Shoushi

The small yellow duck, which Shoushi named Mr. Quack, holds all the strategic wisdom. Shoushi, the fighter it sits upon, holds only a perpetually shocked expression. In the gilded halls of The Teikodian Empire, generals and courtiers dismiss the pair as a bizarre novelty. They don’t realize that every battle plan Shoushi executes, every feint and parry, originates from a series of impeccably timed squeaks. Shoushi was just a nervous palace guard before a market brawl sent Mr. Quack flying from a toy stall onto their head. The first squeak saved them from a wild sword swing. The second led them to an unlikely victory. Shoushi never questions the duck's guidance; they just wish it would warn them a bit sooner.