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Sigurd Harcourt, known in Japanese as Sigrd Harcourt (シグルド・ハーコート, shigurudo hākōto) is a character in Xenogears. He is the loyal right-hand man of Bartholomew Fatima, as well as his secret half-brother. Sigurd's dark skin is from his mother's side, while his pale hair and blue eyes are from his father's.
Biography[]
Birth[]
Sigurd was born in a remote colony of Norn, which was located on the Aveh border[1]. His mother, Shalimar Harcourt, was the younger sister of the Chief, while his father, Edbart Fatima IV, was the future King of Aveh. Shalimar and Edbart had been close since childhood, when Edbart would spend time in the summer palace located there.
Around the time of Shalimar's pregnancy with Sigurd, she became ill with adult T-cell leukemia, which ran in her family.[1] Knowing her illness was terminal and thinking of Edbart's future as king, Shalimar broke off all contact with Edbart. Heartbroken, Edbart would years later marry Mariel, Bartholomew's mother.
Early life[]
When Sigurd was nine, he was taken on as his uncle Mimil's adopted son. At age nine, his cousin Jordegarde was born and she was raised in the family as his sister.
Shalimar would die years later when Sigurd was eleven. It was at her funeral that Sigurd saw his biological father Edbart IV for the first time. While Edbart knew Sigurd was his son, out of respect for Shalimar's wishes, he did not publicize Sigurd's true heritage.
Soon afterwards, Sigurd entered the Aveh palace to train and eventually serve as young prince Bartholomew's personal knight. Despite this, Edbart handled Sigurd the same as his son Bart, leading Sigurd to view his half-brother with familial love and loyalty.
Solaris[]
Sigurd as an Element.
When he was thirteen, Sigurd was kidnapped by Solaris during a visit to Norn. Due to Sigurd's response levels towards Omnigears being high in the emulators, he was made a test subject and underwent numerous cruel experiments repeatedly, as well as continually administered drugs in hopes to increase his spiritual control. Because of his numerous attempts to escape, he was tagged with embedded metal for tracking purposes.[1]
After three years spent as a test subject, the fifteen year old Sigurd was barely alive. It was through the intervention of Kahran Ramsus that Sigurd was brought back from the brink of death. Ramsus' intentions were not out of pity, however, as he was looking for people with the right qualities to enter into his new Elements group.[1] With Ramsus's sponsorship, Sigurd was admitted to Jugend Military Academy, as well as rented a room at Jesiah "Jessie" Blanche's home. There, Racquel used her training to help Sigurd recover from his addiction to Drive and achieve actual spiritual control[2][3][1]. During this, Sigurd became close to a very young Billy Lee Blanche, who called him "Siggy".
Around this time, by chance, Sigurd managed to come across information about the recent fall of Aveh from Jugend's data files. Compelled to read fuurther, Sigurd's feelings for his family "freed him", and he achieved full independence from the drugs he had been tested with.[1]
In 9987, a month after Minister Shakhan carried a coup d'etat in Aveh, a 17 year old Sigurd deserted Solaris and went to the surface, intent on rescuing his half-brother, Bart. In leaving Ramsus and his fellow Elements behind, Sigurd's desertion left a mark on Ramsus, who felt betrayed.
Returning to the surface[]
Sigurd arrived in Aveh in time to help Maison rescue Bart and Margie from Shakhan. Upon learning of Bart's torture, Sigurd was so enraged that he almost wanted to kill Shakhan, but Maison convinced him otherwise and they escaped.
From that point forward, Sigurd dedicated his life to protecting Bart and Margie, teaching the young prince what he would need to know to rule. His intention was to restore Bart to the throne someday. He keeps his past and his identity a secret from Bart, but his loyalty is unquestionable.
Bart injured his eye in an accident on the Yggdrasil two years before Xenogears and Sigurd jumped in to save him from further harm.[4] He then secretly donated the cornea of his right eye in the hopes that Bart would regain his eyesight. Sigurd's prosthetic right eye was intentionally made to be a milky white so that Bart would not know this fact. At Bart's request, he wears a matching eye patch.[5][1]
Xenogears[]
TO BE WRITTEN.
Trivia[]
- Sigurd Harcourt shares a surname with Duncan and Vargas Harcourt, likely a reference to Final Fantasy VI, which his designer, Soraya Saga, also worked on.
- Sigurd and Midori Uzuki are the only known characters in Xenogears with extra-sensory abilities.[citation needed]
- Sigurd is similar to Kallian from Xenoblade, as they're both benevolent silver-haired older half-brothers whose lineage turns out to be plot-important.
- It was thought that Bart and Sigurd lost their eyes due to the same accident due to a quote in-game and their eyepatches[4], but Sigurd was not injured during the incident.
- Sigurd still bears marks from his years as a test subject, such as the four piercings on his body that he leaves open, and his possible lack of tolerance for alcohol.[1]
- Sigurd suffers from low blood sugar levels, giving him a sweet tooth.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Perfect Works, pg 184
- ↑ Perfect Works, pg. 190.
- ↑ Sigurd: "Bart, this was my senior when I was a candidate for Elements in Jugend. I rented a room in his house."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Technician: "When we had engine trouble a long time ago, the young master jumped in to fix it. Sigurd tried to help the young master and they both ended up injuring one eye."
- ↑ Perfect Works, pg 182