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{{Character Infobox
{{Character Infobox
|name = Hark
|name = Halcyon
|image = [[File:Portrait hark fe15.png]]
|image = [[File:Portrait halcyon fe15.png]]
|caption = Hark's portrait from {{title|Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}}.
|caption = Halcyon's portrait from {{title|Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}}.
|gender = Male
|gender = Male
|race = Human
|race = Human
|startingclass = None
|startingclass = None
|voice=*[[wikipedia:Sean Chiplock|Sean Chiplock]]<br><small>(English, {{title|Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}})</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sonicmega/status/865612490369097728|title=Sean Chiplock on Twitter|site=Twitter|quote=#FireEmblemEchoes: Shadows of Valentia releases today! You can hear me as the voices of Jerome, Halcyon, Blake, and Wolf! Help me find pics?|published=May 19, 2017|retrieved=June 24, 2020}}</ref>
*Tooru Sakurai<br><small>(Japanese, {{title|Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}})</small>
|appearances =  
|appearances =  
* {{title|Gaiden}}
* {{title|Gaiden}}
* {{title|Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}}
* {{title|Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}}
}}
}}
{{Quote|If there is anything I can do, I will lend you my power.|Hark to [[Celica]]}}
{{Quote|If there is anything I can do, I will lend you my power.|Halcyon to [[Celica]]}}
'''Hark''' (Japanese: {{hover|ハルク|Haruku}}, ''Hark''), is a priest of [[Duma]] who appears in [[Sage's Hamlet]] and aids [[Celica]] in her quest.
'''Halcyon''' (Japanese: {{hl|ハルク|Haruku}} ''Hark''), is a priest of [[Duma]] who appears in [[Sage's Hamlet]] and aids [[Celica]] in her quest.


=={{FE2}}==
=={{FE2}}==
===Role===
===Role===
Hark appears in [[Sage's Hamlet]] as an NPC who speaks with Celica. Hark was a priest of [[Duma]] who was overthrown by [[Judah (Gaiden)|Judah]]<ref>{{Cite|Master Hark was the High Priest of Lord Duma. However, after a dispute with the shaman Judah, he escaped here in defeat.|A man in [[Sage's Hamlet]]|Gaiden}}</ref>.
Halcyon appears in [[Sage's Hamlet]] as an NPC who speaks with Celica. Halcyon was a priest of [[Duma]] who was overthrown by [[Jedah]]<ref>{{Cite|Master Halcyon was the High Priest of Lord Duma. However, after a dispute with the shaman Jedah, he escaped here in defeat.|A man in [[Sage's Hamlet]]|Gaiden}}</ref>.


Celica comes to him for information and help, when Hark is spoken to he promotes [[Alm]].
Celica comes to him for information and help; when Halcyon is spoken to he promotes [[Alm]].


=={{FE15}}==
=={{FE15}}==
===Role===
===Role===
Like his role in ''Gaiden'', Halcyon is a non-playable character who appears in Sage's Hamlet. He is revealed to have been [[Conrad]]'s caretaker after it was believed he perished in the fire that killed many of his siblings. Halcyon was the former high priest of Duma, having lost his role when he was overthrown by Jedah.


==Personality and character==
When spoken to by Celica, he informs Celica about her and Alm's brand, uses his magic to allow Celica to commune with Alm, as well as gives him the ability to promote.
Hark, despite worshiping Duma seems to be of a kind and wise disposition, as the villagers he seeks refuge with hold him in high regard, but resent Judah<ref>{{cite|This is the hidden hamlet of the sage.It is protected by Master Hark, the Great Sage of Duma.|A priestess in [[Sage's Hamlet]]|Gaiden}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite|Judah is a terrible man.|A man in [[Sage's Hamlet]]|Gaiden}}</ref>.
 
==Personality==
Halcyon, despite worshiping Duma seems to be of a kind and wise disposition, as the villagers he seeks refuge with hold him in high regard, but resent Jedah<ref>{{cite|This is the hidden hamlet of the sage. It is protected by Master Halcyon, the Great Sage of Duma.|A priestess in [[Sage's Hamlet]]|Gaiden}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite|Jedah is a terrible man.|A man in [[Sage's Hamlet]]|Gaiden}}</ref>.


==Other appearances==
==Other appearances==
===[[Fire Emblem Gaiden (manga)]]===
===[[Fire Emblem Gaiden (manga)]]===
[[File:FEGM Hark 01.png|right|150px]]
[[File:FEGM Halcyon 01.png|right|150px]]
Hark appears in a similar role to his in ''Gaiden''.  
Halcyon appears in a similar role to his in ''Gaiden''.  


