Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20161015022604/@comment-24674051-20161107174345

In the biblical account, Gideon was a Judge. the Judges were people who rose to lead the Israelites during the time between when Joshua led the people to reclaim the promised land and the time when there was a King (starting with King Saul, followed by David and then Solomon).

without delving into the full biblical account, Gideon's name does mean "Great Warrior" in Hebrew, and Gideon called himself the youngest member of the weakest tribe of Israel, implying that he did not consider himself a man of importance and in fact quite the opposite. God called him to lead a group of 300 warriors to fight and defeat an army that was threatening Israel.

While I do not generally favor the inclusion of Biblical reference, I will concede that there are certain aspects of Gideon's story which could be used to help with the charactger development for Gold's son in a positive way.