Gensou Suikoden V: Reimei no Shiro

幻想水滸伝5 黎明の城
Genso Suikoden 5: Castle of Dawn

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Two years after Lordlake was razed by her Sun Rune, Queen Arshtat dispatches her son the Prince, her sister Sialeeds, and their royal bodyguards Lyon and Georg Prime to inspect the state of the ruined town. The Prince sees the grim state of the dried-up town and report on it, but Arshtat scorns this; she declares that Lordlake's citizens deserve their desolation for stealing the Dawn Rune. Arshtat's husband Ferid pulls her back to her senses, and she dismisses the inspection party with a whisper. The next issue of contention is the Sacred Games for Princess Lymsleia's hand in marriage, being held somewhat early for the ten-year old Lymsleia. The two main contestants, both representing themselves with a champion, hail from rival noble houses: The foppish Euram Barows, and Sialeeds' former fiance, the charismatic Gizel Godwin. The royal family, however, favors the mysterious outsider Belcoot, as a neutral option less likely to cause strife; the Prince attempts to aid Belcoot quietly with Ferid's approval. However, Gizel successfully rigs the Games to his advantage, and his champion Childerich defeats a drugged Belcoot while the Barow's champion is disqualified. However, Lord Marscal Godwin, Gizel's father, is less than impressed with Gizel's activities, thinking that he has made an enemy of the Prince and the royal family as a whole with his plotting. Additionally, the royal family took Zegai, the Barows champion, into their own personal custody, who could perhaps help reveal the Godwins cheating and offer an excuse to annul the engagement. Thus, the Godwins launch a preemptive attack at the engagement ceremony in Sol-Falena, Falena's capital. Arshtat and Ferid had anticipated and prepared for the attack, but not the involvement of the elite Nether Gate assassins, who overwhelm the palace's defenses. The struggle culminates in Arshtat and Ferid's deaths, while Lymsleia finds herself a captive. The Prince Ardil, Lyon, Georg, and Sialeeds are forced to flee.

