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The Story of Trails - Kevin Graham
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- The Story of Trails - Kevin Graham
Kevin is one of the most loved individuals in the Trails universe, and naturally one of the most loved within the Trails in the Sky characters roster, being the protagonist of the third and final entry of the Trails in the Sky arc. Along with his childhood friend, Ries Argent, Kevin looks to forge Zemuria into a land where everyone can smile; an ideal that he took over for a dear departed friend.
Kevin Graham may look jovial on the outside, but as far as Trails characters go, he has a past rife with tragedy and self-loathing. This ultimately carries over to his later life, as he uses this guilt as a driving force to hunt heretics. On the outside, many in the Trails series will see Kevin as a jovial wandering priest of the church, but his true nature will likely terrify even the most evil of beings.
In light of this brilliant character, today in our ‘The Story of Trails’ series we’ll be delving into the story of Kevin Graham, and recounting his steps through the Trails Universe.
So sit back, relax, and let’s enjoy another dose of Trails Series lore!
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Hope you guys are ready for some more Trails story time!
The Fifth Dominion himself has quite a compelling backstory throughout the Trails Series, and I'm personally hoping we see way more of him in the future! It always astounds me how many of these characters have had such a tragic backstory, and Kevin definitely ranks up there as one of the more traumatic, at least in my opinion.
I played up to TOCS 3 and I feel like everyone has had a some sort of tragic back story.
@@randysvids4774 maybe there's an unwritten law for game developer to make it that way... Because 'traumatic past' or 'tragic back story' are almost in every RPG ever. I feel like every RPG I've played are massive tear-jerker due to that, and personally that's why I love it. 😳
But then again, it's inevitable, especially in Trails' case. How could someone didn't have any sort of trauma if there's war, a shady organization that only accept certain people with 'darkness' in their heart (and thus create even more darkness), and a Goddess that likes to watch human suffer because of her blessing (artifacts, Sept-Terrions)? 😬 There are also literal demon, cults, and many other unexplainable occurences... So yeah....
Kevin is such a chad I can’t believe we haven’t seen this guy since trails of azure it’s been years now and we haven’t seen him in any trails game
me at start of SC: Kevin you are so annoying
also me at the end of SC: Kevin you are so cool
I loved him from the start, a real breath of fresh goofy air that can change in to a beast at a moments notice.
Absolutely LOVED this entire video you dedicated to Kevin's story! My favorite in all of Trails~! Thanks for your hard work TKN!
I had a feeling you might be down for this, Lady! I'm aware you're a bit of a Kevin stan. :)
"I hold in my hand the Chalice of Heaven. May its holiest of light act as our shield."
I've always found it interesting that, while he gains offensive S-Crafts as you progress through the 3rd, his initial S-Craft is purely for protection. As if the pain of his mother's death and the guilt of Rufina's death led him to always seek to protect those close to him, despite his carefree/playboy facade and Heretic Hunter nickname.
Phenomenal treatment of Kevin, TKN! Love seeing great Kiseki content like this!
Thank you for watching man, and very interesting analogy! Kevin has always wanted to 'protect' I feel, but his failure to do so is what breaks him early on. Not only that, but failing TWICE is just rubbing more salt in the wounds. I can totally relate to a person who feels that they are to blame, he's got a lot of empathy, and that's why many love him.
He's just the goat. 3rd is fucking amazing and my favorite out of Sky because of the loose ends it ties up and just how good its core story is. The entire pacing - there really is no point that is boring.
Kevin Graham is no doubt a great character, but he seems to get the short end of the stick in popularity when compared to the likes of Estelle Bright, Rean Schwarzer and Lloyd Bannings.
I think that just speaks to how good the characters of Trails are. Granted, Kevin hasn't had as many games to establish himself, but he's still top tier for many in the fandom. But that's the thing, we have SO MANY top tier characters. But hey, it's a great problem to have in a series.
imho the issue is that he gets developped in SC3, most people didn't play it.
@@hndc5435 Which is a shame, because it's a fantastic title. Lots of added lore for the series.
@@TheKisekiNut Indeed
his design is lacking, i dont know how to explain it.... like ... its not something i like at first sight, i like kevin character from his story but still his design put me off
Best character in the Sky Trilogy
Ufff this really gave me tears .... thanks for that great journey through Kevin's story. Now I understand why so many people love him that much.
Actual chills listening to your retelling of his past. Great work!
Glad you enjoyed it buddy, thank you for the kind words! :)
I’ve been looking forward to this one. Such a great character
True that! Pretty traumatic backstory, even among the Trails roster.
I agree with you 100% on that Kevin Graham is going to come back, most likely in the next arc after CS4 with great importance. And like you said, the Septium Church is basically just as powerful as Ouroboros. Both party's influence is widespread across all of Zemuria and aren't bound to Erebonia's tyranny. This makes me feel like the grand scheme of things involves Kevin at the core as shown by the role he played in Ao no Kiseki.
It will be ludicrous if he doesn't return. There's something more at work than 'just the Society'. The Church are collecting artifacts for a reason I believe, but obviously we'll have to see if this theory ever develops in to something concrete.
Thumbs up if Kevin is your favorite Trails character.
Kevin is still my favorite protag. Too bad his popularity is shadowed by the other 3.
Yeah, it's too bad, but he's still a fan favourite, and the Third pretty much gives the reason why. :)
I can only say that you do these character lore bits impeccably well. Thank you as always!
