Gerome

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Gerome is a character from the Fire Emblem Awakening game.

The son of Cherche, he feels that things meddling with the past isn't a great idea and always wears a mask and acts on his own, but is more likely to get lonely than the normal person. The person who gets the worst sleep in the army.

Appearance
Gerome has a red spiky hair and he wears a black & white domino mask. He wears a black body armor over a black longs-sleeve turtleneck tunic, he wears a black cape, black arm gauntlets and black arm gloves, black pants and black knee-high armored boots.

Personality
Tending to keep his distance from others, especially those in the current timeline, Gerome believes meddling with the past is futile and that destiny cannot be changed, leading him to be apathetic to the fact that villagers are getting killed for sport in his recruitment paralogue. However, he ends up joining the Shepherds anyways, as he still holds onto a sliver of hope that they can avert the apocalyptic future that he lived in.

A serious individual who tends to speak in a formal manner, he's always training hard to become stronger. He dislikes wasting time, and feels that the others should know their priorities when it comes to winning the war. He does not like to engage in idle conversations with other members of the army, usually keeping his distance, leading him to get lonely as a result. When prodded to do so, he can give insightful suggestions and has more to say than he seems.

He refuses to accept that the present versions of his parents are the same as his own since he is adamant about not going through the pain of losing them again, always refering to them by their first names, though he will occasionally call them "Mother" and "Father" in their supports and during certain event tile quotes. However, he also wants to ensure that his mother survives the war this time, as he was not capable enough to prevent her death. Like Cherche, Gerome shares a close bond with Minerva, and has inherited the ability to understand what Minerva is feeling by her shrieks. He affectionately nicknames her "Minervykins", but gets embarrassed when caught and teased about this.

His supports reveal that he is actually overly shy and at times sensitive, and thus wears a mask to conceal his feelings, passing this off as a method to prevent enemies from reading his thoughts. This partly backfires, as it becomes a matter of curiosity for many of the Shepherds, often with them bugging him about why he wears it, much to his annoyance. It also leads to even his friends not recognizing him when he unmasks himself at first.

Among the Shepherds, Gerome is somehow the last to fall asleep on a regular basis.

Abilities
Gerome cannot be re-classed into the following class sets, but it is possible for him to inherit a skill from them.

As a Wyvern Rider, Gerome wields axes, and can gain Lances if promoted to Wyvern Lord.

Trivia

 * Gerome's birthday is the same day that Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 was first released in Japan.
 * On some event tiles, Gerome reveals his skill with sewing, similar to his mother. It is presumed that Cherche had taught him how to sew in the future.
 * Gerome shares his English voice actor, Orion Acaba, with Kellam.
 * Gerome also shares his Japanese voice actor, Tarusuke Shingaki, with Stahl and Saizo.
 * Gerome's official artwork depicts him wielding a Silver Axe.
 * Gerome's armor as a Wyvern Rider, both in official art and in character model, is unique. No other character shares the design of his armor and he wears a cape. He also has a black color scheme in both of his Wyvern Rider promotions, Griffon Rider and Wyvern Lord.