A brave knight in shining armor meets an ancient sage. It is a tale as old time, a song as old as rhyme. All that stuff. Of course, very rarely in said story is the brave knight fighting against said sage. It also isn't too common that said knight possesses relatively respectable healing and the ability to shut out all spellcasting. Something that certainly won't make ancient sages very happy. The only chance Athos really has here is if Percival's noble nature prevails and he opts not to strike Athos. Of course, considering the nature of the League, and especially given Percival's sense of humor? That isn't too likely a situation, it seems.
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He's Ugly! He's Old! He's a Man! He's also an Archsage with an S class in every single Magic class in Elibe! Hurling the legendary Aureola and Forblaze at his opponent, mocking defensive stats with Luna, sapping their strength with the great Nosferatu, Athos knows how to fight his opponent! He should win this fight in time for his 3 o'clock nap too! I mean, its not like his opponent happens to have some big field effect anti-magic field move strong enough to stop him. That's just silly! What kind of game would create something like THAT? Magic's what keeps this world running, and if these brats don't know what's good for them...
Gatewalker Alot of mages in the DL have things they can do besides cast spells. Many of them have physical attacks, however weak. Some of them have secondary skills they can use. Fire Emblem mages, however, do not. No physical attacks, no skillsets at all. Nothing but magic.
So what is the most powerful FE mage, the legendary Archsage Athos, to do when confronted with Silent Lake?
Whatever the actual answer to that question, no one expected him to smash his Forblaze tome into Percival's face hard enough to break the knight's nose.
This action ultimately didn't do him any good, of course. Percival still managed to get over his surprise and easily dispatch the old sage with his superior physical prowess. And even if the knight somehow lost that scrap, Athos would have been disqualified for using a physical attack he's not supposed to have.
Still, losing the match or no, it'll be some time before any young whippersnappers go traipsing around on Athos's lawn after that little display...