Hark appears before [[Celica]] in [[Lost Woods]], and saves her and her group from the forest's corruption; the roots and branches of the trees had attempted to engulf them. Hark tells Celica that the forest has become tainted, and he cannot leave it, as he is the only one preventing it from spreading.  
Halcyon appears before [[Celica]] in [[Lost Treescape]], and saves her and her group from the forest's corruption; the roots and branches of the trees had attempted to engulf them. Hark tells Celica that the forest has become tainted, and he cannot leave it, as he is the only one preventing it from spreading.  


Celica understands Hark cannot leave, and asks that Hark bless [[Alm]]. Hark complies with her request. Celica gets a vision of Alm fighting; Alm, suddenly empowered, beheads a [[Rigel]]ian [[arcanist]] and causes the accompanying [[monster]]s to flee. Hark tells Celica it is time to continue her journey to the [[Tower of Duma]], however, [[Juda]] casts a spell on Celica and she disappears. After a moment of panic, Hark tells Celica's companions that she is not yet dead, and she was been warped somewhere distant.
Celica understands Halcyon cannot leave, and asks that Halcyon bless [[Alm]]. Halcyon complies with her request. Celica gets a vision of Alm fighting; Alm, suddenly empowered, beheads a [[Rigel]]ian [[arcanist]] and causes the accompanying [[monster]]s to flee. Halcyon tells Celica it is time to continue her journey to the [[Duma Tower]]; however, [[Jedah]] casts a spell on Celica and she disappears. After a moment of panic, Halcyon tells Celica's companions that she is not yet dead, and she has been warped somewhere distant.
{{Clear}}
{{Clear}}
==[[Choose Your Legends]] placement history==
{{CYL results}}
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*His portrait in {{title|Gaiden}} is a recolored version of [[Nomah]]'s.
*His portrait in {{title|Gaiden}} is a recolored version of [[Nomah]]'s.
* Halcyon finished in last place of the 774 characters from across the {{FES}} featured in the fourth [[Choose Your Legends/2020 results|Choose Your Legends]] poll for {{FEH}}, with a total of 11 votes; he is tied for this placing with [[Hayden]] and [[Dalvin]].


==Etymology==
==Etymology and other languages==
{{sectstub}}<!--Korean name-->
{{Names
{{Names
|eng-name=Halcyon
|eng-mean=A feminine name, from the name of a genus of kingfisher birds, derived from Greek {{hl|ἀλκυών|alkuṓn|grc}} (from the same source as [[wikipedia:Alcyone|Alcyone]] from Greco-Roman mythology).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/halcyon |title=Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Halcyon |site=www.behindthename.com |retrieved=8 September 2018}}</ref> The Latin borrowings of this word are ''halcyon'' and ''alcyon''.
|eng-fan-name=Hark
|eng-fan-name=Hark
|eng-fan-mean= Hark means "to listen".
|eng-fan-mean= Hark means "to listen".
|jap-name={{hover|ハルク|Haruku}}
|jpn-name={{h|ハルク|Haruku}}
|jap-mean=Hark
|jpn-mean=Romanized in the files of ''Shadows of Valentia'' as '''Hulk'''.
|fren-name=Halcyon
|ger-name=Halcyon
|span-name=Halcyon
|ital-name=Halcyon
|dut-name=Halcyon
|por-name=Halcyon
|por-mean=Used in the [[Choose Your Legends]] polls for {{FEH}}.
|kor-name=
|kor-mean=
|ch-simp-name={{h|哈鲁克|Hālǔkè}}
|ch-simp-mean=Hulk
|ch-trad-name={{h|哈魯克|Hālǔkè}}
|ch-trad-mean=Hulk
}}
}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Portrait hark fe02.png|Hark's portrait in {{FE2}}.
FESoV Halcyon concept.png|Concept artwork of Halcyon from {{title|Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}}.
Portrait hark fe15.png|Massena's portrait from {{title|Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}}.
Portrait halcyon fe02.png|Halcyon's portrait in {{FE2}}.
FEGM Hark 01.png|Hark as he appears in the [[Gaiden (manga)|manga]].
Portrait halcyon fe15.png|Halcyon's portrait from {{title|Echoes: Shadows of Valentia}}.
FEGM Hark 02.png|Hark as he appears in the [[Gaiden (manga)|manga]].
FEGM Halcyon 01.png|Halcyon as he appears in the [[Fire Emblem Gaiden (manga)|manga]].
FEGM Halcyon 02.png|Halcyon as he appears in the [[Fire Emblem Gaiden (manga)|manga]].
</gallery>
</gallery>


Latest revision as of 13:46, 28 January 2024

Halcyon

Portrait halcyon fe15.png
Halcyon's portrait from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Gender

Male

Race

Human

Starting class

None

Voiced by

Appearance(s)

“ If there is anything I can do, I will lend you my power. ”
— Halcyon to Celica

Halcyon (Japanese: ハルク Hark), is a priest of Duma who appears in Sage's Hamlet and aids Celica in her quest.

