Hugo (Suikoden III)

Energetic Karayan warrior and son of Lucia
Hugo
ヒューゴ, Hyūgo
108 Stars Tensyo Star¹
Gender Male
Race Human
Age 15 (S3)
Birth Year SY 461
Height 167cm (5'6") (S3)
From Karaya Village
Family Lucia (mother)
Appears in

Hugo (ヒューゴ, Hyūgo) is one of the protagonists of Suikoden III. He is a young warrior of the Karaya Clan whose search for the Flame Champion helps him to realise his own potential as a hero.

History

The only son of Lucia, the Karaya Chief. He is an energetic youth accompanied by his steed, a griffon named Fubar.

—  Hugo's profile

Hugo is the only son of Lucia, chief of the Karaya Clan. He is said to have inherited the martial prowess of his mother and was one of the best horse riders in the Karaya Village. He was born shortly after the conclusion of the Dunan Unification War.

He had been friends with his griffin, Fubar, since he was four years old and was tutored in fighting by Sgt. Joe. Like most Karayan males, he wielded the jambiya, a type of dagger which had a distorted blade.

See you in two chapters, mom.

Just prior to the outbreak of the War of the Champions, Hugo was sent to Vinay del Zexay as a peace envoy perceeding talks between the Six Clans and the Zexen Federation. Shortly after this, war broke out and Hugo rushed back to Karaya only to find it ablaze, attacked by the Zexen Knights. There, his best friend Lulu was killed by Chris Lightfellow.

Following this, he began to track down the legendary Flame Champion before rejoining Lucia and the survivors of the Karaya at the Great Hollow. Tracking the trail of the Flame Champion to Budehuc Castle and Chisha Village, Hugo began to desire to become stronger, in order to protect what was important to him.

Finally, after reaching the Flame Champion's Hideaway, Hugo would inherit the True Fire Rune, the rune of the Flame Champion. Although he managed to thwart the attempts of Luc to capture the rune, Harmonian forces would soon start searching for the rune, beginning a massive invasion of the Grassland.

Unable to repel the Harmonian forces, both Grassland and Zexen forces began to fall back under Hugo was able to unite the disparate forces under the banner of the Fire Bringer as successor to the Flame Champion. Based at Budehuc Castle, this new Fire Bringer would successfully stave off Harmonian invasion.

The true threat, however, was Luc, who managed to take not only Hugo's True Fire Rune but the True Runes of both Geddoe and Chris Lightfellow as well. Sasarai was able to inform Hugo of Luc's plan to destroy his own True Wind Rune, which would potentially annihilate the Grassland and gave his location at the Ceremonial Site. This site would be the location of a final, all-out battle where Luc would be defeated, and Hugo would reclaim his rune.

Following the war, Hugo, who had grown from a boy into a true leader through his many trials and experiences, would succeed Lucia as leader of the Karaya Clan. While working to rebuild the Karaya Village, he would strive to form a bond of friendship between the Karaya, Zexen and Harmonia.

Gameplay

Recruitment

Recruitment
Hugo joins automatically at the beginning of Hugo Chapter 1.
Level Gender
12 Male

Battle bonds

Battle Behavior
Ease to Anger Difficult
Movement Short-range
Battle AI Attack-minded warrior
Unite Attack
1 ' w/ This character has no Unite attack

Equipment

Starting Equipment
Head Cap
Body Light armor
Shield --
Other --
Rune No rune attached
Equipment Type
Head Feather Band
Body Damaged Leather
Shield Can't equip
Other Sandals
Lunch Box 4

Runes

Magic Compatability
Fire Water Earth
Lightning Wind Gate
Sword Jonguleur Shield
Rune Slots
Head Never available
Right Hand Level 35/True Rune will remove any equipped rune in Chapter 4
Left Hand Wind Rune
Weapon Never available

Skills

Free Skill Slots Locked Skill Slots
This character has 4 open skill slots. This character has 4 locked skill slots.

