Method to Acquire: He starts with you on Chapter 1.
Damage: Alan dishes out a lot of damage. Earlier on, however, Lance deals more damage simply because he hits 2x on most enemies that Alan can only strike once.
Critical: Alan's critical isn't really that good, but it isn't bad either.
Speed: Alan's speed is terrible to start out, making his one blow deal less damage then Lance's two blows. However, this picks up, and when it matters later on in the game, Alan will be hitting twice.
Dodge: It's not so bad. Alan averages with 68 dodge, which is very good since he can get the Weapon Advantage against any type of weapon, not counting Bows.
Growth Rates
HP - 85%
Strength - 45%
Skill - 40%
Speed - 45%
Defense - 25%
Resistence - 10%
Luck - 40%
Average Level 20 Paladin Alan
HP - 54
Strength - 25
Skill - 21
Speed - 25
Defense - 18
Resistence - 7
Luck - 18
Total - 168
Supports
Tate - 59/60/80 turns
Marcus - 20/30/40 turns
Wolt - 20/30/40 turns
Lance - 15/30/40 turns
Ward - 59/60/80 turns
Roy - 20/30/40 turns
Rating: 8.65/10. He's very good, and if you use him and Lance together and get their supports, they are killing machines. However, Percival still outclasses both of them AND he starts as a Paladin as well as also getting hard mode stat boosts if recruited in Chapter 15.