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'''Flik''' (フリック, ''Furikku'') is a character in [[Suikoden]] and [[Suikoden II]] who also makes a cameo in [[Genso Suikogaiden Vol.1]]. Flik is a mercenary who joined the [[Toran Liberation Army]] and the [[New State Army]]. | '''Flik''' (フリック, ''Furikku'') is a character in [[Suikoden]] and [[Suikoden II]] who also makes a cameo in [[Genso Suikogaiden Vol.1]]. Flik is a mercenary who joined the [[Toran Liberation Army]] and the [[New State Army]]. | ||
==Profile== | |||
===Appearance=== | |||
Unsurprisingly, given his sobroquet, Flik wore a blue cape and headband. In [[Suikoden]], he wore these over a breastplate, a mustard shirt, blue pants, and high, brown boots. In [[Suikoden II]], he instead wore a pale blue jacket along with black pants and boots, with blue leg guards. He wore brown gloves. | |||
Physically, Flik was said to be a handsome man, a trait that got him unwanted attention from women at times, including with [[Kimberly]], [[Rina]], and [[Nina]]. [[Kawano Junko]] drew Flik's final design to her own personal tastes after her first design was rejected for not being bishonen enough. | |||
===Personality=== | |||
Though Flik grew up in [[Warriors' Village]] and followed some of their traditions, such as the naming of his sword, he did not frequently return to the village and was not considered to have completed his trial of manhood. | |||
Flik was deeply in love with Odessa Silverberg. When Flik learned of Odessa's death, he went into a state of shock. He felt a great deal of guilt that he had not become the leader that he felt Odessa had wanted him to be and decided that he would have to become a better man before he met Odessa in the afterlife. Odessa remained on Flik's mind throughout much of the Toran Liberation War. Despite her death, he considered himself unavailable, and even late into the night prior to the [[Battle at Floating Fortress Shasarazade]], he was still up late into the night thinking of Odessa. | |||
Flik had a somewhat rocky relationship with [[Hero (Suikoden)|McDohl]]; unwilling to accept him into the Toran Liberation Army at first, Flik could not understand why Odessa trusted McDohl on important assignments. After joining forces, Flik began to notice the traits Odessa had seen in McDohl. Flik became quite protective of McDohl, joining him on missions and even taking an arrow for him in Gregminster Palace. | |||
During much of the Toran Liberation War, Flik was immature and hotheaded. Sanchez claimed that that immaturity was something that both he and Odessa had loved about Flik, as he was also a very honest person. Due to that immaturity and rashness, Flik made some careless decisions, such as his ordering all troops to advance to [[Scarleticia Castle]] following the Toran Liberation Army's victory at the [[Fortress of Garan]] without doing any reconnaissance. | |||
Flik would become more mature during the war. He gradually grew more tactical, such as when he advised McDohl that they bring Liukan to the [[Dragon's Den]], in order to make [[Joshua Levenheit]] more likely to commit to an alliance. His maturity came to fulmination when despite his rage at Sanchez, he agreed not to execute him at [[Floating Fortress of Shasarazade|Shasarazade]]. He had learned to look to the future with his comrades. | |||
Years later, during the [[Dunan Unification War]], the loss of Odessa still cast a shadow over his heart from time to time. Still, he always carried Odessa's memory in his heart. Unwilling to take the easy way out, he always fought to become a man worthy of the woman he loved. | |||
At first, he did not get along with [[Viktor]] at all, but over the course of the Gate Rune War, the two had built a trust on the field of battle. It was their fighting together at [[Gregminster Palace]] in order to allow McDohl to escape, however, that they became true friends, willing to trust and depend on each other without words. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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{{quote| In the name of my sword Odessa, I won't let you pass! | Flik}} | {{quote| In the name of my sword Odessa, I won't let you pass! | Flik}} | ||
Flik is a wandering swordsman. Born and raised in [[Warriors' Village]], Flik left the village on his [[Trial of Manhood]] and eventually became a mercenary. | Flik is a wandering swordsman. Born and raised in [[Warriors' Village]], Flik left the village on his [[Trial of Manhood]] and eventually became a mercenary. Around [[Solar calendar|SY]] 453, after a number of years working as a mercenary, Flik saved [[Odessa Silverberg]] from some [[Scarlet Moon Empire]] soldiers. Enraptured, he quickly joined her cause and eventually became Vice-Commander of the [[Toran Liberation Army]]. | ||