Physical Skills

Skill Name Level Begin Potential Max
Swing 1 E A A
Accuracy 1 E A A
Damage C B
Sharpshoot
Counter-Attack 1 E B B+
Heavy Damage 1 D A A
Continual Attack 20 E B B+
Freeze
Skill Name Level Begin Potential Max
Thief
Repel S S
Parry 40 E B B+
Shield Protect
Armor Protect B D
Adrenaline Power
Holy Dash B B+
Fighting Spirit

Magic Skills

Skill Name Level Begin Potential Max
Fire Magic C B
Water Magic D C
Wind Magic 1 E B B+
Earth Magic B B+
Lightning Magic C B
Shield Magic
Blinking Magic
Pale Gate Magic
Skill Name Level Begin Potential Max
Sword of Magic C B
Magic Repel
Magic Resistance C B
Focus
Precision
Magic Rationing
Chanting Volume
Chanting Purity

Stats

Stat Grades
HP PWR SKL
E G D
MGC REP PDF
G E
MDF SPD LUK
G F F
Stat Growth Rate
LV HP PWR SKL MGC REP PDF MDF SPD LCK
1 20 12 14 12 13 12 13 13
20 170 60 86 60 75 60 68 68
60 410 128 182 128 163 128 146 146
99 500 150 215 150 190 150 170 170

War

War Stats
Leader Support War Skill 1 War Skill 2
--

Weapon

Weapon
LV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
ATK 6 18 29 41 60 70 80 90 100 110 135 144 153 162 171 180
Name Kwan Gwanga Luft
W Type W Level Range
One-handed sword N/A Medium


Genso Suikoden Card Stories TCG

Card # Name Type Release
404 Hugo Leader Booster Pack Vol.3
CS2-015 Hugo Leader CS2 Booster Pack Vol.1
CS2-291 Hugo & Chris & Geddoe Leader CS2 Booster Pack Vol.3
Non-character cards depicting this character
459 Sindar Door Mission Booster Pack Vol.3
461 Duck Village Murder Case Mission Booster Pack Vol.3
462 Departure Mission Booster Pack Vol.3
463 Little Champion Mission Booster Pack Vol.3
464 Escape Vinay del Zexay Mission Booster Pack Vol.3
538 Battle of Chisha Village Mission Booster Pack Vol.4
539 Counterattack Mission Booster Pack Vol.4
CS2-120 Fire Bringer Formation Mission CS2 Booster Pack Vol.1
CS2-122 Trial of the Champion Mission CS2 Booster Pack Vol.1
CS2-126 Gray World Mission CS2 Booster Pack Vol.1
CS2-127 Last Sortie Mission CS2 Booster Pack Vol.1
CS2-368 Each Rune Mission CS2 Booster Pack Vol.3


Gallery

Trivia

  • Hugo's weapon upgrades as Kwan, Gwanga, Luft. Luft is German for air, the origin of the first two names is unknown.
  • Hugo does not get a traditional unite attack, but if paired with Fubar they will act as a mounted unit in battle.
  • Both the licensed Suikoden III manga and the Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia state that Hugo inherited the True Fire Rune.
  • Hugo is self-conscious about his height and sometimes hung from his windowsill at Budehuc Castle in a desperate attempt to grow taller.
  • If Belle is recruited during Hugo's Chapters, the scene plays out differently. She seems to have immediately developed a crush on him, and this affection will continue through letters if he is selected as Flame Champion. She acts shyly if you speak to her as Hugo, and she will confess her feelings toward him to Koroku.
  • Hugo is the only one of the three possible Flame Champions to be able to use all three of the True Runes available among them. Naturally if selected for Champion he will bear the True Fire Rune, if Chris Lightfellow is selected he will instead bear the True Water Rune, finally, if Geddoe is selected, then the True Lightning Rune will pass to Hugo, as Geddoe cannot use more than one True Rune.
  • Even though fans and publications favor him as the new Flame Champion, he doesn't have the highest Fire Magic skill of all three candidates: His skill maxes out at B, while Geddoe can achieve a B+.

References

  1. Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia, pages 299, 345
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Locations
GrasslandHoly Kingdom of HarmoniaZexen Federation
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Lore
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