Jowy Atreides

	“	Riou and I haven't betrayed this country. This country has betrayed us. I won't forgive this.	„
		~ Jowy to Jilia Blight

	“	So don't forget, Pilika. Enjoy the moments you have together, because nothing lasts forever. Okay?	„
		~ Jowy to Pilika

Background

Jowy Atreides, later Jowy Atreides-Blight, is a young boy from Kyaro Town in Highland, who serves as first a main protagonist, later main antagonist, of Suikoden II. Jowy was raised by the incredibly wealthy Atreides family, spending most of his time with childhood friends Riou and Nanami, before getting recruited into Highland's Unicorn Youth Brigade.

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While still only young men, Jowy and Riou were taken to join the Unicorn Youth Brigade serving under the Highland Army. They and their allies fought well, eventually able to sign a peace treaty with the New State Army and end the war. However, right as they were to be sent home, Jowy and Riou became caught in a staged attack by Highland in order to make it appear as though New State broke their peace agreement. The Unicorn Brigade was massacred, leaving Jowy and Riou as the only survivors. The two jumped off a cliff to safety, where they were separated. Jowy ended up in the small town of Toto, where he was taken in by a small family. The young daughter of the family, Pilika, looked up to Jowy and considered him to be her uncle. Much time passed, and eventually Jowy got word of a boy his age being taken prisoner in a Mercenary Fort. Realizing that this was Riou, Jowy infiltrated the Fort and broke him out. Together, both he and Riou fled back to their hometown to Kyaro. As soon as Jowy returned, however, his family was disgusted with him for supposedly betraying Highland, and disowned him. Jowy decided to join the army being formed by the City-State of Jowston alongside Riou, with the two being approached by a woman named Leknaat and granted one of the 27 True Runes; Jowy receiving the Black Sword Rune. He then helped Riou infiltrate a Highland camp, during which Jowy met a young princess known as Jilia Blight, before being ambushed by Highland soldiers. After telling Riou to run, Jowy held the soldiers back. Unfortunately, he was captured and brought to the Mad Prince, Luca Blight. Luca spared Jowy, and Jowy decided to give his allegiance to Luca, secretly for his own goals. He assassinated Annabelle, a high-ranking member of the City-States, before revealing his new allegiances to his former friends. All the while serving under Luca, Jowy was secretly plotting his downfall so that he may become King. One crucial step of this plan was convincing Luca into letting him marry Jilia Blight, becoming Jowy Atreides-Blight. Once Luca Blight was finally killed by Riou, Jowy became King of Highland, and continued the war to serve his own goals. Riou continued to foil his plans, however, and he was forced to retreat. After securing a secretive home for Jilia and Pilika to stay in, Jowy fled back to the old Unicorn Youth Brigade camp, where Riou confronted him at last. Jowy attacked his friend, but Riou refused to fight back. Jowy eventually found himself unable to fight, and begged Riou to take the Black Sword Rune from him and end his life. Riou once again refused, and instead used the Bright Shield Rune to heal Jowy. Wanting to be forgiven for his sins, Jowy joined Riou and Nanami as they travelled across the world.

Statistics

Tier: 9-A, 6-A with Black Sword Rune's destruction

Name: Jowy Atreides, later Jowy Atreides-Blight

Origin: Suikoden II

Sex: Male

Age: 17 years old

Classification: Human, King of Highland

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Room level (Comparable to his durability), Continent level with Black Sword Rune's destruction (The Black Sword Rune is one of The 27 True Runes, the destruction of which release power enough to destroy a continent)

Durability: Room level (Comparable to those who can tank the explosion of Dancing Flames)

Striking Strength: Room Class

Lifting Strength: Athletic Human (Comparable to Riou who can push large wooden crates without much trouble, which is quite difficult for a regular human)

Travel Speed: Peak Human (Comparable to Riou who could beat Stallion in a footrace, who prides himself for his incredible speed. Stallion states that he didn't even know humans could move as fast as Riou did), Higher with Gale Rune (The Gale Rune increases speed)

Combat Speed: Supersonic, Higher with Gale Rune, Massively Hypersonic with Lightning & Thunder Runes (The Lightning and Thunder Runes attack with bolts of lightning, which travel this quickly)

Reaction Speed: Supersonic (Comparable to Clive, who could casually dodge standard gunfire; the average bullet travels this quickly), Higher with Gale Rune (The Gale Rune increases speed)

Stamina: Very High (Despite being a child, Jowy can participate in prolonged wars and battles without much trouble. Although he does require sleep between battles, the wars themselves are extremely strenuous and often require for Jowy to face incredibly strong foes one after the other. He can keep up prolonged fights with Riou, who has the perk of the Bright Shield Rune passively healing him at all times)

Range: Standard Melee, Hundreds of Meters with Runes

Intelligence: Genius (Jowy is highly intelligent for his age, comparable to if not superior to tacticians who have several decades of experience on him. He was able to concoct plans in order to overthrow the highly-experienced Luca Blight, which succeeded and elevated Jowy to status of King of Highland just as he planned. In terms of combat, Jowy can fight people such as Gorudo and Riou, who have several years of fighting experience)

