Sterling

Sterling is a jock eagle villager in the. He first appeared in and has appeared in all subsequent games. His name is a grade of silver, which fits in with his silver helmet.

Sterling is established to work together with Knox in Knox's profile on the official Japanese website for. Additionally, Sterling and Knox's photos are counterparts to each other, containing mirrored poses both displayed against a. Their relationship is hinted at with their similar Japanese names being counterparts to each other.

Appearance
Sterling wears a knight helmet. He is a blue eagle with a red, orange, and yellow beak, making him more closely resemble a toucan, rather than an eagle. He also has an appearance similar to Knox, due to him wearing a knight-like outfit as well. He is one of the few villagers to wear headgear.

Personality
As a jock villager, Sterling is energetic and has an interest in physical fitness and activity. He often talks about exercise or sports and may brag about his physical fitness. While often friendly to the player, he may comment on their fitness. During conversations with other villagers, he generally gets along well with peppy villagers due to their similar hyper personalities and will also get along with smug villagers, while he may offend snooty villagers by critiquing their fitness and annoy cranky villagers with his hyper personality. In, Sterling goes to sleep at 12:30 AM and wakes up at 6:30 AM.

In
In, Sterling cannot be one of the starting villagers in the player's town.

In
In, if Sterling is one of the starter villagers, his house will have craftable items primarily from the Wooden Series. He cannot have his initial house interior unless he moves out of the player's island or the DLC is purchased, in which either the player or Isabelle can reset the interior.

In
Sterling was added to on January 31, 2022.

Trivia

 * Sterling is the only eagle villager with the historical theme in.