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pieceofcakeOUT of CHARACTER
Name: Tetra
Other characters: N/A
IN CHARACTER
Name: Gaius
Fandom: Fire Emblem: Awakening
Canon point/AU: Post-game, after Grima's defeat.
Journal:pieceofcake
PB: Gaius (Fire Emblem: Awakening)
History: Gaius + Fire Emblem: Awakening
Presentation: Gaius's outward appearance is that of your typical Ylissean thief: dark clothes, a knife ever-present at his side, a sack full of stolen goods on his shoulder. At the beginning of Awakening, he also had a tendency to slack off on basic hygiene to an almost comical extent, forgoing haircuts, baths, and changing his clothes from one day to the next -- though constant haranguing from a fellow soldier eventually convinced him to at least show up clean and presentable.
The Ylissean continent is home to three major powers: Plegia, Regna Ferox, and the Halidom of Ylisse, from which Gaius hails. Ylisse, ruled by the kind-hearted Exalt Emmeryn, is seemingly the most peaceful of the three, and has also established an official armed fighting force in order to defend its people from roving brigands. While Ylisse has its problems, such as uneasy relations with the neighboring country of Plegia, it nonetheless boasts a temperate climate and relative safety for the average citizen.
Prior to the events of Awakening, however, Ylisse was ruled by Emmeryn’s tyrannical, war-mongering father, who bled Ylisse’s treasury dry in an attempt to extend his country’s borders. The result was the slaughter of countless Plegian citizens, a mounting death toll for the Ylissean army, and widespread suffering and even starvation among ordinary citizens of Ylisse. It was only through exhaustive personal effort that Emmeryn managed to succeed the throne and begin repairing the country.
Gaius has lived through the reigns of both Exalts, and as such, holds Emmeryn in high esteem – even if his thievery does make him part of Ylissean’s continuing struggles with wandering rogues and criminals. This duality pretty much sums up the core of Gaius’s character: a basically good (or at least good-natured) person who nevertheless chooses to defy the law and live as an outlaw. Which is not to say that Gaius is a criminal because he believes in any particular cause; rather, he seems to have fallen into thievery through a combination of talent, pragmatism, an unwillingness to make an honest living for himself, and the general belief that what he’s doing isn’t that bad anyway. He’s kind of the Han Solo of Fire Emblem: Awakening.
As a thief, Gaius is keenly aware of class differences, and while he doesn’t seem to begrudge the nobility for being born into wealth, he is pretty short on tolerance when the Prince of Ylisse, Chrom, starts talking about how it’d be nice to live a free life, unencumbered of responsibility. In Gaius’s mind, nobles don’t have much to complain about – especially royalty, who never have to wonder where their next meal is coming from and have the benefit of retainers who live and die to protect them. That said, Gaius consistently chats with peasants and nobles both as if they were on the same level, and seems to enjoy assigning nicknames to new acquaintances regardless of rank or station (Chrom is “Blue”, the master tactician of the Ylissean army is “Bubbles”).
While friendly with most everyone he meets, Gaius does tend to come across as a little flippant/aloof/cynical/etc. – more likely to accept the world for what he perceives it to be than someone who actively works to change it. In other words: the world will always be home to haves and have-nots, there’s no such thing as something-for-nothing, and while it’s nice to be able to help others out, sometimes survival requires questionable courses of action. For instance, Gaius considers Emmeryn a “sweet lady” and one worthy of respect; when he unwittingly finds himself mixed up with a party of brigands out to assassinate her, however, he initially decides that rather than sound a warning to the guards or abandon the party, he’ll avoid personally hurting her, take advantage of the confusion to break into the royal treasury, and simply hope that Emmeryn’s protectors will be up to the job of defeating the assassins while he’s making off with the goods. It is only when Chrom personally confronts him, challenges him to prove his good intentions, and offers a bribe to “sweeten the deal” that Gaius decides to turn coat – and he then does so without a whit of sympathy for his former allies.
Objectively, Gaius probably falls into the spectrum of “good” (see below for examples of good behavior), but he does not seem to regard himself as such, and tends to deflect compliments or write off most of his good deeds as unremarkable. Interestingly, he does seem fond of his fellow Shepherds, but the way in which he lends them support outside of battle is often indirect or slightly unconventional. When Olivia begins berating herself for her perceived uselessness, for instance, Gaius doesn’t rush to reassure her; instead, he deflects her train of thought by remarking that “That’s so wrong, I don't even know how to respond. So you know what? I’m gonna just pretend you never said it”, and redirects the line of conversation to a less charged subject.
