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The seventh game in the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series, the second one in the [[Franchise/FireEmblemElibe Elibe]] timeline, the first released in the West, and arguably one of the most popular of them all, ''Franchise/FireEmblem: The Blazing Blade'' features a massive cast of heroes to cheer for, allies to make, and foes to both [[WorthyOpponent admire]] and [[HateSink hate.]]
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[[index]]
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordTheLords [[note]](Eliwood, Hector, Lyndis aka Lyn)[[/note]]
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordCharactersIntroducedDuringLynsStory [[note]](The Tactician, Sain, Kent, Florina, Wil, Dorcas, Erk, Serra, Rath, Matthew, Lucius, Nils, Wallace)[[/note]]
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordCharactersIntroducedInTheMainStory [[note]](Marcus, Lowen, Rebecca, Bertre, Oswin, Guy, Marcus, Priscilla, Raven, Canas, Dart, Fiora, Legault, Ninian, Isadora, Heath, Hawkeye, Geitz, Farina, Pent, Louise, Karel, Harken, Nino, [[spoiler: Jaffar]], Vaida, Karla, Renault, [[spoiler: Athos]])[[/note]]
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordTheBlackFang [[note]](Nergal, Brendan Reed, Sonia Reed, Ephidel, Limstella, the Four Fangs [Jaffar, Lloyd Reed, Linus Reed, Ursula], Jerme, Pascal Grentzer], Heintz, Beyard, Wire, Boies, Damian, Zoldam, Uhai, Aion, Teodor, Cameron, Oleg, Kenneth, Maxime, Denning, Kishuna)[[/note]]
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordLaus [[note]](Lord Darin, Erik, Bauker, Bernard)[[/note]]
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordCaelin [[note]](Lord Hausen, Lundgren, Eagler, Yogi)[[/note]]
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordBandits [[note]](Batta, Zugu, Glass, Migal, Carjiga, Bug, Bol, Groznyi, Zagan, Puzon, Jasmine and Paul)[[/note]]
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordNeutralParties [[note]](Lord Uther of Ostia, Leila, Lord Elbert and Lady Eleanora of Pherae, Lord, Helman of Santaruz, King Desmond and Queen Hellene of Bern, Prince [[spoiler: Zephiel]] and Princess [[spoiler: Guinevere]] of Bern, Hannah, Fargus, Eubans, Sealen, Georg, Kaim, Lady Madelyn of Caelin, Natalie, [[spoiler: the Dragon]])[[/note]]
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordTheEightLegends [[note]](Roland the Little Hero, Hartmut the Champion, Barigan the Knight of Knights, Brammimond the Enigma, Saint Elimine, Athos the Archsage, Hanon the Divine Trooper, Durban the Berserker)[[/note]]
[[/index]]
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* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordTheEightLegends

* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordTheLords
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordCharactersIntroducedDuringLynsStory
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordCharactersIntroducedInTheMainStory
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordTheBlackFang
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordLaus
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordCaelin
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordBandits
* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordNeutralParties

The seventh game in the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series, the second one in the [[Franchise/FireEmblemElibe Elibe]] timeline, the first released in the West, and arguably one of the most popular of them all, ''Franchise/FireEmblem: The Blazing Blade'' features a massive cast of heroes to cheer for, allies to make, and foes to both [[WorthyOpponent admire]] and hate.

The seventh game in the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series, the second one in the [[Franchise/FireEmblemElibe Elibe]] timeline, the first released in the West, and arguably the most popular of them all, ''Franchise/FireEmblem: The Blazing Blade'' features a massive cast of heroes to cheer for, allies to make, and foes to both [[WorthyOpponent admire]] and hate.

* FireEmblemElibeBlazingSword/TheEightLegends

* FireEmblemElibeBlazingSword/NeutralParties

* FireEmblemElibeBlazingSword/{{Caelin}}

* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSword/Laus

* FireEmblemElibeBlazingSword/{{Laus}}

* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSwordCharactersIntroducedDuringTheMainStory

* FireEmblemElibeBlazingSword/TheBlackFang

* FireEmblemElibeBlazingSword/CharactersIntroducedDuringTheMainStory

* Characters/FireEmblemElibeBlazingSword/CharactersIntroducedDuringLynsStory

The seventh game in the ''FireEmblem'' series, the second one in the [[FireEmblemElibe Elibe]] timeline, the first released in the West, and arguably the most popular of them all, ''FireEmblem: The Blazing Blade'' features a massive cast of heroes to cheer for, allies to make, and foes to both [[WorthyOpponent admire]] and hate.

* FireEmblemElibeBlazingSword/TheLords
* [[FireEmblemElibeBlazingSword/CharactersIntroducedDuringLynsStory Characters Introduced During Lyn's Story]]

* FireEmblemElibeBlazingSword/{{Bandits}}

The seventh game in the ''FireEmblem'' series, the second one in the [[FireEmblemElibe Elibe]] timeline, the first released in the West, and arguably the most popular of them all, ''FireEmblem: The Blazing Blade'' features a massive cast of heroes to cheer for, allies to make, and foes to [[WorthyOpponent admire]]. And foes to hate.

The seventh game in the ''FireEmblem'' series, the second one in the [[FireEmblemElibe Elibe]] timeline, the first released in the West, and arguably the most popular of them all, ''FireEmblem: The Blazing Blade'' features a massive cast of heroes to cheer for, allies to make, and foes to [[WorthyOpponent admire]]. And foes to [[CompleteMonster hate]].

The seventh game in the ''FireEmblem'' series, the second one in the [[FireEmblemElibe Elibe]] timeline, the first released in the West, and arguably the most popular of them all, ''FireEmblem: The Blazing Blade'' features a massive cast of heroes to cheer for, allies to make, and foes to [[WorthyOpponent admire]].

* FireEmblemElibeBlazingSword/CharactersIntroducedDuringLynsStory

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[[folder: The Lords]]

!!Eliwood of Pherae
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The young son of Lord Elbert, Marquess Pherae, Eliwood grew up surrounded by the complex politics of the Lycian League. Under the watchful eye of his parents, OldRetainer Marcus, and his father's close friends among the lords, he became an even-tempered and compassionate man, self-conscious and aware of the world. He met Lyn during her travels and provided her with crucial political aid which enabled her to unite with her grandfather. When his father disappeared a year later, he chose to search him out with the aid of a few trusted soldiers -- and subsequently discovered evidence of a terrible plot that threatened the stability of not only Elibe, but of the entire world.

[[spoiler:Many years after the conclusion of the game, he is married (possibly to Ninian, Lyn, or Fiora) and fathers Roy, protagonist of ''Sword of Seals''.]]

