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Ewan | Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (part 2)
Name: Ewan
Fandom: Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Time Period: After the death of Queen Ismaire
Wing Color: Tan
History: Ewan's first memory is of his older sister smiling and telling him they'd be all right. The second child born to poor commoners in Jehanna's streets, he grew up clinging to her cloaks and watching her dance for strangers who tossed coins at her feet. Even when her soles hurt and bled and blistered, Tethys still smiled. They came to rely on each other for everything, even when Tethys joined with a group of mercenaries led by a man named Gerik.
When he grew older, Ewan was discovered by Saleh, a sage living in the Caer Pelyn mountain range. Saleh and his grandmother took Ewan in, and shortly afterwards Saleh noticed the boy's potential for magic. Though clumsy and overeager at first, Ewan proved to be an eager pupil and despite his propensity for trouble, Saleh continued to teach him everything he knew.
Some years later, Grado suddenly started a war. The monsters of the old legends began to pop up, and suddenly Ewan found himself involved in the whole mess when his mentor went off to rescue the young dragon girl he'd been guarding. Fortunately, he'd honed his skills by then and was able to assist Princess Eirika and the rest of the party.
Their travels eventually brought them to Jehanna, Ewan's old home. But alas, even the barest hint of a happy homecoming wasn't in the cards; Grado general Callaech not only destroyed the Sacred Stone, but killed the beautiful Queen Ismaire in cold blood and burned down the palace. With nowhere else to go, the army fled into the desert, where more Grado troops awaited them.
Personality: Cheerful and mischevious with a zest for life, Ewan wants to know and learn as much as he can about the world, especially magic. He's a bit of a trickster, fond of riddles and brain-teasers; his friend Ross is one of his favorite targets for these things, and his other friend and possible crush Amelia is the target of his more "naughty" jokes.
Despite being the younger sibling, he can be pretty protective of his sister, largely as a result of her being the only family he had for so long. Tethys is very popular with the men of the army, and he knows what they're after. Since he can't exactly stop them, he'll settle for pranking the men; a frog in the boots or a half-shaved moustache or too much pepper in their stew.
He's very reverent of his mentor, practically worships the ground Saleh walks on and holds him up as the golden standard for all practicioners of magic. Having never known his father, Saleh is the closest thing he's ever had even though Ewan has never technically seen him as such.
Tethys is also very important to him, despite his constant teasing and causing her trouble. One of his reasons for wanting to get better with his magic is so that he can protect her and look after her, like she always did for him when they were younger.
Strengths:: Ewan is bright and cheery with a real zest for life and an optimistic outlook. He prefers to look on the bright side of things and focus on the fun side of life. He tries to keep everyone laughing, or at least on their toes.
He's eager to learn and quite intelligent, with a strong talent for magic to boot and generally optimistic. His desire to do his very best keeps him trying no matter what; even if he fails or makes a mistake, he doesn't dwell on it for very long.
While still a novice mage, he's already a sure hand with a Thunder spell and is getting better. He's fast, he's sure-footed and his strikes never miss; even though he has a long way to go until he catches up to his teacher, he's strong and handy to have on your side in a fight.
Weaknesses: Ewan's curiosity and zest for life come with the unfortunate side effect of recklessness. He's known for leaping before he looks, seldom thinking about the consequences of his actions and just doing what he thinks is best or the most fun.
He favors "making things fun" a bit too much at times, often needing to be reminded to take things a little more seriously. His tricks are never malicious, but they're often pretty bothersome to those around him.
Physically, while he's capable of dealing damage, he's not the strongest when it comes to taking blows. He focuses too much on attacking rather than defensive capabilities, and this has put his life in danger more than once.
Samples
First Person: Hey, this isn't the desert...did Grado give up? That's not like them, though. What if it's a trap?! What if there's monsters coming, and-
Hey...where's everyone else? This doesn't look like Magvel at all! Where's my clothes? Hey, what's with my back? It feels weird, like-
-oh! Oh, neato! Wings! Hey, I wonder if I can fly now, like a human pegasus! Up up, and away! ...I said, up up, and away! ...huh. Maybe they need magic to work. I should look around and see if there's anyone I can ask about that!
Third Person: Ewan crumpled the letter and tossed it over his shoulder for what seemed like the millionth time that day. You can't send mail home from here, he remembered. He wished he could, though, there was so much he wanted to tell them! People from all kinds of different places, those weird creatures with their own magic powers (Pokemon, he remembered them being called), the buildings, the forest. Plus, everything in the shops was free! What could be better?
But even better than letters, he wished they could just be here. Amelia would love the Pokemon, he thought. Ross might get a kick out of them, too, or at least the battle dome. Tethys would find a big audience for her dances...and some of the technology here was astounding! If Uncle Dozla could see it all, he'd go wild with joy that...well, some of their ideas had become the real thing.