Additionally, while Gaius is much more likely to avoid a fight than go looking for one, he is by no means cowardly, having faced down wyverns, enemy mages, arrows, and more with little more than a sword in the hand and a wisecrack at the ready. Thick-skinned, confident, and cool under fire, Gaius has established himself as an integral member of the Shepherds.
And also most likely to try and loot the Ylissean royal vault.
Motivations: While Gaius often projects the image of someone who’s seen it all and claims to put his personal survival above all else, he actually has something of a history of sticking his neck out for friends or the occasional innocent bystander. In his support with Maribelle, for instance, he reveals that years ago, when Maribelle was a young girl, he was presented with a choice: either frame Maribelle’s father for a crime serious enough to have the man sentenced to death, or hired brigands would promptly make an attempt on Maribelle’s life. Gaius ended up choosing the first option and, in a crisis of conscience, sent a letter of confession to the presiding judge to stay her father’s execution. Gaius ended up physically branded a criminal for the incident, and though his actions still weigh on him, he makes it clear that in his mind, he made the right decision, as he could never have forgiven himself if Maribelle had been harmed.
When Gaius learns how much Cherche has waiting for her back home after the war is over, he risks his life to cover her in battle; though he originally joined the Shepherds for little more than a promise of future pay and a bag of candy, he apparently remains in their service for over two years, even joining the other Shepherds in battling a world-destroying fell dragon that threatened humanity. Despite Gaius’s pretense, in other words, he can be fiercely loyal and uncommonly brave.
The one thing that rouses Gaius from his worldly, untouchable attitude is sweets. Honey, candies, cakes, pies, it doesn't matter -- Gaius will devour anything sugary with relish. Gaius carries a stash of sweets with him at all times and claims that "any moment I'm not eating sugar is an emergency." This is apparently not far from the truth, as Chrom once traded him a sack of candy to turn on a former employer. At one point, Gaius's sweet tooth even inspires him to scale a cliff from which he knows he won't be able to scramble back down, forcing a comrade (namely, Panne) to ferry him bodily back to solid ground. Gaius has even been known to track bees back to their hives for a shot at their honey, though he’s sworn off ever since his disastrous last attempt, in which his panicked partner threw the hive at him.
During the events of Awakening, Gaius found his One True Love (TM) in Panne, a Taguel woman he met during his stint as a Shepherd. Though their relationship was rocky at first, and mostly driven by Panne being forced to rescue Gaius from clambering up cliffs he couldn’t get down from while in search of sweets, Gaius eventually took to listening intently to Panne’s stories about the Taguel, even learning to forge a ring with traditional Taguel ornamental motifs (which he then turned around and presented to her as an engagement ring). They were married shortly afterwards, and Gaius would understandably be determined to return to her side as soon as possible and return to his evil!dragon-free life. Back home in Ylisse, Gaius and Panne have struck up a sort of teasing relationship, supporting each other in battle and slowly learning to navigate their cultural differences. Like idioms. And not licking people.
SAMPLES
Thread: Hey. Name's Gaius, but you lot can just call me Gaius.
So since I’m sure our benevolent benefactors have eyes and ears everywhere, anyone know a good place to stock up on dessert? I think I’m gonna need it. A lot of it.
[Stress eating was a bad habit, but one he found very difficult to break. A pity, because he’d actually been slowing down a little on the sugar what with Grima gone and all and now this all over again. He ticked off items on his fingers as he spoke.]
Cake, pies, candy, I’m not picky as long as it’s got sugar in it. Oh yeah, if all there is is raw ingredients, I can roll with that, too. I may not look like it, but I'm actually pretty good at the baking deal.
[He held up his fingers and wriggled them as if to demonstrate.]
Hey, I bet I know what you're thinking. 'Why should I help this guy? Why's he talking about candy at a time like this?' Okay, I'll tell you why -- because it's delicious, I've got a serious craving, and if you help a guy out, I'll even buy you the first tart. Think you're gonna get a deal like that again? You should be so lucky, okay?
Prose: Okay, sure. Gaius was used to weird. Weird was waking up with a malevolent charm made of bat wings and horse hair stuffed into his pantaloons. Weird was finding about thirty pilfered statues of women smashed up in your comrade's sleeping tent. Weird was finding those bizarre motivational posters all over camp of Chrom waving a sword about whilst naked. Weird was what the Shepherds were all about.