->'''Class:''' Lord (''FE7''), Paladin (''FE6'')
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* BadassNormal: He's never even been on the battlefield before, and yet can hold his own against enemies while ''still'' appearing graceful in combat.
* BirdsOfAFeather: In his supports with Fiora.
* BlueEyes
* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Woman Out]]: Not his own, but in what is probably his ''greatest'' display of Badassery, he [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome calls out ''Queen Hellene of Bern'' on her exploitative treatment of her son Prince Zephiel, even though they require her aid]]. For what it's worth, Pent and Louise both agree with him.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: In Hector's story.
* DisappearedDad: His adventure is kickstarted when Elbert disappears...
* DoomedByCanon: Whoever he is paired with is dead by 6.
* EarlyBirdCameo: When he [[spoiler:rescues Ninian and aids Lyn politically]] in Lyn's Tale.
* FragileSpeedster
** LightningBruiser: If raised properly and/or the RNG doesn't fuck you up.
* FutureBadass: Becomes ruler of Pherae and a well-respected voice in the Lycian League.
* TheHeart: In Hector's story especially, though here he's also...
** TheLancer: Sharing a Co-Lancer position with Oswin (both are the BlueOni to Hector's RedOni), and also due to being the {{Deuteragonist}} of the arc.
* TheHero
* HeroesPreferSwords
** RoyalRapier
* HeroicBSOD: Has two: one when [[spoiler:his father dies]], and another when [[spoiler:he accidentally kills Ninian while she is in dragon form]]. To his everlasting credit, he does ''not'' allow his grief to consume him, and recovers quickly enough to rejoin the fight. In fact, in Hector's story, the chapters immediately following both BSODs actually ''make'' you use him to drive the point home. The man might be sensitive, but don't you ''dare'' accuse him of {{Wangst}}.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Hector.
** HoYay: If you want more...
* HonourBeforeReason
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: When you can [[spoiler:stare down [[CompleteMonster a ruthless mass murderer]], one who [[NoEmpathy has no empathy for others]], who has mocked you for [[LetsYouAndHimFight accidentally killing a young girl you grew close to/fell in love with]], and [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids who tears down his former best friend while scoffing at the value of friendship]], and ''still'' declare that you do not hate him for what he's done, but pity him instead]], then you ''know'' you're at least on the ''way'' towards this trope.
* KnightInShiningArmour: He seems to be one in the early stages of the game (though a less naive one than usual). As he bears witness to the more ruthless aspects of humanity during his journey, however, he becomes more of a...
** KnightInSourArmour, instead. He doesn't go to the extreme, thankfully.
* [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Nobles Who Actually Do Something]]
* NiceGuy
* RedHeadedHero
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Hector's Red, despite what their hair would make you think.
* ReluctantWarrior: He'll fight for the sake of justice and peace, but he doesn't particularly enjoy it -- especially when innocents get involved in the "foolish politics" of nobles.
* [[spoiler:RescueRomance: If he has an A Support with Ninian]].
* RousseauWasRight: He seems to believe this, even after meeting many evil or unstable people on his journey. [[spoiler:At the end of the game he expresses his belief -- towards the more [[JadeColouredGlasses jaded Nils and Ninian]] -- that the day will eventually come when humans and dragons can together live in peace once more]].
** Spoilers from Fuuin follow: [[spoiler:And [[HeartwarmingInHindsight he may have lived to see that day, thanks to his son]].]]
* SayMyName
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The sensitive guy to Hector's manly man.
** TierInducedScrappy: Metagamers tend to dislike him for his [[JackOfAllStats oh-so-very balanced]] growths.
* TenderTears
* TheWisePrince: A textbook example.

!!Hector of Ostia
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The younger brother of Uther, the Marquess of Ostia. His parents died of illness when he was a young boy, so his brother is more of a father figure to him. Hector is restless, hot-blooded, and loyal to a fault; thus, as soon as he hears word of Elbert's disappearance, he appeals to Uther and tells him to do something about it. When Uther refuses, his time consumed by trying to ease tensions with Bern, he and the spy Matthew run away from the castle, and are ambushed by the Black Fang; once that's dealt with, they're joined by the knight Oswin and the cleric Serra, and Hector fully throws himself into the investigation of the Black Fang.

[[spoiler:After the game's conclusion, he succeeds his brother as Marquess Ostia and head of Lycia, is married (among the possible candidates are Lyn, Florina, and Farina), and fathers Lilina of Sword of Seals.]]

->'''Class:''' Lord (''FE7''), General (''FE6'')
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* AnAxeToGrind
* AnimalMotifs: Though implied rather lightly, his can be considered to be the BigBadassWolf.
* '''{{Badass}}'''
* BadassBeard: In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.
** Prior to that, his B support with Eliwood clairvoyantly lampshades said future beard.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Develops one of these towards Nils.
* DoomedByCanon: His wife, just like Eliwood. [[spoiler:He also becomes this early into the plot of ''Fuin'']].
* EarlyBirdCameo: He is in a house on the right side of the level where [[SpoonyBard Nils]] first joins the team. Of course, if you have one of two [[StaffChick certain]] [[FragileSpeedster characters]] move on to the space where that house is located, then the scene has different dialogue.
* {{Expy}}: Once you look into it, you'll realize he has a lot of similarities to Lex from ''Genealogy of the Holy War''. [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Blue hair]]? Check. AnAxeToGrind? Check. HotBlooded? Check. LeeroyJenkins? Check. Vaguely rebellious noble? Check.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Him and Eliwood.
** HoYay: If you want more...
* HotBlooded
* KnightInSourArmour: He knows the world's a pretty messed-up place, but damn if he's going to stand by idly and let terrible things just happen!
* TheLancer: In Eliwood's story.
** TheHero: In his own.
* LeeroyJenkins: Hector isn't big on the whole planning thing most of the time, but not to the point of endangering the rest of the group.
** Lampshaded by Athos: "Your recklessness may one day be your undoing..." [[spoiler:It is. He goes down swinging very early in ''Sword of Seals''.]]
* MightyGlacier: If the RNG screws you up.
** LightningBruiser: If it doesn't.
* [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Nobles Who Actually Do Something]]
* OverprotectiveDad: Read his and Eli's B support and you'll know why. [[spoiler:Sadly, doesn't prevent his death at Zephiel's hands in Sword of Seals. His FamousLastWords are a plea for Roy to help Lilina out.]]
* PapaWolf: Never ''ever'' slight one of his friends. And this doesn't only extend to Eliwood or Lyn, either. After all, he straight-up tells [[spoiler:Jaffar]] that he hasn't forgiven [[spoiler:his killing of Leila]], and says he'll kill him with his own hands if he steps out of line.
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents died of tuberculosis when he was a child, so his brother became a surrogate parent to him. [[spoiler:Uther later dies from the same illness]].
* PetTheDog: Decides to give Nils a ride on his shoulders when he sees the boy struggling to get through Nabata. Though the boy was sort of reluctant and surprised, remember that Hector is wearing loud, heavy, ''sweaty'' armour in the desert, and giving someone a piggyback is ''not'' going to make movement easier.
* PrecisionFStrike: Never lets loose any major swear words, but he curses quite a lot in the story and is pretty creative with insults.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red Oni to Eliwood, Oswin, ''and'' Uther.
* SiblingYinYang: Hector is [[HotBlooded hot blooded]], his older brother Uther is [[TheStoic stoic]] and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]].
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The manly man to Eliwood's sensitive guy.
** Also played for laughs when they first meet Hannah.
--> '''Hannah:''' Hee hee hee... A world of trouble you've landed yourself in, yes?
--> '''Hector:''' Who--!? You startled me, old woman! You should get out of here. This is going to be a bad place to stay if you plan on living.
--> '''Hannah:''' I want to see the one searching for his father. Marquess Pherae's son.
--> '''Hector:''' Listen up, old woman! You're close to death as it is! Quit your yammering and move on!
--> '''Eliwood:''' Hector! You should mind your manners. I am Eliwood. May I ask your name, milady?
--> '''Hannah:''' Ho ho ho. What a polite young man.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Nergal himself admits that Hector choosing to aid Eliwood's search was ''the'' determining factor in his defeat.
* VitriolicBestBuds: If he and Lyn don't become romantically inclined, then they definitely become this. Later supports reveal that their butting heads has become a sport to them.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

!!Lyndis "Lyn" of Caelin (and the Lorca)
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Daughter of Madelyn, princess of Caelin, and Hassan, chief of the nomadic Lorca tribe, Lyn grew up without a care in the world on the plains of her father's homeland, Sacae. All of that changed when her home was pillaged by a brutal group of bandits, the Taliver, who left fewer than ten people alive. Forced to survive on her own, Lyn's life changes for the better when she comes across a [[HelloInsertNameHere certain strategist]], and before she knows it, she is caught up in a game of war and political intrigue once she learns of her royal heritage. After thwarting the ambitions of her evil great uncle, Lundgren, Lyn lives in peace with her grandfather, Lord Hausen. That is, until a year later, when Caelin becomes entangled in Nergal's scheme.