But then, he'd remember they were back on Magvel, fighting a war, and he'd worry. How did the people here know time actually stopped in his world while he was here? What if they were being attacked by more and more Grado soldiers at this very moment?
The only thing he could do was hope they were safe.
Request
Secondly, while his character doesn't really present a lot to talk about due his role in his canon, we'd still like to see him fleshed out a bit. I'd like to see this in the Personality section primarily. This is an opportunity to use some headcanon supported by in-game canon. It would be a good idea to consider how he feels about being an orphan, where his morality stands on being a mercenary, his ideas of loyalty, and whatever else you can think of. Try and dig down and flesh the character out and make him a person.
Thirdly, I'm also throwing in a Q&A as well. This is primarily because it's hard to get a good read on a character in samples about the character's initial reaction to Luceti.
Revised third sample and personality
Despite being the younger sibling, he can be pretty protective of his sister, largely as a result of her being the only family he had for so long. Tethys is very popular with the men of the army, and he knows what they're after. Since he can't exactly stop them, he'll settle for pranking the men; a frog in the boots or a half-shaved moustache or too much pepper in their stew.
He's very reverent of his mentor, practically worships the ground Saleh walks on and holds him up as the golden standard for all practicioners of magic. Having never known his father, Saleh is the closest thing he's ever had even though Ewan has never technically seen him as such. Which to Ewan is a good thing, considering at times he feels more than just admiration for the man who's taught him so much. How could he not? Saleh is smart, talented, understanding, patient and good-looking to boot.
Tethys is also very important to him, despite his constant teasing and causing her trouble. One of his reasons for wanting to get better with his magic is so that he can protect her and look after her, like she always did for him when they were younger. Whenever he thinks of family, all he can remember is her tending to him, reassuring him, smiling, working so hard to provide for him.
Their parents may as well have not existed; he only vaguely remembers the cold, indifferent faces of a man and a woman who may as well be a dream. Sometimes Ewan wishes he could remember more of them, but he hesitates to ask Tethys for details. Whenever she mentions them he can see a pain in her eyes, and besides, after all she's done for him it feels disloyal to want to know about the people who didn't even want them.
He has no real feelings for or against the mercenary life; while he won't passionately defend it he doesn't hate it, either. He tries to focus on the fact that it's a way to see the world and explore many different places, though he'll also admit that if one day Tethys announced they were quitting to settle on Caer Pelyn with Saleh and the Elder he would have no complaints.
To Ewan, loyalty means sticking by someone's side and appreciating all they've done for you, after all, and Ewan wants to be as loyal as possible to the sister who's given him so much, as well as the teacher he so admires. He'll do whatever he can to help them, even lay down his life if he had to. Dying would be awful, but if it came down to it he'd gladly risk it to protect the people he cares about.
Third Person: Ewan crumpled the letter and tossed it over his shoulder for what seemed like the millionth time that day. You can't send mail home from here, he remembered. He wished he could, though, there was so much he wanted to tell them! People from all kinds of different places, those weird creatures with their own magic powers (Pokemon, he remembered them being called), the buildings, the forest. Plus, everything in the shops was free! What could be better?
But even better than letters, he wished they could just be here. Amelia would love the Pokemon, he thought. Ross might get a kick out of them, too, or at least the battle dome. Tethys would find a big audience for her dances...and some of the technology here was astounding! If Uncle Dozla could see it all, he'd go wild with joy that...well, some of their ideas had become the real thing. The journals were kind of like that long-distance talking thing!
But then, he'd remember they were back on Magvel, fighting a war, and he'd worry. How did the people here know time actually stopped in his world while he was here? What if they were being attacked by more and more Grado soldiers at this very moment? He closed his eyes; hearing about the death of Jehanna's queen had been bad enough, but now the hall was gone, too. And Joshua-no, Prince Joshua...he didn't show it, but he had to be hurting pretty bad after this. Losing your home and your parents was something Ewan could...well, sort of relate to. He'd been too young to remember his own parents, but he remembered Tethys trying to smile and telling him everything would be okay.
Tethys...once again, he thought of her and the others fighting for their lives out there, and he knew there was nothing he could do for them while he was here except hope they'd survive and win the war.
Please be okay...
Enough sad stuff, he though. At least Saleh was here. That automatically made things much better. I'm using the time to make myself stronger, his teacher had said, and Ewan wondered if maybe he should do that as well. They could train together, Saleh could teach him some of the more powerful magic...Ewan would have been just as relieved if anyone from his world was here, but the fact that it was Saleh made it that much more special.
Q&A
2. What is the most difficult thing you've ever done? Watching my sister spend more and more time with men.
3. How do you think you perform in a crisis? I just try to keep people smiling! That's a good thing, right?
4. What is most important in life? Making things fun.
5. Have you ever been cruel to someone? Do you regret it? If you haven't - would you be cruel, and would you regret? No, I don't think I have. But of course I'd regret being cruel...unless they were an enemy who deserved it!
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