Final Fantasy Tactics Knight (CLICK PICTURE FOR THE COMPASS KEY AMAZON SITE)
(First, I put a link to THE COMPASS KEY on the above picture because I had the other books linked in the previous posts. I didn’t have a picture of Delvin by the writing of this post. Though I guess there’s a chance that I still don’t when this goes live a month from now.)
Delvin is the newest champion and he’s been another tough one to figure out. Probably harder than Timoran because he didn’t even have an element at the beginning. He was the Life Hero and originally developed regeneration and . . . basically he was going to become Wolverine in the game. That’s been changed and put him in limbo for a while. His personality is laid back with a bit of Luke and Timoran in there. Delvin is brave, wise, thoughtful, kind, relaxed, and serious. It was such a mix that I couldn’t pinpoint a specific aspect. I did try for humanity, intelligence, compassion (a certain villain blew that out of the water pretty quickly), honor (before Timoran), and so many others. I’m still not 100% certain on what to call this. So here’s my best shot.
Delvin is very loyal to his friends and takes their hardships personally. Like the others, he’ll step up really quickly to defend them. This puts him in a central protector role within the group. Yet, he also stands up to the others when they bicker. Similar to how Sari gets involved in the relationships, Delvin will either be the one to talk to an upset friend or tell someone better suited to do it. He has a problem seeing his friends in pain and he is very good at keeping the peace. The only other characters who did this before Delvin were Aedyn Karwyn and Timoran, but neither of them took the initiative that he does.
This can relate to his fighting style too. In battle, Delvin uses a parry/counter style and defends his allies when they need it. Going back-to-back is a common tactic that he uses when paired off with someone. Again he finds himself in a protective role when these situations occur and his prowess seems to increase. The focus on keeping his friends alive and well pushes him to access the abilities that he isn’t really aware of. To be fair, I’m not really sure what he can do yet either. I’m getting to that book when I get through all the editing, so it’ll be interesting to see.
So Delvin can probably be called the Hero of Friendship or the Protector Hero if you needed to give him a title. His virtue/emotion is rather simply for him to access and the potency of it depends a lot on how many people he’s protecting. For example, protecting his friends gives him decent strength, but protecting an entire city can make him very powerful when his true aura is awakened.
That ends the Champion Core posts. Guess I’ll do the 6th one when that character makes his/her debut.
Legends of Windemere 
Hey!! I know that guy!!!
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I have to admit that I’m a little lost.
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Enjoyed all of the core descriptions
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Thanks. They didn’t get much of a reaction, but I got them out there. Next week is about writing endings, so that should do somewhat better.
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I can’t help but feel putting these core items on paper (so to speak) will help your stories later on. In fact, you have inspired me to develop some for my characters. It was as if I had a private tutor. Thanks
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It does help with focusing on the meat of a character and giving insight to them. I know a lot of people enjoy seeing that for other series. Guess it’ll be interesting down the road. At least the real Delvin got a kick out of it.
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I enjoyed them as well. They didn’t get much reaction out of me because I’m not far enough in the series to really speak to the characters yet :-). But from a writer’s perspective, I always enjoy reading character descriptions.
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I had to leave some out for spoilers, but you bring up a good point. I think people are ‘scared’ to interact with the characters because they’re not far enough in the series. This is a reason why I’m going to be cutting back on book-based posts unless I have a new volume coming out. They simply don’t get much attention and interaction. Most times I earn a private message complaining about spoilers even if there aren’t any.
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I think those are valid reasons to focus your writing energies elsewhere :-). I just wanted you to know I enjoyed reading them, even though I didn’t really comment much on them. But I can definitely understand putting aside non-interactive posts in favor of more interactive ones.
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Thanks. When I drop to 3-4 main posts a week, my energy will go more into the books. Hopefully. Lately I feel like I’m dragging a boulder behind me.
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I know what you mean. I don’t think anyone will fault you for that, especially other writers. I need to come up with a regular post schedule for the same reason. I might steal an idea or two of yours ;-).
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That’s fair. I’m taking ideas from John Howell. Though by saying that I think I just earned a visit from his ninja squad.
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I’m with those who talk about how this exercise has helped you to focus. As someone who is going to be losing quite a bit of writing time this year, I’m going to have to get a lot more straight in my head before I put pen to paper. This is the kind of exercise I’m going to need to do before I start.
Cheers
MTM
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I’ve been there. A lot of my ideas were toyed with during lunch breaks and slow retail shifts over the years. Also a few boring college classes, but I’m sure everyone has had those. Good luck.
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PS, if I see John Howell’s Ninja squad I’ll send them the other way. 😉
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