Chris Lightfellow

The Silver Maiden of the Zexen Knights
Chris Lightfellow
クリス・ライトフェロー, Kurisu Raitoferō
108 Stars Tenbi Star
Gender Female
Race Human
Age 22 (S3)
Birth Year SY 454
Height 172cm (5'8") (S3)
From Zexen Federation
Family Anna (mother)
Wyatt (father)
Appears in

Chris Lightfellow (クリス・ライトフェロー, Kurisu Raitoferō) is one of the main protagonists of Suikoden III.

Chris is the Acting Captain of the Zexen Knights who must try and reconcile her duties with her morals. She is often called the "Silver Maiden" and the "White Hero", both for her beautiful appearance and her terrifying skill with a blade.

Profile

Captain of the Zexen Knights. She is called "the Silver Maiden" and is treated as a heroine in Zexen.

—  Chris' profile

Appearance

As a Zexen Knight, Chris Lightfellow is always clad in her customary silver armor, boots, and greaves. Underneath, she wears black garments. She wears orange and gold bases as befitting her status as one of the Six Mighty Knights. Her silver hair is braided and tied up to keep it from being a detriment in combat. She has violet eyes.

On her journey in the Grassland, Chris wears practical traveling gear. A green jacket over a white shirt, long navy-blue pants, brown boots, and black gloves. Her hair is also let down, revealing to hang to the small of her back. In both outfits, she wears small teardrop earrings.

Personality

Chris Lightfellow was known as the Silver Maiden due to her appearance, riding a white horse, clad in silver armor, and with shining white hair. Although celebrated as a hero within her native Zexen for her pride and noble bearing, Chris placed immense pressure on herself due to feelings that she was not worthy of such praise.

As a Zexen Knight, her loyalty was to the institution of Zexen itself, rather than its lands or its people, per se. Chris' dogmatic loyalty to the Zexen Council contrasts with her comrades' personal loyalty to her. This perspective began to shift once she journeyed into the Grassland and met Yun, who was willing to sacrifice her life for her people.

Eventually Chris comes to believe that people can work together to protect what is important to them, even if their positions and ideas are different. This eventually enables her to accept the titles lauded upon her in order to become a symbol of her beliefs. Although she can be overly serious, she has a gentle personality overall and is greatly trusted and respected both by her subordinates and the people of Zexen.

History

The Zexen Knights raise their blades for the Zexen Federation and for peace in Grassland!

—  Chris Lightfellow

Chris Lightfellow was born to Anna and Wyatt Lightfellow in Vinay del Zexay. She lost her father at a young age and her mother passed not long after. Growing up, she was skilled in swordplay but disliked more traditionally feminine activities. She was unmelodic and did not last long in school choir because of this. Inspired by her father's ideal and in some way pursuing his memory, Chris would train to be a Zexen Knight.

At the Zexen Federation Day Ball in 470, Chris ended up brawling with Lilly Pendragon, first daughter of the Tinto Republic. Lilly had insisted Chris dance with her and when Chris, who was not good at dancing at the time, accidentally spilled a glass of wine on Lilly's dress, a brawl soon broke out. Lilly ended up throwing a cake at Chris, who retaliated with a slap.

The fight would finally end after the two finished hurling tables at one another. Despite, or rather because of, this incident, the two recognized the strong will in each other and the two, especially Lilly, considered themselves friends.

During a fierce battle against the Grassland clans, before the War of the Champions, the Zexen Knight commander Galahad was killed. It was Chris who rose up to rally the knights and win the battle. This impressive showing led to her being appointed deputy leader of the Zexen Knights.

Although dedicated to her job and willing to shoulder the heavy responsibility it brought, the plots of the Zexen Council to provoke fighting in Grassland combined with the invasion from the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia began to take its toll.

In the Zexen attack on the Karaya Village, Chris sighted her father's armor outside a Karaya house. Concluding that Wyatt had been killed and his armor claimed as a battle trophy, she would be filled with malice. When Lulu jumped to attack her, Chris reacted instinctively, cutting down the youth in an instant, much to her shock.

Becoming disillusioned, Chris would find out from one Nash Clovis that her father, Wyatt, was still alive. Already pondering a question from Salome Harras on what Zexen meant to her, she would leave on a journey to follow the trail of her father, defending the Chisha Village and eventually arriving at the Alma Kinan Village. There, she learned from Yun that the True Water Rune, the True Rune her father bore, was sealed.

