Riou scratched his head. "Trust me, I understand your point. I knew Clive. His gun was powerful, but I still knew very few with them. I'm not sure of the details of it's function or creation. All I know is that they were rare. What I do know is that Clive's gun had a will of it's own. It had refused to fire on Elza on more than one occasion. Something that Clive, who was an expert with the gun, didn't understand. I can't really tell you more than that as it is pretty mysterious to me as well."
OoC: Clive appears in both Suikoden and Suikoden 2. In Suikoden 2 he has a huge story event that revolves around him searching for Elza. Unfortunately it is timed. You literally have to get to certain areas within certain time frames to initiate an event. I think the final one, near the games end, has to be made within 12 hours. So, there's no room for you to do any of the side events or recruit other characters (all this can take 50+ hours). You have to speed run it.