->'''Class:''' Lord
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* ActionGirl
* {{Badass}}
* {{BFS}}: The Sol Katti, her ultimate weapon.
* {{Bokukko}}
* ButNotTooForeign: Half-Lycian, half-Sacaean.
* CaptainObvious: Why yes, my dear girl, 1000 years ''is'' a very long time!
* TheChosenOne: At least when it comes to sacred swords…
* DeadGuyJunior: Named for her grandfather's late wife.
* DoomedByCanon: Caelin doesn't exist in 6, so all her endings involve it being folded into Ostia.
* FragileSpeedster: Can end up as this, depending on how good the RandomNumberGod is to you.
* JigglePhysics: When wielding the Sol Katti; this animation didn't exist in the Japanese version, so you can thank the translators for that.
* TheHero: In her quest.
** TheSmartGirl: In both Eliwood & Hector's stories.
* HeroesPreferSwords
** BowAndSwordInAccord: Upon promotion.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Florina, if you don't see any romance involved.
** LesYay: If you do.
* HotAmazon
* HotChickWithASword
* IaijutsuPractitioner: While her sword skills aren't ''called'' "iaijutsu" in the game itself, her attack animations makes it pretty damn clear what real life influences went into her swordplay.
* [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Nobles Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Girl]]
* RebelliousPrincess: Somewhat. She does make an effort to please the Caelin court, but ultimately can't let go of her Sacaen instincts.
* RescueRomance: If you pair her with Rath.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Wants to massacre the malicious Taliver bandits in retribution for the deaths of her family and fellow tribespeople. [[spoiler:In her A Support with Wallace, he reveals he's already done this so that she won't have to, and urges her to be happy they are dead, even if she didn't kill them personally]].
* SlapSlapKiss: Her relationship with Hector, which can evolve into romance if she has an A Support with him.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Florina and Ninian's Girly Girls.
* VitriolicBestBuds: If she and Hector don't develop any romance, then they become these.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: What Wallace says, word for word, upon seeing her.
--> '''Wallace''': I've been a knight for 30 years, and there's one thing I learned. A person with eyes as bright and true as yours is no deceiver.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Dark green hair.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Characters Introduced During Lyn's Story]]

!![[HelloInsertNameHere The Tactician]]

The Tactician was WalkingTheEarth to train his/her skills as a military strategist. He/She was ambushed by bandits and found by Lyn, who nursed him/her back to health. The Tactician would go on to join the armies of the Lords as their strategist. The Tactician is a stand-in for the [[PlayerCharacter player]] with no dialogue or characterization. Many of the cutscenes either take place from the Tactician's first person point of view or will show the back of the Tactician's head looking out into the scene as a psuedo-first-person point of view.
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* AmbiguousGender: His[=/=]her sprite.
* CanonName: The default name is Mark.
* DemotedToExtra: Appears and is mentioned less and less near the middle and last quarter of the game, but lessened a bit at the very end. Yes, this game managed to [[MindScrew render the]] ''[[MindScrew player him/herself]]'' [[MindScrew to be of minimal importance to the overall plot.]]
* TheFaceless: The Tactician's face is never seen.
* FeaturelessProtagonist: Occasionally, the back of the Tactician's head will be shown in the cutscene.
* HelloInsertNameHere
* HeroicMime: Occasionally, the other characters will ask you a question and reply as if you had responded.
* TheIshmael: Aside from winning the battles, the Tactician does not impact the story directly and serves as a viewpoint to see the story of the other characters.
* MissionControl: Essentially the character's entire role/purpose. Also somewhat crosses over with TheSmartGuy... unless you get a D/E rank, in which even the ending sequence will mock you.
* OCStandIn: Oh good God, the Tactician Sues and Stus...
** This actually does fit the intended purpose of the Tactician. The Tactician is supposed to be an EscapistCharacter for the player to project themselves into the game, and if you play well in the game, the other characters will lavish praise on you.
* [[ShipperOnDeck This Shipper]] [[HelloInsertNameHere Is You]]: The game mechanics allow for all the shippers out there to turn their character into a matchmaker. Unless you find the options available... too limiting.
* PlayerCharacter
* PurelyAestheticGender: Actually, in this game, there isn't even an aesthetic difference because the Tactician's sprite and artwork is exactly the same regardless of which gender you pick. Some of the characters will react differently to your character based on gender, but otherwise, there is no real impact on the game.
* TheStrategist

!!Sain
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->''“Would you not favor me with your name? Or better yet, your company?”''

The first and undeniably the oddest person Lyn meets on her journey, Sain is a gallant cavalier in service to House Caelin, full of "passion and fire," beloved of the populace who sends women swooning... or so he would have you believe. In reality, he amounts to little more than a skirt-chaser. Considered lazy and foolish by his comrades in Caelin's knights, Sain desperately ''wants'' to be a hero (mostly so he can get chicks), it’s just that he isn’t very good at it, at least at first.

->'''Class:''' Cavalier
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* TheBigGuy: Being the most physically powerful of Lyn's core group of five, he fits this role best in "Lyndis' Legions".
* BladeOnAStick: It is, as we all know, the most heroic of ''all'' weapons.
* ButtMonkey: To ''the game engine itself''. He spends a good slice of the tutorial screwing up, so that Kent can instruct the player on what ''not'' to do.
* ChivalrousPervert
* HeroesPreferSwords: Though he still does use swords, he [[DefiedTrope defies the trope]] initially by insisting that the lance is the most heroic weapon and thus insisting on using them. [[TacticalRockPaperScissors It doesn't last]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kent.
** HoYay: If you like 'em as more, ladies.
* IncomingHam: Often heard before he's seen, followed by his chat head dashing into view.
* KnightInShiningArmor: He tries, bless him...
* LargeHam: Especially once he realizes that [[HappilyMarried Louise]] is the Countess of Reglay, and, thus, Pent's wife:
-->'''Sain:''' Lady Louise!\\
'''Louise:''' Ah yes. Sir Sain, was it? How fare you?\\
'''Sain:''' Ahh, please! Do not look upon me with those eyes! I... could not bear such sweet agony...\\
'''Louise:''' Oh?\\
'''Sain''' Would that I had met you earlier, I could have... But you are sworn to another! No matter how passionately our love may rage, it can never be!\\
'''Louise:''' I beg your pardon?\\
'''Sain:''' Please, understand my heart! I know you pain with longing... But the pain is doubly so for your aching servant!\\
'''Louise:''' You... know...\\
'''Sain:''' Parting from you wracks my body and my soul... But that is our star-crossed fate... And so, Louise... Forever! And forever! And forever! Let us cherish this moment and live always in its warmth... ''[leaves]''\\
'''Louise:''' My... Cherish I shall... Indeed... What a funny man.
* MatchmakerCrush: His and Kent's B support suggests strongly that he has feelings for Lyn too, but would rather let Kent take the lead.
-->'''Sain:''' Oh, get over it! You can admit it, can't you?! I mean, she is beautiful, and she is kind... How could anyone not have feelings for her? [...] But I guess I will have to let you take the lead here, since that is truly the knightly thing to do for one's partner...
* MrExposition: He and Kent know more than a little about Caelin politics.
* ShooOutTheClowns: Declines in importance as the game increases in seriousness, to the point that, as far as the plot is concerned, he's almost a non-entity following the DiscOneFinalBoss.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Kent, again, following the red cavalier/green cavalier tradition.

