Stark

Stark (スターク) is a student in Class IX of the Thors Branch Campus in.

Appearance
Stark is a young man with thick brown hair and eyes. He wears the standard male uniform for students of the Branch Campus, consisting of a blue blazer, waistcoat, white shirt and black trousers. Stark also wears white shoes and has a small blue cap. He uses an orbal firearm in combat.

Personality
Stark is a calm, friendly and intelligent person, who portrays all the signs of a honors student and has vast knowledge about the Jurai, the Special Economic Zone in northwest Erebonia. He is very responsible, stating he will do his best to mange the difficult job of running the logistics of the field studies' operations. He is very helpful; to his peers, offering them advice and being regarded as smart.

Background
Stark grew up in Jurai with at least a father and had a good friendship with Crow Armbrust, who taught him lots of tricks: coin tricks, card magic, billiards and darts, and gave him a deck of antique cards. Stark loses these cards when his father sells them by accident in a pawn shop and Stark resolved himself to tracking them down to re-obtain them gathering thousands of Mira for the sole purpose of this.

When Crow left, Stark was only 8, and he regrets not saying anything at the time when Crow's grandfather passed away and Crow left the city at 13. Since then, Stark was felt like he is living in Crow's shadow. During the October War, Stark heard of the Azure Knight and came to know it was Crow.

He enrolls at the Thors Branch Campus in S.1206, joining Class IX: Military Finance under instructor Towa Herschel. Stark is a member of the Swimming Club and welcomes Altina Orion, eager to see what she can do. His primary role on the campus is to mange the stocks and logistics, including their transportation.

Stark has been searching all the shops in Erebonia, including the second hand shops in the capital for a rare antique deck of cards. Although very old, and not very expensive, it has, in his words, a 'stupidly' high value to him. Rean stumbles across Stark in the computer lab and offers him assistance after thinking the card case was Jingo was referring to on a visit visit to Nienvalli.

Rean retrieves the case for him, and although Stark doesn't recognise the case, the cards inside are the indeed the deck he lost 10 years ago. It was something he was given by a friend years ago but his father had accidentally sold it to a pawn shop. Rean wonders about the connections between this figure and Crow who seem to share a number of similarities. Stark offers 100,000 Mira in exchange, which Rean can decide to accept or not. Should Rean not accept the Mira, he uses the 50 Mira coin flip trick Crow showed him, which Stark recognises as Crow's. Stark picks the solution: that the coin was dropped by Rean and is in neither hand, but Rean pulled a double buff and reveals which hand it is in. Stark admits he was outplayed and they discuss Crow. Stark and rean discuss Crow and Stark asks to learn more about him.

Stark is amongst the students that Rean teaches the 'Manway' method to in Swimming. The club takes part in a contest against Class VII, and Stark can face Musse, Kurt or Ash. Stark is with the branch campus when they come to assist in the battle of the Gral of Erebos.

After the Great Twilight, Stark travels to the Crossbell Province with Louise, Freddy and Valerie. Stark in particular is travelling the province and calls Class VII to meet him at the St. Ursula Medical College. After gathering information, he assists new Class VII by procuring an orbal boat for them to use to slip by the Imperial defences and get to Mishelam. He then departs to meet up with Valerie and Louise. He and the other students come to the party's aid again in the wetlands.

Later, Stark is working with Edel and coordinating the efforts to gather supplies between the Main and Branch campuses. Stark is acting in an administrative role, offering backup to the different search parties. He asks Rean's assistance in tracking down two parties: Kairi and Fritz Geithner, and Sidney and Ada Grant. After Rean has found them, they report back to Stark. Stark also has a chance to reunite with the Swimming Club during the overture in Mishelam.

Rean later meets Stark on the Courageous. Stark has now encountered Crow again and he is wondering how to show how he has grown and what he has learned. Rean helps him by presiding over the match. The stakes are the antique deck of cards, which Crow recognises as the set he got from his grandfather against Crow having to listen to whatever Stark has to say. Stark is victorious and requests that Crow treat Rean and himself to lunch in Jurai after the war is ended. Crow doesn't believe this is possible as he has resigned himself to a death following the conclusion of the Rivalries, but Stark convinces him this is not his true character to give up on himself. Crow agrees.

