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Loki is a character in Breath of Fire III. He is a resident of McNeil Village and helps set in motion the robbery of McNeil Manor.
Role in Breath of Fire III
Loki is a resident of McNeil Village, and is first met after Ryu, Teepo and Rei save the village by defeating the Nue. Impressed by their strength, and hoping to get rich quick, Loki convinces them that Mayor McNeil is corrupt and unjustly taxes the people of the village. He gets them to break into McNeil Manor and steal the tax money so that it can be redistributed among the villagers. However, Loki is unaware of the fact that McNeil has ties to the crime organization. When this information comes to light, the villagers give back the stolen money in order to protect themselves from possible retaliation. Loki flees from his scheduled rendezvous with the party, leaving them to their fate.
He is later encountered when they party returns to McNeil village as adolescents, happily talking with an investigator from Wyndia about McNeil. After Rei meets with Ryu in Cedar Woods, Rei is relieved to see him alive but still vows revenge for the people who broke up his family, and he goes off towards McNeil village. Upon Ryu's arrival, Loki is seen on the floor surrounded by people, alive but having received several wounds from Rei.
Etymology
The character's Japanese name, ZuruZuru, is the onomatopoeia used by that culture to denote the sound that a snake makes. His English name, Loki, is derived from the trickster god of Norse mythology. Both names foreshadow the fact that the character intentionally deceives the party in order to accomplish his own ends.