But this was weird in a decidedly unamusing fashion, and while Gaius was plenty used to taking lives, he was at least a little scrupulous about under what circumstances he was willing to do so. He wasn't stupid enough to start an escape attempt, at least not until he could be reasonably assured of success, but he was not happy. Crivens, some of his so-called opponents were kids. He knew money drove people to bizarre pursuits (bee larvae, anyone?), but this was a level of debauchery that turned his stomach.
His outward expression was a perfect mask of boredom and unconcern; if the years had taught him anything, it was that it was a lot easier sticking a knife in someone who wasn’t expecting it. But he was careful to scan the room for any possible advantages or means of escape while he did so. He was going to get out of her, dammit, or he wasn’t Gaius the Nimble-Fingered.
Now what about finding himself a good sword...?
What is your character scored: Probably a 9 or 10. Gaius is intelligent, with excellent street smarts and a weird knack for getting people to tolerate him even as he's trying to steal their stuff. Confident, laid-back, and fearless in a fight, his all-round useful skillsets (described below) and experience make him an integral part of the Ylissean army ("one of the most important cogs in the Shepherd machine", if you believe Cherche, who is canonically an exacting, shrewd fighter). Gaius's life has mostly been spent skirting the law, and he's been exposed to enough that while he wouldn't go looking for fights with no reason, he would have zero hesitation about killing someone in the name of survival (regret, sure, but you have to be alive to feel regret). Nor would he take it personally if someone else tried to off him; it's part and parcel of being a criminal, as well as serving on the frontline in a intercontinental military conflict.
Gaius's biggest mental Achilles heel iscandy not candy, but his tendency to develop relationships with others. Normally pragmatic, cunning, and cynical, Gaius nonetheless grows closer with a number of characters, such as Cherche and Panne, that he becomes convinced have more to live for than he does -- friends, family, etc. Once Gaius develops such a relationship, he risks life and limb to keep them alive, which even Gaius recognizes is kind of ridiculous and a bad battle plan when your ultimate opponent is a thousand-year-old all-powerful, evil, world-destroying dragon that crushes puny human skulls for breakfast.
STAT BREAKDOWN! Gaius's biggest weaknesses are his magic, magic resistance, and physical defense, which are capped to the low 30s. In general, stats in the mid-to-high 40s are considered excellent for comparable classes, and Gaius's 50 in Skill and 48 in Speed reflect the Assassin's specialty as a fast-moving, highly-skilled unit. While stats of 30 or so are decent (and better than the Great Knight's abysmal cap of 24 for Magic), they are not great either, so Gaius's best bet when facing an opponent is to strike fast and avoid incoming attacks. And indeed, in a one-on-one fight, Gaius is basically a dodge tank.
HP: 80
Str: 41
Mag: 29
Skl: 50
Spd: 48
Lck: 43
Def: 30
Res: 30
Abilities:
Gaius starts out as a Thief: naturally skilled in avoiding blows, sneaking around in the dark, breaking and entering, sniffing out treasure, and making a run for it. Over the course of the game, he also gains experience as a Trickster (a sword and healing stave-wielding profession especially adept at acrobatics, luck, and swift movement) and Assassin (a sword and bow-wielding profession, with more of an emphasis on building strength and the ability to pull off swift, lethal attacks). As of the end of FE: Awakening, he is an Assassin.
Gaius is often depicted as capable of physical feats that seem mildly impressive in the Fire Emblem world, but would be freakish in real life. For example, Gaius regularly wields a broadsword with one hand... in a backhand grip. And then manages to spin it around and catch it with one hand as if it were a baton. He is also capable of bridging maybe 25 foot differences with a single spinning leap while carrying said sword, which is kind of actually ridiculous. Which is to say that his strength, speed, and coordination are very pronounced, even if there are characters physically more powerful than he is.
Gaius is canonically a jack-of-all-trades: he does patch-up forging jobs on army weapons, can craft jewelry, bakes sweets, practices card tricks, is generally good with his hands, etc.
Locktouch: Can open locks, such as those on doors and chests, without the need for a key.
Movement + 1: In Fire Emblem, characters are assigned movement ranges based on their perceived speed, e.g. units on horseback can cover ground more quickly than those on foot. Gaius's speed gives him an added boost, allowing him to cover even more ground at once.
Lethality: Automatically kills one opponent, no matter how much health they have left. This is a skill that automatically activates 12.5% of the time when Gaius attacks an opponent.
Lucky Seven: Hit rate and avoidance receive a +20 boost during the first seven turns of a battle. Which is to say this makes him harder to hit during the first half of a battle.