!!Kent
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->''“Our territory may be small, but our knights are among the bravest!”''
-->-- '''Kent''' to '''Heath''' in a support conversation

Sain's associate, who evidently does the thinking for both of them, Kent is another of the knights sent by Caelin to retrieve Lyn. Kent has a good head on his shoulders and a fair knowledge of battle tactics, which he will gladly explain to you during the ForcedTutorial. He is totally devoted to Lyn's service, something that may simply be duty or may be, as Sain suspects, a sign of attraction.

->'''Class:''' Cavalier
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* ApologisesALot: To Farina in their supports.
* BodyguardCrush: Well, Sain says so, at least.
** Confirmed if he and Lyn get an A support, since she sets off to Sacae with him after they leave Caelin in Hector's care.
* TheGenericGuy: Outside his support conversations at least, his main personality trait is essentially being {{the straight man}} to Sain's {{foil}}.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sain.
** HoYay: If you want them as more.
* JackOfAllStats: The most balanced of all of the mounted units, but the only one that doesn't excel in anything, either.
** He does seem to have a slight preference for Skill and Speed, but it may only be because there's no designated FragileSpeedster among the cavaliers.
* KnightInShiningArmor: And how.
* TheLancer: In Lyn's core group, though he's less prone to being argumentative than most Lancers (tending to fight with TheBigGuy instead). Of course, being a knight, he feels it's not his place to dissent, anyway.
* MrExposition: Through the fourth wall!
* TheStoic: To a fault. Sain lampshades it once when he comments that Kent will age too quickly considering how much he worries.
** SugarAndIcePersonality: Comes as this with Lyn, and later with Fiora.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Sain, following the red cavalier/green cavalier tradition.

!!Florina
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->''“W-Well, what was I supposed to do? All those bees came flying out at me! I was so frightened...”''
-->-- '''Florina''' to '''Lyn''' in a support conversation

A childhood friend of Lyn's from Ilia. The first Pegasus Knight to join the group, she pledges her support to Lyn due to their friendship. After helping her against Lundgren, she stays with Lyn until Nergal rises up. As Castle Caelin is under attack, Florina manages to escape and reach for Eliwood's crew.

->'''Class:''' Pegasus Knight
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* TheChick: In Lyn's core five -- doesn't stop her from being an efficient fighter, though.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Though not in a malevolent sense. She's just pretty darn intimidated by them, [[CharacterDevelopment at first]]. Even the choice of the Tactician's gender will influence her dialogue with him/her.
** Heck, the RunningGag is so strong that her three supports with Hector are about Florina trying to thank him for helping her out and not being able to spit it out.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: If she's not shipped with Lyn, then this is how their relationship is interpreted.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The 'tiny girl' half with Hector, if they are shipped.
* LesYay: One of her common ships is with Lyn, and they have a dual ending that can be seen very easily as Florina becoming her VictoriousChildhoodFriend if you like the couple.
** She has RomanticTwoGirlFriendship vibes with Serra, Nino, and Ninian too. In regards to Ninian, Flori's one of only ''three people'' she has supports with, and the only girl (the other two are Eliwood and Hawkeye). Let's face it, Florina is ''very'' good at this trope -- probably comes from growing up with two older sisters who're pretty much nothing alike but who Florina loves equally anyway.
* LoveInterest: She may become one of Hector's.
* MoeCouplet: Her supports with Lyn, Serra, Ninian, and Nino not only multiply her own {{Moe}}, they help share it with the other girl. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming The results are often spectacular.]]
* PluckyGirl
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Lyn, Serra, Nino, and Ninian.
* ShrinkingViolet: Mostly because she's been [[RaisedByDudes raised by ladies]], and the Pegasi Knight units are all-female squads for obvious reasons.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Lyn's Tomboy.
** And Farina's and Fiora's, too.
* WeaponOfChoice
** BladeOnAStick: Default for Pegasi Knights.
** HotChickWithASword: Upgraded to one upon becoming a Falcon Knight.
* ZettaiRyouiki

!!Wil
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->'''''Rath:''' “But… Wil… You are still… strange.”''
->'''''Wil:''' “Huh? W-Why? Nonsense. I’m normal! I might as well be Normal Archer number three!”''
->'''''Rath:''' “…Number three? Why three?”''
->'''''Wil:''' “Well… No reason, I guess. It just seemed… pretty normal.”''
-->-- '''Wil''' and '''Rath''' in a support conversation

A young archer from Pherae, he left his village a few years ago to earn his fortune. Met Lyn in a squabble with some bandits in Bern, and after defeating them he joined her retinue -- even coining the name 'Lyndis' Legions'. [[spoiler:He's the childhood friend of Rebecca and her brother Dan, the latter of whom he left with before they were separated.]]

->'''Class:''' Archer
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* TheArcher
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Develops into one in his supports with Raven.
* TheDitz: Especially emphasized in his supports with Raven, though it may just be that he's contrasted with one of the game's most unhappy characters.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Some of his Supports reveal he's quite unsure of himself and really lacking confidence. Nonetheless, this also gives him vibes of ...
** TheDeterminator: In his Supports with Rath, he strives to learn to shoot horseback despite struggling to do so. In his Supports with Wallace, he strives to train despite the immense regimen the former General puts him through (it also gives him a sense for his own limits.)
* [[spoiler:MyGreatestFailure: He's so ashamed of having left his family without warning and not even fulfilling his motivations for doing so, that he hasn't made contact with them in five years -- even though he told Lyn he'd send word. Finally does so with some persuasion from Lyn, in their A Support]].
* NiceGuy: One of the most stable and all-around 'normal' characters in the game. He's even implied to get along fairly well with Florina, even though they don't exactly fall on the right end of the [[TacticalRockPaperScissors Weapons spectrum]]...
* SempaiKouhai: Tries to develop this with Raven. It doesn't work.
* TheSmartGuy: He's pretty world-wise, anyway, and so sort of fits this role in Lyn's group.
* [[spoiler:VictoriousChildhoodFriend: With Rebecca, if they get an A Support]].
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Rebecca calls him out for leaving his home behind and never making contact with her or his family. It works]].
** Also called out by Lyn on that.

!!Dorcas
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A quiet but kind man from Bern, who joins a band of brigands to make money for his IllGirl wife, Natalie. Has a change of heart after meeting Lyn and joins her group. In Eliwood's story, he joins early on, still making money to help his wife.

