The Tinto region lying in the west, separated from Dunan by mountains, chooses to remain politically independent and becomes the Tinto Republic. Following the Dunan Unification War, the Highland Kingdom falls and it, along with the Jowston City-States unite to form the Dunan Republic. Significant locations in Jowston include the cities-states of South Window, Greenhill, Muse, and Two River, and the Knightdom of Matilda. Suikoden II is set in the Dunan region, directly north of the Toran Republic, and initially comprises the Highland Kingdom in the east and the Jowston City-States, a confederation of politically autonomous states, in the west. At the end of Suikoden, the empire is replaced by the Toran Republic. Notable locations in this area include Gregminister, the empire's capital situated in Arlus, the Warrior's Village in the Lorimar region, and the Great Forest. Suikoden takes place in the Scarlet Moon Empire, which is located on southeastern coast of the Northern Continent, and is composed primarily of the Toran region, with Lake Toran at its center. Suikoden, Suikoden II and Suikoden III are set on the Northern Continent, a land mass composed of several regions. The political geography has changed over the series chronology while the most recent game in the setting is Suikoden V, chronologically, Suikoden IV is the earliest game while Suikoden III occurs latest within the time span of the series. The Suikoden series is set in a world with many countries. The games Genso Suikogaiden Volumes 1 and 2, though not part of the main series takes place before, during, and after Suikoden II as well as Suikoden Tactics which takes place before and after Suikoden IV. Suikoden IV (143 years before Suikoden V and 150 years before Suikoden) → Suikoden V (6 years before Suikoden) → Suikoden (3 years before Suikoden II) → Suikoden II (15 years before Suikoden III) → Suikoden III The sequence according to in-universe chronology is as follows: The second and third Suikoden games were each direct sequels of their respective predecessors but with Suikoden IV, the series began to delve into prequels in which events take place earlier than any of the other games. While the main series is numbered, each individual game takes place either before or after a consequent installation. The ending battle of the game is usually fought against a villain carrying a True Rune themselves, their goals often intertwined with said True Rune's nature in some way. The plot of the game is heavily influenced by one or more of the True Runes, 27 at least semi-sentient elemental symbols which contain the power of the universe and which grant their owners special abilities (immortality being chief among them).The game has a plot which centers heavily on politics, overcoming corruption through strategy and/or revolution, and dealing with the betrayal of a close friend or ally.This Home Base starts out small but grows and develops throughout the course of the game. Sometime during the course of the hero's adventures, he acquires a Home Base in which his highly specialized army lives and works.Some of the "Stars of Destiny" are fighters who accompany the hero into random and plot-based war battles, while others are support characters, who can aid with healing, navigation, etc. The main hero having to set up an army by locating and collecting 108 special people (known as "the Stars of Destiny") who are scattered throughout the world.Said hero is usually then forced to go into exile. A hero who finds himself running afoul of an evil force, be it a foreign empire, a dark conspiracy, or his own government turning against him.In some cases, several characters appear in multiple installations.Ĭertain major themes which run throughout the series are: Though the Suikoden games follow an irregular chronological sequence of events, the entire series (except for Tierkreis and Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki) takes place within the same world among continuing and overlapping histories. Some games are chronologically close enough to each other that they feature many of the same characters, although the main hero (or heroes) of the game are always new characters. These games are notable in that they all take place in the same world, although at different periods and locations throughout its history. Each individual game in the series centers around relative themes of politics, corruption, revolution, mystical crystals known as True Runes and the "108 Stars of Destiny"-the 108 protagonists who are loosely interpreted from the source material. Shui Hu Zhuan is rendered as 水滸伝 in Japanese, and read phonetically as Suikoden. The game series is loosely based on the classical Chinese novel, Shui Hu Zhuan by Shi Naian. Suikoden is a role-playing video game series originally created by Yoshitaka Murayama.
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