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Kazin
Kazin
Girls always went crazy for his string of mystic charms, and Kazin was confident that Sarah would be no different.
Vital statistics
Race Elf
Class Mage -> Wizard -> Sorcerer
Gender Male
Faction Shining Force
Birthplace Unknown
Relatives Unknown
Appearances Shining Force II
Shining Wisdom
Comics

Kazin, also known as Parn due to a mistranslation, is an elf Mage character in the games Shining Force II: Ancient Sealing and Shining Wisdom. He is a minor playable character in the former and a major NPC in the latter.

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Personality[]

Kazin is generally cool, calm, and collected and doesn't say much in the game. He is wise in a way and cares for his master, Sir Hawel. It is shown that he has a crush on Sarah.

Background[]

Kazin is the second character to join the Shining Force after the three founding members. Kazin is a pupil of Sir Hawel, training in magic. After Hawel's death he joins the force. Two years after the defeat of Zeon, Bowie kisses Princess Elis in order to wake her up, and Sarah, who had fallen in love with him, ran away. Kazin followed to comfort her.

Shortly after this event, Kazin and Sarah become traveling companions and spend the next several years hunting down Zeon's remaining allies and underlings. In Shining Wisdom, set several years after Shining Force II, they pursue the dark elf Pazort to the kingdom of Odegan, but Sarah still does not return his feelings for her. Kazin tries and fails to stop Pazort, and it is left up to the young soldier Mars to defeat him, sacrificing his life in the process. At first Kazin allows Sarah to believe that it was he who defeated Pazort, which succeeds in impressing her, but he quickly feels guilty and admits the truth. The two afterwards returned to Granseal.

The translation team for the USA version of Shining Wisdom intentionally altered the game's dialogue to say that Sarah and Kazin are romantically involved.

Strategy[]

Kazin is your early game mage and a low-mid tier spellcaster. If you've used Tao, you kind of know what to expect. His best pre-promotion stat is MP, while the rest of his stats are balanced in favour of HP and speed.

Kazin's main spell is Blaze, and the rest of his kit is mostly supporting magic like "Muddle" and "Dispel". "Muddle" lets him divert attention away from him and "Dispel" is great for countering other casters. He also has the instant kill spell "Desoul", and he's the only one who learns it. Since "Blaze" doesn't cost a lot to cast, his Mana pool can go the distance.

That said, he's best served going the Sorcerer path, using the Secret Book, rather than a Wizard, as fellow Mage Tyrin has the spell list to become a much more useful Wizard than Kazin can.

After promoting, he will eventually experience a sharp growth in HP and speed. His MP growth is high and his defense growth is greater than it was before promotion.

Kazin suffers from that all-too-common Mage ailment of having bad Attack(and even after he promotes, it doesn't grow all that much either), which means he's not going to be very useful when his MP runs on empty,

The Sorcerer is so vital to Kazin that, should he not take it, he'll probably just be relegated to the bench. This is, again, due to his spell list: "Blaze" is easily shrugged off by later-game enemies compared to, say, Bolt or Freeze, and "Muddle" and "Dispel" don't really do much for his XP gain(and if you really need Muddle, Sheela gets it too). He quickly falls behind Tyrin and Chaz once they join the force, since they DO have access to "Freeze" and "Bolt".

Promoting him to Sorcerer means you can't promote Tyrin to Sorcerer, as Tyrin is better at it, but considering Tyrin's spell-set, it's a sacrifice many players are willing to make.

As for "Desoul", that isn't the best at XP farming either. Sure, it's an instant kill, but its unreliable accuacy can make it frustrating to use if the RNG dislikes you. And if you really MUST have Desoul, you could also use Lemon, because his Dark Sword can cast it too.

Powers & Magic[]

Kazin can cast the following spells.

As a Mage/Wizard:

Level 1 - already learned
Level 2 - acquires at Level 5
Level 3 - acquires at level 22
Level 4 - acquires at Level 35
Level 1 - acquires at Level 18
Level 2 - acquires at Level 29
Level 1 - acquires at Level 13
Level 1 - acquires at Level 9
Level 2 - acquires at Level 25


As a Sorcerer:

Level 1 - acquires at Level 4
Level 2 - acquires at Level 17
Level 1 - acquires at Level 21
Level 2 - acquires at Level 32
Level 1 -acquires upon promotion to Sorcerer
Level 2 - acquires at Level 12
Level 1 - acquires at Level 7
Level 2 - acquires at Level 26

Quotes[]

  • "Sir Hawel's teachings were very helpful. Strategy was his cup o'tea."
  • "What can I do for you? Oh, you would like to see my master? I am studying at his house. Please follow me."
  • "I am the Elf Magician Kazin! I have come from Granseal Kingdom on the Parmecia continent in search of Pazort. Mars, I heard about you. You are the son of a very famous hero on this continent. I'm proud to stand next to such a curageous warrior! You are just like my best friend Bowie."
  • "If Pazort were at the Parmecia War, the outcome would have been different. Heaven must be on our side..."
  • When Kazin returns from the battle with Pazort
Guard #2: "I felt relieved that someone other than Mars finally joined this quest. Because Mars was promoted so early, he must have been bragging. I'm sure!"
Kazin: "Mars's...Mars's been...risking his life for you, you ungrateful scum...."
Guard #2: "What...what's wrong with you?"
Kazin: "You...unworthy...bunch of fools...he's gone...trying to save...you people."
  • After Kazin reports the defeat of Pazort and the resealing of the Djinn
Sarah:"Well done, Kazin! You're a man worthy of honors, aren't you? I have a higher opinion of you than before."
Satera: "Umm...Sir Kazin...I...Want to know...about Sir Mars... I, I mean...well...."
Kazin: "Sarah....it's not right! That's not the whole story! Mars is the one...Mars is the one who achieved this success!"

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