robin (m) | fire emblem: awakening
Name: Eski
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Character Name: Robin
Canon: Fire Emblem: Awakening
Canon Point: Before Endgame: Grima
Background/History: Link
Personality:

An amnesiac at the beginning of the game, Robin is essentially a blank slate when Chrom and his party find him. Unable to remember his name or past, the only thing he's vaguely able to recall is Chrom and that he has a knack for battle strategy. Eventually, he does remember his name and is able to at least introduce himself.

Without a past, all Robin has is the present and the future. The relationships he builds with his allies are incredibly important to him and he can easily befriend anyone. Through these relationships, a personality begins to develop.

He is a compassionate guy and does whatever he can to help. He isn't afraid to run into battle and team up with strangers to help others and he certainly isn't afraid to fight alongside his friends for their happiness and safety. Of course, as a strategist, he isn't the type to just run into battles carelessly either. Even in times when emotions are high, Robin is able to keep a level head and come up with some sort of a plan to minimize any sacrifices they might have to make. In his support with Virion, it's noted that even though he's an army strategist, he values the life of every soldier, and is willing to step up to any challenge that may present. However, it should be noted that he is willing to make difficult decisions, especially if it means sacrificing one life for the sake of many. This can become evident very early in the game if the players opts to sacrifice Emmeryn but it becomes even more clear when he is presented with two chances to sacrifice himself to prevent disaster.

Speaking of disaster, Robin is a Plegian, descended from Validar, and destined to become the vessel for a Dark Dragon that will send the world towards a doomed future. In the "original" timeline, Robin becomes Chrom's most trusted friend, fighting alongside him all the way until the final battle, and even taking an attack for him. At the end of the battle Robin is fully possessed by Grima and he kills Chrom, bringing on an age of darkness. However, it is suggested in another timeline that though Robin is possessed, his heart and mind is still strong enough to resist for his friends, though, not very effectively.

Knowing all of this, Robin is actually very distraught. Valuing his friends lives' and well being too much, he is willing to sacrifice himself and die for their sakes. Chrom convinces him not to but Robin never makes any promise that he still won't consider it…

Despite all seriousness, Robin is a very easy going guy. He isn't bothered by the fact that he has amnesia and doesn't remember anything except waking up in the middle of a field. In fact, he laughs it off and later notes that his daughter, Morgan, inherited his "blithe outlook." And though he tries to take his role in the army seriously, he often willingly (and at times, unwittingly) goes along with the more sillier and over the top shenanigans in the army. Some examples include engaging in prank wars involving amphibians because he was tired of being pranked himself and matchmaking wyverns just because he was asked.

That said, while he is an incredibly friendly and easy going guy, he is known to get frustrated and even exhausted juggling his social life with his army duties. He's been shown to put his foot down and ask some his allies to start taking things seriously more often. He doesn't really think about his own well being as much as he should, often not realizing when he's feeling ill until others mention it and some times even disregarding himself to the point he needs serious medical attention. He never complains but its a recurring enough theme in his conversations with his friends, he probably never learns.

Lastly, he is the father of Morgan (F) in the game. Since they both have amnesia, again, there isn't much to learn there besides the fact that they love each other very much and Robin most likely encouraged her in all of her past endeavors the same way he does for all of his other potential children. He can also marry any woman in the army and his love for her above all else will become the only thing historians ever agree on. I don't have a personal preference for his wife but I'm willing to match up with the Morgan (F) in Haven if Cal's cool with it.

I'll be taking Robin right before end game, before he is able to sacrifice himself.

Abilities/Powers:

Robin's signature classes are Tactician and Grandmaster. Able to wield magic and swords, both classes are well balanced and allow him to take offensive or supportive roles in a fight easily. Each class comes with two skills:

Veteran: When the user is in a Paired Up, any EXP gained is multiplied by 1.5.
Solidarity: increases the critical rates and critical evade by 10 to adjacent allies
Ignis: Adds half Mag or Str stat to the other value when attacking
Rally spectrum: All stats +4 to all allies within a 3 tile radius for one Turn when the Rally command is used

Robin is also able to reclass to most classes in the game, allowing him to pick up more skills. The most he can utilize at once is 5. In Haven, his fifth skill will be,
Swordfaire: Strength +5 when equipped with a sword (Magic +5 when equipped with the Levin Sword)

In Haven terms, all of this will basically translate to: Robin fights best with other people and can help others fight better. He's quick to learn new skills, some of his attacks will be stronger than usual, and he's pretty skilled with a sword.

Items/Weapons:

Levin Sword: A magic sword that can be used as a normal sword or to cast thunder magic from afar.
Thoron: A high level magic tome that casts thunder magic. The pages will be wiped of text but it looks like past FE cast members have established that they’ll still work.
Steel sword: A sword made of steel.

Sample Entry: One, two
Sample Entry Two:

Robin carries a list in one hand, labeling all of the miscellaneous requests from some of the Shepherds back at camp who were unable to make it into town for one reason or another. Some of the requests were small, like more thread for Cherche and some healing supplies for Maribelle and Lissa’s healing tent. These were easy enough items to shop for and he figured he wouldn’t need help carrying these things back.

For now, he would ignore the ominous request for “claws of a drowned cat.” He also decided it was probably best to not wonder which of the two could have possibly requested and why. Robin was a man that was always pursuing knowledge but some times less was more (and ignorance really can be bliss when it comes to these sorts of things).

After picking up some of the things on the list, a store catches his eye. It’s a bookstore and the gears in his mind begin to turn, weighing his wants and needs to decide whether or not he could afford to take a quick look. It wasn’t as if he was short on funds but maybe the funds could be better spent going to something else like new weapons or supplies later on. He had plenty books on military strategy, on economics, and history… Countless scrolls drawn with detailed maps labeling important landmarks and topography…

He didn’t necessarily need anything but a quick look wouldn’t hurt.

What if he found something that could be useful for him? Or someone else? Or even better: for everyone?

The store is dimly lit and smells of bound leather and old pages. It isn’t a particularly large store and he wonders if he really will find anything here. Robin exchanges a nod with the store’s keeper and begins to peruse the shelves. Almanacs for farmers, books of religion, some children fairytales… There are certainly titles and genres that bring certain people to mind. There’s a small section on military history and strategy and while there are some books that he doesn’t own, this still isn’t what he’s looking for.

It isn’t until he turns around and spies the section on the shelf for home and families that something catches his eye.

Frederick had started teaching him the basics but he still wasn’t very good. The best he could say is that he’d gone from poisoning himself twice to only poisoning himself once. The last time he’d cooked hadn’t been a complete disaster but it was thanks in part to his partner on cooking duty that day. A lot of food had gone to waste that day and when you had an army as large as the Shepherds, food costs made up a bulk of the budget. If he could get better, he wouldn’t waste so much food in the preparation stage and the others wouldn’t waste food on principle of it just not being good.

He’d come in looking for a book on strategy or for a friend to enjoy but instead, Robin leaves with a cookbook. Let’s see, maybe when he was on cooking duty today? Maybe he could convince Stahl and Cordelia to let him join them in the kitchen today…