Gaius

Thief of Ylisse known for his nimble hands and sweet tooth. Hides sweets in his pockets. Appears in Fire Emblem Awakening. Name: Gaius Gender: Male Race: Human Birthday: January 2 Occupation: Hired Thief, Member of the Shepherds Weapon: Swords </Personal Information> Gaius is a young man with short orange hair, lime green eyes and fair skin. His attire consists of a brown and gray shirt with pockets to store candies, black gloves, grey baggy pants where the right leg is brown, black headband and silver and green boots. Gaius is calm and collected and takes pride in his job as a thief. Despite the nature of his job, Gaius holds strong morals and does things for the benefit of others. He is unwilling to cross certain lines as he took the job to pilfer from Ylisstol, but was appalled to find out it was an assassination attempt on Exalt Emmeryn. He even states that he likes Emmeryn. Gaius is also a practiced liar, a trait fitting of his profession. In his support with Nowi, he details that he prefers older women ("A poised woman that has class and bearing, but knows exactly what she wants"), but though his description seems very convincing, he later reveals it had been a lie.

For all of his calmness, Gaius has an extreme craving for sweets. He is known to stash candy on himself but is willing to share them with others if needed. In fact, when attempting to recruit him, Chrom dropped a satchel containing sweets, he immediately requested it as full payment for his services rather than gold. Gaius apparently has hypoglycemia, which is why he must carry sweets on him at all times. He has some domesticated skills as he bake his own sweets in his support with Olivia. He is also skilled craftsman as he notes that his nimble fingers lets him do fine work like sewing and jewelry maker. He also knows sleight of hand magic tricks in his support with Miriel.

Gaius is ashamed over having to slander Maribelle's father in order to protect Maribelle herself, however he made amends to her by helping her expose those who gave him the job. He is a literal marked man as per a tattoo signifying that he is a criminal on his arm that is concealed. He has a bit of mistrust in others, even his own allies, as he immediately panicked when Robin discovered the mark and desperately tried to get Robin to keep it a secret, even though they told him that his secret was safe with them. Believing that there are "no free lunches", it was only when Robin revealed a personal secret was he finally alleviated. Though he is used with people blaming him for missing items in the camp, such as when Sully does to him, he is ultimately forgiving of their assumptions. He is also afraid of bugs as shown with his conversations with Lon'qu in the Summer Scramble DLC.

In the international versions of Awakening, Gaius gives nicknames to his conversational partners during Support Conversations. His nicknames include Robin as "Bubbles" (regardless of gender), Chrom as "Blue", Lissa as "Princess", Miriel as "Specs", Sumia as "Stumbles", Maribelle as "Twinkles", Panne as "Whiskers", Nowi as "Kid", Libra as "Padre", Tharja as "Sunshine", Olivia as "Babe" (even in non-romantic Support Conversations), Anna as "Red", Virion as "Your Lordship," Cordelia as "Mother," and Henry as "Junior". The only characters he can have a conversation with that he gives no nicknames to are Cherche, Sully (though she herself nicknames him "Chuckles"), and his own child (with the exception of if he marries Tharja, in which case he calls Noire "cupcake."). Gaius is a thief living in Ylisse and will do any job if paid the right price. He loves sweets and has candy hidden all over his body.

Prior to events of Awakening, Gaius snuck into the royal treasury and was promptly caught, arrested and testified against the duke of Themis, causing the magistrate to sentence the duke to death. Gaius, reluctant about framing the duke, sent a letter to the magistrate after the trial, which saved the duke from the headsman's axe. His supports with Maribelle reveal that he was forced by other nobles to frame her father, or else they would kill her and keep him imprisoned. Though well aware of the fact that the conspiring nobles would try to kill him as a result of saving the duke, Gaius easily escaped their wrath.

Gaius also has a tattoo branded on his arm, which he states that he was doing a favor for a mate when he was caught. This causes him considerable embarrassment when mentioned. It is unknown if he had the tattoo prior to breaking into the Duke of Themis' treasury or after it.

Gaius was hired by Validar under the pretense of stealing from the treasury, but actually to help assassinate Emmeryn. Upon discovering the true plan of the raid, Gaius talks to Chrom and asks to be hired by him instead. Though Chrom is unsure, he accidentally drops a satchel he received earlier from Lissa. When Gaius asks about the contents of the satchel, he is elated to learn that they are filled with sweets. He willingly decides to join Chrom's army, as long as he can have that bag of candy and ask Lissa if she has any more.

After the war, Gaius' sweet tooth never faded, and he returned to his old ways of thievery. Tales of "Sticky-Fingers Gaius" become popular in taverns. Gaius uses swords as his weapons.