As a swordsman, he gained the title "Blue Lightning Flik" due to his blue clothing and sharp swordsmanship. Over time, he and Odessa would fall in love with one another and become a couple all while Flik continued to serve as a soldier in the fledgling Liberation Army. | As a swordsman, he gained the title "Blue Lightning Flik" due to his blue clothing and sharp swordsmanship. Over time, he and Odessa would fall in love with one another and become a couple all while Flik continued to serve as a soldier in the fledgling Liberation Army. | ||
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[[File:Flik blocks the escape route.png|thumb|right|220px|Geez, Flik. You used to be cool.]]After the end of the [[Gate Rune War]], Flik and [[Viktor]] travelled to the [[City-State of Jowston]]. Although their personalities often clashed, they both relied heavily on the other and had a bond forged through battle and their experiences as part of the [[Toran Liberation Army]]. In the City-State, they were hired by [[Anabelle]], Mayor of [[Muse City]] to form a mercenary company. | [[File:Flik blocks the escape route.png|thumb|right|220px|Geez, Flik. You used to be cool.]]After the end of the [[Gate Rune War]], Flik and [[Viktor]] travelled to the [[City-State of Jowston]]. Although their personalities often clashed, they both relied heavily on the other and had a bond forged through battle and their experiences as part of the [[Toran Liberation Army]]. In the City-State, they were hired by [[Anabelle]], Mayor of [[Muse City]] to form a mercenary company. | ||
Once the [[Dunan Unification War]] broke out, the mercenary army was charged with the defense of Muse City. Flik would | He and Viktor found a [[Hero (Suikoden II)|youth]] in the river near their [[Mercenary Fortress]] after jumping from [[Tenzan Pass]]. Taking him back, they kept him captive and took care of him. When the youth and [[Jowy Atreides]] escaped, Flik and Viktor would pursue them, rescuing them in [[Kyaro Town]] moments before their execution. | ||
Once the [[Dunan Unification War]] broke out, the mercenary army was charged with the defense of Muse City. Flik would accept the help of the youth he had found after testing him in a duel to prove his prowess. Although Flik initially viewed the hero as a youth to be protected, he would grow to realize his talents and the two would become equal partners in the fight against the [[Highland Kingdom]]. | |||
As the war would continue and the hero would ascend to lead the [[New State Army]], Flik saw Odessa's ambitions for peace in the hero just as he had previously seen [[Hero (Suikoden)|McDohl]] inherit her ambitions some years before. This is what inspired Flik to continue fighting for the New State Army until the very end. | As the war would continue and the hero would ascend to lead the [[New State Army]], Flik saw Odessa's ambitions for peace in the hero just as he had previously seen [[Hero (Suikoden)|McDohl]] inherit her ambitions some years before. This is what inspired Flik to continue fighting for the New State Army until the very end. | ||
Flik played a pivotal role in the New State Army's infiltration of [[Greenhill City]]. Investigating the city for traces of the missing acting mayor [[Teresa Wisemail]], Flik would save [[Fitcher]] from an angry mob and also rescue [[Nina]] from an altercation with a [[Highlands|Highland soldier]]. That would win him Nina's heart, a trophy he most certainly did not desire. | |||
As the war continued, Nina would try and have Flik open up about himself and Odessa. Her jealousy caused her to dismiss Odessa as a dead person Flik was obsessed with, much to his furor. Apologizing, the two would make up but Flik also made clear no one could dislodge Odessa from his heart. | |||
Once the Dunan Unification War came to a close, it seemed like Flik could have taken up a key position in the new [[Dunan Republic]]. Instead, like he did three years prior, Flik would leave the country he helped create and would continue on a journey with Viktor. | |||
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==Game info== | ==Game info== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
# [[Genso Suikoden II 108 Stars Character Guide]] (ISBN 4-88317-769-6), pages 184-5 | |||
# [[Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia]] (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), pages 244-5 | |||
# [[Genso Suikoden 108 Stars Character Guide]] (ISBN 4-7753-0050-4), pages 108-9 | |||
# [[Marugoto! Genso Suikoden Book]] (ISBN 978-4-7577-3673-3), page 61, Character Archive page 49 | |||
# [[Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia]], pages 30, 66, 93, 208 | # [[Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia]], pages 30, 66, 93, 208 | ||