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Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Human Achievements (Jowy became the King of Highland), Acrobatics (Can preform large jumps and climb without trouble), Stealth Mastery (Could sneak out of the Mercenary Fortress, and sneak into a Highland Fort), Martial Arts (Jowy was trained in martial arts), Weapon Mastery (Jowy can wield his staff and sword]), Aura (Can create an aura during Unite Attacks), Afterimage Creation (Leaves afterimages when using Buddy Attack), Non-Physical Interaction (Can harm the Mist Shade, a being made out of mist), Immortality Negation (Type 7; Can kill the undead Bone Dragon), Resistance to Fire Manipulation (Can withstand Fire Rune attacks without serious burning)

Obtains the Black Sword Rune, which grants: Immortality (Type 1; True Runes prevent the holder from aging), Fate Manipulation (Holds the power to alter fate), Darkness Manipulation (The Black Sword Rune attacks with darkness), Fusionism (Can combine with the Bright Shield Rune to become the Rune of the Beginning), possible Death Manipulation (Twinkling Blade has a 30% chance of causing instant death), Resistance to Curse Manipulation (Comparable to the Bright Shield Rune which protected Riou from the Blue Moon Curse)

Magic, Healing (The Earth Rune heals 3 HP during combat), Statistics Amplification (The Earth Rune increases defense of the holder by 5. Clay Guardian increases the defense of one ally), Earth Manipulation (Via Earthquake), Resistance to Magic (Canopy Defense repels magic for one turn)

Magic, Damage Boost (The Fire Rune increases damage by 25% when embedded in a weapon), Fire Manipulation (Via Flaming Arrows, Fire Wall, and Dancing Flames), Explosion Manipulation (Via Explosion)

Magic, Damage Boost (The Lightning Rune increases damage by 25% when embedded in a weapon), Electricity Manipulation (Via Angry Blow, Thunder Runner, Bolt of Wrath, and Thor Shot)

Magic, Healing (The Water Rune heals 5 HP during combat. Kindness Drops fully heals one ally. Kindness Rain heals 300 HP to all allies), Magic Negation (Silent Lake negates all magic usage for three turns), Air Manipulation (Protect Mist creates mist), Water Manipulation (Silent Lake creates water), Resistance to Magic (Protect Mist grants all allies 20% higher resistance to magic)

Magic, Sleep Manipulation (Wind of Sleep puts enemies to sleep), Healing (Healing Wind fully heals one ally), Air Manipulation (Via The Shredding), Attack Reflection (Storm Warning reflects spells back on the caster), possible Resistance to Magic (The Wind Rune has a 5% chance of repelling magic)

Magic, Light Manipulation (The Resurrection Rune contains light magic), Damage Boost (Scolding deals double damage to undead enemies; Charm Arrow does the same), Resurrection (Yell revives an ally), Healing (Scream heals all party members)

Magic, Death Manipulation (Finger of Death instantly kills one enemy. Final Bell instantly kills an entire row of enemies), Healing (Soul Steal restores health equal to the amount dealt to a foe), Darkness Manipulation (Via Black Shadow)

Magic, Summoning (The Blue Gate Rune summons monsters from another world to attack enemies)

Magic, BFR (Type 1; Ready! forcefully teleports one enemy out of battle. Go! forcefully teleports all enemies out of battle), Teleportation (Set! teleports objects above a foe's head to fall on them and deal damage)

Magic, Statistics Amplification (The Mother Earth Rune increases defense by 15 points. Guardian Earth increases defense and magic defense for all allies), Healing (The Mother Earth Rune recovers 5 HP to the user), Earth Manipulation (Via Earthquake), Resistance to Magic (Canopy Defense repels one magic spell cast on the group)

Magic, Damage Boost (The Rage Rune increases damage by 50% when embedded in a weapon), Fire Manipulation (Via Fire Wall, Dancing Flames, and Final Flame), Explosion Manipulation (Via Explosion)

Magic, Damage Boost (The Lightning Rune increases damage by 50% when embedded in a weapon), Electricity Manipulation (Via Thunder Runner, Bolt of Wrath, Thor Shot, and Thunder Storm)

Magic, Healing (The Flowing Rune heals 15 HP during combat. Kindness Rain heals 300 HP to all allies. Mother Ocean restores one ally to full HP), Magic Negation (Silent Lake negates all magic usage for three turns), Air Manipulation (Protect Mist creates mist), Water Manipulation (Silent Lake creates water), Resistance to Magic (Protect Mist grants all allies 20% higher resistance to magic)

Magic, Healing (Healing Wind fully heals one ally), Air Manipulation (Via The Shredding), Attack Reflection (Storm Warning reflects spells back on the caster), possible Resistance to Magic (The Cyclone Rune has a 15% chance of repelling magic)

