Ted (Suikoden)

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Ted is the main protagonist's best friend in Konami's role playing game Suikoden. Ted also appears in Suikoden IV as a playable character and is one of the 108 Stars of Destiny.

300 years prior to the events of Suikoden, Ted was born in the Village of the Hidden Rune and was the sole survivor of an attack on the village by Windy, Neclord and Yuber. Since then, he has wandered the world as the bearer of one of the 27 True Runes; the Rune of Life and Death, more so known as the Soul Eater. It is unknown how or why, but his rune was stolen at one time, but he found it once again after a few years, allowing him to age a few years.

After around 150 years, during the events of Suikoden IV Ted spends some time on the Fog Ship, where he relinquishes his rune to the ships captain, and decides to spend eternity there. Eventually the Fog Ship came in contact with Lazlo En Kuldes and the Ship's Captain tried to convince Lazlo to give up his True Rune; the Rune of Punishment. Witnessing Lazlo's actions, Ted defeated the Ship's Captain and the Soul Eater was returned to him. He continued to help Lazlo throughout the rest of the war with the Kooluk Empire, and vanished when the war ended. Also, he made it clear that he wanted to be put apart from others on the ship, either from the comment box ("If you've got no business, don't come approach me. Please."), or his party-insertion comment ("How much longer will this last?").

During the Scarlet Moon Empire's war with Jowston, shortly before the events of Suikoden, Teo McDohl found Ted in the battlefield. Mistaking Ted for a war orphan, Teo invited him to his household, where he and Tir McDohl quickly became best friends. The two got along as if they had known each other all along. Ted even accompanied Hero McDohl in his earliest quests when he joined the Scarlet Moon Empire Army's Royal Guards under Kraze. However, his Souleater was discovered by the Court Magician Windy when he used it to protect his friends and Ted suffered a heavy wound when he escaped from Windy's clutches. After arriving at the McDohl household, he passed the Souleater onto Tir while he himself stayed behind as a decoy. This in the end forced Tir to fight against the Scarlet Moon Empire. Despite this, Ted was kept alive by Windy, slowly losing control over himself through Windy's Conqueror Rune. Windy summoned Ted at Seek Valley and forced him to ask Tir to surrender his rune. However, due to the fact that the Souleater still considered Ted to be its owner, Ted was able to communicate to Tir through the rune. Then, Ted commanded the Souleater to take his own soul and it is believed that Ted ended his life at that moment.

[edit] Statistics

Name: Ted
Origin: Village of the Hidden Rune
Age: 150+ (Suikoden IV) 300+ (Suikoden)
Race: Human
Height : 165 cm
Rune: Soul Eater Rune (True Rune)
Family: Ted's Grandfather (grandfather, deceased)
Affiliation: None
Previous Affiliations: Kooluk Southern Expansion War

[edit] Weapon

Ted uses a Steel Bow in the beginning of the game.

• Steel Bow (Level 1-5)

In Suikoden IV, Ted wields a wooden bow.

• Wood Bow (Level 9-10)
• Hard Wood Bow (Level 11-16)

[edit] Trivia

• Ted is not one of the 108 stars in the original game, but he is in Suikoden IV.

Preceded by: Luc	Tenkan Star (Suikoden IV)	Succeeded by: Zerase
Preceded by: Ted's Grandfather	Bearer of the Soul Eater Rune	Succeeded by: Tir McDohl