Shom

*A noble of House Windlance. Cynical and depressed.*

 Archibald (Ancestor)
Wester (Father)
Isolde (Mother)
Shay (Sister)
William (Brother)
Moryana (Aunt)
Ada (Cousin)
Alicia (Cousin)
Anila (Cousin)

**Shom** is a playable character in *Andaron Saga*. He is an estranged noble of House Windlance and older brother to Shay and William.

## Personality

Due to past circumstances, Shom is relegated to a depressed nature and cynical outlook on life. He has poor conversational skills and can often be found be sulking in the corner. He tries hard to avoid talking to people at any cost and is easily pressed to annoyance. Despite that, he still harbors some amount of a heart of gold as he is willing to open up once he starts to become acclimated with a person, and is seemingly really dedicated and serious about the magical arts as seen when he teaches both Runa and Shay anima magic. It is heavily insinuated throughout Act I and can be fully disclosed as early as Shay's B-support, but Shom is homosexual and shared a short-lived and intimate relationship with his former retainer, Jacob. Shom's father, Wester, was enraged after he found out, denouncing Shom and executing Jacob, driving Shom to spiral into depression.

## In Game

### *Andaron Saga*

#### Overall

Shom is the first mage character available in *Andaron Saga* and adheres to many of the class' stereotypical traits - he has unimpressive physical bulk in exchange for good resistance and wielding versatile Anima magic, which is a strong benefit in this title. His growth rates are above average, including a surprisingly workable strength stat which he can make use of after promoting to Sage, but its fairly balanced distribution makes his stat leveling somewhat inconsistent, and he can often go long stretches failing to level the right stats if the player is unlucky.

He also has access to a potentially very powerful ability in Glacies, giving him extra damage based off his high resistance, although its low proc rate early on makes the skill generally unreliable and more of a bonus until later in the game. Of more immediate usage is his starting prf tome Hoarfrost, which on top of being a decent early wind tome also cuts opponents' speed by 4 after combat, which can be very valuable in toning down strong bosses even if Shom himself cannot damage them effectively. Much later in the game, he is one of only two wielders of both the  Archgale Regalia and  Barrier Sword, which greatly bolster his combat against a number of particularly strong foes.

Shom is also noteworthy as the character to provide crucial support bonuses to two other characters - Runa and Shay, with both being granted the ability to use Anima magic themselves at their B-support. This perhaps ironically allows them to replace Shom if their particular traits are desired by the player, namely that both offer much higher movement and overall damage output than Shom himself.

#### Supports

Unlocking the A-rank support with Emilia will grant him the skill Crit Boost, which increases his crit by 15 similarly to a Swordmaster or a Berserker.

*See main article: Shom/Supports.*
* Emilia
* Angelus
* Runa
* Thea
* Shay
* Madeline
* Baudimon

## Quotes

### *Andaron Saga*

#### Death Quote

> I suppose this is better than killing myself.
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> [During Ch. 1 Rambunctious Reunion]

> God damnit, I took a hit. I'll just pretend I'm dead.
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## Possible Endings

### Andaron Saga

**Shom - Cynical Mage**

*Shom struggled to rule House Windlance and nearly fled his post several times. However, he kept facing his demons and was eventually able to overcome them. He now rules as Lord of Castle Malikor.*

**Shom and Runa**

*Shom struggled to rule House Windlance and nearly fled his post several times. However, he kept facing his demons with the help of his pupil Runa, he now rules as Lord of Castle Malikor.*

**Shom and Madeline**

*Shom struggled to rule House Windlance and nearly fled his post several times. However, he kept facing his demons with the help of his retainer Medeline, he now rules as Lord of Castle Malikor.*

**Shom and Shay**

*Shom struggled to rule House Windlance and nearly fled his post several times. However, he kept facing his demons with the help of his sister Shay, he now rules as Lord of Castle Malikor.*