Peri

A cavalier of Nohr who massacres foes with childlike glee. One of Xander's retainers. Appears in Fire Emblem Fates. Name: Peri Gender: Female Race: Human Birthday: December 24 Relatives: Unnamed Father, Unnamed Mother (Deceased) Occupation: Retainer of Xander Weapon: Lances </Personal Information> Peri is a young teenage girl with pale skin, and messy blue-pink hair tied into twintails and a bang covering her right eye. Her left eye is pink while the right eye is green. Her attire consists of a white shirt covered with a grey armor chestplate, grey shoulder plates and arm plates on her arms, a black skirt where the front is open, a black pants under her skirt and grey heeled boots. Peri mostly acts like a spoiled child, crying very easily when upset. Her childish tendencies are further emphasized in the Japanese version, as Peri refers to herself in the third-person, a trait usually done by young Japanese children or childish adults. As a result, her speech patterns are remarkably juvenile and is highly emotional, often getting upset over the smallest contrivances that leave her a sobbing mess and even throwing, to put it mildly, intense tantrums.

Her childish personality is the result of the gruesome murder of her mother at a young age by a servant of her family's estate. When she discovered her mother's corpse in a pool of her blood, Peri's mind shattered. She violently took out her grief on all of the servants and eventually escalated in time to her murdering them whenever she found an excuse. Her father apathetically responded to her violence, further cementing Peri's stunted sense of morality.

Peri is a borderline sociopath as she relishes in the act of murder and treats the prospect in a casual manner. If someone wrongs her, no matter how small it may be, Peri bluntly threatens to murder the perpetrator of her grievances. Sometimes she even threatens to murder innocent bystanders if they get in her perceived way. On occasion, she actually does follow through with her threats as she warned Felicia that she would kill her if she spilled tea on her. Upon doing so accidentally, she immediately followed through with her threat, though Felicia was saved by her martial prowess. Her violence understandably causes many to respond with hesitation and alarm, though this only serves to fuel her emotional fragility against all others.

That being said, Peri has enough control to mostly keep her impulses in check and restricted to the battlefield where she is supposed to be killing people. She is a fearsome warrior as a result, having earned her spot as one of Xander's main retainers. It is because of this status that most people question what value Xander sees in her socially as she acts atypical as one would expect of a royal retainer, especially of the Crown Prince himself. She does enjoy a good fight, even though she hates the idea of being killed herself, as she immediately warmed up to Felicia when she deflected all of her attacks when she was earnestly trying to kill her and even personally requested Felicia to train her servants so they can "put up a better fight." Likewise she plainly stated that she would not kill babies or kittens despite rumors that she would.

Despite her impulses, Peri has some limited admittance that her behavior is wrong, as shown in her supports with Jakob and Leo, where she shows genuine distress when "killing" is directed at her. Her supports with Arthur also support this, as when he brings her the blade she wanted, she considers that maybe stabbing does not have to be the solution for everything. Silas also presumes that Xander is partial to her. When Laslow asks her if she thinks of the people who are close to those she kills, this leaves her speechless and prompts her to tell him about her mother's murder. In some supports, her partner attempts to teach to teach her morality, but most fail and simply accept her murderous tendencies as a part of her.

At the end of the war, Peri seems to have calmed down better, when unmarried, her ending states that her cruelty faded, and if married, states that she eventually learned the difference between right and wrong. An exception to this is if she marries Odin or Laslow, in which case she vanishes along with her husband at the same time a string of missing-persons cases comes to an end.

Peri cooks the best out of everyone else in the army primarily because she always cooked her own meals due to her fear of poisoned food. This is highlighted greatly in her supports with Kaze, where he comments on the complexity and deliciousness of her snacks and her support with Selena, where she beats her in a cooking contest. Peri also reveals to Kaze that all of her cooking comes from natural talent, as she never had any formal training. She prefers cutting raw meat the most just to see the blood spill out of it.

Outside of the fear of being targeted for death, Peri has a fear of bugs and will kill them if she sees them, as shown in her support with Kaden. She likes butterflies, however. She is also afraid of mummies, and is allergic to fool's gold. Peri is a daughter of a noble family in Nohr and a subordinate to Prince Xander. Her supports with Laslow reveal that prior to the events of Fates, her mother (who she was very close to) was killed by a servant who became obsessed with her mother and wanted her forever. A very young Peri walked in on the murder scene, initially thinking it was a lot of tomato juice that spilled before realizing that her mother was dead. She suffered severe emotional trauma as a result, which locked her mind and heart in a perpetually childish mindset.

Despite the servant being executed by her father, Peri still thought that any servant in her house was her mother's murderer, and took to murdering them, using mistakes they made as excuses. Even though her father was aware of this, he never said anything or got any help for his vengeful daughter, and she eventually left when the numbers began dwindling.

One day, Peri participated in a nobles' fighting tournament and ultimately placed third. Among the spectators of the tournament was Xander. Impressed by her character from watching her fight, Xander immediately summoned Peri to become his retainer, an offer she accepted. Should they achieve an S-Support, Xander reveals that he did so with the intention of marrying her. Peri uses lances as her weapons.