Penultimate_Pi

Fire Emblem: A Blinding Light

As Griswal managed to trudge up alongside the prince, he expressed a somewhat relieving (if a tiny bit regretful) sight that the princes had still managed to make short work of the Jehannan soldiers. It would seem that their motley band's odd new allies were managing to prove their worth. Still, a feral-dressed man like that, casting magic? Certainly wasn't what met the eye, he was...

"Howdy, Grizzly Bear," Alvin quipped to the Grado Knight once he took note of him, "About time you caught up." Truly, if there was anything the prince of Grado was known for, it wasn't his ultimately princely attitude; more accurately, it was his lack thereof. Griswal returned the comments with an aggravated snort - yes, the armor was bulky and heavy, but it did exactly what it needed to, provided he could at all manage to stay ahead of the prince.

"Where's Aldo and Kalte? I thought they were right behind us?" The young wyvern rider mused aloud.

Griswal twisted around to shoot a glance behind him, attempting to confirm the assumption. "They are," the knight said, to be quickly overwritten by the prince's announcement of his further plans. Hearing the idea to alert them, Griswal turned to call back to the pair, "Aldo, Kalte, everyone! We're going to make a break for it before Sion gets any closer!"

When the Grado Knight turned back around to face Prince Alvin and the rest of the group, he managed to overhear the remainder of Alvin's current battle strategy. Without even making mention of Griswal's use, Alvin broke out of the huddle and charged forth with a cry of his Wyvern Rider's creed. Gritting his teeth again, the armored man bucked up and thundered after Alvin, yelling out, "Wait for me, you clod! I know you're doing that just to spite me-!" The young prince's zealous and excessively intricate technique would only carry him so far...

He was heartily interrupted in his attempt to catch up by the sudden sight of an arrow barely scraping off Alvin's armor to strike one of the soldiers. Griswal halted just long enough to fire off a threatening glance at the offending archer - that punk kid from before, who apparently knew the wild man - before he resumed charging after the reckless prince.

Krrstria (Steampunk Fantasy)

Sounds something like Final Fantasy VI's plot.

It's perfect; count me in.

Lone Star (Sci-Fi/Space Exploration/Criminal) - Party Full

I want to join, but I'm having a personal hard time finding my niche. I don't suppose our whole team is full of vigilantes or the like, heh?

Fire Emblem: A Blinding Light

Needless to say, there's not a lot Griswal can actually do in this immediate situation. It doesn't seem like he is capable of recruiting any of the yet-neutral player units, and the knight's importance right now is getting to the front line and taking the brunt of force for the party - which he kinda can't do, between his poor movement and all the other people in his way.

But hey, I can try.

Fire Emblem: A Blinding Light

Griswal blinked as the pelt-wearing man quickly trudged away from him to strike out at the enemy. Yet, with two of Grado's own in the way, Retario deliberately stopped short- pulling out a book and beginning to chant. Griswal was fortunate he had his helmet on at this point, because he was quite certain there was no way for the knight to mask his own surprise. That was undoubtedly a spellbook, and those motions were were of the Anima magics...

As if to confirm his observation and snap him out of his stupefied stance, a bolt of lightning crashed down from unseen heavens and fried one of the Jehannan fighters. While Griswal tried to react and rush to the fray, he found himself quickly and suddenly overtaken by the band of vagabonds rushing forth to break through the opposition. A moment later, the Gradian Prince Alvin himself too soared out on his wyvern, throwing a mere sidelong glance to Griswal as he flew to meet his fellow prince in the combat. It unavoidably troubled the knight that the royalty he was assigned to were both so aloof and eager to fly into battle, combined with the raw fact that he couldn't keep up speed-wise.

Occasional times like this, it gave Griswal some regret that he didn't take up cavalry himself. Or at least gave him the idea that he wished to become one of those Great Knights in the future. For as much as he managed to trust Alvin and Marwood's combat prowess alike, it was very much Griswal's job to make sure they only went and got themselves killed over his own dead body.

As best as he could afford, Griswal plodded forth with haste in his heavy armor, hailing for the two remaining ladies to follow in his wake. In his (currently failing) rush to break forth to the front lines, the Grado knight glossed over the presence of an excessively shady thief and a defiant Renais swords-woman among the throng of people behind him.

Fire Emblem: A Blinding Light

I think you're missing the part where your 'noble steed' has the stance and capacity to throw you headfirst into an enemy at any given notice.
If you're light enough to stand there, you're light enough to be a projectile.

Fire Emblem: A Blinding Light

@Harbringer I'd think that sort of riding thing would be equivalent to forcing a Fire Emblem's 'Rescue' command on somebody. The forcing part is where the character in question would start to get pissy about it.

Fire Emblem: A Blinding Light

@Harbringer That latter bit of yelling wasn't exactly for recruiting as much as it was for threatening.

Gosh, though, this crowd of people is pretty crazy, isn't it? How unfortunately typical of a Fire Emblem party.

Violence Fights Xtreme

Save me a spot, I'll get something up.

Fire Emblem: A Blinding Light

I am a knight and I find that offensive.