Thersites

**Thersites** (or "Sites" for short) is the adoptive brother of Shrika and the adoptive son of Kierkegaard. He serves as a member of the Seaslight Order.

## Biography

Sometime ago, the Hallowed Kierkegaard took in Shrika and Thersites as orphans. It is unknown what Sites's role in Kierkegaard's plan is though. When the Protagonist and Aria attempt to gain access to both the Order's temple and the cave, Sites isn't willing to help them due to his distrustfulness of outsiders. When many of Argene's residents and members of the Order all mysteriously disappear as a result of Kierkegaard's actions, leaving Shrika, Sites, and a few of the townsfolks (who do not have the Flos-Indulgentia, flowers that are meant to supposedly indicate that someone has been purged of sins), they explain everything to the duo, also revealing that the Seaslight cave is now restricted to even Shirka, which Sites is suspicious of. When the Protagonist and Aria suggest working together, Shirka agrees, but Sites turns it down due to him preferring to work alone and also possibly because he doesn't trust them; Shrika chooses not to go after him as she did not want to waste time doubting the situation.

During Shrika's character story, Sites continues to work under the Order, but like the rest of the members (excluding Shrika), he does not know about his adoptive father's true colors and the real purpose of the Flos-Indulgentia. At one point, he discovers the truth of the Holy Mother (actually an automaton from Lost Gaia) and, believing the Order is a corruptive faction, as well as being driven by Kierkegaard and the Flos-Indulgentia's disappearance, created the Sect of the Antimother to bring the Order to ruins and tries to convince Shrika to leave the Order and have a normal life. Shrika, who does not see the Order as a threat at all and learning of her adoptive brother's betrayal, fights him and manages to defeat him. She spares his life and he is imprisoned for his crimes.

## Personality

Sites is rude and a bit resentful towards outsiders, but is nevertheless loyal to the Order. He does not seem to like working with others, including his adoptive sister, and is apparently a loner. When he learns of who the Order's Holy Mother really is, his characteristics become increasingly antagonistic and, no longer willing to work with the Order due to him deeming it a rogue organization, tries to take it down in hopes of getting Shrika to leave it. This shows that he deeply cares for her, but it comes in conflict with his paranoia with the Order. Despite his impoliteness, he does appear to show a little bit of empathy, as he did not try to arrest the Protagonist and Aria again after they escaped nor did he interfere with Shrika's decision to help them, but this does not change his lonesome attitude and rude behavior.

## Appearance

Thersites is a lean, pale man with long brown hair and amber eyes. He wears dark robes, a stark contrast from the white of every other priest.

## Trivia

* The only characters that Sites prefers to interact with is Shrika and other members of the Order. He only interacts with the Protagonist and Aria a few times in the main story and the first part of Shrika's side story. After that point, he mostly ignores the Protagonist for the rest of the side story because he does not want to include them in the situation, only relenting when Shrika insists otherwise.
	+ Shrika is the only person that Sites is less rude towards, until his discovery of the Holy Mother.
* An NPC Priestess in Argene notes that Thersites’ dark robes are from a time before Kierkegaard became patriarch.
* It is unknown why Sites has such an antagonistic personality.