Hawkeye

Hawkeye
Title(s)	Thief of Nevarl
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Faction	Nevarl
Relatives	Falcon (Mother) Eagle (Half Uncle) Jessica (Half Aunt) Lord Flamekhan (Grandfather)
Health	86
Level	1
Status	Protagonist
Location	Nevarl, Fortress in the Sand
Voice Actor(s)	JP: Yuki Ono (Remake) EN: Alejandro Saab (Remake)
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"The name's Hawkeye, renowned thief from Nevarl."

—3D selection

Hawkeye (ホークアイ, Hōkuai) (Hawk in the fan-translation) is one of the six main characters of Trials of Mana. He is 17 years old, 5 ft. 10 in. tall (178 cm), and weighs 150 lbs (68 kg).

Profile

Physical Apperance

Hawkeye as depicted in the character selection menu

Hawkeye is a young man with tanned skin and dark purple hair with a ponytail with white ribbons and a white headband on his forehead. He wears a sleeveless white tank underneath his red shirt and black pants with white leg warmers and brown boots and wears white wristbands.

Story

Trials of Mana

"Eagle... don't worry. I won't let anything happen to Jessica! I have to leave now, but... I will be back to avenge your death, dearest friend, and save your sister! I hope Jessica will stay safe until then..."

—Hawkeye

See also: Hawkeye's Introduction

Hawkeye is a member of a guild of noble thieves based in the Nevarl, Fortress in the Sand (Navarre in the fan translation). The guild's leader, Lord Flamekhan, suddenly and uncharacteristically declares Nevarl to be a Kingdom. Surprised by this, Hawkeye discusses the matter with his friends and Flamekhan's children, Jessica and Eagle. Hawkeye and Eagle decide to confront Flamekhan about it only to find that he is in the middle of a meeting with his assistant, the witch Isabella, who turns out to be pulling Flamekhan's strings. Isabella (who later reveals that her name is "Belladonna") casts a spell on Eagle to make him attack Hawkeye, who gravely injures Eagle in self-defense. Though Hawkeye manages to snap Eagle out of Isabella's control, she kills him herself and puts all the blame on Hawkeye. He is imprisoned and is awaiting his execution when Isabella informs him that she has given Jessica a cursed necklace; should Hawkeye tell anyone the truth or kill Isabella, the necklace will kill Jessica. Luckily, Hawkeye makes an escape with help from his feline friend Niccolo. Once free of Nevarl, Hawkeye decides to travel to the Holy City Wendel in hopes of finding a way to break the necklace's curse.

Hawkeye shares many story elements with Riesz, who comes from the Wind Kingdom Laurent (Rolante in the fan translation) which is taken over by Nevarl. If either of them is chosen as the main hero in Trials of Mana, the main villain will be the Dark Majesty and the final dungeon will be the Dark Castle.

Echoes of Mana

Hawkeye makes a cameo appearance in the tutorial section, a reenactment of his escape from the Nevarl Fortress. The Hero is the one to bomb him free; but after fighting an introductory battle, the pair is instantly teleported to fight Zable Fahr,

Heritage

In Heroes of Mana it is revealed that he is the son of Falcon and Sandarrow, making Flamekhan his Grandfather, Eagle his half-uncle, and Jessica his half-aunt. Flamekhan sees his daughter Falcon as traitor to his people, he however accepts her wish to raise Hawkeye in her stead should something happen to her. He, however, makes it clear that his grandson is dead to him and that he will raise Hawkeye as if he were an orphan with unknown origins.

Abilities

As a thief, Hawkeye has the highest Agility and Luck stats among the protagonists, giving him an advantage when dodging enemies and opening booby-trapped treasure chests. His standard attacks are unique in that he launches two attacks, which can actually allow him to do more damage than characters that have greater strength than him, provided he can connect with both attacks. After changing classes, Hawkeye gains a variety of other useful abilities. His Light classes use traps, modified throwing items, and a wide variety of Dryad and Luna support spells. His Dark classes allow him to use ninja techniques that lower attributes, cause status effects, and deal damage of the four classical elements.

Classes

Below is a list of Hawkeye's classes. The first class change takes place at Level 18, while the second one takes place at Level 38, with the latter requiring specific items acquired from ??? Seeds.