->'''Class:''' Fighter
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* AnAxeToGrind
* TheBigGuy: In the early stages of both Lyn and Eliwood's stories.
* GentleGiant
* HeelFaceTurn
* HonourBeforeReason: In his Supports with [[spoiler:Farina, he insists on making enough money to pay her back for her charity, even those she's initially willing to let him be]].
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Implied, with his wife Natalie.
* IWillProtectHer: Builds his entire character around this trope.
* {{Narm}}: Many people will admit to cracking up when they first heard his name.
* NiceGuy
* PapaWolf: Is initially willing to do anything, no matter how bad, to help his wife. Lyn only snaps him out of it by persuading him that his wife would not forgive him for it. Even then, he [[spoiler:declines an offer by Oswin to join Ostia's knights, stating that he fights only for his wife.]]
* TheQuietOne
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Bartre's Manly Man.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Him and Bartre.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: At first -- he almost became a KnightTemplar over it. Lyn managed to talk him out of it, though.

!!Serra
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A loud, obnoxious priestess in service to Ostia who hired Erk to be her escort. They met Lyn and joined her party after dealing with a group of bandits near the Bern border. She later joins Eliwood's party by proxy of joining Hector on his quest. Although she many characters (and gamers) find her intolerable, she has pains within that she hides from the world...

->'''Class:''' Cleric
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* [[spoiler:BrokenBird]]
* CryCute: Many of her A supports involve her breaking down in tears [[TearJerker and making us cry with her]].
* [[spoiler:FallenPrincess: If the Etrurian parents who abandoned her in a convent when she was a little girl ''were'' noblemen from a fallen clan.]]
* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: If paired up with the MightyGlacier Oswin.
** Doubles as MayDecemberRomance because she's 16 and he's in his 30's.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Her Supports with Lucius cement her status as this.
** Also her supports with Florina, where she helps her open up.
* MagikarpPower: Her offensive capabilities are nonexistent until she gets promoted to Bishop, but once she does...
* {{Nakama}}: Her relationship with Hector, as [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming seen in their A Support]].
* OddFriendship: Despite her noisy and boisterous ways, Serra can become good friends with Florina, to the point of RomanticTwoGirlFriendship.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[FreudianExcuse It causes her a lot of angst and is the source her irritable personality.]]
* RoseHairedGirl
* [[spoiler:SecondLove: Can end up as this for Matthew if they get to A level support.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: Her supports with Sain show her as vying for a LoveTriangle between Hector, Eliwood, and Lyndis.
* StaffChick
** MagicalGirlWarrior
* TedBaxter: Acts like one, but it's a bit more complicated than that.
** StepfordSmiler: A type A. She appears cheery and bitchy, but is more insecure than she'd like you to know.
* {{Tsundere}}: Particularly towards Erk and Matthew.
* WellDoneSonGuy: The person whose approval she most desperately yearns for is Oswin. In their B support, when he harshly scolds her, her self-esteem is shattered and it takes her almost their whole A support to regain it.
--> '''Serra''': ...I want to talk to you, but... all you ever do is tell me everything I'm doing wrong... You don't like anything I do, right? So... So... ... ... ... ... ......*sniff*...
* WellExcuseMePrincess

!!Erk
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A young studying mage, the only student of the Mage General of Etruria, Lord Pent. First appears as Serra's escort, helping Lyn's party thereafter.

Later, while escorting Priscilla, they end up stuck in Laus due to its corrupt Marquess being infatuated with his employer. He and Priscilla join Eliwood's party in exchange for their assistance, also hoping that it may help her in finding her missing family. He's often quite uptight, but mellows around people he's closer towards.

->'''Class:''' Mage
----
* BodyguardCrush: Sort of an inverted example with Priscilla, though he eventually catches on as well.
* CantStandThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Serra annoys him a lot, but he likes her a lot more than he lets on.
* DeadpanSnarker: Most evidently in his interactions involving Serra:
-->'''Lyn:''' Why are [Erk and Serra] fighting these bandits?\\
'''Erk:''' ...It just happened.
* DefrostingIceKing
* ParentalSubstitute: Pent and Louise are essentially his adoptive parents, and they treat him as such. Especially Louise, who actively dotes over him.
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: Serra is particularly good at pushing his buttons.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: A male varient
* WellDoneSonGuy: To Pent, oh God.

!!Rath
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The son of Dayan, tribal leader of the Kutolah Tribe in Sacae. He was [[spoiler:sent away from his tribe as a child due to a prophecy stating that he would play an important role in saving the world]]. Eventually became Captain of the Palace Guard at Araphen, where he met Lyn during an attack by Lundgren. He joined her party after witnessing the extent of his liege-lord's bigotry, and disappeared after her defeat of Lundgren -- before re-emerging as a mercenary and rejoining the group on her behalf.

->'''Class:''' Nomad
----
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: [[spoiler:When his tribe's diviner saw a dark omen in the stars, Rath, as the Chieftain's son, was required to leave so that he would help prevent it coming to pass. Needless to say, he does.]]
* BowAndSwordInAccord: When/if he gets promoted.
* TheChiefsDaughter: Genderflipped
* DefectorFromDecadence: Of a sort -- he served as Captain of the Guard at Araphen until he realised his liege-lord would never see Sacaens as anything but savages, [[YouAreACreditToYourRace in spite of his exception in Rath's case]].
* DoomedByCanon: In 6, Sue expresses concern about her grandfather, but not her father, fighting with Bern.
* HorseArcher
* [[spoiler:ParentalAbandonment: He was sent out of his tribe -- before he was even ''four'' -- because, as the Chieftan's son, he had a duty to prevent the world's destruction]].
* PerpetualFrowner: Lyn [[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]] it.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Albeit more soft-spoken than most.
* RescueRomance: With Lyn, if they have an A Support.
* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler:If Rath stays in the main party until the story's end, he returns to his tribe to recieve a warm welcome from his fellow tribemen, particularly his father]].
* TheStoic
** SugarAndIcePersonality: Towards Lyn in particular. Also shows his ''dere'' side to [[HoYay Will, in their Supports]].

!!Matthew
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A mischievous and sly young man, good at catching info and stealing things. He's actually one of the top spies of Ostia, who first aids Lyndis and tells his lords about what happened, then pledges his loyalty to Hector and joins him in his quest.

->'''Class:''' Thief
----
* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Shades of Type II]] due to some... questionable actions he takes. Overall, though, he's a pretty swell guy.
* CombatPragmatist: Much to Guy's irritation, Matthew accepted a challenge and then ambushed Guy while he was asleep to teach him that he won't last long if he expects people in war to fight fair.
* FragileSpeedster: As with all thieves.
* GuileHero: Demonstrated most strongly in the first chapter of Hector's story -- sensing the Fang assassins in the castle, and knowing that they wouldn't show themselves until Hector was alone, he seemed to leave immediately after Hector refuses his aid (knowing full well he'd be turned down), and reappeared only after they'd revealed themselves to Hector. When Hector confronts him over it, he openly confessed as much.
* [[spoiler:ILetGwenStacyDie]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity
* {{Revenge}}: A huge theme in his supports with [[spoiler:Jaffar, the guy who killed his girlfriend Leila.]]
* TheSixthRanger: In Lyn's story, where he's the only character outside the core group and main characters to appear afterwards. Also functions as such since he basically invited himself and Lyn didn't trust him at first (due to his being a thief... or so she thought at first).
* [[spoiler:SecondLove: Has an NPC love interest as of the start of the story. Can still end up paired with one of your other units at the end, as said NPC dies.]]
* {{Trickster}}: Specially obvious in his supports with Hector.

!!Lucius
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A quiet, kind, but also very stubborn monk from the Saint Elimine Order, whom we meet as he joins Lyndis's group after seeing Nils being mistreated by scared townspeople. Later, he appears again as the travelling companion of a troubled man named Raven.