Thanks for watching as always mate! Kevin being one of the more 'main characters' of the Trails roster made this a relatively long one, but I'm happy with how it turned out.
And I'm just too disappointed because he was not given even a little time for appearance in the cold steel 🥺 I miss this man!
Great video! I absolutely love this series of yours, please continue making more. There are still so many great characters in this series to have an in depth look at. Would love to see one on my second favorite character: Olivier Lenheim (maybe cover my 10th favorite character prince Olivert Reise Arnor in the same video given how close he is to Olivier Lenheim)
Glad you enjoyed it mate. :)
My boy Olivier is gonna have to wait till our latest localised adventure is released, there are quite a few from the Cold Steel Arc that I want to cover when it's all said and done!
While I love Sky series, I always tought Joshua is a bit too much of an edgelord, and Estelle is bit too much of a simple shonen protagonist. Don't get me wrong, I like both of them, I do think they compliment each other, and Sky SC is a damn great sequel. But Kevin is the my guy, he act like a grown up, get the job done, and even though his trauma hinder him, he still function like an adult and eventually overcome it. As much as Joshua and Estelle are legendary Trails character, Kevin and Ries are the one that feels balanced, has enough depth dan fun personality even though its just a facade, and address each other problem like a grown up.
I love Kevin. Such a great character. I hope we get to see him more soon.
Here's hoping!
Thanks a lot mate !!!
I really like it when you make videos about characters from trails series!
I hope next time you make videos about ouroboros members too especially McBurn, i'm a fan of ouroboros xD
Thank you for watching! I intend to do more, and I have delved in to one Ouroboros member in Leonhardt, but the issue is many of them are still shrouded in mystery. :(
Maybe as we learn more I can delve ever further in.
I've started this video and instantly paused. I have no intention to watch (yet) as I'm making my way through the Sky arc.
Just wanted to comment to thank you again for your quality content and I can't wait to watch this...at some point haha! Time to add to Watch Later :)
Glad those spoiler markers are coming in handy! :)
Enjoy the journey man, Sky arc is the best in terms of character development in my opinion.
Great video. Im looking foward to see our lord gilbert character video now.
I've got Gilly reserved for a special occasion. :)
Well done.
Nice nice Kevin's a good addition, though I'm still pinning for that Giliath Osborne video once CSIV comes out ;)
That is one reason why I can't wait to finish the Cold Steel Arc, loads of character stories to get involved in! :)
here after kai no kiseki's recent trailer
Sky the 3rd may be the black sheep of the series, but I don't find that to be a bad thing at all. Aside from being a fresh change of pace from being a bracer or bracer surrogate, Kevin's story is my favorite out of any Trails character. A dark turn from Estelle, Kevin's a compelling, experienced man whose backstory wouldn't be out of place in Berserk, and is nice to look back at after the haremy Lloyd and Rean. Sky the 3rd is an entirely character driven narrative, and even if Trails has the best world building in anything, Kevin stands as a fantastic example that Falcom isn't a one-trick pony. And the more he's excluded from art with Estelle, Lloyd, and Rean, the more I love him.
Dude he took down an Aion without any help from a divine knight or a panzer soldat
The man's got a heck of a lot of raw energy. Combining that with his ship is just bad-ass!
Now I feel sad thinking about Pater Mater. Pater Mater was the MVP of both games.
I wanted to find a good long game for the Vita to fill my time. I was at my local GameStop looking for "Final Fantasy X-X2" and saw a game with really cool cover art "Trails of Cold Steel". The uniformed kids, and the swords, I had too look this up. I went home, and checked CZcams for reviews. The only thing I was unsure of was the bonding system, but I figured I'd give it a try. Bought it, played it, loved it, and have been in love with anything Falcom ever since.
The whole afraid of a power he can't control thing reminds me or rean
And just like rean
He had someone who insisted he think better of himself
Ries for kevin
Elise for rean
Thank both of them get to have happier mindsets going forward
Trails In The Sky The 3rd is an art dood...
Grail Sphere and then Spear of Ur
Think the Markebah 5 was spotted in one of the Hajimari trailers. Would love to see these 2 again. I really should get onto the translated Crossbell games before CS4 releases XD. Great video.
You're right! I believe an image was shown of a fair amount of the Merkabah in formation. Some of the numbers were 'unknown' to us - so I'm looking forward to seeing what the Church has in store for us!
@@TheKisekiNut Same here. Probably the organization I'm most interested in.
I miss Kevin so much bros
I haven't played this game due to the fact that it's only available on PC but I've made sure to at least do my diligence and research the story Nonetheless you did a great job on this and honestly you made Kevin Graham easily a character to look forward to and respect 🙏 Also his back story had me in the feels 😢
His story is awesome, and he's a well deserved favourite of the fandom! I just wanna see more of the man!
Kevin, the forgotten main character :(
will always remember him for killing those heretics
Onion Graham
no his name is Jasmine Graham
Why does this sound like the plot to Dante’s Inferno?
sorry for asking, but is there a chance that we gonna get a video about Crow´s past and background story as wel?
No worries mate! I intend to do Cold Steel characters, but only after Cold Steel IV is released.
@@TheKisekiNut cheers^^ and thanks i´m allready excited for XD thanks for your great love for this game(s)
You should do Arios from Trails of Zero
Done one! Check out the playlist.
I don't see it can I get a link
Isn't it pronounced "Gram"?
Or is it one of those weird names that's different in the UK?
Still better MC than Rean