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Rexx (レックス)
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Titles
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Family Teacher (Default) (Lv1-10),
The Qualified (Sword Path) (Lv11), Magic Sword Wielder (Magic Path) (Lv11), Sword Drawer (Sword Path) (Lv20), Hero of the Blue Sword (Middle Path) (Lv20), Sage of the Blue Sword (Magic Path) (Lv20) |
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Gender
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Male
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Age
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Unknown (about 25 at the start of the game, over 300 in Summon Night 5)
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Race
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Human
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Homeland
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Lyndbaum, Empire
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Equipment
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Sword Path: Sword/Greatsword (Vertical), Katana (Horizontal), Light/Heavy Armor.
Middle Path: Sword/Greatsword (Vertical) or Sword/Rod (Vertical), Light Armor, Throwing Weapons. Magic Path: Sword/Rod (Vertical), Light Armor/Robe. |
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Summon Affinity
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All (you choose a main rank for him in the beginning)
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Voice Actor
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Sakurai Takahiro (SN5)
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"Wow! It seems you fished a big one once again!"
— Rexx (Summon Night 5)
Rexx (レックス, Rekkusu) is the male main character of Summon Night 3, his female counterpart being Aty. He is playable in the PSP version of Summon Night 4 via the game's puppet system. He returns as an important NPC in Summon Night 5.
Personality[]
Rexx's greatest quality is his kindness, but it's also is his biggest flaw. He often fails to see the evil in people and ends up trusting anyone. He prefers to suffer than doubting someone. Consequently he is also very positive, always seeing hope in any situation.
Background[]
Rexx was born in a very poor village in the Empire, where many of its people were killed due to frequent bandit attacks. Rexx joined the army so he could find the power to protect them. He was very talented and was trusted to take care of important missions, however he was too naïve. He was assigned to watch a spy from the Old Kingdom who was captured by his division, but Rexx let the man go free because he felt compassion for him. Consequently a noble of the Martini family was taken hostage by the same spy. Being responsible for the incident, Rexx volunteered to go on a very dangerous rescue mission all alone. He almost died, but still he managed to rescue the noble. After this event, Rexx was treated as a hero in the army, though behind closed doors the higher-ups knew he was at fault for everything. They never forced Rexx to resign because he did it himself first. Many people didn’t know the truth, and even those who knew of what happened didn’t accept his decision, including Azlier.
Development[]
Summon Night 3[]
Trying to move on with his life, he began his first job as a private tutor. He had recieved a request from the head of the famous Martini family, the very same noble that he rescued in the past. He was to teach Martini’s child in another city, but their ship was attacked by pirates and were caught in a storm that threw him and his student from the ship. Even when he himself almost drowned, he only thought about his pupil’s life. It was then a mysterious voice gave him the power he needed: The magical sword “Shartos” that granted him many abilities. When he woke up, he found himself on an island full of strange creatures, though his student was safe. Together with a tiny stray summon, he found the pirates that attacked the ship and they made an alliance that would last until they got out of the island. They discovered that the island was an abandoned test site of the many experiments conducted by the Colorless Faction, and that everyone living there was a Summon beast. He helped the inhabitants to protect the island against the army, earning their trust in return. By a request from the princess of the Oni, he founded a school to teach the children of the island about the outside world. As a result, everyone began calling him "Teacher" (Sensei), even the adults.
One day a boy called Ishlar was found unconscious and was treated by Rexx and his friends. His fragile appearance and his gentle look made them open to an attack when Ishlar was revealed to be a spy working for the Colorless Faction. He took hostages, made threats and they fought many times, until Ishlar broke Rexx’s Shartos with his own magic sword: “Crissles”, handed to him by Ordreik. It turned out those two swords were created by the Colorless Faction to control the island installations. Rexx had lost his will to fight, but his student gave him courage and Wizell unexpectedly fixed his sword. Shartos is reborn as Wistalias and Rexx is then called "Saver" by the inhabitants of the island.
In the True ending, he joins the party and defeats the High Ranks of the Colorless Faction, Ishlar, and finally the corrupted Elgo (DE-Elgo) created by Hainel - the last user of Shartos. After the battle he freed Hainel’s spirit and was finally able to leave the island. After he finishes his work as a tutor, he decides to return to the island and live there as its guardian forever. Many years later, his friends on the island become very sick and they decide to look for a cure in the outside world. Fortunately they suddenly recover, and later he learns that it was all thanks to his student and a group of mysterious guests.
In the Karma Ending, Rexx is corrupted by DE-Elgo during his fight with Ordreik, he kills all their enemies by himself but it takes everything in him to resist the urge to kill his friends. He runs to where he can’t hurt anyone again, but his student decides to travel the world to look for him.
Summon Night 5[]
Centuries after helping save the world during the World Warp War, Rexx was the only one of the five legendary heroes to remain alive in the present Astreiz Era. He returned to the Forgotten Island and helped transform it into a great metropolis by using his influence to get other powerful organizations such as the Association of Pacts to help too, resulting in the island being reborn as Savorle City. However, because of his tremendous powers as the Saver his own existence became a secret, as it was believed that people from other regions would come to fear or even hate their island if they knew Savorle had such a powerful "weapon" at their disposal. Furthermore, there was the possibility that a war would be waged against their island for this reason alone. Since he was a teacher a long time ago, they gave him the position of great principal at the Savorle Resonance School but he was not to make any public appearances. He immediately became bored with this job and started ditching work to go fishing instead, making good use of easily manipulated people (such as Clesea Kamishiro) so they could take over his job.
During one of those occasions, he happens to meet the protagonist who showed interest in fishing after watching him. Therefore, Rexx decided to teach them the basics of fishing. As a result, Rexx was once again called “teacher”. He gets a bit uncomfortable at first but accepts the title one more time. However, the hyper talented protagonist immediately masters all the techniques, leading Rexx to ask to become their apprentice instead. Since Rexx was only fishing up weird objects, the two decided to make a deal where Rexx would trade his objects for fish. The protagonist later learned that Rexx was actually releasing all the fish back into the lake, since he became even more extreme in his beliefs of never killing.
Later while speaking to Clesea, he let slip an important piece of information about the barrier surrounding the school's treasure room. This leads to the Crimson Chain invading the school to steal Wistalias. Fortunately, the one there was merely a fake. After this incident, he reveals his true identity to the main party and approves Torque for his growth as a blacksmith, presenting him with his master's hammer. From this point on, Rexx is more active during the main plot.
To create a magical barrier to protect the city against the Nether creatures, he uses not ony Shartos and Fowyardia, but also a third sword which releases a green light. He combines the three to form Branryuzell, changing to his transformed state while he keeps the barrier up. He also receives important people from other worlds, such as The Dragon Princess, who he not only calls by her real given name, but also adds a "-chan" at the end, giving the impression that Rexx has known her since long ago. Since he has to focus all his powers into maintaining the barrier, he decides to entrust the future of the island into the hands of the protagonist, sending them to defeat the source of the beasts on the moon.
Strategy[]
He boasts a higher HP, ATK, DEF growth and an increased movement height compared to his female counterpart, but overall has a lower MP, MAT, MDF, TEC and LUK.
Trivia[]
- Rexx is one of the most popular male characters in the franchise, often being depicted in fan art, doujinshi (fan comics) and figurines.
- Rexx is the oldest main male character in the franchise
- His weakness is the octopus, he can’t stand them in any form.
- Rexx can be spotted in the very first promotional art for Summon Night 5, can you find him?
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