"Ike is the son of Commander Greil of the Greil Mercenaries. The story begins with Ike's last day as a trainee in his father's mercenary company,[8] and follows him as he grows in power to lead a military force for the purpose of restoring an entire nation.
Ike is the first central main character in the Fire Emblem series not to be of royal lineage or noble birth.[9] This is because his creators decided that they wanted a character that any "man can also empathize with." Ike's blunt personality and characteristic blue hair was derived from one of the protagonists from Fire Emblem, Hector, who the creators of Ike discovered was one of the most popular characters in the series.[10]
He barely remembers his early childhood in Gallia, and also does not know what Laguz are at the beginning of the game. He is often outspoken although this is due to his lack of experience with important figures, and this both helps him and hurts him in the game. For most of the game, he is under the service of Princess Elincia, but does not want anything more than regular mercenary payment, a chance to avenge his father's death.
He starts out with the title of Ranger, but is eventually granted the title of Lord by Princess Elincia so that he may officially lead the Crimean Liberation Army as its general.[11] Ike duels the Black Knight to avenge his father's death using Ragnell, a sword blessed by the goddess, which is one of the only indestructible weapons in the series.[12] The sword is one of only a few weapons that can damage the Black Knight's blessed armor.[13] After their final duel, Ike continues to lead the army towards the Crimean capital and defeats Ashnard, ending the Daein occupation and allowing Elincia to take her proper place as the nation's queen."
Ike is a mercenary, where in gods name they got "I fight for my friends" in the English version is beyond me. The only things he fights for is revenge and cash <.<
Rough translation from the same victory pose in Japanese is "I fight only for those I protect", which is basically whoever pays him.
I'll admit I 'may' be off since I've never actually played the game and only know what I've read from reviews and Wiki but I don't think he even calls anyone friend. He's seemed to be rather cold...
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