embearass | Jun. 20th, 2020

▶ CHARACTER
NAME: Frederick
CANON: Fire Emblem: Awakening
CANON POINT: Chapter 11, pre-time skip
AGE: unknown, presumed to be late-20s/early-30s
BACKGROUND: https://fireemblem.fandom.com/wiki/Frederick

PERSONALITY:

Frederick is a knight whose sworn duty it is to protect the royal family of Ylisse, as it has been his family’s duty for generations. Frederick, himself, takes this rather seriously, placing it above all else. Earning the nickname “Frederick the Wary” from Chrom, Frederick finds it hard to trust new allies at first. While Chrom is more quick to trust new allies, as he sometimes recruits new enemy units in the midst of battle, Frederick himself is the opposite. Every new ally could potentially be an enemy who could endager Chrom or Lissa or Emmeryn. This is not to say that Frederick will never learn to trust anybody new, they simply just need to prove themselves that they won’t be a danger. To Frederick, it is not only his duty to react to danger, but he must also anticipate it and stop it before it comes perilous.

Yet, Frederick seems to extend his duty as a knight into other aspects of the royal family’s life. It’s remarked upon by others that Frederick acts more like a steward than a knight. He will fetch blankets for Chrom. He will lay out Lissa’s clothes for the next day. He will check on dinner preparations and plan for the next night’s meal. However, Frederick will always insist to everyone that he is not a steward. To Frederick, he is merely performing his duty as a knight, holding true to the spirit of chivalry. According to him, the spirit of chivalry involes maintaining a consideration for others and a willingness to assist anyone in need.

That willingness to assist anyone in need extends past just the royal family, but to anyone who needs it. Frederick will inspect the weapons and armor for the entire army as part of his morning routine. He will provide specialized training to any companion who asks for it. He will even provide protection to someone he does not care for. He’s willing to lend a shoulder to anyone who has some sort of concern, whether it deals with some mental roadblock they’re dealing with when it comes to fighting or whether they are dealing with some sort of personal issue.

But, this willingness to help anybody who needs it has a flaw: there seems to be no limit to it. Frederick performs his duties with such zeal that many are taken aback by it. He will travel ahead of the army and remove any pebble and twig from the path so that no one from the army trips. He will patch every hole in every tent. For Frederick, there is no doing things by half. He either commits himself fully to an endeavor, or he might as well not perform it at all. Frederick is constantly at work, performing some task or duty for the army. He even has no notion of what it means to even relax. Even when it comes to learning how to relax, Frederick requires some sort of structure, as he strikes a deal with Lissa to train and learn how to slack off on alternating days.

Frederick works hard to maintain a calm, composed, and respectful air. It shows even in battle, as he wears a complete suit under all his armor. Frederick addresses everyone properly. He’s even polite to those he distrusts. But don’t take this to mean that he isn’t upfront with his dislike. He lets them know how he truly feels, but just because you don’t like someone doesn’t mean you can’t be polite. His words can be incredibly harsh. Frederick will calmly smile as his words twist a knife in that person’s gut.

Though while normally calm and composed, when exposed to certain stimuli, Frederick loses it all. For instance, Frederick has a… difficult time eating gamey meats, especially bear. When training with Robin on getting him more used to eating wild meats, when surprised with bear jerky, Frederick reacts as though he is about to die. The same could be said in regards to Frederick’s fear of wild animals. He trains with Panne on overcoming the fear, and when she gets closer than a manageable distance in her taguel form, he shouts as though he’s being set upon by a demonic being.

He’s incredibly observant. Hardly any detail will escape his notice. Frederick will take note of what is going on around him at all times. Even when hexed by Tharja so that she’ll be invisible to him, Frederick remains aware that she’s near him and is even able to step in and shield her from an attack from an enemy soldier. However, when it comes to more subjective matters, Frederick is a bit more unobservant. When asked by Olivia what he thinks of her as a woman, he admits that he’s never thought her in such a way. He admits that he’s sure she’s blessed with charms, but that they’re lost on him.

All in all, Frederick is a knight who takes his duty seriously. While prone to taking that duty far too seriously, he sees it fit as it employs the spirit of chivalry and helping others. He is prone to overreaction, yet he’ll take it upon himself to do whatever it takes to make things better for the army, whether it be through things he does for them or through ways to better himself.

POWERS/ABILITIES:

Frederick serves as the archetypical promoted unit that can be recruited from the beginning in Fire Emblem games. His starting class is Great Knight (a promotion from the Cavalier class), a mounted unit with a large range of mobility with the capability to wield lances, swords and axes. Frederick also has access to the Knight and Wyvern Rider (and their promoted classes) lines, giving him access to a range of skills. Suffice to say, Frederick is an incredibly skilled fighter who can wield multiple types of weapons and also ride mounts into battle.

There’s also something to be said about Frederick’s intelligence, as during a conversation with the character Jakob in a Fire Emblem: Fates DLC chapter, Frederick makes mention that he has created a sort of A/C system for Chrom’s room just to ensure that it remains at the optimal temperature at all times. For a game that more or less takes place in a medeval period, that’s… quite the accomplishment.

He is also the most adept at starting fires (camp fires, mind you).

INVENTORY: His armor; a steel axe; a steel lance; 3 vulneraries

MOONBLESSING: Sanguis

Pick a god and pray!

for no more bear jerky

Jun. 20th, 2020

Jun. 20th, 2020

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