->'''Class:''' Monk
----
* {{Bishonen}}
* BreakTheCutie: His backstory, in which [[spoiler:his dad dies in front of him, his IllGirl mom dies a few years later, he's sent to an OrphanageOfFear and is bullied there, then is employed by the Cornwell House, only to lose them too, and is now only able to watch as Raymond is consumed by bitterness...]]
* {{Determinator}}: He manages to pull through all the crap life has thrown at him, and his B support with Raven is about [[spoiler:finally calling him out on his purposes and refusing to take it anymore. So much that Raven actually has to drop his JerkAss attitude and pretty much apologize to him for pushing him away.]]
* DoomedByCanon: Implied. [[spoiler:He starts an orphanage in Araphen in his ending. In ''Sword of Seals'', Lugh used to live in an orphanage in Araphen and it is explained that the Father who took care of it was killed by Bern's troops for resisting.]]
* DudeLooksLikeALady:
** DroppedABridgetOnHim: Or better said, on Serra.
* HoYay: With Raven, so much.
* {{Forgiveness}}: Even upon learning that it was [[spoiler:Bishop Renauld]] who had orphaned him, Lucius was still capable of forgiving [[spoiler:him]].
* GayOption: Generally considered to serve as one for Raven. Implied to have a straight option with Serra based on their A support, but no special ending.
* GlassCannon: Likely to end up as this, since his Defense and HP tend to be low (even for a SquishyWizard) while his Magic, Skill, and Speed stand out.
* TheMessiah

!!Nils
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A young and cute ministrel who works as a travelling performer with his beautiful older sister, Ninian. They seem to have ''really'' lousy luck, however, as a mysterious group is hell-bent on capturing them for Gods-know-what purposes. After Lyn and Eliwood help to rescue Ninian, they stay with the group until Lyndis reclaims her place in Caelin, then they leave quietly... and are soon back to their runaway status, due to their mysterious past and link to the mysterious Black Fang.

Said past is as follows: [[spoiler:Nils and Ninian are the offspring of a dragon woman and a human man. During The Scouring, their mother Aenir was taken away and their dad went missing in search of her, so they crossed the Dragons's Gate with their people. However, they were summoned back by a mysterious man -- Nergal, the lead of the organization that wants them.]]

->'''Class:''' Bard
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* [[spoiler:[[AnIcePerson An Ice Dragon]].]]
* BreakTheCutie
* CuteShotaroBoy
** [[spoiler:ReallySevenHundredYearsOld]]
* DistressedDude: Not his fault; he's just a kid [[spoiler:and his dragon energy was all sapped away when he and his sister Ninian came to this world.]]
* FragileSpeedster: His resistance to direct hits isn't exactly the best. On the other hand, he's got such high Speed and Luck that it's VERY hard to hit him.
* [[spoiler:HalfHumanHybrids (His and Ninian's mom was Aenir, a dragon woman. Their dad was a human shaman... Nergal.)]]
* [[spoiler:IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight (to the BrainwashedAndCrazy Ninian. Easily the boy's CrowningMomentOfAwesome.)]]
* IllBoy: In ''Kinship's Bond'', he has a huge seizure and must be protected.
* [[spoiler:[[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Shaman's Cute Son.]]]]
* SpoonyBard: His MagicMusic lets you have an extra turn.
** Considering how useful this is, he's not actually Spoony.
* StatusBuff: Once he [[spoiler:replaces Ninian]], he gets to use some spiffy rings to enhance your statuses.

!!Wallace
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A loud, brash, and powerful knight who was the long-time commander of the Caelin Knights. He retired some time ago to work on his farm, but Lundgren tried to rope him into his conspiracy to kill Lyn. Upon meeting her, though, he decides to do the right thing and stay with her crew...

->'''Class:''' Knight (for all of ten seconds before you're forced to promote him)
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* TheBigGuy
* BadassBoast: "AHAHAHAHAHA! Look! A giant walks among you! Come on! Break your weapons against me!"
* BaldOfAwesome
* BloodKnight: A heroic version.
* BoisterousBruiser
* CallToAgriculture
* CrutchCharacter: When you first get him, he's essentially indestructible, even more so if you are forced to promote him during the {{Forced Tutorial}}. If you want, you can use him to defeat the remaining bosses in Lyn's story with little to no trouble.
* FourStarBadass
* GuestStarPartyMember: The only character from Lyn's storyline who it's possible to never encounter in Eliwood's. If you want him back, don't train your Lords much.
** And he joins Lyn's party just two chapters before the end, at that, and is probably one of the strongest characters you'll have at that time. Naturally, he's less than impressive when he returns.
* LargeHam
* LightningBruiser
* NoSenseOfDirection
** And boy, does the game take this trope and [[PlayingWithATrope play with it to Hell and back]] -- why, just to rub the joke directly in your ''face'', you even have an Elimine-forsaken ''FogOfWar'' on ''both'' maps where [[FridgeBrilliance Wallace is potentially recruitable]]!
** ObfuscatingStupidity: His sense of direction was good enough for him to [[spoiler:find and slaughter the Taliver Bandits on Lyn's behalf]], however.
* RetiredBadass: Had left the Caelin military to live peacefully in the countryside, then joined Lyn's group.
** And, in the very end, he becomes this again, when he winds up in [[GrimUpNorth Ilia]], and decides to spend the rest of his days as a farmer there.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Upon meeting Lyn, he decides to turn on Lundgren.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Lyn's actions called him back into service, and he found then that he still enjoyed fighting. He spent another year looking for fights before he finally settled down for good after Nergal's defeat.
* TookALevelInBadass: According to his supports with [[spoiler:Renault]], he was a CuteShotaroBoy as a kid and even bullied because of that. And 30 years later, he's a HUGE Badass.
* ThreeAmigos: With [[spoiler:Lyn's parents]], in his backstory
* YoungerThanTheyLook: His supports with [[spoiler:Renault]] say he's just 40! Really!
** FridgeLogic: He claims to have been a knight for 30 years, which means that he would have first become a knight when he was ten!
*** Well, paiges and squires were recruited while young... Perhaps he just meant that he's been in servitude to Caelin for that length of time.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Characters Introduced During the Main Story]]

!!Marcus
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Commander of the Knights of Pherae, Marcus is a veteran of many battles and accompanies Eliwood on his quest as his protector. Marcus takes something of a parental role to Eliwood, acting as his advisor, confidant, and friend whom he often discusses battles and strategy with.

->'''Class:''' Paladin
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* TheBigGuy: In Eliwood's story.
* CrutchCharacter: Though not as much as in ''Fuuin''. In fact, despite his mediocre growths, he can become one of the most useful prepromoted units in this game provided that he's not overused, particularly in Hector Hard Mode, and he's not a bad choice if you need a filler unit for an extra slot.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Can sometimes be a little harsh with Lowen's training. Their Support convos are centred around making him mellow out a little.
* [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave Grandpa What Massive Hotness You Have]]: For some.
* TheMentor: To Eliwood, and to Lowen.
* OldRetainer
* ParentalSubstitute: Mixes this with being TheMentor. When Eliwood's parents were otherwise occupied with their duties, the child Eliwood would always follow Marcus around -- something Marcus likes to remind his young liegelord of to teasingly embarrass him. He's also a source of emotional comfort for Eliwood to turn to even now, such as when he reassures Eliwood that the concern he's feeling about [[spoiler:his father's possible involvement with the Fang]] is really just concern for his father's safety.
* TeamDad

!!Lowen
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A new recruit into the Knights of Pherae and Marcus's chief deputy. Lowen also serves as the army's cook.

