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{{NPC infobox
| name = Courier Falken
| image = [[File:Shining Blade warrior.jpg|155px]]
| affiliation = Shining Blade
| type = Human
| profession = Assassin
| level = 20
| campaign = Prophecies
| campaign2 = Factions
| campaign3 = Beyond
| map1 = [[File:Courier Falken North Kryta Province map.jpg|200px]]
| map1-text = Path through North Kryta Province
| map2 = [[File:Courier Falken Nebo Terrace map all routes.jpg|200px]]
| map2-text = Path through Nebo Terrace
| map3 = [[File:Courier Falken Watchtower Coast map.jpg|200px]]
| map3-text = Path through Watchtower Coast
| map4 = [[File:Canthan Courier Crisis map.png|200px]]
| map4-text = Path through Bukdek Byway 
}}

[[Courier Falken]] is a [[Shining Blade]] messenger that can be found relaying information throughout [[Kryta]] during the [[War in Kryta]]. He will randomly appear at [[portal]]s between Krytan [[zone]]s and start a messenger run along the road until he reaches another portal, fighting off [[White Mantle]] ambushes along the way. If you can successfully escort him from one portal to the other, he will reward you with gold, experience and [[War Supplies]].

After the civil war's end, [[Queen Salma]] sent the the Krytan courier on a [[Cantha Courier Crisis|diplomatic mission]] across the [[Unending Ocean|Clashing Seas]], the [[Cantha#Empire of the Dragon|Empire of the Dragon]] prospers, with an important letter for the [[Emperor Kisu|Ascendant Emperor of Cantha]].

==Locations==
*[[War in Kryta]]
**{{NPC location|Lion's Arch (War in Kryta)}}
**{{NPC location|Nebo Terrace (War in Kryta)}}
**{{NPC location|North Kryta Province (War in Kryta)}}
**{{NPC location|Watchtower Coast (War in Kryta)}}
*[[Winds of Change]]
**{{NPC location|Bukdek Byway (Winds of Change)}} (only during [[Cantha Courier Crisis]])
**{{NPC location|Kaineng Docks}} (only during [[Cantha Courier Crisis]])

==Skills==
*{{skill icon|Dash}}
*{{skill icon|Shadow Refuge}}
*{{skill icon|Brawling Block}}
*{{skill icon|Brawling Jab}}
*{{skill icon|Brawling Combo Punch}}
*{{skill icon|Brawling Straight Right}}
*{{skill icon|Brawling Uppercut}}
*{{monster skill icon|Falken Punch}}
*{{skill icon|Falken Quick}}

==Dialogue==
*''"Only the courier that exceeds me has the right to become the next courier."''
*''"If you want to be my disciple you'll have to show me your moves first."''
*''"I bet I could train a rollerbeetle to deliver stuff for me."''
*''"Being a good courier isn't about being lucky, It's about being fast!"''
;Alternate, upon winning:
''Thank you, [Character Name]. You have the true heart of a courier! It's not much, but take this as my thanks.''

;Lion's Arch (War in Kryta):
:''"Now, that's what I call an epic final battle! My courier's passion was reignited by watching you fight out there! Seeing a foreign hero like you fight for our country has inspired me to think about what I can do beyond just being a courier. I'm thinking about starting up a unified organization to deliver messages between countries. By keeping everyone informed, we could prevent groups like the White Mantle from deceiving us in the future.''
:''And after all that is done, maybe I'll go adventuring up north, I hear there's a [[Kilroy Stonekin|Dwarf]] up there that loves fist-fighting as much as I do!"''