Published

10, 2008 to 8, 2009

Authors

Tsuge, Mizuki

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Sequel

Gensou Suikoden: Uke Tsugareshi Monshou

Alternative Version

Gensou Suikoden V

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Prince Falenas6 fan favorites
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The eldest child of Queen Arshtat and Commander Ferid, the Prince of Falena is a kind, energetic young boy who takes the best of both parents and becomes a leader and inspiration to many of Falena. Because the Prince is male, he has no right to the throne. That goes to Lymsleia, the Prince's younger sister. However, the two siblings are extremely close. Lym always listens to her brother, and tries to spend as much time with him as possible. As such, the Prince is usually pretty leinent with her. Most nobles think male royalty have no use other then for relations to the public and marrying off to foreigners. However, Arshtat does not feel this way, and her son does many important jobs for the Queendom. He often goes out on tours to different areas of Falena, often accompanied by Lady Sialeeds, his aunt. Never found far from the Prince's side is Lyon, a Queen's Knight apprentice and the Prince's bodyguard. After Ferid took her in, Lyon, who is close in age to the Prince, was always by the Prince's side. They tried to explore Lordlake's forest together, but were caught before they could. After the tour of Lordlake, the Prince's next duties are related to the Sacred Games. As Arshtat's representative until she arrives, his job is to make sure everything is secure and safe for her arrival. Here, he meets Gizel Godwin, and the schemes the noble lays. The Prince is deeply affected and angered by this, especially after Gizel wins by having opposing gladiators framed and drugged. As the ship bearing the royal entourage leaves Stormfist following the Sacred Games, Lord Marscal Godwin reports that the Prince's entire countenance changed as a result of the Games, and that Gizel should beware him. After the Sacred Games, the Prince accompanies Lym and Sialeeds to prepare the Princess for her engagement. He takes her to the East Palace to receive the blessing of the Dawn Rune, and then to Lunas to be purified in the holy fountain. The Princess finishes her duties and returns home, the Prince getting sidetracked by a pair of gold thieves in Lunas and making an extra trip to Raftfleet and meeting Admiral Raja. Making friends with Oracle Haswar of Lunas and Raja would be very important to the Prince, Arshtat tells her son upon returning, and that time might come soon, as Gizel is arriving for the engagement banquet soon. During the banquet, the Prince is distressed, and he is cautioned by Arshtat and Sialeeds both to act less suspicious. After the banquet ends, Gizel springs his trap to eliminate the royal family. However, thanks to the planning of Arshtat and Ferid, they are ready for him. The Prince, Lyon, and Sialeeds fight off several assassins and attempt to escape. They are nearly killed by Childerich and Dolph, but Kyle and the gladiator Zegai manage to save them. During the siege, the Prince runs into Georg, who delivers the bad news that the Queen and Ferid were slain. The Prince and Sialeeds flee the castle. They go to the East Palace, then to Lunas, and finally, to Lord Barows's territory. Although neither royal trusts the old snake, they need his might and influence at that time. The Prince and Barows fight together for a time, but all the while, the royals are on guard. By bringing in Lucretia Merces, the Prince hoped to uncover Barows's plots before it was too late. Lucretia manages to usurp Barows's plot, and hopes to reach an amiable agreement between the Senator and the royal, but when Euram blurts out that Salum has the Dawn Rune, the Prince immediately goes to investigate with Luserina Barows and Sialeeds. When the Prince discovers the rune, it selects him as a host and embeds itself on his right hand. The Prince leaves Barows's camp and goes to Raftfleet. There, the Prince fights on his own, and establishes a name for himself, without the weight of Barows's title. By saving the town of Lordlake, and then recruiting the other factions to fight against the Godwins, the Prince becomes a key rallying figure that many people look to for a better future. Because of his immensely merciful tactics, such as a fake attack on Hatred Fortress so the soldiers would evacuate it before the Prince destroyed it with a flood attack, many of the common people flocked to his side. As the war turns steadily in the Prince's favor, he is surrounded by betrayals and confusion. When Queen's Knight Miakis joins with the Prince, she reveals the the rumors that the Prince thought were false were actually true: Georg killed his mother. After Lym's coronation as Queen, Lucretia asks the Prince if he could fight his own sister. Finally, during a fierce battle in which Lym herself led troops on the front lines so her brother could rescue her in battle, Sialeeds betrays him and prevents the royals from coming together, and Lyon becoming critically injured by Dolph at the same time. But, despite this, the Prince perserveres. He gives the Dawn Rune more power by visiting old Sindar ruins so that Lyon can recover, and he still leads his troops as Godwin sides with Armes and attacks on two fronts. However, in Stormfist, the Prince runs into his aunt again, who now bears the Twilight Rune. Unlike Queen's Knight Alenia, who could not control the rune or harnass it's power, Sialeeds proves herself clearly capable with it. Finally, when it comes to the final stretch, the siege of Sol-Falena, the Prince must confront the last vestiges of the Godwin regime. He fights Sialeeds at the dam, and the two royals work side by side one last time to prevent Marscal from using the Sun Rune by sealing it with the Dawn