Erk Husbando

Erk is a playable character in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. He is a solemn, intellectual young man who is deeply devoted to his studies. He despises distractions, especially when they come from his former employer, the cleric, Serra. Erk was adopted and raised by the Mage General Pent and his wife, Lady Louise of Reglay, in Etruria ever since he was twelve, when he was found lost in the snow. Erk followed Pent's footsteps to become a talented mage in his own right. He had become so obsessed with his studies that he barely left his bedroom in the castle, resulting in him falling ill, prompting Louise to nurse him back to health. Eventually, when Erk grew older, he ventured out on his own. Embarking on a training journey as a mercenary, he was employed by House Ostia to escort the Lycian priestess Serra back to the castle. It is in Chapter 5 that he and Serra encounter Lyn's party for the first time. Much to his chagrin, Serra pulls him into aiding Lyn's party, whereupon he begrudgingly helps Lyn to thwart Lundgren and liberate Caelin. When Lyn retakes the throne of Caelin, both Erk and Serra leave her service and head to Ostia, thereby fulfilling his original mission. In the following year, as per Pent's instructions, Erk escorts the noblewoman Priscilla of House Caerleon in her pursuit for the truth behind House Cornwell's downfall and for any surviving family members. However, they become trapped in Laus by Marquess Darin, who, upon discovering Priscilla's lineage, imprisons her in one of Laus' villages and forces her to marry him. Traveling to another village up north to petition for aid, Erk is unable to obtain help from the local peasantry. In Chapter 14, Erk departs from the village only to run into Serra, who is under Hector's employment at this stage. Though he is naturally hesitant to rejoin his former contractor whom he finds exasperating, he decides to take advantage of the fact that they are fighting against Laus and aids them. Later, Priscilla also joins the group, allowing him to continue his mission to protect Priscilla. Once Nergal and his morphs are defeated, Erk returns home to Etruria, where he is asked to become the new Mage General as Pent had retired. He politely refuses and instead devotes the rest of his life to the study of magic. However, he would later take up the title at some point in the future and serves as Mage General until his retirement, where he is succeeded by his pupil Cecilia. Depending on his supports in Blazing Blade, Erk's fate may be altered. He can potentially fall in love with Serra, or even wed Priscilla or Nino. Should he wed Nino, he will become the father of the twin mages Lugh and Raigh. He is, however, unable to raise his children as he will eventually vanish searching for Nino, who disappeared, after she was forced to leave her family to protect them from bounty hunters looking for her. Erk has a stern, no-nonsense personality. He is overly serious and pedantic, as he is a particularly introverted and withdrawn individual. Ever since he was accepted under Pent's tutelage at the age of twelve, he has been highly studious and, more importantly, he values dogged perseverance even at the expense of his health to the extent that he collapsed once as a result of forsaking food and sleep to continue his studies. Despite his devotion to his studies, Erk appears to have low self-esteem, lacking full confidence in his own worth, tending to belittle himself and compare his capabilities to those of his master. While Erk can be uptight and snide at times, his support conversations with Louise reveal this is because he has had a hard time letting others get close to him or try to help him. According to him, this is because he feels overwhelmed by people displaying a great degree of affection or concern over him. His taciturn nature makes it difficult for him to express his appreciation to the people he cares most about, such as his foster family, Pent and Louise; alternately, to either of his clients Serra and Priscilla, though notably Serra in particular, or to the fellow mage Nino. He didn't want to rely on the kindness of Pent and Louise too much, and as soon as he could, he started to work as a bodyguard. Though, due to his overly serious personality, he didn't enjoy the job too much, evidenced when he needed to deal with clients who possessed more 'colorful' personalities, such as Serra.