->'''Class:''' Cavalier
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* BigEater ''and'' SupremeChef [[ChefOfIron Of Iron]]: {{Justified Trope}}s, because he comes from a family of cooks.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Rebecca, to some degree.
* BlindingBangs
* CountryMouse and NaiveNewcomer
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Pathologically so.
* HiddenEyes
* IOweYouMyLife: To Elbert, who saved his village from attackers when he was a child.
* JackOfAllStats: Among all the cavaliers and paladins in-game, he's actually the most well-balanced statistically, with only his Magical Defence being poor (and that's just par for the course for them, anyway).
** Really [[FridgeBrilliance puts his crippling self-esteem into perspective]], doesn't it? The guy obviously works hard and is ''very'' damn talented, yet he still puts himself down for not doing harder because he thinks he's ''not good enough''. Good lord.
** His Defense and HP both stand out, and he's kind of slow for a Cavalier, so he's more a tank-like character than a Mario.
* RescueRomance: He saves Rebecca from bandits and helps free her village. She pretty much hero-worships him.
* ShrinkingViolet
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Light green.

!!Rebecca
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The young daughter of the leader of a village besieged by bandits soon after Eliwood sets out. She is rescued by Lowen (alongside the Tactician) and brought to the group, where she puts her hunting skills to use as an archer.

->'''Class:''' Archer
----
* ActionGirl
* TheArcher
* BadassAdorable
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Nino. They're the same age, they like food, and discuss their crushes together ([[spoiler:Jaffar]] or Erk, for Nino; either Wil, Lowen, or Sain, for Rebecca.)
** Also with Lowen, to a smaller degree. They bond over their love of cooking.
* CountryMouse: She's from a village in the border of Santaruz and Pherae.
* {{Fangirl}}: Pretty much worships the ground Lowen and Louise walk on.
* GenkiGirl
* PluckyGirl
* ProperLady: Wants to be one.
-->'''Rebecca:''' (to Louise) Please teach me how to be a lady!
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Nino.
* SelfServingMemory: In a mild sense; she romanticises her memory of her rescue by Lowen:
-->'''Rebecca:''' Oh, but that's absurd! Sir Lowen, you are a fine knight! Why, I remember it so well... Countless hundreds of bandits had descended on our village...\\
'''Lowen:''' Please... There were ten at most...\\
'''Rebecca:''' In the heat of the moment, it felt like many more!\\
'''Lowen:''' Hmm...\\
'''Rebecca:''' Anyway, just as their fiendish grip on our village began to tighten, you appeared, Sir Lowen, on your white steed...\\
'''Lowen:''' But... my horse is sorrel.\\
'''Rebecca:''' This is the way I prefer to remember it, milord. Please don't ruin it by correcting me!
* {{Shorttank}}
* TeamChef [[ChefOfIron Of Iron]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Very tsuntsun for Sain and Wil, full-blown derdere for Lowen [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship and Nino.]]

!!Bartre
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A loud-mouthed, tough axe-fighter from the Western Isles, he is introduced having partnered with Dorcas. Upon seeing Eliwood's band clashing with bandits, he leaps to the lordling's aid. Enjoys fighting.

->'''Class:''' Fighter (''FE7''), Warrior (''FE6'')
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* AnAxeToGrind
* BloodKnight: The first thing he'll generally do when presented with an unfamiliar face is to challenge them to a fight, whether an enemy or not.
* BoisterousBruiser
* BookDumb
* CharacterExaggeration: Has something of a reputation for it in fanfiction, unfortunately -- while Bartre's not the brightest character, he's not as stupid as some people would [[{{Flanderization}} make him out to be]]. It's pretty jarring to see him unable to speak in complete sentences when it's clear that he's able to do so.
** Less common these days, thankfully.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Him and Dorcas.
* InHarmsWay: It's because of Bartre's intervention against the bandit attacks that he and Dorcas wind up joining Eliwood's party.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* LoveAtFirstPunch: With Karla.
* RedBaron: "Bartre the Brave".
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Dorcas' Sensitive Guy.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Him and Dorcas.

!!Oswin
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A loyal knight of Ostia, and Hector's chief retainer. Often acts as a tempering force, reigning in his liege as best he can, and putting his spear to work when he can't.

->'''Class:''' Knight
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* {{Badass}}
* TheBigGuy: In Hector's story.
** TheLancer: Sharing a Co-Lancer position with Eliwood (both are the BlueOni to Hector's RedOni), & bonus points for the lance being his WeaponOfChoice.
* BladeOnAStick
** AnAxeToGrind: Upon promotion.
* GeniusBruiser
* MightyGlacier
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: Is pretty flustered when Serra cries in front of him, and also dislikes it when Hector calls him "Old Man".
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:Was trusted by Uther to keep his failing health and eventual death a secret from Hector until after the conflict was over. Despite his best efforts, however, his silence eventually clued Hector in -- and it took Hector a few chapters to forgive him for it]].
** His support with [[spoiler:Priscilla]] also reveals he was also trusted with information regarding [[spoiler:the deaths of Marquess Cornwell and his wife]], including that [[spoiler:they were DrivenToSuicide, and not slaughtered by Ostia for their land as Raven believes.]]
* TeamDad: More so in Hector's path.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: And how.
* YouLookFamiliar: He reacts with surprise when he first sees Priscilla. [[spoiler:Turns out that he used to be a vassal in service to House Cornwall when Priscilla was very young, and pretty much bore witness to its eventual collapse]].

!!Guy
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A young Sacaean from the Kutolah tribe, who travels as a mercenary training his sword arm, since he did not fit in with his horse-back archer tribesmen. He wants to one day be known as the greatest swordsman in all of Elibe.

->'''Class:''' Myrmidon
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* CannotSpitItOut: He's clearly smitten with Priscilla in their later supports, but he just can't bring himself to say it. Such a shame that they turn out to be StarCrossedLovers if paired.
* TheDeterminator: His spirit, eagerness, and unwillingness to give up ''or'' just roll over and die -- as he shows in his Supports with Matthew -- are quite impressive, so much that Matthew promises he'll be rooting for him to succeed in his dream.
* TheDulcineaEffect: He tells [[spoiler:Priscilla]] that he can't help but worry for a girl when she needs a helping hand.
--> '''Guy:''' When I see a woman in need, I just want to help. That’s the way we are, back in Sacae!
* [[spoiler:FridgeHorror: In his supports with Karel, he says they'll have one last fight after everything is over, and Guy's ending says that he went on to be known as the Saint Of Swords. But in ''Fuuin'', Karel appears, clearly changed by some dramatic event... and carrying Guy's title... OUCH!]]
* GlassCannon: Due to his low defense... look at him wrong and he falls dead. But if he looks at ''you'' wrong, expect a Critical and for ''you'' to fall dead.
** Unlike most Swordmasters in the series, he actually has very high HP, improving his durability substantially.
* HeroesPreferSwords: He even explains how, because of his discomfort with horses and dreadful archery skills, this has instilled in him a need to distinguish himself with the sword. [[HeroicSelfDeprecation Talk about]] BackStory.
* IOweYouMyLife: To Matthew, though he [[SubvertedTrope resents this fact]] since Matthew is not above taking advantage of it.
* {{Keet}}: A more subdued version.
* NiceGuy
* OddFriendship: He becomes friends with Rath in their supports, despite his upbeat nature contrasting massively with Rath's stoicism. Also, he's scared of horses.
** It helps that they're both Sacaens, which gives them some relatable similarities to balance out their differences (for instance, they're both from the Kutolah Tribe, and Guy was rather curious to meet up with the son of the Siver Wolf).

