Team Peregrine: Wild Speculation

[The Neoclassic]

So many important questions are raised by their appearance! Why did the elves finally decide to get involved? Why, in particular, was Team Peregrine chosen? What classes are the Team Peregrine characters? How much arguing will there be over their genders?

I have little plot speculation, but I'm guessing that the team members (from left to right) are a rogue, a ranger, a wizard, and a cleric. I'm decently sure about the ranger and quite certain about the cleric (since it's either that or a paladin, but it can't be a paladin because they can't cast sending). As for genders, I'm saying the cleric and rogue are female but the ranger and wizard are male. See, the rogue is just wearing a really loose shirt (look at the sleeves), hence hiding her upper curves, and has a curvy lower half which clearly couldn't be male. The cleric's curves are hidden by her squareish armor (didn't we see this, at least on the bottom half, with Miko or other paladins earlier?). And no, I don't take my guesses very seriously. Not yet. Maybe after we know a bit more about them. :smalltongue:

(If another thread has already addressed this and I missed it, my apologies.)

[Optimystik]

Why did the elves finally decide to get involved?

They didn't want to attack before because they had no intel on the city due to the Cloister. However, since O-Chul and Haley escaped, Hinjo was able to provide them with much-needed information.


Why, in particular, was Team Peregrine chosen?

Judging from their name and what we've seen of them, they're a vanguard strike team.


What classes are the Team Peregrine characters?

Two are almost certainly a cleric and wizard, but speculation abounds concerning the other two. The likeliest candidates in core would be a ranger and rogue.


How much arguing will there be over their genders?

Plenty :smalltongue:

[Aron Times]

The guy in the robe could also be a sorcerer, since they can also cast Teleport.

[Fitzclowningham]

I'm actually curious why the elves would bother at this point, allies or not. You've got a well-defended city ruled by arguably the most powerful guy in the world. Why send your guys into a guaranteed meat-grinder? I mean for the elves to help out the Azurites after X and RC leave, that's one thing, but their helping now makes no sense to me.

[David Argall]

Keep in mind that we may see zero of Team Peregrine in the future, and are quite likely to see very little.

[Optimystik]

I'm actually curious why the elves would bother at this point, allies or not. You've got a well-defended city ruled by arguably the most powerful guy in the world. Why send your guys into a guaranteed meat-grinder? I mean for the elves to help out the Azurites after X and RC leave, that's one thing, but their helping now makes no sense to me.

Sun Tzu's ideas on the subject of guerrilla warfare were adapted by Mao Tse-tung in his book On Guerrilla Warfare. (http://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Warfare-Mao-Tse-tung/dp/0252068920) Without getting political, the entire point of guerrilla warfare according to these two men is to wear down a much larger and stronger enemy, and that's exactly what the elves and resistance are attempting. A "win" for the Resistance would not necessarily be the army's outright defeat, but merely its withdrawal. In addition, losing Azure City would be a strong sign of weakness in the goblin army, and may provoke the other nations (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0501.html) to military action. Even Xykon can't fight them all.

[veti]

I suggest their mission is to reinforce the Resistance. In particular, by bringing them a cleric of high enough level (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0524.html) to cast "Create Food & Water".

[Taekwondodo]

They seem to me like an elvish version of the OoTS (like the Linear guild was an evil version).

[Dark Faun]

I really hope the wizard's family is strong enough to defeat a mother black dragon on their own then. :smalltongue:

[MoonBeam]

As for genders, I'm saying the cleric and rogue are female but the ranger and wizard are male. See, the rogue is just wearing a really loose shirt (look at the sleeves), hence hiding her upper curves, and has a curvy lower half which clearly couldn't be male. The cleric's curves are hidden by her squareish armor (didn't we see this, at least on the bottom half, with Miko or other paladins earlier?).

I would say that the dual-wielder is male. But the others seems too ambiguous for me to decide. :smallwink:

[Dancing_Fox]

. . . Judging from their name and what we've seen of them, they're a vanguard strike team.
. . .

Kudos to Optimystik for replying to the questions straight and taking the effort to answer them, rather than just advising to 'search for Team Peregrine posts.'

A level headed judgement call, IMO.

[Bibliomancer]

In addition, losing Azure City would be a strong sign of weakness in the goblin army, and may provoke the other nations (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0501.html) to military action. Even Xykon can't fight them all.

Why not? Xykon would love bombarding armies of low level warriors with fireballs and meteor swarms, and it's not like any of them could easily penetrate his Damage Reduction.

However, guerilla warfare seems to make sense, unless the elves have a few almost epic level wizards up their sleeves, which is unlikely given that they weren't able to penetrate the Cloister and few wizards pass 10th level in the Ootsverse. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0625.html) However, a few dozen wizards of 9th level could mkae short work of the hobgoblin army without Tsukiko, Redcloak and Xykon.

[Herald Alberich]

Sun Tzu's ideas on the subject of guerrilla warfare were adapted by Mao Tse-tung in his book On Guerrilla Warfare. (http://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Warfare-Mao-Tse-tung/dp/0252068920) Without getting political, the entire point of guerrilla warfare according to these two men is to wear down a much larger and stronger enemy, and that's exactly what the elves and resistance are attempting. A "win" for the Resistance would not necessarily be the army's outright defeat, but merely its withdrawal. In addition, losing Azure City would be a strong sign of weakness in the goblin army, and may provoke the other nations (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0501.html) to military action. Even Xykon can't fight them all.


I suggest their mission is to reinforce the Resistance. In particular, by bringing them a cleric of high enough level (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0524.html) to cast "Create Food & Water".

In addition to the above, they know Xykon will be busy looking for his phylactary for a while, and will probably head out soon afterward (though they don't know he's pissed enough to leave as soon as he gets it back) and one of their missions is to relay news of his departure to Hinjo and the Order via Sending.


They seem to me like an elvish version of the OoTS (like the Linear guild was an evil version).

Beyond being adventurers, I don't think any specific similarity is implied. There are only four of them, for one thing.

[Optimystik]

Why not? Xykon would love bombarding armies of low level warriors with fireballs and meteor swarms, and it's not like any of them could easily penetrate his Damage Reduction.

You're assuming that low level mooks are all that the other nations can bring to the field; they may have epic defenders of their own. Certainly the spirit samurai (page 2, panel 2) and elephant guardinal (panel 4) hint that the other nations have a little firepower.