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Role

Halcyon appears in Sage's Hamlet as an NPC who speaks with Celica. Halcyon was a priest of Duma who was overthrown by Jedah[2].

Celica comes to him for information and help; when Halcyon is spoken to he promotes Alm.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Role

Like his role in Gaiden, Halcyon is a non-playable character who appears in Sage's Hamlet. He is revealed to have been Conrad's caretaker after it was believed he perished in the fire that killed many of his siblings. Halcyon was the former high priest of Duma, having lost his role when he was overthrown by Jedah.

When spoken to by Celica, he informs Celica about her and Alm's brand, uses his magic to allow Celica to commune with Alm, as well as gives him the ability to promote.

Personality

Halcyon, despite worshiping Duma seems to be of a kind and wise disposition, as the villagers he seeks refuge with hold him in high regard, but resent Jedah[3][4].

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Gaiden (manga)

FEGM Halcyon 01.png

Halcyon appears in a similar role to his in Gaiden.

Halcyon appears before Celica in Lost Treescape, and saves her and her group from the forest's corruption; the roots and branches of the trees had attempted to engulf them. Hark tells Celica that the forest has become tainted, and he cannot leave it, as he is the only one preventing it from spreading.

Celica understands Halcyon cannot leave, and asks that Halcyon bless Alm. Halcyon complies with her request. Celica gets a vision of Alm fighting; Alm, suddenly empowered, beheads a Rigelian arcanist and causes the accompanying monsters to flee. Halcyon tells Celica it is time to continue her journey to the Duma Tower; however, Jedah casts a spell on Celica and she disappears. After a moment of panic, Halcyon tells Celica's companions that she is not yet dead, and she has been warped somewhere distant.

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round Placement Character Votes
CYL 2
(2018) 		783 Portrait halcyon fe15 cyl.png
Halcyon
Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia 		26
CYL 3
(2019) 		690
(+19) 		Portrait halcyon fe15 cyl.png
Halcyon
Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia 		18
(−8)
CYL 4
(2020) 		772
(+7) 		Portrait halcyon fe15 cyl.png
Halcyon
Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia 		11
(−7)
CYL 5
(2021) 		819
(+47) 		Portrait halcyon fe15 cyl.png
Halcyon
Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia 		8
(−3)
CYL 6
(2022) 		816
(−5) 		Portrait halcyon fe15 cyl.png
Halcyon
Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia 		11
(+3)
CYL 7
(2023) 		828
(+12) 		Portrait halcyon fe15 cyl.png
Halcyon
Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia 		6
(−5)
CYL 8
(2024) 		852
(+24) 		Portrait halcyon fe15 cyl.png
Halcyon
Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia 		11
(+5)
Total results This character has 7 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls. 91

Trivia

Etymology and other languages

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Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Halcyon

A feminine name, from the name of a genus of kingfisher birds, derived from Greek ἀλκυών (from the same source as Alcyone from Greco-Roman mythology).[5] The Latin borrowings of this word are halcyon and alcyon.

English
(unofficial)

Hark

Hark means "to listen".

Japanese

ハルク

Romanized in the files of Shadows of Valentia as Hulk.

Spanish

Halcyon

--

French

Halcyon

--

German

Halcyon

--

Italian

Halcyon

--

Dutch

Halcyon

--

Portuguese

Halcyon

Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Fire Emblem Heroes.