Acrobat: Gaius can navigate any traversable terrain as if it were flat ground. For example, he would not be able to walk on boiling lava, but he'd be able to run across sand, rubble, reasonable hurdles, etc. as if he were running across normal terrain.
Additional information: N/A
Name: Tetra
Other characters: N/A
IN CHARACTER
Name: Gaius
Fandom: Fire Emblem: Awakening
Canon point/AU: Post-game, after Grima's defeat.
Journal:
pieceofcake PB: Gaius (Fire Emblem: Awakening)
History: Gaius + Fire Emblem: Awakening
Presentation: Gaius's outward appearance is that of your typical Ylissean thief: dark clothes, a knife ever-present at his side, a sack full of stolen goods on his shoulder. At the beginning of Awakening, he also had a tendency to slack off on basic hygiene to an almost comical extent, forgoing haircuts, baths, and changing his clothes from one day to the next -- though constant haranguing from a fellow soldier eventually convinced him to at least show up clean and presentable.
The Ylissean continent is home to three major powers: Plegia, Regna Ferox, and the Halidom of Ylisse, from which Gaius hails. Ylisse, ruled by the kind-hearted Exalt Emmeryn, is seemingly the most peaceful of the three, and has also established an official armed fighting force in order to defend its people from roving brigands. While Ylisse has its problems, such as uneasy relations with the neighboring country of Plegia, it nonetheless boasts a temperate climate and relative safety for the average citizen.
Prior to the events of Awakening, however, Ylisse was ruled by Emmeryn’s tyrannical, war-mongering father, who bled Ylisse’s treasury dry in an attempt to extend his country’s borders. The result was the slaughter of countless Plegian citizens, a mounting death toll for the Ylissean army, and widespread suffering and even starvation among ordinary citizens of Ylisse. It was only through exhaustive personal effort that Emmeryn managed to succeed the throne and begin repairing the country.
Gaius has lived through the reigns of both Exalts, and as such, holds Emmeryn in high esteem – even if his thievery does make him part of Ylissean’s continuing struggles with wandering rogues and criminals. This duality pretty much sums up the core of Gaius’s character: a basically good (or at least good-natured) person who nevertheless chooses to defy the law and live as an outlaw. Which is not to say that Gaius is a criminal because he believes in any particular cause; rather, he seems to have fallen into thievery through a combination of talent, pragmatism, an unwillingness to make an honest living for himself, and the general belief that what he’s doing isn’t that bad anyway. He’s kind of the Han Solo of Fire Emblem: Awakening.
As a thief, Gaius is keenly aware of class differences, and while he doesn’t seem to begrudge the nobility for being born into wealth, he is pretty short on tolerance when the Prince of Ylisse, Chrom, starts talking about how it’d be nice to live a free life, unencumbered of responsibility. In Gaius’s mind, nobles don’t have much to complain about – especially royalty, who never have to wonder where their next meal is coming from and have the benefit of retainers who live and die to protect them. That said, Gaius consistently chats with peasants and nobles both as if they were on the same level, and seems to enjoy assigning nicknames to new acquaintances regardless of rank or station (Chrom is “Blue”, the master tactician of the Ylissean army is “Bubbles”).
While friendly with most everyone he meets, Gaius does tend to come across as a little flippant/aloof/cynical/etc. – more likely to accept the world for what he perceives it to be than someone who actively works to change it. In other words: the world will always be home to haves and have-nots, there’s no such thing as something-for-nothing, and while it’s nice to be able to help others out, sometimes survival requires questionable courses of action. For instance, Gaius considers Emmeryn a “sweet lady” and one worthy of respect; when he unwittingly finds himself mixed up with a party of brigands out to assassinate her, however, he initially decides that rather than sound a warning to the guards or abandon the party, he’ll avoid personally hurting her, take advantage of the confusion to break into the royal treasury, and simply hope that Emmeryn’s protectors will be up to the job of defeating the assassins while he’s making off with the goods. It is only when Chrom personally confronts him, challenges him to prove his good intentions, and offers a bribe to “sweeten the deal” that Gaius decides to turn coat – and he then does so without a whit of sympathy for his former allies.
Objectively, Gaius probably falls into the spectrum of “good” (see below for examples of good behavior), but he does not seem to regard himself as such, and tends to deflect compliments or write off most of his good deeds as unremarkable. Interestingly, he does seem fond of his fellow Shepherds, but the way in which he lends them support outside of battle is often indirect or slightly unconventional. When Olivia begins berating herself for her perceived uselessness, for instance, Gaius doesn’t rush to reassure her; instead, he deflects her train of thought by remarking that “That’s so wrong, I don't even know how to respond. So you know what? I’m gonna just pretend you never said it”, and redirects the line of conversation to a less charged subject.