==Quotes==
:''"Being a good courier isn't about being lucky, it's about being fast!"''
:''"Come rain, or sleet, or horde of skale, nothing will stop the intrepid Shining Blade Courier. Well, maybe the skale..."''
:''"Delivery man, delivery man, does whatever a courier can.Transports packages, any size. Brushes off Mantle, just like flies. Oh yeah, here comes the delivery man."''
:''"Greetings, <Player Name>, fancy meeting you out here. I'd love to stay and chat, but I've got an important delivery to make.
:''"If you want to be my disciple, you'll have to show me your moves first."''
:''"Twenty-nine deliveries in the last week. The princess sure knows how to wear a guy down. She's lucky I'm so good at my job."''
;When using the Falken Punch:
:''"A courier's passion... is burning red!"''
:''"Are you okay?... Not after this!"''
:''"Here comes the fist... OF JUSTICE"''
:''"Don't mess with... THE SHINING BLADE!"''
:''"Falken... PUNCH!"''
:''"You call that fighting? GET SERIOUS!"''
;If you talk to him during battle:
:''"Bring me your woes some other time, friend."''
:''"Duty calls."''
:''"Fight, damn it!"''
:''"For the Chosen!"''
:''"Help. A little help here."''
:''"If you haven't noticed, I'm busy at the moment."''
:''"Not now!"''
:''"Now is not the time for idle chatter!"''
:''"Spill the blood of our foes!"''
:''"Stop wagging your tongue and start whooping some butt!"''
:''"Tell me later. Right now I have enemies to slaughter."''
:''"The fight rages. The battle is not yet won."''
:''"The time for jabbering over a pint will come later."''
:''"To arms! To arms!"''
:''"We will reminisce after this battle is won."''
:''"You call that fighting?"''
:''"Your words fall on deaf ears. For now I fight."''
:''"Let's give 'em a whooping!"''

== Delivery Routes ==
: ''Hard mode rewards (in parentheses) are double that of those in normal mode''

{| {{STDT|silver}}

|- style="background:darkgray; color:whitesmoke;"
! colspan=4 | North Kryta Province

|- style="background: lightgray;"
! Cash !! Experience !! War Supplies !! Routes
|-
| align="center" | {{cost|250}} <br />({{cost|500}})
| align="center" | 1250 <br />(2500)
| align="center" | 2 <br />(5)
|
* Lion's Arch → Nebo Terrace
* Nebo Terrace → Lion's Arch

|- style="background:darkgray; color:whitesmoke;"
! colspan=4 | Nebo Terrace

|- style="background: lightgray;"
! Cash !! Experience !! War Supplies !! Routes
|-
| align="center" | {{cost|500}} <br />({{cost|1000}})
| align="center" | 2500 <br />(5000)
| align="center" | 3 <br />(6)
|
* North Kryta Province → Cursed Lands
* Bergen Hot Springs → Beetletun
* Cursed Lands → Beetletun
* Beetletun → Bergen Hot Springs

|- style="background:darkgray; color:whitesmoke;"
! colspan=4 | Watchtower Coast

|- style="background: lightgray;"
! Cash !! Experience !! War Supplies !! Routes
|-
| align="center" | {{cost|500}} <br />({{cost|1000}})
| align="center" | 2500 <br />(5000)
| align="center" | 3 <br />(6)
|
* Beetletun → Divinity Coast
* Divinity Coast → Beetletun

|}

==Notes==
*If he dies during the escort, he will not resurrect and you will have to start again.
*Consider bringing [["Make Haste!"]] or other [[IMS]] applicable to Allies when escorting him.
*He doesn't count as your Shining Blade escort, so even when Falken appears, you'll get another of the randomly-chosen characters. Falken spawns standing near the portal, while the escort drops from a nearby tree.
*In [[Hard mode]] a [[Jade construct]] with [[Spectral Agony]] will spawn with the last group. Falken isn't infused, so be extremely careful.

==Trivia==
* Courier Falken is a parody of [[W:Captain Falcon|Captain Falcon]] (from the F-Zero and Super Smash Bros. series).
** The line ''"If you want to be my disciple you'll have to show me your moves first."'' is a reference to Captain Falcon's catchphrase, ''"Show me your moves!"''
** The custom skill [[Falken Punch]] is a play on Captain Falcon's iconic ''Falcon Punch'' move.
* ''"Delivery man, delivery man, does whatever a courier can. Transports packages, any size. Brushes off Mantle, just like flies. Oh yeah, here comes the delivery man."'' is an homage to the [[W:Spider-Man (theme song)|theme song]] of the 1967 [[W:Spider-Man|Spiderman]] cartoon.
* ''"Come rain, or sleet, or horde of skale, ..."'' mimics the famous inscription at the [[W:James Farley Post Office|James Farley Post Office]] in New York (<small>AKA</small> the [[W:United States Postal Service creed|Post Officer's Creed]]).
* ''"A courier's passion... is burning red!"'' is similar to the most famous phrase from [[W:Mobile Fighter G Gundam|Mobile fighter G Gundam]], in which the main character often says, ''THIS HAND OF MINE IS BURNING RED!''.
* ''"GET SERIOUS"'' and ''"Are you okay?"'' are catch phrases used by [[W:Terry_Bogard|Terry Bogard]] in ''King of Fighter''.

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