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| |name = Liukan | | |name = Liukan |
| |japanese_name= リュウカン | | |japanese_name= リュウカン |
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| }}'''Liukan''' (リュウカン, ''Ryuukan'') is a supporting character in [[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]] who makes a cameo in [[Suikoden II]]. Liukan is a doctor who is considered to be the finest physician in all of the [[Toran Republic]]. | | }}'''Liukan''' (リュウカン, ''Ryuukan'') is a supporting character in [[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]] who makes a cameo in [[Suikoden II]]. He is considered to be the finest physician in all of the [[Toran Republic]]. |
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| {{quote| Please take care. Even I, Liukan, cannot raise the dead. | Liukan}} | | {{quote| Please take care. Even I, Liukan, cannot raise the dead. | Liukan}} |
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| Liukan is a famous doctor, sometimes called the "Holy Doctor"<ref>"We sent a man to look for Liukan, whom people call the Holy Doctor, but he has apparently disappeared." - Joshua Levenheit ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>, and is considered the most famous doctor in the land<ref>"He's the finest doctor in the land. He can probably find a cure." - Joshua Levenheit ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Liukan practised in [[Rikon]]; however, he grew tired of the world of medicine<ref>"You want me to prepare some medicine, right? I'm tired of all that." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>, and retired and moved away from Rikon<ref>"Are you fellows looking for Liukan too? Forget it! That fine pharmacist's long retired and living up in the hills." - Man ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>, moving into an isolated [[Liukan's Hermitage|hermitage]] located past the [[Rapids of Dunan]]. Despite his retirement, patients continued to travel to Rikon in search of him<ref>"We travelled a long way after hearing that a renowned pharmacist lives here. I was hoping he'd have a cure for my sick child, but..." - Older woman ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. | | Liukan is a famous doctor who practised in [[Rikon]]; eventually, he retired and moved into an isolated [[Liukan's Hermitage|hermitage]]. Despite his retirement, patients continued to travel to Rikon in search of him<ref>"We travelled a long way after hearing that a renowned pharmacist lives here. I was hoping he'd have a cure for my sick child, but..." - Older woman ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. |
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| During the [[Gate Rune War]], the [[Toran Liberation Army]] visited Liukan in hopes of him making them an antidote towards [[Milich Oppenheimer]]'s poisonous flowers. Liukan claimed that he had isolated himself to no avail<ref>"So, it appears I tried to isolate myself to no avail." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref> and mentioned how he was tired of preparing medicines, but Liukan was interrupted by Milich Oppenheimer, who kidnapped Liukan, placing him in [[Soniere Prison]] in order to prevent Liukan from aiding the Toran Liberation Army<ref>"I shall invite Dr. Liukan over to my impenetrable Soniere Prison." - Milich Oppenheimer ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. | | During the [[Gate Rune War]], Liukan was kidnapped by [[Milich Oppenheimer]] and placed in [[Soniere Prison]] to prevent him from aiding the [[Toran Liberation Army]]. |
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| The Toran Liberation Army quickly launched a rescue effort, breaking into Soniere Prison in order to rescue Liukan. As they reached Liukan's cell, Liukan mistook his rescuers for executioners, declaring to them that he would not miss this world<ref>"Ah, so my time is up. I'm prepared to die. And I won't miss this world." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. However, upon realizing the identity of his rescuers<ref>"You're...those troublemakers who came to my house." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>, Liukan consented to go with them<ref>"Good idea. I'm beginning to miss the sunlight." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. | | The Toran Liberation Army quickly launched a rescue effort; following his rescue, Liukan prepared an antitoxin for them. |
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| Following his successful rescue, Liukan decided that he would like to join the Toran Liberation Army, deciding against leading a reclusive, quiet life<ref>"I became sick of this world, and retired to the mountains as a recluse, planning to lead a quiet life. But I changed my mind. I would like to fight alongside you. Please let me join you, Commander Tir." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Liukan quickly prepared an antitoxin<ref>"This here is an antitoxin." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>, which proved highly effective in combating Milich's poisonous flowers.
