Luc&sasarai

[John Layfield]

Sasarai led the Harmonian unit that aided Highland in Suikoden II.

And to just to point out, we know a surprisingly great deal about Harmonia. It's just that little of it relates to its core nature.
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One day, I shall come back. Yes, we shall all come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine.

[Njord]

Hikusaac is the one considered as the king of Harmonia but the preferred title is Head Bishop, Sasarai is just like a general for Hermonia and is titled as High Bishop in there, which is why he was sent to Highland to lead the Harmonian soldiers in there as John Layfield also said (Kings don't usually lead their own armies in other land's wars).
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[Dura Sinai]

[Beecham]

[Dura Sinai]

Right but if you look at the history of civilization the risk of a ruler being killed in action has meant that very rarely does a the supreme ruler get directly involved in a battle, even dealing wit their own country.

While a moral boost, imagine the result should that leader, particularly if rather beloved, were to fall in combat? It would cause much anger, grief and confusion.

Often in such cases of war, the ruler makes policy and is an indirect influence. Their job in warfare is more of the strategical side and political side. More often than not nation leaders are more apt for that than physical combat anyhow.

I mean seriously...... how long would Sasarai last in a battle if he was involved in direct combat? His main salvation up to this point was how he could protect himself with his magic abilities. That and he probably when in battle sticks far to the rear to prevent the risk of him being attacked.

[Noot]

Hikusaak has been missing for quite some time, and rumors have circulated that he is in fact dead. Because of this, there is the possibility of a civil uprising by the people who are all 3rd or 2nd class citizens, called the People's Faction, against the temple, or Temple Faction. Sasarai is a bishop and the closest thing to the leader of Harmonia that there is, but he's not THE ruler.

There's currently speculation that Mike in SIII is Hikusaak, though I think it's more believable to assume he's of the Howling Voice Guild or a ninja.

Check out the site SARSadmin put together here because he explains all of this stuff.

[Beecham]

... people think Mike is Hikusaak? Okay, I know he's this mysterious dude'n'all, but, uhm, wow. I'm not sure I have words for that ^_^

[Noot]

Hey, I didn't say they had any real PROOF for it, just another guess at his true identity. ;)
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It's hard to bargle naudle zauss with all these marbles in my mouth.

[Beecham]

They're insane, I think. But that's just me.

[Dura Sinai]

[Sialeeds]

Why have they been cloned?

[Dura Sinai]

They were cloned simply to serve as holding places for the true wind and earth runes. Harmonia wants possession of the true runes but because the true runes act independently and are rather finicky about their hosts. In addition one person can only hold a single true rune (it's not certain exactly how Windy intended to possess two) thus furthering restricting the possibility of the goal being acheived.

Thus Hikusaak, himself a true rune bearer, made clones if himself with some adaptations to make them best suited for their specific runes.

Beyond that though, not a whole lot is known. Harmonia has been kept mostly in the dark.

[Beecham]

Supposedly Windy discovered a secret Sindarin technique which would have allowed her to have a second True Rune. Which is interesting, since were not Luc and Sasarai themselves created as clones by some Sindarin technique? Makes things all the more interesting when you think about the leaders of Harmonia and Sindar holding diametrically opposed True Runes. Odd that Harmonia would use -any- Sindarin technology, in that light.

[Vincent Chase]

I don't think any mention was made by Luc of the origin of the technique he used to preserve the true runes in SIII, but he may have said Sindarian and I could just be forgetting.

However, much in the same way that Luc was able to steal and seal the true runes from the fire bringer was the way Hikusaak created Luc and Sasarai. Luc just had a vessel that the symbol of the rune appeared in, and as High Priest of Harmonia and bearer of the Circle Rune, you would think that Hikusaak's magic woul dbe far more powerful than Luc and Sarah's, and he could be able to create a clone of himself and seal a true rune inside them.

I've also heard speculation on the power of the Circle Rune, the power to maintain order, were told. I once heard someone say that the power of the rune could be to make clones of yourself, which would be handy in creating people to bear runes, and building a 'Master Race' to rule the world, like Harmonia sounds from what we know in the games so far.

[Dura Sinai]

We know a Sindarian technique was responsible, however we don't know anything in terms of how and even if it is fully effective. It hadn't been performed so the grounds of weather it was would have been effective or not is questionable. It was a theoretical means to do it.



Same with the circle rune. We really are not going to have any real idea of how it works or even it's general nature much less of the bearer until we see Hikusaak in some capacity. And from how things are going it might be awhile as it would almost have to be a Harmonian based Suikoden game.