Patrick T. Higharms is a Major protagonist In legend of heroes trails of cold steel
from the prolog up to chapter 3 he is just a jerk and minor antagonist as the game moves on he becomes nicer by the end he is seen more as a rival and is lest of a jerk
in chapter 4 he is on of the people that help to save Rean's sister Else and he later got a crush on her.
In one of the side quest he is worried that his butler who he see's as a brother might be ploting something behind his back and asked Rean for help.
later on in Chapter 4 Patrick help to protect a city that was being attack and was also flooding.
In the final chapter the main characters left Patrick to defend the school and town whiles they go and try and stop some of the people attacking.
in battle he attack's with a sword and he can also us magic Patrick a long side two other students are bosses in chapter 3 death or not.