Additionally, while Gaius is much more likely to avoid a fight than go looking for one, he is by no means cowardly, having faced down wyverns, enemy mages, arrows, and more with little more than a sword in the hand and a wisecrack at the ready. Thick-skinned, confident, and cool under fire, Gaius has established himself as an integral member of the Shepherds.
And also most likely to try and loot the Ylissean royal vault.
Motivations: While Gaius often projects the image of someone who’s seen it all and claims to put his personal survival above all else, he actually has something of a history of sticking his neck out for friends or the occasional innocent bystander. In his support with Maribelle, for instance, he reveals that years ago, when Maribelle was a young girl, he was presented with a choice: either frame Maribelle’s father for a crime serious enough to have the man sentenced to death, or hired brigands would promptly make an attempt on Maribelle’s life. Gaius ended up choosing the first option and, in a crisis of conscience, sent a letter of confession to the presiding judge to stay her father’s execution. Gaius ended up physically branded a criminal for the incident, and though his actions still weigh on him, he makes it clear that in his mind, he made the right decision, as he could never have forgiven himself if Maribelle had been harmed.
When Gaius learns how much Cherche has waiting for her back home after the war is over, he risks his life to cover her in battle; though he originally joined the Shepherds for little more than a promise of future pay and a bag of candy, he apparently remains in their service for over two years, even joining the other Shepherds in battling a world-destroying fell dragon that threatened humanity. Despite Gaius’s pretense, in other words, he can be fiercely loyal and uncommonly brave.
The one thing that rouses Gaius from his worldly, untouchable attitude is sweets. Honey, candies, cakes, pies, it doesn't matter -- Gaius will devour anything sugary with relish. Gaius carries a stash of sweets with him at all times and claims that "any moment I'm not eating sugar is an emergency." This is apparently not far from the truth, as Chrom once traded him a sack of candy to turn on a former employer. At one point, Gaius's sweet tooth even inspires him to scale a cliff from which he knows he won't be able to scramble back down, forcing a comrade (namely, Panne) to ferry him bodily back to solid ground. Gaius has even been known to track bees back to their hives for a shot at their honey, though he’s sworn off ever since his disastrous last attempt, in which his panicked partner threw the hive at him.
During the events of Awakening, Gaius found his One True Love (TM) in Panne, a Taguel woman he met during his stint as a Shepherd. Though their relationship was rocky at first, and mostly driven by Panne being forced to rescue Gaius from clambering up cliffs he couldn’t get down from while in search of sweets, Gaius eventually took to listening intently to Panne’s stories about the Taguel, even learning to forge a ring with traditional Taguel ornamental motifs (which he then turned around and presented to her as an engagement ring). They were married shortly afterwards, and Gaius would understandably be determined to return to her side as soon as possible and return to his evil!dragon-free life. Back home in Ylisse, Gaius and Panne have struck up a sort of teasing relationship, supporting each other in battle and slowly learning to navigate their cultural differences. Like idioms. And not licking people.
SAMPLES
Thread: Hey. Name's Gaius, but you lot can just call me Gaius.
So since I’m sure our benevolent benefactors have eyes and ears everywhere, anyone know a good place to stock up on dessert? I think I’m gonna need it. A lot of it.
[Stress eating was a bad habit, but one he found very difficult to break. A pity, because he’d actually been slowing down a little on the sugar what with Grima gone and all and now this all over again. He ticked off items on his fingers as he spoke.]
Cake, pies, candy, I’m not picky as long as it’s got sugar in it. Oh yeah, if all there is is raw ingredients, I can roll with that, too. I may not look like it, but I'm actually pretty good at the baking deal.
[He held up his fingers and wriggled them as if to demonstrate.]
Hey, I bet I know what you're thinking. 'Why should I help this guy? Why's he talking about candy at a time like this?' Okay, I'll tell you why -- because it's delicious, I've got a serious craving, and if you help a guy out, I'll even buy you the first tart. Think you're gonna get a deal like that again? You should be so lucky, okay?
Prose: Okay, sure. Gaius was used to weird. Weird was waking up with a malevolent charm made of bat wings and horse hair stuffed into his pantaloons. Weird was finding about thirty pilfered statues of women smashed up in your comrade's sleeping tent. Weird was finding those bizarre motivational posters all over camp of Chrom waving a sword about whilst naked. Weird was what the Shepherds were all about.