Learning that her father fought alongside the Flame Champion in times past renewed Chris' resolve to fight to protect the people, of both Grassland and Zexen. And so, she would choose to fight alongside Hugo as he took up the mantle of the Flame Champion.

Once the Harmonian invasion began in earnest, Chris fought tirelessly as a member of the Fire Bringer. After a battle over the True Water Rune, Chris was reunited with her father one last time. Wyatt would explain the reason for his disappearance, the need to ensure his family's safety from Harmonian assassins. Following his dying wish, Chris would inherit the True Water Rune and fight on in his name.

As the war intensified, Luc temporarily managed to take the True Water Rune but fighting alongside her allies at the Ceremonial Site, Chris was able to reclaim her rune and helped to defeat Luc and end the war for good.

Although the peace won extended far beyond the borders of Zexen relations with the Grassland clans and Harmonia did not improve easily. Still, committed to peace and vowing to protect the people, Chris would go to receive further fame as Captain of the Zexen Knights.

Gameplay

Recruitment

Recruitment
Chris joins automatically at the beginning of Chris Chapter 1.
Level Gender
20 Female

Battle bonds

Battle Behavior
Ease to Anger Difficult to anger and cool down
Movement Short-range
Battle AI Attack-minded warrior
Unite Attack
1 Knight Attack B w/ Any two of Borus, Leo, and Percival
Members must be on horseback

Equipment

Starting Equipment
Head Helmet
Body Heavy armor
Shield --
Other --
Rune No rune attached
Equipment Type
Head New Helm
Body New Armor
Shield Can't equip
Other Gauntlet
Boots
Medicine A 6

Runes

Magic Compatability
Fire Water Earth
Lightning Wind Gate
Sword Jonguleur Shield
Rune Slots
Head Never available
Right Hand Level 30/True Rune will remove any equipped rune in Chapter 4
Left Hand Phoenix Rune
Weapon Never available

Skills

Free Skill Slots Locked Skill Slots
This character has 2 open skill slots. This character has 6 locked skill slots.

Physical Skills

Skill Name Level Begin Potential Max
Swing 1 D C B
Accuracy 1 D B B+
Damage 1 D A A
Sharpshoot
Counter-Attack
Heavy Damage 25 E A A
Continual Attack
Freeze
Skill Name Level Begin Potential Max
Thief
Repel 1 D C B
Parry 1 D A A
Shield Protect
Armor Protect 1 D B B
Adrenaline Power
Holy Dash D C
Fighting Spirit

Magic Skills

Skill Name Level Begin Potential Max
Fire Magic D C
Water Magic B B+
Wind Magic D C
Earth Magic D C
Lightning Magic D C
Shield Magic
Blinking Magic
Pale Gate Magic
Skill Name Level Begin Potential Max
Sword of Magic A A
Magic Repel
Magic Resistance C B
Focus
Precision
Magic Rationing
Chanting Volume
Chanting Purity

Stats

Stat Grades
HP PWR SKL
D F E
MGC REP PDF
I F
MDF SPD LUK
E G E
Stat Growth Rate
LV HP PWR SKL MGC REP PDF MDF SPD LCK
1 24 13 13 11 13 13 12 13
20 190 68 75 43 68 75 60 75
60 450 146 163 88 146 163 128 163
99 540 170 190 110 170 190 150 190

War

War Stats
Leader Support War Skill 1 War Skill 2
Tactics I, Valor I Riding

Weapon

Weapon
LV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
ATK 6 18 31 43 55 78 88 98 107 117 127 151 161 171 180 190
Name Letzt Stendich Ervich
W Type W Level Range
Other N/A Medium


Genso Suikoden Card Stories TCG

Card # Name Type Release
398 Chris Leader Booster Pack Vol.3
479 Chris Leader Booster Pack Vol.4
CS2-004 Chris Leader CS2 Booster Pack Vol.1
CS2-291 Hugo & Chris & Geddoe Leader CS2 Booster Pack Vol.3
Non-character cards depicting this character
457 Razing of Karaya Village Mission Booster Pack Vol.3
465 Harvest Festival Mission Booster Pack Vol.3
538 Battle of Chisha Village Mission Booster Pack Vol.4
542 Wandering Mission Booster Pack Vol.4
CS2-120 Fire Bringer Formation Mission CS2 Booster Pack Vol.1
CS2-121 Soul-Sending Ritual Mission CS2 Booster Pack Vol.1
CS2-368 Each Rune Mission CS2 Booster Pack Vol.3


