Kit Crossford is a character in Octopath Traveler, son of Graham Crossford.
Profile[]
Appearance[]
Kit has long blond hair tied into a ponytail and blue eyes. He wears a dark blue cape over his shoulders, a black long sleeved shirt, white pants with a brown satchel and brown boots.
Personality[]
Although he exhibits tenacious determination in his search for his father, Kit appears to be relatively clueless in his travels. He sustains injury from a monster and finds himself without healing resources, struggles to earn his keep as part of an acting troupe, and blindly follows Lyblac to the Gate of Finis in the hope that she will unite him with his father. Despite his naivety, Kit has an outlook of gratitude, as he seeks to repay the actors who took him in and do right by those who aid him in his journey.
Story[]
Kit can be found outside of the town of your initial chosen traveler after you complete their prologue. He has been attacked by a monster and is injured. He asks the traveler if they can spare a Healing Grape. Should the player give him one, he will thank them. He will then introduce himself and state that he is on a journey to find his lost father, who disappeared when Kit was just a child. He will give the player 1,500 for helping him.
Helping Kit completes the side story Kit, the Traveler, which is typically the first side story players will encounter.
He reappears in Noblecourt, where he believes that he has gone as far as he can alone. He asks the party to find a group for him to travel with. The group then takes the inspiring actor to him and he joins the Impresario's circus.
Kit can be found again at Moonstruck Coast, and he tells the player that he feels like he needs to repay the Impresario somehow. The party gives him a lapis lazuli, which Kit uses to repaint the Impresario's sign.
Later on, Kit is seen talking to Lyblac in front of the Gate of Finis. She tells Kit that he will find his father inside the gate. However, Kit was deceived by Lyblac, and his body is offered up to the thirteenth god, Galdera, where the two became one and the same. Lyblac tells the player that this was possible through Kit's bloodline, as their ancestor, Odin Crossford, was the magician who sealed Galdera away.
Once Galdera is defeated, Kit resurfaces from the god without any knowledge of what had just occurred. A few moments after thanking the player for rescuing him, the spirits of Graham and his wife appear before Kit. Graham thanks the player for sealing away the darkness in Orsterra, then he gives Kit words of encouragement: to live on, and live strong.
Kit and the player then exit the Gate of Finis, closing the gate. The player is given 100,000 and a Spurning Ribbon Equip: Wards off all enemy encounters.
Quotes[]
- Main article: Kit Crossford/Quotes
Gallery[]
Etymology[]
"Kit" is a shortened version of the names "Christoper" and "Catherine." It means "bearing Christ," and as such has also come to mean "pure." In Kit Crossford's case, the name reflects his innocence and his supernatural destiny, as Kit serves a vessel for Galdera (somewhat similar to the way that Jesus Christ became the "vessel" for human sin).
Kit's surname "Crossford" is a locational name possibly inspired by the English village of Crossford, whose ford was often crossed by monks on their way between the abbeys of Dunfermline and Culross.
Trivia[]
- Kit’s reflection appears inside the Omniscient Eye, proving that he was indeed absorbed by the malevolent Galdera.
- The In Search of Father (I) quest reveals that Kit is not a good actor.
- According to early concept art for Octopath Traveler, Kit was originally designed as a protagonist with long blond hair, a black coat, and an appearance of nobility.[1]
References[]
- ↑ The Art of Octopath Traveler 2016-2020, page 218.