Rowen

Rowen is a mostly absent character in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and a member of Hess' Eight Sages. He's the son of Yuraisha the Mother of Hess, and also the biological father of Lasswell.

Personality
Not much of Rowen's personality is explored as he appears briefly in flashbacks. He seems to be rather warm and friendly with Raegen and supportive of his mother, taking his duties as a Sage seriously. Despite being a Sage he's able to see the bigger picture and allowed himself to be sealed, trusting Raegen would have been able to truly put an end to the war. He's shown to be a devoted family man and preferred them over regaining his past.

Story
Rowen was born to Yuraisha and trained in the ways of battle since he was young along Raegen his adopted brother. The two had a friendly rivalry very much akin to that of Rain with Lasswell. They battled hundreds of times and were evenly matched.

At one point when Dark Fina wanted to join the Hess, he expressed concern as he didn't fully trust her, and then Yuraisha explained her background, and how she was under her wing in the past.

When the war between Aldore and Hess broke out, Rowen was loyal to her mother, but Raegen led the Sworn Eight of Paladia making them enemies, although both of them wanted an end to the war. Raegen met Rowern where he explains his plan to seal the Sages in Crystal in order to make the Sworn Eight the leveraging power to force peaceful negotiations. Rowen, agrees but requests a final duel with Raegen with Purple Lightning as a wager, which he accepts. Raegen gains the upper hand with his newly created Mirror of Equity, although Raegen suspects Rowen allowed himself to be defeated, he doesn't deny it and is soon sealed into Crystal.

Eventually the plan would fail as a result of Vlad's treacherous machinations which sent the entire battlefield into the world of Lapis. Raegen would spend centuries trying to find his friend before unsealing him. Unfortunately Rowen had amnesia as a result of the long time inside the Crystal to the point he forgot how to fight. Raegen explains who he is, but unable to make him remember much.

Rowen would subsequently spend his days as a farmer in Grandshelt where Raegen joined as a knight in order to find clues about the Sacred Vessel of Paladia an artifact that would help restore Rowen's memories. Eventually Raegen found the artifact but Rowen broke it as he was happy with the life had presently in the farm with his wife and son. Raegen respected his decision and the two still remained good friends.

In a fateful day a pack of monsters would attack the farm with Raegen rushing to his aid. Raegen slays the monsters but the farmers are injured and Rowen sustains fatal injuries. As he is dying, Rowen regains his memories and requests Raegen to watch after Lasswell and gift him the Purple Lightning he "won" in the wager several years ago. Raegen agrees and Rowen passes away, not soon after, Lasswell's mother would also die of sickness and Raegen adopts Lasswell as his son, the same way Yuraisha had with Raegen centuries ago.