Level	Light		Dark
Lv. 1	Thief
Lv. 18	Ranger		Ninja
Lv. 38	Nomad (Wanderer) (Lucky Dice)	Rogue (Wicked Dice)	Ninja Master (Precise Dice)	Nightblade (Dusk Dice)
Post-Game (remake only)	Wardenkeep (Loyal Sphere)		Vigilante (Loyal Sphere)

Note:

• Class 4 path is dependent upon the path of the Class 2 switch. All Class 3 abilities learnt are retained.

Thief

The Thief is the class for the deft, daft, and daring. While their title refers to those who know how to covet and steal, so has the term of Thief expanded in many ways throughout the ages within Fa'Diel: martially, to those agile and quick on their feet, by hand, and with cleverness; socially, to distance them from mere marauders, murderous bandits, and the utterly selfish; philosophically, to encompass the human experience of its ingrained necessity to want and have, and in conquest, to take what one seeks within competition and survival. With their propensity towards clever ways towards their aims and to maintain their slick and quick predisposition, so are tools of men's craftiness and ordinary things turned into weapons in times of threat, from knives, bows, and applied knowledge. But as the Thief also walks the warpath and as stealing from other men is as wrong as killing no matter the situation, so will their means of power also inquire one to ask: What warrants one to thieve and steal? When is the point wanting becomes thievery? When is thievery taken too far? If you could take from an endless source, is that theft? At what point, does your possessions and covetousness own you?

Ranger

Drawn to the natural world and the wild, those of such affinity are those known as Rangers, being those that seek to understand nature and journey throughout the lands beyond civilization. As every adventure into a world beyond men has them learn of nature's workings and order, so do Rangers come to gather great knowledge and wisdom of the outdoors, with understanding of the science of the environment and terrain, and a growing lexicon of each clime and realm's flora and fauna to identify and look out for. As the best of Rangers know that survival is the basest instinct to nature's more ferocious side, so are they wise to arm themselves as well with their study of nature, with traps and magic to help utilize the world around them and further draw upon the power of nature in the heart of the fight.

Nomad (Wanderer)

Adventuring the roads not often traveled, the Nomad is the very class that treads this way of life. Having distanced themselves from the heart of society and heeded a call to nature, the Nomad lives life within the wilderness, learning of the natural world's mysteries and uncovering discoveries that only lie within the depths of its realm. Though they travel in the serenity of the natural world and with an awareness brought about through their solitude, they are also not without knowledge of its many dangers, armed and long wizened with knowing how to survive against such troubles and fight back. Along with expertise in ways of battle, the Nomad has also attained the mystical powers of nature on their travels through learning to commune with the spirits of the natural world, allowing them magic that can aid or hinder in times of strife.

Rogue

The Rogue is a fighter whose definition is that of a renegade, and comes to travel back and forth between the natural world and the reaches of civilization. A wild and rambunctious lot, the Rogue's actions are not mutual to their beliefs, walking along the lines of "the end justifies the means", and when push comes to shove, to "seize the day" and "the victor is the last one standing". Living life like a day to day struggle to survive, the Rogue employs not just fearsome skills with the knife, but to also utilizing traps and secondhand weaponry with sleight of hand to turn the tables on their enemies, kept in mind to all sorts of foes and to all kinds of situations. Though they live in the straights of "survival of the fittest" and a brutal, nearly merciless disposition, they hold true to what they believe in and have their own definitions of right and wrong.

Ninja

Taking the thief's underhandedness and trickery into martial application, the ways of the Ninja are those of fighters with battle conduct taken from warriors of another land, renowned for their skills of stealth, deception, and sabotage, allowing them to knock down opposition and defeat enemies without a trace. Further driving their aptitude in fighting and skill is that of their repertoire of secretive and elusive arts known as Ninjutsu that make up their styles and methods, allowing them their proficiency and ferocity in the heat of conflict and tension. Such arts are said to not just comprise of training in the physical and technical, but also that of the mystical; rumored are that Ninja delve into intense spiritual refinement, and come to gain their own ways of magic from this training, from being able to mold and manifest objects purely from their own spiritual energy, to harmonizing and manipulating the natural energy of their surroundings to attack their enemies.

Ninja Master

Amongst of all ninja, there are only followers, and then there are masters. The Ninja Master follows the path of the ninja with virtue and devotion, finding sincere meaning and solace within the arts of ninjutsu, and leading the way for the next generation of ninja to follow. Dedicated to the end and with the art of war as arcane and storied with their experiences in battle, Ninja Masters know well of tactics, strategy, and the science of chaos and trickery, reinforced with a foothold built upon turning to focusing on mastering the basics and reinforcing the foundations to their ultimate limit. Because of this intense adherence to training, the Ninja Master is able to utilize even the most basic ninjutsu in the most devastating ways, wields blades with such proficiency that makes their attacks seem like a storm of blows, and has mastered the art of stealth to where it is if the darkness is an extension of their abode, allowing them to traverse both the rigid precipices of tight tension and the chaotic battlefield, to fight onward tactfully to victory. Though the art of the ninja is that of deception and subterfuge, only Ninja Masters are honored as the strongest of ninja and follow their own path of rectitude that is forged by their own fists.

