Heh, Snowe. One of the more complex Suikoden characters, in my opinion. I'm constantly seeing him compared to Jowy from Suikoden II (by virtue of them both being the hero's butt buddy best friend who betrays him and goes to TEH DARK SIDE OMG), and people seem to think Snowe comes off rather poorly in this.
WTF, people.
Snowe's actions, while not always admirable (n fact, rarely admirable XD), always make sense. He starts out very scared, afraid for his own skin, but constantly being pushed by his father, the rich town leader, to excel. His only real friend is good ol' Hot Pants, and there's as much jealousy there as friendship.
He lies about Hot Pants killing Glen in order to get him out of the way and for his own advancement, having always been overshadowed by his poorer friend. (And I'm not entirely sure he wasn't freaked by Glen disappearing, rightly connecting it to Hot Pants but misconstruing the reason for it. It might have been an honest mistake.) Then he attempts to live up to his father's wishes by leading the Gaien Knights in battle - something he doesn't really want to do - but that kinda falls apart because he sucks at it.
Finally, eventually spurned by Razril, he ends up as a pirate, but again he totally sucks at it and is quickly defeated by the hero. At this point, the hero can either kill Snowe "(*thunk*") or recruit him. By this point Snowe seems genuinely penitent, and actually seems to want Hot Pants to kill him. In the game ending, he ends up as just a normal citizen of Razril, which I think is best for him - he, unlike most RPG characters but like most real people, is not cut out to be the selfless heroic type - he's too busy covering his own ass.
I actually hated Snowe at first, but as the game went on and everything he tried turned to dust, I found myself feeling more and more sorry for him. He actually ended up being one of the characters I liked most by the end due to the complexity they added to his character throughout the game.
...Also, he's one of the few males who can equip the Venus Set. Make of that what you will.
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butt buddybest friend who betrays him and goes to TEH DARK SIDE OMG), and people seem to think Snowe comes off rather poorly in this.WTF, people.
Snowe's actions, while not always admirable (n fact, rarely admirable XD), always make sense. He starts out very scared, afraid for his own skin, but constantly being pushed by his father, the rich town leader, to excel. His only real friend is good ol' Hot Pants, and there's as much jealousy there as friendship.
He lies about Hot Pants killing Glen in order to get him out of the way and for his own advancement, having always been overshadowed by his poorer friend. (And I'm not entirely sure he wasn't freaked by Glen disappearing, rightly connecting it to Hot Pants but misconstruing the reason for it. It might have been an honest mistake.) Then he attempts to live up to his father's wishes by leading the Gaien Knights in battle - something he doesn't really want to do - but that kinda falls apart because he sucks at it.
Finally, eventually spurned by Razril, he ends up as a pirate, but again he totally sucks at it and is quickly defeated by the hero. At this point, the hero can either kill Snowe "(*thunk*") or recruit him. By this point Snowe seems genuinely penitent, and actually seems to want Hot Pants to kill him. In the game ending, he ends up as just a normal citizen of Razril, which I think is best for him - he, unlike most RPG characters but like most real people, is not cut out to be the selfless heroic type - he's too busy covering his own ass.
I actually hated Snowe at first, but as the game went on and everything he tried turned to dust, I found myself feeling more and more sorry for him. He actually ended up being one of the characters I liked most by the end due to the complexity they added to his character throughout the game.
...Also, he's one of the few males who can equip the Venus Set. Make of that what you will.