''(stepdaughter)''<br>[[Luca Blight|Luca]] ''(son)''<br>[[Robert Blight|Robert]] ''(father)''<br>[[Sara Blight|Sara]] ''(wife)'' | ||
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|S2 = yes | '''Agares Blight''' (アガレス・ブライト, ''Agaresu Buraito'') is a supporting character from [[Suikoden II]]. Agares is introduced as the ruler of the [[Highland Kingdom]], although he is quickly marginalised by his son [[Luca Blight]] as part of the latter's maniacal plans. | ||
}}'''Agares Blight''' (アガレス・ブライト, ''Agaresu Buraito'') is a supporting character from [[Suikoden II]]. Agares is introduced as the ruler of the [[Highland Kingdom]], although he is quickly marginalised by his son [[Luca Blight]] as part of the latter's maniacal plans. | |||
== | ==History== | ||
{{quote|Y....you would...... kill your father.....with your.... own hands..........?| Agares Blight}} | {{quote|Y....you would...... kill your father.....with your.... own hands..........?| Agares Blight}} | ||
[[File:Agares and Darell negotiate.jpg|thumb|left|220px|After his ascension, Agares (seated upper left) immediately pushed for peace with | [[File:Agares and Darell negotiate.jpg|thumb|left|220px|After his ascension, Agares (seated upper left) immediately pushed for peace with [[City-State of Jowston|Jowston]].]]Born in 408, Agares Blight became the 22nd king of [[Highland Kingdom|Highland]] at the age of 27, following the death of his father, [[Robert Blight|Robert]], during the Jowston-Highland war. Although not a talented ruler, he was a hopeful pacifist who disliked combat and so sued for peace, ending the war soon after his reign began. He continued to maintain an uneasy peace with the [[City-State of Jowston]] over the years. | ||
He was married to the noble [[Sara Blight|Sara]] by the time he took the throne in 434 and his son, [[Luca Blight|Luca]] was born the same year. The marriage was an arranged one, although Agares still felt love for his wife. Indeed, some of Agares' desire for peace may have been entrusted to him by his wife. | He was married to the noble [[Sara Blight|Sara]] by the time he took the throne in 434 and his son, [[Luca Blight|Luca]] was born the same year. The marriage was an arranged one, although Agares still felt love for his wife. Indeed, some of Agares' desire for peace may have been entrusted to him by his wife. | ||
In 443, nine years after Agares took the throne, the Blight royal caravan was attacked by what was ostensibly a group of bandits, although the equipment and training of the brigands indicated they were trained by [[Muse Principality|Muse]]. There, Agares abandoned his wife and son Luca and made for [[L'Renouille|the capital]]. Although later rescued by the [[Highland Army]], Luca would always hold his father responsible for the events and their repercussions, including the | In 443, nine years after Agares took the throne, the Blight royal caravan was attacked by what was ostensibly a group of bandits, although the equipment and training of the brigands indicated they were trained by [[Muse Principality|Muse]]. There, Agares abandoned his wife and son Luca and made for [[L'Renouille|the capital]]. | ||
Although later rescued by the [[Highland Army]], Luca would always hold his father responsible for the events and their repercussions, including the breakdown and eventual death of Sara. Realising Luca's hatred, Agares would begin to gradually distance himself from his son despite still holding affection for him. Meanwhile, Agares was always distant and unaffectionate with his stepdaughter [[Jillia Blight|Jillia]], who was conceived during the violation of Sara. | |||
[[File:Agares' last words.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Agares struggled to comprehend the depths of [[Luca Blight|Luca]]'s hatred even as he lay dying.]] | |||
Although the continuing peace agreement with Jowston was said to have regarded as his highest achievement, Agares' pacifist policies led to fierce opposition from within the military and he would later reluctantly entrust the command of the military to Luca in order to reduce the dissatisfaction of the army. Despite this, it is said that the prince was not necessarily any more talented in that area than Agares. | |||
Older generals such as [[Han Cunningham]] would continue to support Agares, while younger generals such as [[Seed]] and [[Culgan]] supported Luca and his appointment as commander of the Highland Army. Agares would devote his time to political affairs following this appointment, nursing a deep loneliness in his heart. | |||
By the time of the [[Dunan Unification War]] in 460, Agares found himself unable to silence the hardline factions opposed to his peaceful policies. As the war raged under Luca's direction, Luca and [[Jowy Atreides]] plotted to overthrow Agares, both for their own purposes. Nominating Jowy for knighthood led to the [[Knight's Oath]] ceremony where Agares drank the [[Wine of Fealty]], containing the blood of the oath bearer as was the tradition. | |||
Still, Jowy's blood was heavily poisoned, causing Agares to collapse in pain. Realizing what had happened, Agares spat out his protestations, trying to appeal to Luca's memories of his mother and quell his violent ambitions, which only served to enrage Luca as he recalled Agares' "cowardice". Agares soon died on the floor of [[L'Renouille Palace]]. | |||
His delegating of military authority and the eventual war that broke out during his reign, coupled with his assassination, means that history remembers Agares as a weak-willed ruler who made the first step towards the Highland Kingdom's destruction. | His delegating of military authority and the eventual war that broke out during his reign, coupled with his assassination, means that history remembers Agares as a weak-willed ruler who made the first step towards the Highland Kingdom's destruction. | ||
==Genso Suikoden Card Stories TCG== | |||
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==Name== | |||
Agares is the name of a Goetic demon. He is described as a duke who teaches languages, stops and retrieves runaway persons, causes earthquakes, and grants noble titles and commands either 31 or 36 legions of demons, depending on the source material. | |||
Blight, the name of the Highland royal family, is an English word stemming from the Old Norse word "blikna", meaning "to grow pallid". It is used to describe anything that impedes or halts any aspect of life but mainly refers to plant and fungal conditions. It can also be localized as "Bright", meaning vivid or dazzling. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
# [[Genso Suikoden I & II Official World Guide Book]] (ISBN 4-471-36033-7), page 34 | # [[Genso Suikoden I & II Official World Guide Book]] (ISBN 4-471-36033-7), page 34 | ||
# [[Genso Suikoden II 108 Stars Character Guide]] (ISBN 4-88317-769-6), page 225 | # [[Genso Suikoden II 108 Stars Character Guide]] (ISBN 4-88317-769-6), page 225 | ||
# [[Genso Suikoden Genso Shinsho Vol. 5 | # [[Genso Suikoden Genso Shinsho Vol.5]] (ISBN 4-88317-884-6), pages 17 & 28 | ||
# [[Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia]] (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), page 15 | # [[Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia]] (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), page 15 | ||
# [[Genso Suikoden Genso Shinsho Vol.9]] (ISBN 4-7753-0088-1), page 89 | |||
# [[Genso Suikoden 1&2 Official Guide Complete Edition]] (ISBN 978-4-86155-109-3), page 317 | # [[Genso Suikoden 1&2 Official Guide Complete Edition]] (ISBN 978-4-86155-109-3), page 317 | ||
# [[Marugoto! Genso Suikoden Book]] (ISBN 978-4-7577-3673-3), Character Archive page 4 | # [[Marugoto! Genso Suikoden Book]] (ISBN 978-4-7577-3673-3), Character Archive page 4 | ||
# [[Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia]], page 123 | # [[Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia]], page 123 | ||
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