Nightblade

Having sought further power to seek the most expedient methods of death onto their targets, the Nightblade is an assassin who has mastered the art of murder. With the ways of the ninja not being enough to satiate the goal of stealing lives, the Nightblade turns to deft, obscured, and even occultish methods of truly walking the ways of darkness and snatch their victims into its abyss, before the light can ever reach either of them. Though the Nightblade has turned away from the path of ninja, they keep with them their study of ninjutsu as basis for their ways of assassination, for skills of martial arts to turn into methods of delivering the finishing blow, how to stalk about the darkness and to know what lies in its foreboding depths, and perform obscured spells and dark arts of magic that not even ninja know about, and is further compounded by mastering the greater use of concealed and unusual weapons, the use of poisons, the purpose of maiming and injury to debilitate and weaken, knowing to seal self conscience and remorse at all times to efficently put down their marks, and even striking the opponent psychologically to turn their fears and imagination against them from afar, before closing in on the kill. As harrowing yet wickedly alluring mystique surrounds this class, let it be known: death becomes those who walk the ways of the Nightblade.

Class Strikes

Below is a list of skill attacks Hawkeye learns across his different classes:

Level	Light		Dark
Lv. 1	Poison Dagger (Thief)
Lv. 18	Swallow Throw (Ranger)		Shadow Slash (Ninja)
Lv. 38	Dance of Roses (Nomad)	Slash Fury (Rogue)	Shadow Menace (Ninja Master)	Split Slash (Nightblade)
Post-Game (remake only)	Petal Crossfire (Wardenkeep)		Shackle Sting (Vigilante)

Moves

Hawkeye is second in the group for having a wide variety of spells and skills at his command, where nearly all of his penultimate classes fill up the Item Ring to its maximum of 12.

As he progresses in his Light paths, the Ranger will give Hawkeye its associated specialties, being traps and nature based magic granted by Dryad and Luna. As he makes his way to his final classes, the Nomad delves more into nature based support magics, allowing him access to spells benefic and malign to statuses, like invisibility and HP boosts to poison and HP reduction, where the Rogue will delve more into offensive based traps and weapon abilities with their own unique effects.

In his Dark paths, the Ninja will grant Hawk offensive ninjutsu fare, from shurikens to elemental jutsu spells allowing both attack and debilitating stat reductions, giving him more of an edge in battle. Making his way to the penultimate Dark classes, the Nightblade will further expand upon its deadliness, making way for underhanded techniques and assassin fare through lethal weapon skills and darker jutsu, where the Ninja Master will further refine upon the Ninja's initial set of magic, allowing them to be used against many.

Below is a table of spells Hawkeye learns across his different classes:

Level	Light		Dark
Lv. 1	n/a (Thief)
Lv. 18	Arrow Rain Spikes Sleep Flower Change Form (Ranger)		Shuriken Water Diversion Fire Diversion Dirt Diversion Thunder Technique (Ninja)
Lv. 38	Sleep Flower + Change Form + Poison Bubble Lunatique Crystalline Lunar Radiance Aura Wave Half-Eclipse Counter Magic Energy Ball (Nomad)	Sleep Flower + Change Form + Rockfall Mines Silver Dart Hatchet Throw Hurlbat Rocket Launcher Axe Bomber Grumpkin (Rogue)	Shuriken + Water Diversion + Fire Diversion + Dirt Diversion + Thunder Technique + (Ninja Master)	Poison Cloud Fire Cloud Needle Shower Deadly Weapon Dark Rain (Nightblade)

• Note: When Hawkeye changes class into either a Nomad or a Rogue, his Sleep Flower and Body Change spells will be upgraded to be able to target all enemies. Likewise, when he changes class into a Ninja Master, all spells learnt as a Ninja will also be upgraded accordingly.

Equipment

Weapons

Hawkeye wields a variety of knives, be it from daggers to even double bladed sets that join at the pommel, akin to thief swords as found in other future Square titles. Later knives as Hawkeye progresses in classes include utilitarian and multi purpose knives as a Ranger, focusing on its nature and foresting theme, while Ninja classes come to bear exotic and class exclusive codenamed knives forged to help them train and fully utilize their secretive ways of Ninjutsu.

