Virion

All hail me!

Virion is a playable character from Fire Emblem Awakening. He is a secretive noble for a land or another.

Virion is the former duke of Rosanne, a fallen country in Valm. In his support with Panne, it is revealed that he fled Rosanne because he believed otherwise the people would've died for him defending against Walhart.

Virion is introduced and recruited in Chapter 1. He mysteriously joins the army as a reinforcement, when Chrom, Lissa and Robin are at disvantage, being attacked by the Risens. When Sully enters the field, Virion appears and immediately tries to court her with little success. He also explains to Robin how to use bow-using units properly. After the event, despite his mysterious background, he manages to be accepted in the Shepherds militia, and fights alongside Chrom's army in the unfold events. After Chrom defeats Gangrel, the Prince becames the next Exalt and at times of peace, at some point Virion departs to another place to take care of his own affairs, and apparently didn't keep in touch with his comrades for a couple of years.

Two years later, Walhart, Conqueror of Valm, begins an invasion of the Continent Ylisse. Virion and one of his retainers, Cherche, leave Valm and heads east to Ylisse to seek aid from Chrom and Flavia, in Ferox, after revealing his true identity. He offers an alliance, proposing to aid both kingdoms against Walhart, their common enemy, aiming to get help to reconquer his stripped lands in exchange. During the campaign, he can potentially marry and have children with one of the members of Ylisse's army, and alongisde the other Shepherds, Virion gets involved in more complicated issues when Grima and Validar plans are revealed.

In the Future Past, in conversations with some of his potential children, it's revealed that in the original timeline, Virion ironically died striked by an arrow, fighting against Grima trying to protect his child and the people against the Risen. He often refers himself as "Fatherest of Fathers" to his child.

After the battle against Grima, Virion returns home where he is branded a coward and a traitor by the citizens of Rosanne. Through his hard work to restore his country and the assistance of his wife, if he has one, he regains the trust of his people.

Personality

Virion is somewhat detached from the world. Although he first comes off as a buffoon and a braggart, he also possesses quite the intellect. His conversations normally revolve around pointing out and elaborating on his interlocutor's problems before they can even answer, showing a talent for political intrigue in his supports with Lissa and Frederick, being able to read people in his supports with Miriel and Cordelia, and a knack for strategy in his supports with Robin, proving that his abilities match his position. He also cares too much for courtly behavior, and always acts in a refined, pompous manner.

He can pass off as being self-centered and cowardly, but he can actually be quite noble at times, as is the case in a multitude of his supports. That nobility reflects his caring nature towards other people, as his support with Cherche reveals that he took the downfall of his country the hardest out of anyone. Because of this, Cherche forces him to promise her that when times get tough, he will not give up or feel down because of it.

Though people in the army think of him as just a boaster, most of his statements about himself seem to be accurate, as he goes to show in his supports. He reveals, for instance, that he is a very talented dancer with even Olivia herself stating that he is better than her; although this could simply be Olivia's modesty at work. He also seems to be resistant to Tharja's attempts to hex him into doing her bidding - although he follows her orders, it is later revealed that it had no effect on Virion, and he was obeying out of his own free will. In fact, in his S-Support with Tharja, he reveals that the reason he followed her commands was because he saw the good will behind them. He can be quite ruthless when it comes to combat, as the only reason he kept beating Robin in strategic games was because he was willing to sacrifice his troops in order to achieve victory, whereas Robin was reluctant to sacrifice so much as a single person.

He is a shameless flirt—but one who becomes offended if someone suggests he has more lecherous intentions. There are instances where he can get quite flustered, however, as his failure to properly identify Libra's gender causes him to question the assertive confidence with which he approaches ladies. Nevertheless, Virion spends a lot of time attempting to woo women and is willing to do anything for them. He spends more time at the mirror than anyone else in the army.

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