But this was weird in a decidedly unamusing fashion, and while Gaius was plenty used to taking lives, he was at least a little scrupulous about under what circumstances he was willing to do so. He wasn't stupid enough to start an escape attempt, at least not until he could be reasonably assured of success, but he was not happy. Crivens, some of his so-called opponents were kids. He knew money drove people to bizarre pursuits (bee larvae, anyone?), but this was a level of debauchery that turned his stomach.
His outward expression was a perfect mask of boredom and unconcern; if the years had taught him anything, it was that it was a lot easier sticking a knife in someone who wasn’t expecting it. But he was careful to scan the room for any possible advantages or means of escape while he did so. He was going to get out of her, dammit, or he wasn’t Gaius the Nimble-Fingered.
Now what about finding himself a good sword...?
What is your character scored: Probably a 9 or 10. Gaius is intelligent, with excellent street smarts and a weird knack for getting people to tolerate him even as he's trying to steal their stuff. Confident, laid-back, and fearless in a fight, his all-round useful skillsets (described below) and experience make him an integral part of the Ylissean army ("one of the most important cogs in the Shepherd machine", if you believe Cherche, who is canonically an exacting, shrewd fighter). Gaius's life has mostly been spent skirting the law, and he's been exposed to enough that while he wouldn't go looking for fights with no reason, he would have zero hesitation about killing someone in the name of survival (regret, sure, but you have to be alive to feel regret). Nor would he take it personally if someone else tried to off him; it's part and parcel of being a criminal, as well as serving on the frontline in a intercontinental military conflict.
Gaius's biggest mental Achilles heel is
STAT BREAKDOWN! Gaius's biggest weaknesses are his magic, magic resistance, and physical defense, which are capped to the low 30s. In general, stats in the mid-to-high 40s are considered excellent for comparable classes, and Gaius's 50 in Skill and 48 in Speed reflect the Assassin's specialty as a fast-moving, highly-skilled unit. While stats of 30 or so are decent (and better than the Great Knight's abysmal cap of 24 for Magic), they are not great either, so Gaius's best bet when facing an opponent is to strike fast and avoid incoming attacks. And indeed, in a one-on-one fight, Gaius is basically a dodge tank.
HP: 80
Str: 41
Mag: 29
Skl: 50
Spd: 48
Lck: 43
Def: 30
Res: 30
Abilities:
Gaius starts out as a Thief: naturally skilled in avoiding blows, sneaking around in the dark, breaking and entering, sniffing out treasure, and making a run for it. Over the course of the game, he also gains experience as a Trickster (a sword and healing stave-wielding profession especially adept at acrobatics, luck, and swift movement) and Assassin (a sword and bow-wielding profession, with more of an emphasis on building strength and the ability to pull off swift, lethal attacks). As of the end of FE: Awakening, he is an Assassin.
Gaius is often depicted as capable of physical feats that seem mildly impressive in the Fire Emblem world, but would be freakish in real life. For example, Gaius regularly wields a broadsword with one hand... in a backhand grip. And then manages to spin it around and catch it with one hand as if it were a baton. He is also capable of bridging maybe 25 foot differences with a single spinning leap while carrying said sword, which is kind of actually ridiculous. Which is to say that his strength, speed, and coordination are very pronounced, even if there are characters physically more powerful than he is.
Gaius is canonically a jack-of-all-trades: he does patch-up forging jobs on army weapons, can craft jewelry, bakes sweets, practices card tricks, is generally good with his hands, etc.
Locktouch: Can open locks, such as those on doors and chests, without the need for a key.
Movement + 1: In Fire Emblem, characters are assigned movement ranges based on their perceived speed, e.g. units on horseback can cover ground more quickly than those on foot. Gaius's speed gives him an added boost, allowing him to cover even more ground at once.
Lethality: Automatically kills one opponent, no matter how much health they have left. This is a skill that automatically activates 12.5% of the time when Gaius attacks an opponent.
Lucky Seven: Hit rate and avoidance receive a +20 boost during the first seven turns of a battle. Which is to say this makes him harder to hit during the first half of a battle.
Acrobat: Gaius can navigate any traversable terrain as if it were flat ground. For example, he would not be able to walk on boiling lava, but he'd be able to run across sand, rubble, reasonable hurdles, etc. as if he were running across normal terrain.
Additional information: N/A