Name	Cost	Location	Class
Flint Knife	30	Starting Weapon	--
Dagger	90	Astoria, Wendel, Maia	--
Baselard	194	Dwarf Village, Valsena	--
Rondel Dagger	234	Byzel, Palo, Jad	--
Shark Teeth	405	Ghost Ship, Palo	--
Steel Dagger	820	Dark Priest Village	--
Misery Chord	1300	Elrand, Sultan, Deen	--
Qatar	2600	Mintos	--
Main Gauche	2795	Mintos	Ranger
Garuda	2900	Mintos	Ninja
Crystal	3160	Diorre	--
Elf Dagger	3300	Diorre	Ranger
Ashura	3195	Diorre	Ninja
Bluegale	3830	Altena, Deen, Mintos	--
Mythril Knife	4240	Altena, Deen, Mintos	Ranger
Yasha	4400	Altena, Deen, Mintos	Ninja
Bishamon	7600	Cats	--
Field Dagger	7870	Cats	Ranger
Dancing Dagger	7735	Cats	Ninja
Merkiel Dagger	17230	Cats	--
Sylvan Knife	17615	Cats	Ranger
Taishaku	17470	Cats	Ninja
Sheol Dirk	18270	Pedan	--
Crescent Knife	32000	Pedan	Ranger
Acala	32535	Pedan	Ninja
Crimson Glare	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Ranger/Ninja
Orichalcon	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Nomad
Manslaughter	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Rogue
Kongo Rakan	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Ninja Master
Finalblow	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Nightblade

Armor

Name	Cost	Location	Class
Cotton Kilt	16	Starting Armor	--
Black Fatigue	55	Wendel, Maia	--
Camouflage Cloak	100	Dwarf Village, Valsena	--
Thief's Cape	200	Byzel, Palo	--
Soft Leather	234	Ghost Ship, Palo	--
Idaten Cloak	276	Dark Priest Village, Valsena	--
Chain Guard	630	Elrand, Sultan, Deen, Mintos, Diorre	--
Moonbeam Cloak	1300	Mintos	--
Elf Breastplate	1750	Diorre	--
Fleetwind Cape	2350	Altena, Deen, Mintos	--
Fluorite Plate	3155	Cats	--
Utsushimi Cape	3480	Cats	Ranger
Dark Suit	4135	Cats	Ninja
Yafuku Cuirass	7735	Pedan	Ranger
Ninja Garb	7200	Pedan	Ninja
Shijima Mail	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	--
Phantom Cuirass	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Nomad
Silver Wolf Pelt	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Rogue
Wind Demon Mail	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Ninja Master
Black Garb	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Nightblade

Helmets

Name	Cost	Location	Class
Leather Hat	42	Maia	--
Garravilla	194	Jad	--
Feather Hat	800	Deen	--
Faerie Hat	1150	Diorre	--
Grizzly Glare	2100	Cats	--
Black Hood	2865	Cats	--
Nocto Goggles	3630	Pedan	--
Fool's Crown	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Ranger/Ninja
Wind Spirit Hat	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Nomad
Silver Wolf Glare	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Rogue
Stealth Hood	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Ninja Master
Ruby Mask	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Nightblade

Accessories

Name	Cost	Location	Class
Utsusemi Earrings	75	Valsena	--
Thief's Armband	160	Jad	--
Cobra Earrings	630	Deen	--
Ancient Talisman	1100	Deen, Mintos	--
Tree Spirit Ring	2100	Cats	Ranger
Mistscreen Charm	2050	Cats	Ninja
Wishbone	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Ranger/Ninja
Lucky Card	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Nomad/Rogue
Stealth Charm	--	Weapon/Armor Seed	Ninja Master/Nightblade

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	Japanese	ホークアイ(Hōkuai)	Hawkeye
	Chinese
	French	Hawkeye
	German	Adlerauge	Eagle Eye
	Korean
	Spanish	Falco	diminutive of Falcon

