Kevin

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

Background
Kevin is the son of the King of Ferolia and heir to the throne. Kevin was born to a human woman, making him half-Beastman. His mother having abandoning him in the forest at birth, his lupine father decided to raise him as a fighting machine devoid of emotions, leaving him lacking in social skills as he had little time to interact with others. One night, the young prince stumbled on a slain mother wolf and her pup. The two quickly bonded over their similarities, making Kevin name his furry friend Karl. The young prince frequently escaped the fortress walls to spend time with the wolf pup.

Trials of Mana


A mysterious visitor enters Ferolia's throne room, claiming he can be of service to the King. The latter refuses at first, but eventually gives the strange character a chance to prove himself. Meanwhile, Kevin and Karl as seen relaxing in Duskmoon Forest. As they are about to head back to the castle, the two friends are mysteriously manipulated into fighting each other, ultimately resulting in Karl's death. Devastated by the incident, the young prince erects a grave to honor his departed friend before heading back to Ferolia. Here he discovers the truth about Goremand tricking him and Karl into battling senselessly, which angers Kevin to the point to attacking his father, who easily disposes of him by sending him flying to the forest. There, Kevin learns from Goremand he could bring his friend back to life should he ask the Priest of Light in Wendel. With no other choice than to listen to him, Kevin departs to the Holy City, hoping to make it in time before the Beastman cavalry seize the area.

Kevin shares many story elements with Charlotte, the beauty of Wendel, who is being invaded by the Beastmen. If either of them is chosen as the main protagonist, the main villain will be the Masked Mage and the last dungeon will be the Mirage Palace. After completing his quest, Karl returns to confront his father about killing Karl, but is astonished to see his wolf friend alive and well. The King of Ferolia explains that Goremand's magic made him look lifeless, and that he saved him form the grave Kevin dug up for him. The young prince apologizes for his brashness and discovers that her mother actually passed away instead of leaving him in the forest as he was previously awared of. His father declares he's proud of what's he's become and Kevin vows to continue training to eventually surpass him.

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

Rise of Mana
Kevin is a character in Rise of Mana.

Echoes of Mana


Kevin is a character and drawable unit. He currently has two known variants.

Physical appearance
Kevin is a young man with a muscular body, spiked blond hair, amber eyes and dark skin. He wears a yellow vest and pants with green-shaded tiger prints and a green sash. His bare feet are bandaged, and he wears a fur collar, blue wristbands, and a necklace holding a single claw. On his head is a dark cap with a plume of pink fur.

The remake leaves his appearance generally unchanged. The green parts of his clothing are changed to be a bluershade, his sash is trimmed with tassel-like ends, and he wears an additional fabric patterned belt over his sash. His wristbands are replaced with leather braces, and he wears additional jewellery as bracelets round his upper arms, and he's still barefoot while his feet are more completely wrapped. His weapons are fist-load weapons with claw attachments.

Personality
Kevin is portrayed as honest, caring, but quick to anger over threats or slights. He is also determined to reach a goal, as instanced by his pursuit of the Mana Sword. Despite being able to harbor a deep resentment, he also quickly forgives when his grudge is proven wrong or the people in question repent.

In the English versions, he speaks in broken English, leaving out common or stop words such as "it" and "the". The remake expands upon his personality. He has an engrained naivety which makes him suggestible and easy to manipulate up to a point. He is also notably unable to follow complex or esoteric terminology.

Profile and statistics
In the 2D version, Kevin starts with high Stamina, average Strength and Dexterity, and low Intellect, Spirit, and Luck. At night, he can transform at night in a werewolf, greatly increasing his attack power and range of his fists and kicks. He is also the only playable character in the game to have two class strikes. His light path allows him to gain supportive spells such as Healing Light and Pressure Point, the latter granting him an attack boost similar to those while in werewolf form. His dark path contains very few moves, but compensate in providing even more strength.

In the 3D version, His stats vary significantly, having now excellent Strength, high Luck, average Spirit, and low Stamina and Intellect. His defaut class can grant abilities specialized in boosting physical attack and defense. Should the player choose the light path, the abilities recieved focus on attack, defense, and filling up the CS Gauge. The dark classes allow Kevin to deal even more damage to opponents and grant semi-invulnerable state for a short while.

Character Class
Below is a list of Kevin'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 Kevin learns across his different classes:


 * Note 1: Kevin's Class Strikes are named after creatures of Chinese mythology: Byakko (Baihu) is the white Wind Tiger, Genbu (Xuanwu) is the black Earth Turtle, Shiryu (Qinglong) is the azure Water Dragon and Suzaku (Zhuque) is the vermillion Fire Bird. Dragons are among the most sacred beings in Eastern mythology; and the Qilin is a unicorn chimera associated with divine wisdom.
 * Note 2: The remake does not include secondary CS moves.