Simplified Chinese

哈鲁克

Hulk

Traditional Chinese

哈魯克

Hulk

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ "#FireEmblemEchoes: Shadows of Valentia releases today! You can hear me as the voices of Jerome, Halcyon, Blake, and Wolf! Help me find pics?" — Sean Chiplock on Twitter, Twitter, Published: May 19, 2017, Retrieved: June 24, 2020
  2. ↑ "Master Halcyon was the High Priest of Lord Duma. However, after a dispute with the shaman Jedah, he escaped here in defeat." — A man in Sage's Hamlet, Fire Emblem Gaiden
  3. ↑ "This is the hidden hamlet of the sage. It is protected by Master Halcyon, the Great Sage of Duma." — A priestess in Sage's Hamlet, Fire Emblem Gaiden}}
  4. ↑ "Jedah is a terrible man." — A man in Sage's Hamlet, Fire Emblem Gaiden
  5. ↑ Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Halcyon, www.behindthename.com, Retrieved: 8 September 2018
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Fire Emblem Gaiden
Playable characters Alm • Atlas • Boey • Catria • Celica • Clair • Clive • Deen • Delthea • Est • Forsyth • Genny • Gray • Jesse • Kamui • Kliff • Leon • Lukas • Luthier • Mae • Mathilda • Mycen • Nomah • Palla • Python • Saber • Silque • Sonya • Tatiana • Tobin • Valbar • Zeke
Non-playable characters Halcyon • Irma • Massena
Bosses Barth • Blake • Deen • Delthea • Desaix • Dolth • Duma • Garcia • Garth • Gazelle • Gharn • Grieth • Hestia • Jamil • Jedah • Jerome • Lawson • Magnus • Marla • Mikhail • Mueller • Nuibaba • Rudolf • Shizas • Slayde • Sonya • Tatarrah • Wolff • Xaizor • Zakson • Zeke
Background characters Lima IV • Liprica • Mila
Personal weapons Falchion • Royal Sword
Acts and Battles Act 1 1: Ram Woods Battle • 2: Fleecer's Forest Battle • 3: Thieves' Shrine • 4: Storming of Ram Valley • 5: Attack on the Southern Outpost • 6: First Battle of Southern Zofia • 7: Second Battle of Southern Zofia • 8: Deliverance Hideout • 9: Liberation of Zofia Castle
Act 2 1: Skirmish • 2: First Pirate Raid • 3: Second Pirate Raid • 4: Assault on the Pirate Throne • 5: Third Pirate Raid • 6: Beast Hunt • 7: Seabound Shrine • 8: Fourth Pirate Raid • 9: Fifth Pirate Raid
Act 3 Alm 1: Northern Zofia Battle • 2: First Battle of Zofia Forest • 3: Forest Crossroads Battle • 4: Siege of Desaix's Fortress • 5: Second Battle of Zofia Forest • 6: Sylvan Shrine • 7: Forest Northside Battle • 8: Retaking of the Sluice Gate
Celica 1: Zofian Coast Battle • 2: Skirmish • 3: Attack on the Desert Stronghold • 4N: Northern Desert Battle • 4S: Southern Desert Battle • 5: Attack on Grieth's Citadel • 6: Storming of the Valley Approach • 7: Dragon Shrine • 8: Liberation of the Temple of Mila
Act 4 Alm 1: Border Battle • 2: Rigel Forest Battle • 3: Fear Mountain Battle • 4: Fear Mountain Shrine • 5: Siege of Nuibaba's Abode • 6: Rigel Plains Battle • 7: Fight at the Dragon's Maw • 8: Rigel Falls Battle • 9: Secret Shrine • 10: Attack on the Last Bastion • 11: Attack on Rigel Castle
Celica 1: Dead Man's Mire Battle • 2: Skirmish • 3: Attack on Dolth Keep • 4: Lost Treescape • 5: Storming of Duma Gate • 6: The Swamps of Duma Battle • 7: Duma Tower
Act 5 1: Duma Temple • 2: The Final Battle
Locations Valentia • Mila Shrines • Novis • Rigel (Fear Mountain Shrine • Lost Treescape • Duma Tower) • Zofia (Ram)
Groups, objects and concepts Deliverance • Monsters
Lists Acts • Characters • Classes (Class change) • Items • Scripts • Weapons
Related topics Manga adaptation • Name chart • Other games (Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light • Awakening • Echoes: Shadows of Valentia) • Sound Test Mode • Timeline • Unused content • World map
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Playable characters Alm's Party Alm • Clair • Clive • Delthea • Faye • Forsyth • Gray • Kliff • Lukas • Luthier • Mathilda • Mycen • Python • Silque • Tatiana • Tobin • Zeke
