Suikoden
Overview
 
is a role-playing game series originally created by Yoshitaka Murayama
Yoshitaka Murayama
is a Japanese game designer, game director and game producer. He is the creator of the Suikoden series of console role-playing games , which he produced and directed for Konami until his departure in 2002 before the release of Suikoden III....

. The game series is loosely based on the classical Chinese novel, Shui Hu Zhuan
Water Margin
Water Margin , also known as Outlaws of the Marsh, All Men Are Brothers, Men of the Marshes, or The Marshes of Mount Liang, is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.Attributed to Shi Nai'an and written in vernacular Chinese, the story, set in the Song Dynasty,...

 by Shi Naian
Shi Naian
Shi Nai'an , was a Chinese writer from Suzhou. He was attributed as the first compiler of the Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.Not much biographical information is known about him...

 and Luo Guanzhong
Luo Guanzhong
Luo Ben , better known by his style name Luo Guanzhong , was a Chinese writer of the early Ming Dynasty period of Chinese history. He was also known as Huhai Sanren...

. Shui Hu Zhuan is rendered as 水滸伝 in Japanese, and read as Suikoden. Each individual game in the series center around relative themes of politics, corruption, revolution, mystical crystals known as True Runes and the "108 Stars of Destiny
108 Stars of Destiny
The 108 Stars of Destiny are at the core of the plot of the Chinese classic Shui Hu Zhuan , commonly translated as Water Margin, Outlaws of the Marsh, or All Men Are Brothers, edited by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong during the 13th century and 14th century...

" — the 108 protagonists who are loosely interpreted from the source material.

Though the Suikoden games follow an irregular chronological sequence of events, the entire series takes place within the same world among continuing and overlapping histories.
Quotations

"Boys will be boys."

"Come to think of it, Young Master's bed was empty in the middle of the night."

"You have done well to find me, as I can obliterate my very presence and become a shadow."

"Kirkis, this ring is your hope. And you must never give up hope. With just a little bit of hope, you can survive, live on. And that goes for humans as well as elves."

"Y...Young Master...always...follow you heart. That is my first...and last...request." -to Tir

"A ninja wastes no words."

"The blood of youth is bubbling back.."

"They once called me Kwanda the Insurmountable, and I shall again become the wall that protects Barbarossa. So come liberators. See my strength."

"Always remember that your destiny is in your own hands. Never forget that. You must decide what is right. Do you understand?"

"Warriors of the Liberation Army! The time has come! The end is near for the cruel Imperial Regime! Think of your friends. Think of your families. And fight for them!"

 
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