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

Moves
Kevin is capable of learning a very small range of moves, which are mainly either healing or weapon-enhancing ones. There are no new moves learned for Class 4.

Below is a table of moves Kevin learns across his different classes:


 * Note: Kevin learns how to perform Healing Light on all allies as a Warrior Monk.

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

Equipment
Duran comes to wield swords. As he progresses in terms of classes, light classes bear swords of fair and identical construction akin to the Mana Sword for symbols of honor and united varieties of power, while dark classes come to bear swords for their relentless destructive and cutting features for pure power and a dominant edge in combat. {|width=100%
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Weapons

 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pnger Glove
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Knuckle
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pngd Glove
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Claw
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Glove
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Nakh
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Claw
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pngr Thorn
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pnge Claw (Lignt)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Knuckle (Dark)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Claw
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Knuckle (Lignt)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Claw (Dark)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pngne Claw
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pngil Knuckle (Lignt)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Knuckle (Dark)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pngerus
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Knuckle (Lignt)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Fist (Dark)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Claw
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Glove (Lignt)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pngure (Dark)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pngre Claw
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Glove (Lignt)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.png Knuckle (Dark)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pngn Claw (Lignt/Dark)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pngl Claw (Divine Fist)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pngc Glove (Warrior Monk)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pngt Glove (Enlightened)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pngslicer (Fatal Fist)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pngai (Beast King)
 * Kevin weapon 1 icon TOM sprite.pngrm (Annihilator)
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 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.pngn Attire
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.pnger Vest
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.png Vest
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.png Attire
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.png Vest
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.png Brace
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.pnguard
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.png Attire
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.png Vest
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.pnge Suit
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.png Attire
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.png Attire (Lignt)
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.pngo Attire (Dark)
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.pngid Belt (Lignt)
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.png Brace (Dark)
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.png Attire (Lignt/Dark)
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.pngo Attire (Divine Beast)
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.png Attire (Warrior Monk)
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.pngu Attire (Enlightened)
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.pngu Attire (Fatal Fist)
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.png Robes (Beast King)
 * Kevin armor icon TOM sprite.png Robes (Annihilator)
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 * Kevin headgear icon TOM sprite.pngnna
 * Kevin headgear icon TOM sprite.pngor Scarf
 * Kevin headgear icon TOM sprite.pnged Scarf
 * Kevin headgear icon TOM sprite.pnga Band
 * Kevin headgear icon TOM sprite.pngmane
 * Kevin headgear icon TOM sprite.png Mask
 * Kevin headgear icon TOM sprite.pngid Mask
 * Kevin headgear icon TOM sprite.pngnsmane (Light/Dark)
 * Kevin headgear icon TOM sprite.png Scarf (Divine Beast)
 * Kevin headgear icon TOM sprite.pngcarf (Warrior Monk)
 * Kevin headgear icon TOM sprite.png Scarf (Enlightened)
 * Kevin headgear icon TOM sprite.png Scarf (Fatal Fist)
 * Kevin headgear icon TOM sprite.pngal Mane (Beast King)
 * Kevin headgear icon TOM sprite.png Beads (Annihilator)
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 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.pnger Band
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.pngchoker
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.png Vambrace
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.png Moon Horn
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.pngnal Eye (Light)
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.png Fang (Dark)
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.png Choker (Light/Dark)
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.png Brace (Divine Fist/Warrior Monk)
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.png Choker (Enlightened/Fatal Fist)
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.pngng Band (Beast King)
 * Accessory icon TOM sprite.pngity Fang (Annihilator)
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Trivia

 * If Charlotte is not added to the party, and Kevin is the main hero, she argues that she's 15, which leaves Kevin in disbelief, and he reveals that he's 15 as well.
 * Some of Kevin's classes have influence from different ascetic groups, most notably the Monk and the Brawler classes. They appear to have influence from G.I. Gurdjieff's work, Fourth Way, and their own respective associated religions.
 * Monk is based on Shaolin Buddhist monks, while the Brawler (Bashkar) class seems to be based on the Muslim-inspired Fakir, said to attain self mastery through intense physical training and feats. Their possible class change to the Enlightened class, is also a large connection between the two classes.
 * His body and head equipment shown in his Divine Fist (Godhand) class artwork is erroneous, as they are the Suzaku Uniform and the Ruby Headband for the Enlightened Dark/Light class.
 * In the 2020 remake, leftover ??? seeds will produce Kevin's opposite dark class item if planted - light seeds for Death Aura, dark seeds for Mage Aura. This is only noticeable when resetting class or switching the party via New Game Plus.