Celica's Party Atlas • Boey • Catria • Celica • Conrad • Deen • Est • Faye • Genny • Jesse • Kamui • Kliff • Leon • Mae • Nomah • Palla • Saber • Sonya • Valbar
DLC Emma • Randal • Shade • Yuzu
Non-playable characters Halcyon • Irma • Massena • Mila • Peddlers
Bosses Argentum • Aurum • Barth • Berkut • Blake • Brigand Boss • Cerberus • The Creation • Deen • Delthea • Desaix • Dolth • Duma • Fernand • Garth • Garcia • Gazelle • Gharn • Grieth • Hades • Hestia • Jamil • Jarth* • Jedah • Jerome • Lawson • Magnus • Marla • Mikhail • Mueller • Naberius • Nuibaba • Rinea • Rudolf • Slayde • Sonya • Tatarrah • Wolff • Xaizor • Zakson • Zeke
Background characters Forneus • Lima IV • Liprica
Regalia and personal weapons Beloved Zofia • Falchion • Gradivus • Mercurius • Parthia • Royal Sword
Acts and Battles Prologue Alm and Celica
Act 1 1: Ram Woods Battle • 2: Fleecer's Forest Battle • 3: Thieves' Shrine • 4: Storming of Ram Valley • 5: Attack on the Southern Outpost • 6: First Battle of Southern Zofia • 7: Second Battle of Southern Zofia • 8: Deliverance Hideout • 9: Liberation of Zofia Castle
Act 2 1: Skirmish • 2: First Pirate Raid • 3: Second Pirate Raid • 4: Assault on the Pirate Throne • 5: Third Pirate Raid • 6: Beast Hunt • 7: Seabound Shrine • 8: Fourth Pirate Raid • 9: Fifth Pirate Raid • 10: Zofia Castle Battle
Act 3 Alm 1: Northern Zofia Battle • 2: First Battle of Zofia Forest • 3: Forest Crossroads Battle • 4: Siege of Desaix's Fortress • 5: Second Battle of Zofia Forest • 6: Sylvan Shrine • 7: Forest Northside Battle • 8: Retaking of the Sluice Gate
Celica 1: Zofian Coast Battle • 2: Skirmish • 3: Attack on the Desert Stronghold • 4N: Northern Desert Battle • 4S: Southern Desert Battle • 5: Attack on Grieth's Citadel • 6: Storming of the Valley Approach • 7: Dragon Shrine • 8: Liberation of the Temple of Mila
Act 4 Alm 1: Border Battle • 2: Rigel Forest Battle • 3: Fear Mountain Battle • 4: Fear Mountain Shrine • 5: Siege of Nuibaba's Abode • 6: Rigel Plains Battle • 7: Fight at the Dragon's Maw • 8: Rigel Falls Battle • 9: Secret Shrine • 10: Attack on the Last Bastion • 11: Attack on Rigel Castle
Celica 1: Dead Man's Mire Battle • 2: Skirmish • 3: Attack on Dolth Keep • 4: Lost Treescape • 5: Storming of Duma Gate • 6: The Swamps of Duma Battle • 7: Duma Tower
Act 5 1: Duma Temple • 2: The Final Battle
Act 6 1: Archanea Seaway 2 Battle • 2: Archanea Seaway 4 Battle • 3: Archanea Seaway 6 Battle • 4: Thabes Labyrinth
amiibo Duma's Ordeals • Mila's Ordeals
DLC The Astral Temple • The Inner Sanctum • Band of Bandages • Lords of the Grave • Wretches and Riches • Wealth Before Health • Altar of the Destrier • Altar of the Titan • Altar of the Skylord • Altar of the Sorceress • Altar of the Faerie • Altar of the Ogre • Altar of the Marksman • Altar of the Savant • Altar of the Queen • Altar of the King • 1: Battle of Zofia Harbor • 2: Outpost Rescue • 3: Flight from the Ruins • 4: Siege of Zofia Castle • Cipher Legends I • Cipher Legends II • Mila's Bounty 1 • Mila's Bounty 2 • Mila's Bounty 3 • Mila's Bounty 4 • Mila's Bounty 5
Locations Valentia • Rigel (Fear Mountain Shrine • Secret Shrine • Lost Treescape • Duma Tower • Duma Temple) • Zofia (Deliverance Hideout • Dragon Shrine • Novis • Ram • Sylvan Shrine • Temple of Mila • Seabound Shrine • Thieves' Shrine) • Archanea • Thabes
Groups, objects and concepts Death Masks • Book of Valentian Revelations • Deliverance • Mila Shrine • Mila's Turnwheel • Terrors
Lists Base conversations • Acts • Characters • Classes (Class change) • Items • Scripts • Sidequests • Skills • Supports • Weapons
Related topics Ancient Letters • Name chart • Downloadable content • Other games (Gaiden • Shadow Dragon • New Mystery of the Emblem • Awakening) • Pre-release information (Unused content) • Sound Test • Timeline • World map
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