Other appearances

Circle of Mana

Rank	Image				Classes	Quote
SR					Thief Ranger Wanderer Rogue	「わかってないね。ウソつきはドロボーの始まりっていうが、すでにドロボーの場合は、ウソをつかないんだよ！」
SUR					Thief Ninja Ninja Master Nightblade	「…そうだな。明日を信じて、やれる所までやってみよう。オレ達ならきっとやれるハズさ。」
SUR					Thief Ninja Ninja Master Nightblade	「何を水臭いこと言ってるんだよ。お前らはジェシカを助けてくれたんだ。この恩を返さなきゃ、ナバールの義賊の名がすたるってもんさ？」
SUR					Thief Ranger Wanderer Rogue	「……ほんと融通の利かない大バカ野郎だな。いいぜ、わかった。この俺がその性根を叩き直してやるよ。」
SUR					Thief Ninja Ninja Master Nightblade	「かかってきな、子猫ちゃんたち。俺は遊びでも手を抜かないぜ。」
SSUR					Thief Ranger Wanderer Rogue	「奴を倒さないと、俺の大好きな王女様が泣いちまうからな。男として放っておけないだろう？」
SSUR					Thief Ranger Wanderer Rogue	「ハロウィンの時は、お祭り騒ぎに参加できなかったからな。今回は思いっきり楽しませてもらうぜ！」
SSUR					Thief Ninja Ninja Master Nightblade	「ごめんなジェシカ、不安な気持ちにさせてしまって……。」
SSUR					Thief Ranger Wanderer Rogue	「ずいぶんと熱烈な歓迎じゃないか！　胸がドキドキしたよ。」
SSUR					Thief Ranger Wanderer Rogue	「休んでろ！　こいつぐらい俺一人で片付けてやる！」
SSUR					Thief Ranger Wanderer Rogue	「口説き文句はトリックオアトリート…　なかなかシャレてるよな。　」
SSUR					Thief Ranger Wanderer Rogue	「君の時間をオレにもらえるかい？」
LGR					Thief Ranger Wanderer Rogue	「諦めな。お前らはこのまま俺達を見つけられずに、雪に埋もれて負けるんだよ！」
LGR					Thief Ninja Ninja Master Nightblade	「──それに、俺たちはナバール盗賊団の生き方を気に入っているんだ。」
LGR					Thief Ninja Ninja Master Nightblade	「ごめんなジェシカ、不安な気持ちにさせてしまって……。」
LGR					Thief Ninja Ninja Master Nightblade	「あまりにも口説き方が下手だから見るに見かねたのさ！」
LGR					Thief Ninja Ninja Master Nightblade	「そりゃそうさ、綺麗な女の子を口説くのは男の義務ってヤツだ。」
LGR					Thief Ninja Ninja Master Nightblade	「まかせておけ、オレは死んでもおまえを守る。」
SLGR					Thief Ninja Ninja Master Nightblade	「ルサ・ルカちゃんか。でも、その美しさは女神と見まごうばかりだぜ。」

Gallery

Official artwork of Hawkeye in his Wanderer class.

Official artwork of Hawkeye in his Nightblade class.

A scene featuring Hawkeye struggling in a vicious battle, as he stands over the body of a badly injured Eagle.

Chibi art from guidebook

Hawkeye and Riesz in Rise of Mana.

Official Artwork from the 2020 remake's cover art

Render of Hawkeye in his inital class from the remake

Render of Hawkeye in his Ranger class from the remake

Render of Hawkeye in his Ranger class from the remake

Render of Hawkeye in his Ninja class from the remake

Render of Hawkeye in his Ninja class from the remake

Render of Hawkeye in his Nomad class from the remake

Render of Hawkeye in his Rogue class from the remake

Render of Hawkeye in his Ninja Master class from the remake

Render of Hawkeye in his Nightblade class from the remake

Key Artwork for Hawkeye and Riesz's storyline for the remake

Render of Hawkeye in his Wardenkeep class from the remake

Render of Hawkeye in his Vigilante class from the remake

Official artwork of Hawkeye in Echoes of Mana.

Trivia

• Hawkeye's ultimate weapon for his Nomad Class, the Orichalcon, has its design based on the dagger portion of the Japanese tool, the kyoketsu shoge. In addition, the real life tool itself is also a hint to the Nomad Class, as its name translates "to run about in the fields and mountains". Incidentally, the kyoketsu shoge is known to be a weapon also associated with ninja.
• Hawkeye's weapons for his Ninja Class are all derived from the Japanese names of Buddhist deities; this also serves as a reference to the Japanese Buddhism lore of horiki, which was said to be a fantastical power derived from devoted practice of Buddhism said to draw upon the power of the Buddha himself to perform amazing feats, and was also said to have been practiced heavily by ninjas through the worship of the buddha Fudo Myou, who also personified absolute patience and persistence.