Magic, Status Effect Inducement & Statistics Amplification (The Alert Rune makes the user Alert, which raises magical capabilities by 50%)

Magic, Resistance to Status Effect Inducement (The Balance Rune prevents the user from being Unbalanced)

Magic, Social Influencing (The Champion's Rune prevents weak enemies from approaching the user)

Magic, Statistics Amplification (The Counter Rune increases the user's chance of performing a counterattack)

Magic, Statistics Amplification (The Double-Beat Rune allows for the user to attack tiwce in a row, but doubles the damage of a foe's counterattack)

Magic, Statistics Amplification (The Double-Strike Rune multiplies the power of damage given and received by 1.5x)

Magic, Healing (The Draining Rune restores HP when the user delivers a critical hit)

Magic, Damage Boost (The holder of the Fire Sealing Rune receives double damage from water attacks), Resistance to Fire Manipulation (The Fire Sealing Rune makes the user immune to all fire attacks)

Magic, Social Influencing (The Firefly Rune causes all enemies to attack the holder)

Magic, Statistics Amplification (The Fortune Rune doubles the experience value gained from defeating enemies)

Magic, Berserk Mode (The Fury Rune causes for the holder to always be in a berserk state), Status Effect Inducement (The holder of the Fury Rune becomes Berserk), Statistics Amplification & Rage Power (The Berserk status raises offensive capabilities by 50%)

Magic, Statistics Amplification (The Gale Rune increases speed by 1.5x)

Magic, Statistics Amplification (The Hazy Rune increases evasion rate by 50%)

Magic, Statistics Amplification (The Killer Rune increases the rate of critical hits)

Magic, possible Healing (The Nymph Rune has a chance of restoring 150 HP to one random ally)

Magic, Statistics Amplification (The Prosperity Rune doubles the amount of money gained from winning battles or stealing)

Magic, Social Influencing (The Skunk Rune makes enemies attack the holder after everyone else)

Magic, Healing & Regeneration (Low; The Sunbeam Rune gradully restores the user's health by 15 HP every turn)

Magic, Berserk Mode (The Violence Rune puts the user into a berserk state), Status Effect Inducement (The holder of the Violence Rune becomes Berserk), Statistics Amplification & Rage Power (The Violence Rune multiplies power by 3x after activation)

Magic, Sleep Manipulation (The wielder of the Waking Rune starts the battle asleep), Berserk Mode (When the wielder of the Waking Rune wakes up, they are put into a berserk state), Status Effect Inducement (The holder of the Waking Rune becomes Berserk), Statistics Amplification & Rage Power (The Berserk status raises offensive capabilities by 50%)

Magic, Statistics Amplification & Power Nullification (The Wall Rune doubles defense, but prevents the user from using any attacks)

Magic, Statistics Reduction & Statistics Amplification (The Warrior Rune halves defense in order to boost power)

Magic, Statistics Reduction & Statistics Amplification (The Warrior Rune halves magic defense in order to boost magic power)

Magic, Limited Life Absorption (The Banshee Rune drains HP from an ally)

Magic, Status Effect Transferal (The Chimera Rune transfers a negative status effect to another party member)

Magic, Healing (The Sylph Rune heals the HP of allies, though at the cost of the user's own HP)

Magic, possible Status Effect Inducement (The Down Rune has a 30% chance of inflicting Unbalance on a foe)

Magic, Statistics Amplification (The Exertion Rune raises the user's attack power every six turns)

Magic, Damage Boost (When the Fire Lizard Rune is equipped, it increases damage by 50%, at the cost of inflicting damage to the wielder)

Magic, Damage Boost (The Friendship Rune increases attack power by the number of recruits obtained)

Magic, Statistics Reduction (The Hunter Rune reduces hit chances to 5%, and makes all damage do 1 HP), Statistics Amplification (A successful attack while holding the Hunter Rune gives a 100% chance that the enemy will drop an item)

Magic, Damage Boost (The Kindness Rune increases the user's damage by 1 point for every hour that they've been active in the party)

Magic, Statistics Reduction (The Magic Drain Rune reduces the chance to hit enemies by 15%), Statistics Amplification (The Magic Drain Rune restores magic after striking an enemy)

Magic, possible Poison Manipulation & Status Effect Inducement (The Poison Rune has a 40% chance to inflict Poison on the target)

Magic, possible Status Effect Inducement (The Silence Rune has a 20% chance to inflict Silence on the target)

Magic, possible Status Effect Inducement (The Sleep Rune has a 20% chance to inflict Sleep on the target)

Magic, Statistics Amplification (The Technique Rune gives a 40% chance of stealing money from a target)

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Standard Equipment

Staff, Sword, Black Sword Rune, Runes, Medicine

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Notable Techniques

Unite Attacks

• Buddy Attack: With Riou. Riou and Jowy circle the opponents at incredible speed, before stopping to flourish their weapons. They then dash forwards with a powerful attack, trading sides.

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Other

Weaknesses: None notable.

Battle Records

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