| | Later, Liukan was sent to [[Goya]] in order to examine the sleeping [[dragon|dragons]]. Liukan discovered that they had been poisoned and was able to cure them after combining several rare ingredients. |
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| Later in the Gate Rune War, Liukan's talents were once again needed by the Toran Liberation Army. He was sent to [[Goya]] in order to examine the sleeping [[dragon|dragons]]. After examining the [[Dragon Knights|Dragon Knight]]'s dragons, Liukan discovered that they were not ill, but rather had been poisoned with sleeping poison<ref>"This isn't a disease. They have been poisoned with sleeping poison." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. In order to prepare an antidote, Liukan sent [[Tir McDohl]] and his party to [[Seek Valley]] in order to find [[Moonlight weed]]. After overhearing Liukan mention that another needed ingredient, the [[Black dragon orchid]], could only be found in the [[Floating Garden]] of [[Gregminster Palace]], [[Futch]] took off on his dragon, [[Black]]. Liukan blamed himself for Futch's rash behaviour, claiming that he should not have mentioned it in front of him<ref>"The only place where one can obtain the black dragon orchid is the Floating Garden at Gregminster. I shouldn't have mentioned it in front of him." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Futch's attempt to get the Black Dragon Orchid inadvertently gave Liukan his final needed ingredient, a dragon liver, as Futch's mount, Black, was killed by [[Windy]] as Futch attempted to return to the [[Dragon's Den]]. The ingredients collected, Lukien quickly prepared an antidote<ref>"Yes, I made the antidote from the three ingredients and gave them to the dragons. They should be awakening soon." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>.
| | After the war, Liukan opened a clinic, where he saved many lives<ref>"Opens a clinic, where he saves many lives." - Liukan's Ending Text ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. |
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| During the Gate Rune War, Liukan felt frustrated by the deaths brought on by the war, claiming that even his medicines were useless to stop many lives from being lost in battles<ref>"With each battle, many lives are lost. Even my medicines are useless." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref> Prior to the [[Battle at Floating Fortress Shasarazade]], Liukan conversed with [[Fukien]], the two mourning the loss of young lives that war inevitably brought<ref>"Me too. We old ones are prepared, but... It hurts to see young ones die." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Following the battle, Liukan tended to the injured at [[Floating Fortress of Shasarazade|Shasarazade]]<ref>"My hands are full with the injured. - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Liukan was present at [[Sanchez]]'s stabbing of [[Mathiu Silverberg]], and immediately understood the gravity of Mathiu's wounds<ref>"Don't be ridiculous, Master Mathiu. You're badly injured. If you move..." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Liukan attempted to keep Mathiu from overstraining himself<ref>"Let me tell you something, as a doctor. I won't let Mathiu go to battle." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>, but was unable to keep Mathiu from accompanying Tir McDohl during the [[The Last Battle (Suikoden)|last battle]]. Liukan continued to give Mathiu medical advice<ref>"Master Mathiu! Don't strain yourself any further. You shouldn't be outside." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref> and told Mathiu of the Toran Liberation Army's victory<ref>"Master Liukan, those voices... Have we won?" - Mathiu Silverberg<br>"Yes, undoubtedly." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>. Liukan heard the dying Mathiu's final words, and in one of his last acts as a member of the Toran Liberation Army, Liukan lamented Mathiu's passing<ref>"Are you asleep now, Master Mathiu? May you rest in peace. You have accomplished so much in your life." - Liukan ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>.
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| Following the end of the Gate Rune War, Liukan opened a clinic, where he saved many lives<ref>"Opens a clinic, where he saves many lives." - Liukan's Ending Text ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref>.
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| | * Liukan is sometimes known as the "Holy Doctor."<ref>"We sent a man to look for Liukan, whom people call the Holy Doctor, but he has apparently disappeared." - Joshua Levenheit ([[Suikoden (game)|Suikoden]])</ref> |
| *Liukan's weapon upgrades as ''Stick'', ''Oak Stick'', and ''Ebony Stick''. Both of these types of wood have medicinal uses - Oak bark has been used by herbalists for years as an astringent, and the leaves and other parts of the trees of the ebony family were traditionally used to treat intestinal parasites, wounds, dysentery, and fever. | | *Liukan's weapon upgrades as ''Stick'', ''Oak Stick'', and ''Ebony Stick''. Both of these types of wood have medicinal uses - Oak bark has been used by herbalists for years as an astringent, and the leaves and other parts of the trees of the ebony family were traditionally used to treat intestinal parasites, wounds, dysentery, and fever. |
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