Gallery

Trivia

  • Chris' weapon upgrades as Letzt, Stendich, Evich. All three are of German origin, being bad transcriptions of Letzte, Ständig and Ewig, which would make her weapons German for Last, Constant, and Eternal.
  • Chris is the worst choice for Flame Champion when magic power and rune affinity is taken into consideration, as her Fire Magic rank maxes at C, whereas her Water Magic rank maxes at B+.
  • Due to her poor magic growth, she is never able to cast the Level 4 spell of any rune without the abuse of stat stones or the Level 99 trick.

References

  1. Genso Suikoden III 108 Stars Character Guide (ISBN 4-7753-0331-7), pages 134-5
  2. Marugoto! Genso Suikoden Book (ISBN 978-4-7577-3673-3), page 42, Character Archive page 18
  3. Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia, pages 298-9
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108 Stars (Battle) AceAilaAlanisAugustine NaborAyameBazbaBeechamBelleBorus RedrumBrightCecileChris LightfellowDukeDupaEdgeElaineEmilyEstellaFranzFred MaximillianFubarFutchGadget ZGauGeddoeHallecHugoJacquesJimbaJokerJuanKenjiKorokuLandisLeo GalanLilly PendragonLucLuciaMelMelvilleMuaNash ClovisNeiNicolasPercival FrauleinPiccoloQueenReedRhettRicoRodyRoland LesaurusRubySalome HarrasSamusSanae YamamotoSarahSasaraiSgt. JoeShabonSharonShibaThomasToppoTutaTwaikinVikiViki (child)Wan FuWatariWilderYuberYuiriYumi
108 Stars (Support) Albert SilverbergAnneAppleArthurBartsBillyCaesar SilverbergDiosDominicEikeElliotErnieGordonGoroGuillaumeHortez VIIIkuJeaneJeffersonKathyKiddLouis KeefersonLuceMamieMarthaMikeMioMutoNadirPeggiScottSebastianShizuYun
Other playable characters ConnieKogoroKoichiKosanjiLulu
Non-player characters Anna LightfellowBrankyBrownErk de ForeverFlame ChampionGalahadGeorge SilverbergGezel HyattHikusaakJohannaLanchetLeknaatLowmaMasked ManMyriamPelizeRickSanaStar Dragon SwordThomas (youth)WaurenhyteZepon
Locations
GrasslandHoly Kingdom of HarmoniaZexen Federation
Grassland Alma Kinan VillageAmur PlainAncient HighwayCeremonial SiteChisha VillageDuck VillageFlame Champion's HideawayGreat HollowKaraya VillageKuput ForestMt. Hei-TouNorth Amur PlainRuins of CyndarTablet of StarsYaza Plain
Holy Kingdom of Harmonia Altar of the Mantor TrainersCaleria (Caleria Fortress) • Circle PalaceLe BuqueMountain PathMt. Senai
Zexen Federation Brass CastleBudehuc CastleIksay VillageNorth CavernVinay del Zexay (CouncilSeigal Gate) • Zexen Forest
Lore
Events Higheast RebellionWar of the ChampionsZexen Federation Day BallZexen-Grassland Armistice
Races DuckDwarfElfHumanKoboldLizardWinged Horde
True Runes Circle RuneEight Section RuneNight RuneTrue Earth RuneTrue Fire RuneTrue Lightning RuneTrue Water RuneTrue Wind Rune
Terms Alma KinanBlack Rose SocietyChisha ClanDestroyersDuck ClanDuck HalberdDunan RepublicErk's AdventuresFire BringerGray WorldKage (group)Kamaro Alliance of Free KnightsKanaa ClanKaraya ClanKnights of the Dragon's DenLizard ClanLoaNameless LandsSafir ClanSanadySix ClansSouthern Frontier Defense ForceTinto RepublicZexen CouncilZexen KnightsZexen script