Stark remains a student of the branch campus. Stark and Crow are heading back to Jurai after the party is over to check up on things, with Stark submitting a leave of absence request. Crow later leaves Stark to handle the troubles in Jurai while he returns to the capital.

Stark is part of the executive committee for the Branch Academy festival, representing his class and working with Leonora and Ash Carbide. He also helps the Swimming Club put on classes, and is mistaken for Altina's older brother. He comes second in the election for student council president but ends up on the council as a secretary.

EN = {|class="article-table" ! colspan="4" | Stark ! colspan="4" | スターク 率先して兵站学を学び、家業の商売にも役立てようと努力している. 分校を選んだ理由に訳があるようだが…… “４歳年上の兄貴分”から貰ったトランプを買い戻すため１０万ミラを用意した. それほどまでに兄貴分を慕っている.
 * rowspan="4" |Stark Note (Sen III).png
 * colspan="3" |Class IX: Military Finance (Swimming Club)
 * colspan="3" |An intelligent and friendly student, he makes everything he does look easy. Born to a merchant family in Jurai.
 * colspan="3" |Capable Learned logistics in order to help out his family's business. He seems to have a reason for choosing the branch campus.
 * colspan="3" |Keepsake Cards Raised 100,000 mira just to buy back the lost playing cards he'd received from an older childhood friend in Jurai.
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 * colspan="3" |Keepsake Cards Raised 100,000 mira just to buy back the lost playing cards he'd received from an older childhood friend in Jurai.
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 * rowspan="4" |Stark Note (Sen III).png
 * colspan="3" |Ⅸ組主計科【水泳部】
 * colspan="3" |何事もスマートにこなす、人当たりのいい男子生徒. ジュライ特区の商家の生まれ.
 * colspan="3" |できる男
 * colspan="3" |何事もスマートにこなす、人当たりのいい男子生徒. ジュライ特区の商家の生まれ.
 * colspan="3" |できる男
 * colspan="3" |できる男
 * colspan="3" |大切なトランプ
 * colspan="3" |大切なトランプ
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EN={| class=article-table ! colspan=2 | Stark The Becky Association has done wonders for Stark, getting him useful connections to help him become a true businessman. Stark defeated Crow at Vantage Masters. Seeing how much his old friend had improved seemed to renew Crow's sense of purpose. ! colspan=2 | スターク
 * rowspan=8 |Stark Note (Sen III).png
 * colspan=3 |Class IX: Military Finance
 * colspan=3 |An intelligent and friendly student, he makes everything he does look easy. Born to a merchant family in Jurai.
 * colspan=3 |New Horizons
 * colspan=3 |An intelligent and friendly student, he makes everything he does look easy. Born to a merchant family in Jurai.
 * colspan=3 |New Horizons
 * colspan=3 |New Horizons
 * colspan=3 |A New Challenger
 * colspan=3 |A New Challenger
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 * -|JP={| class=article-table
 * rowspan=8 |Stark Note (Sen III).png
 * colspan=3 |Ⅸ組主計科【水泳部】
 * colspan=3 |何事もスマートにこなす、人当たりのいい男子生徒. ジュライ特区の商家の生まれ.
 * colspan=3 |商人としての成長 ベッキー商会と出会い、ツテや見識を広げたようだ. ベッキーを見習って、商魂の逞しさにも磨きがかかっている.
 * colspan=3 |弟分として ＶＭ勝負に勝ち、自分を諦めている“クロウ兄ちゃん”に発破をかけた. 自分とリィンに飯を奢るよう約束させる.
 * }
 * colspan=3 |商人としての成長 ベッキー商会と出会い、ツテや見識を広げたようだ. ベッキーを見習って、商魂の逞しさにも磨きがかかっている.
 * colspan=3 |弟分として ＶＭ勝負に勝ち、自分を諦めている“クロウ兄ちゃん”に発破をかけた. 自分とリィンに飯を奢るよう約束させる.
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