Gaspar

Artwork by Kawano Junko

Physical Information

Race

Human

Gender

Male

Birth Date

423

Age

35 (S1)
38 (G1 & G2)

Biographical Information

Star

Chisyu Star³

Meta Information

Appearances

Gaspar (ガスパー, Gasupā) is a character in Suikoden and Genso Suikogaiden Vol.1. Gaspar is a gambler who specializes in the game of Chinchirorin.

History

You're a lucky guy, and lucky guys can accomplish anything. Think I'll throw my chips in with you.

— Gaspar

Gaspar was an underground gambler and avid Chinchirorin player who ran his operations in Kaku. Frustrated at losing access to Tai Ho, his best customer, he would challenge the hero to a game of Chinchirorin.

Losing, Gaspar was suitably impressed by McDohl's bravery at gambling. Finding this attitude becoming of the leader of the Liberation Army, Gaspar decided to take a gamble on him, joining the army.

Gaspar thought of life and gambling as the same thing and the Gate Rune War was the gamble of a lifetime. As a man, he entrusted his life to luck, choosing to always live dangerously.

He opened up a Chichinorin stall at Toran Castle during the war. There Gaspar would sometimes win and sometimes lose great amounts of potch but always without complaint, believing it to be the way of the world and the nature of gambling.

The fall of the Scarlet Moon Empire saw Gaspar win again and he moved his business back to Kaku. Shilo, who would later join the New State Army was his long-time rival and the two would confront each other in the Greenhill Forest during the Dunan Unification War, engaging each other in a fierce gambling battle.

Game info

Recruitment

Talk to Gaspar in the basement of the Kaku bar when the castle is at level 2 (20+ Stars recruited) and win at least 5,000 bits from him in Chinchirorin.

War

War Stats
Name	Type	Soldiers	Lead ATK	Sub ATK
Invulnerable Defense	Charge	10	14	4

Genso Suikoden Card Stories TCG

Card #	Name	Type	Release
225	Gaspar	Craftman	Booster Pack Vol.2
CS2-503/R225	Gaspar	Craftman	Remake Booster

Gallery

Artwork

Suikoden artwork by Kawano Junko

In-Game

Suikoden Sony PlayStation portrait
Suikoden Sega Saturn portrait
Suikoden I&II HD Remaster portrait by Kawano Junko

Trivia

Losing to Gaspar when trying to recruit him will cause him to refer to the "God of Dice." This is one of very few references to any form of deity in the series.
Gaspar's easily exploitable "double or nothing" feature when gambling with him makes him the perfect source for party funds.

Other languages and releases

Japanese katakana	ガスパー
Japanese rōmaji	Gasupā
Chinese simplified (HDR)	葛斯巴
Chinese traditional (HDR)	葛斯巴
Chinese pinyin	Gé sī bā

English	Gaspar
French	Gaspar
German	Gaspar
Italian	Gaspar
Spanish	Gaspar

References

Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), page 157
Genso Suikoden 108 Stars Character Guide (ISBN 4-7753-0050-4), page 42
Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia, pages 35, 247