and Twilight Runes. But the strain is too much for Sialeeds, who has been beaten to the point of exhaustion by the Prince previously, and she dies, the Twilight Rune passing to Lyon. While entering Sol-Falena, the Prince confronts Zahhak and Alenia, and manages to defeat them, despite their taking of Raging Nostrum. Finally, the Prince enters the throne room, where Lym and Gizel await. The Prince and Gizel talk, and then duel. The monarch emerges victorious, and Gizel dies, expressing his regrets. The two royal siblings are finally reunited. But all is not well, as Marscal has taken the Sun Rune and fled. Although Lord Godwin could not bear the rune like Queen Arshtat, he knows a method to manipulate it's power. The Prince travels to the Ashtwal Mountains with Lyon to get the Rune back. After a discussion with Lord Godwin, the Prince and Lyon battle an incarnation of the Sun Rune's power. Lyon collaspes from overexerting herself, her injuries not fully recovered, but the Sun Rune restores her. The Prince removes the Dawn Rune from his hand following the war, and places the bust containing the rune inside the Sun Palace, so that no problem like Barows stealing the rune could happen ever again. From Suiko Source. No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .
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The bodyguard of the Prince, Lyon is a kind, positive young lady with a dark past. She was originally kidnapped by Nether Gate, and trained to be one of their best assassins. Her name was Mismar, and she was close to Michafute, currently known as Dolph. When she was still a child, she was found by Ferid, who adopted her and gave her the name "Lyon." After this, she was indebted to Ferid and served him faithfully. Lyon and the Prince were inseparable. They always did things together, like sneaking off to explore Lordlake's woods. Even when they were older, Lyon almost never leaves the Prince's side, accompanying him both inside the safety of Sol-Falena and whenever he goes on a royal tour. She is content with this role, though. She expresses as such to Sialeeds that she will protect the Prince even if he is in a place where he is extremely safe. There are only a few times when Lyon will leave his side: If she is about to do something dangerous, like search for Toma in Lordlake's wastes, she plans to leave the Prince in the safety of town and search. However, usually, the Prince ends up accompanying her in such an event. She will also leave his side if he goes someplace she cannot enter, like the Rune Room of the East Palace, or if another member of the royal family wishes to see the Prince in private. Lyon continues her role to accompany the Prince everywhere as his bodyguard. Whether it's recruiting Raftfleet's aid, delving into the Sindar Ruins of Ceras Lake, or running into the flames of an attacked Beaver Lodge, Lyon is never found far from the Prince's side. She will never subvert her duties as the Prince's bodyguard. During the Queen's Campaign war, Roy, who would be disguised as the Prince, asks Lyon to accompany him to assist the illusion. However, her duties require that she accompany the real Prince, not the fake one. During the war, she is attacked by Dolph after Sialeeds's defection. Angered, Sialeeds orders Galleon to patch her up. However, her condition worsens until the Prince nears her. The Dawn Rune stabilizes her body and keeps her alive until Dr. Silva can attend to her. Lyon spends the time between the Queen's Campaign and the siege of Sol-Falena bedridden, visited by both Roy and the Prince. When the Dawn Rune gains more power from the Prince's journey to the Twilight Forest, one of the first things he does is to use the new power on Lyon to help her recover. Lyon accompanies the Prince to meet Sialeeds at the Sol-Falena dam. Although Lyon protests, she fights Sialeeds in battle, and beats her. After the Prince and Sialeeds seal the power of the Sun Rune with their runes, Sialeeds collaspes and the rune selects Lyon as a host. Lyon carries the rune alongside the Prince and uses it to open the secret passage in Lunas, and again in the Sindar Ruins in the Ashtwal Mountains. In the ruins, Lyon confronts Dolph one final time. She fights him, and reads his moves. However, Dolph cannot be beaten by a simple assault. Lyon prepares to defend the Prince, but he shoves her out of the way and takes care of Dolph himself. They continue on to Marscal. Lyon stands beside the Prince to defeat the incarnation of the Sun Rune. After it, Lyon's injuries catch up with her, and she collaspes. However, the Sun Rune's light changes from a destructive power to a nuturing one, and restores Lyon's body. The power of the Dawn and Twilight Runes, combined with the power of the Stars of Destiny, are what caused this change. After she recovers, Lyon removes the Twilight Rune from her hand and places it back on it's statue, which is moved back to the Sun Palace. Lyon returns to her normal duties after the war, and always stands by the Prince's side. (Source: Suikosource) No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .
Sialeeds Falenas1 fan favorites
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Sialeeds is Queen Arshtat&#039;s younger sister, and thus the Prince and Lymsleia&#039;s aunt as well as Haswar&#039;s cousin. No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .
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Georg Prime is renowned throughout the Suikoden world as a skilled swordsman with a colorful past; he was once known as "Deathblow Georg," one of the Six Great Generals of the Scarlet Moon Empire, a member of the Ebony Moon Knights in the Grasslands, and also one of the Queendom of Falena's Queen's Knights. No voice actors have been added to this character. Help improve our database by searching for a voice actor, and adding this character to their roles .