Hawkeye

Hawkeye is one of the six protagonists in Trials of Mana.

Background
Hawkeye belongs to the Nevarlan Thieves' guild. Both of his parents, Sandarrow and Falcon, died while deserting their faction during the first invasion of Laurent. Raised by his grandfather Flamekhan alongside his children Jessica and Eagle, he eventually became a noble thief robbing from the corrupted upperclass.

Trials of Mana


Returning from a night raid in Sirthan, the young thief in informed by Isabella that the Thieves' Guild is no longer, having been replaced by a kingdom. As the newly formed nation prepares to invade their neighboring kingdom of Laurent, Hawkeye is left dubitative over the king's intentions. He voices his concerns to Eagle who shares his worries and together decide to spy on Flamekhan and his advisor Isabella. The two of them spot the mysterious lady conversing with a shadowy figure and quickly confront her motives. The advisor is revealed to be a powerful sorceress who readily ensnares Eagle, forcing Hawkeye to defeat his best friend. Framed for murder, the young thief is jailed, not before being warned by the witch to keep his mouth shut about what he's observed. Otherwise, Jessica's Choker of Death would activate and kill the poor lady. Hawkeye is then rescued moments after by his feline friend Niccolo, who explains that the Priest of Light might know how to uncurse the young lady. With that in mind, Hawkeye decides to leave his homeland for the Holy City.

Hawkeye shares many story elements with Riesz, who hails from Laurent, the kingdom Nevarl is invading. If either of them is chosen as the main protagonist, the main villain will be the Prince of Mavolia and the last dungeon will be the Dark Castle. After his quest is completed, Hawkeye meets with Jessica and Niccolo in Diin that thieves from all over the world has been coming back to the Nevarl Fortress. Here Flamekhan apologizes for his cruel behavior and promise to rebuild Nevarl to his former glory.

Circle of Mana
Hawkeye makes a cameo appearance alongside many other characters from the Mana series.

Rise of Mana
Hawkeye is a recruitable monster pet in Rise of Mana.

Echoes of Mana


Hawkeye is a character and drawable unit. He currently has two known variants. He is the first unit to join the hero twins in battle as the guide for the opening tutorial, which takes place in the Nevarl Fortress.

Physical appearance
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.

Personality
While possessing a cunning character and uttering witty remarks, Hawkeye still displays numerous moments of selfless heroism and is seen deeply caring about others, especially when it comes to his immediate circle. Both the original and the HD version depict him as a womanizer, as he is seen flirting multiple times with the opposite sex.

He is also portrayed as despising royalty and nobility, as he views those of higher station as uppity and condescending. Those beliefs probably stem from his thieving upbringing.

Profile and statistics
In the 2D version, Hawkeye starts with high Dexterity and Luck, with average Strength, Stamina, Intelligence, and Luck. He is the only character whose normal attack can be dealt twice in quick succession. Should the player take his light path, the young thief will be granted Luna and Dryad support spells, as well as non-elemental trap moves. In his dark path, however, Hawkeye will learn elemental ninja techniques that lowers his opponents' stats.

In the HD version, Hawkeye boasts excellent Luck, but average to mediocre Strength, Stamina, Intellect, and Spirit. His starting abilities can make him play with status effects and increase the chance of finding items after combat. Goin along his light classes further explore the stat increase manipulation and the ability to gain or keep items. On the opposite side, his dark path focuses on exploiting enemies' elemental weakness, as well as inflicting debuffs and harmful status effects.

Character Class
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.

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

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

Locked Abilities
Below is a list of locked abilities Hawkeye inherits upon class change:

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.

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


 * 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.

Abilities
Below is a list of abilites Hawkeye can learn depending on his current class: Note: Abilities are exclusive to the HD remake.

Equipment
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. {|width=100%
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Weapons

 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.png Knife
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngr
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngard
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngl Blade
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngtooth
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.png Dagger
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngicorde
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pnga
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.png Dagger (Light)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pnga (Dark)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngal Blade
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.png Dagger (Light)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pnga (Dark)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.png Gale
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngil Knife (Light)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.png (Dark)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.png Dagger
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngd Blade (Light)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngmon (Dark)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngry Dirk
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngn Knife (Light)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngaku (Dark)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.png Dagger
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngent Dirk (Light)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.png (Dark)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pnglare (Light/Dark)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pnglcut (Nomad)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngayer (Rogue)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pnglex Dirk (Ninja Master)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngblow (Nightblade)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.pngir (Wardenkeep)
 * Hawkeye weapon icon TOM sprite.png (Vigilante)
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Body Armor

 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.pngn Kilt
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.pngues
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.png Cloak
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.png Cloak
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.png Leathers
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.pnga Cloak
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.png Tunic
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.pngnt Cape
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.png Vest
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.png Cloak
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.pngspar Vest
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.png Mantle (Light)
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.png Robe (Dark)
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.png Cuirass (Light)
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.png Garb (Dark)
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.png Tunic (Light/Dark)
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.png Cuirass (Nomad)
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.png Pelt (Rogue)
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.pngy Vest (Ninja Master)
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.png Garb (Nightblade)
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.pngr Garb (Wardenkeep)
 * Hawkeye armor icon TOM sprite.pngal Hood (Vigilante)
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Headgear

 * Hawkeye headgear icon TOM sprite.pnger Cap
 * Hawkeye headgear icon TOM sprite.pngn
 * Hawkeye headgear icon TOM sprite.pnger Cap
 * Hawkeye headgear icon TOM sprite.pnge Cap
 * Hawkeye headgear icon TOM sprite.png Galea
 * Hawkeye headgear icon TOM sprite.png Hood
 * Hawkeye headgear icon TOM sprite.png Goggle
 * Hawkeye headgear icon TOM sprite.pngr Cap (Light/Dark)
 * Hawkeye headgear icon TOM sprite.png Cap (Nomad)
 * Hawkeye headgear icon TOM sprite.png Galea (Rogue)
 * Hawkeye headgear icon TOM sprite.pngth Hood (Ninja Master)
 * Hawkeye headgear icon TOM sprite.png Mask (Nightblade)
 * Hawkeye headgear icon TOM sprite.pnge Circlet (Wardenkeep)
 * Hawkeye headgear icon TOM sprite.pngw Regalia (Vigilante)
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Accessories

 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.pnga Earrings
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.png Bangle
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.png Earrings
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.pngman
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.png Ring (Light)
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.png Charm (Dark)
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.pngone (Light/Dark)
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.png Card (Nomad/Rogue)
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.pngth Charm (Ninja Master/Nightblade)
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.pnglech (Wardenkeep)
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.pngeye (Vigilante)
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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
Hawkeye appears in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius as a rare summon.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Riesz is a spirit alongside Hawkeye. Their spirits are held by Sheik and a Mii Sword Fighter and the battle takes place in the Great Bay.

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.