!!Merlinus
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A travelling merchant with a keen business sense but very little common sense, Merlinus manages the inventory after his recruitment.

->'''Class:''' Transporter
----
* ButtMonkey
* DistressedDude
* LargeHam: To a degree, as whenever he cries he's ''very'' expressive.
* LovableCoward
* UndyingLoyalty: To both Eliwood and Hector -- at the endgame, he [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming refuses to go to Ostia and serve another master, and promises to wait for the two of them on Valor even if it means waiting forever]]. For being something of a coward, that's some mighty fine devotion.

!!Lady Priscilla of Caerleon [[spoiler:Alias Lady Priscilla of Cornwell.]]
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The kind-hearted [[spoiler:adopted]] daughter of House Caerleon, Priscilla is first encountered travelling with Erk, who is escorting her on a journey to locate her estranged older brother [[spoiler:and learn the truth about her origins]].

->'''Class:''' Troubadour
----
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Before leaving home with the Caerleons as a little girl, her brother Raymond gave her this. Since she hero-worships him, she intended to make him fulfill it. Which implies...
** BrotherSisterIncest: Most straight-up example in the Elibe saga.
* DamselInDistress: In the beginning, she and Erk were locked in a Laus village when she turned Darin's marriage proposal down. Erk manages to escape and you can recruit him with Serra, then you have to go down to the village to get her.
** BadassDamsel: She kept turning the proposals down once and again, and as soon as you meet her she immediately offers to use her staves handling skills to help the group in exchange for protection from Darin.
* HairDecorations: In her case, white feather.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: The Caerleons didn't tell her ''why'' she was adopted by them, so she leaves home to learn about what happened to her parents.
* NiceGirl
* StaffChick: A ''mounted'' one.
** MagicalGirlWarrior: When promoted to Valkyrie.
* TheOjou: Sweet, soft-spoken, polite, level-headed...
** [[spoiler:FallenPrincess (the Cornwell clan was destituted and destroyed around the time she was adopted by the Carleons.]]
** StarCrossedLovers: All the guys that can develop crushes on her have to leave her because of her ultra-high status. [[spoiler:Except for Erk, who bypasses it thanks to his links to Pent and Louise.]]
* PluckyGirl: Very, ''very'' stubborn when an idea gets into her head.
--> [[spoiler:'''Raven''']]: You... were always like this, though, weren’t you? So gentle at most times, until you got an idea in your head -- then you wouldn’t budge, no matter what people said.
* RedheadInGreen
* SpoiledSweet: Really hates it when people avoid her because of her status, and insists to be treated like a normal person.
--> '''Priscilla ''[to [[spoiler: Heath]]]'':''' You promised! You said you’d come visit me whenever you were hurt! Are you someone who so easily breaks a promise? Claiming you did not know my rank is no excuse! What... What about my feelings...?
* TenderTears
* WomanInWhite

!!Raven [[spoiler:alias Lord Raymond of Cornwell]]
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A sword-wielding mercenary working for Caelin at the time of its siege by Laus. He is served by Lucius, who is the only person entrusted with his true identity.

->'''Class:''' Mercenary
----
* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III -> Type II]]
* {{Badass}}
** BadassLongcoat
* DeadpanSnarker
* EstrogenBrigadeBait
* [[spoiler: [[FallenPrincess Fallen Prince]].]]
* {{HoYay}}: His relationship with Lucius being one of the more obvious examples in the series. Complete with Raven commenting that he didn't need to marry, as he already had a nagging wife by his side.
* KnightInSourArmor
* JackOfAllStats: Leaning heavily toward LightningBruiser, and one of ''Blazing Sword'''s best sword wielders.
* JerkAss --> JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* [[spoiler:LongLostSibling: To Priscilla]]
* NotInThisForYourRevolution
* PetTheDog: Fixing Rebecca's bow.
* {{Revenge}}: Originally gunning for Hector, but events over the course of the game cause him to relent.
* [[spoiler:ThatManIsDead.]]
* TroubledButCute: The title's poster-boy.

!!Canas
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A young man from Ilia, a wielder of [[InsistentTerminology Elder]] [[DarkIsNotEvil Magic]], and a seeker of knowledge. He meets Eliwood in the Port at Badon, where he offers his services to the group for the chance to see the Dread Isle. He has a young son, Hugh, who grew up to be a proficient anima mage and a participant in the war against Bern.

->'''Class:''' Shaman
----
* BadassBookworm: He reads books (non-spellcasting) in the middle of the battlefield.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: A very powerful dark sorcerer, yet a very friendly and compassionate person. He becomes a hopeless CloudCuckooLander when he opens a book, though.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: An inverted prequel example. In ''Sword of Seals'', Niime says of Hugh, ''"He's just like his father ''[Canas]''... He tries to be bad, but he can't deny his kind heart."'' The thing is, Canas never even comes close to trying to be bad in any way.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Though he is the only "good" dark magician in the game (not including [[spoiler:Athos]]), he often stresses that the correct term is "elder magic", and it is merely a type of arcane magic that is more powerful but much more difficult to control, rather than being outright evil.
* [[DeadLittleSister Dead Three Older Brothers]]: They're not ''dead'', but well... see FateWorseThanDeath.
* DoomedByCanon: Because Hugh's dad/Niime's son is explicitly dead in 6, his ending invariably has him and his wife killed [[{{Determinator}} trying to stop a snowstorm]]. [[MemeticMutation Some chalk this up to continuity errors]].
* {{Expy}}: Etzel, a Sorceror introduced in ''[[FireEmblemAkaneia Shadow Dragon]]'', is a pretty clear one of him.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Canas has lost most of his family to the practice of dark magic: his older brothers have all been rendered {{Empty Shell}}s by going too far into it.
* GentlemanAndAScholar
* [[spoiler:[[HotDad Hot]] DisappearedDad]]
* HighClassGlass
* InsistentTerminology: One of the few who points out that it's ''ancient/elder'' magic, thank you very much.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Despite being one of the kindest guys around, his devotion to the family tradition of dark magic has caused him to inadvertently distance himself from others. Nino calls him out on it.
* [[spoiler:LongLostRelative: Possibly Nino's uncle by marriage.]]
* NiceGuy
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]

!!Dart [[spoiler: a.k.a. Dan]]
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The right-hand man of Fargus, a HotBlooded man who loves battle and sightseeing as much as his leader. [[spoiler:He is pretty much stated to be Rebecca's lost older brother Dan, who left home in search of adventure years ago.]]

->'''Class:''' Pirate
----
* AnAxeToGrind
* BoisterousBruiser: His introduction before joining the group says all!
--> "I'm Dart! Leader of Captain Fargus's Suicide Squad! (...) Now who do you want me to take care of?!"
* HotBlooded
* GlassCannon: Shitty defense and magic resistence and below average skill... alongside absurdly high strength, speed, and crit ratio. Promote him and give him nice supports, and he becomes a OneManArmy.
* IOweYouMyLife: To Fargus, his Captain and boss.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Not really a ''jerk'', per se, just impolite and a bit discourteous -- still, he asked Lyn to help him with the unconscious Ninian during the "Pirate Ship" chapter, showing he has a sense of propriety.
* [[spoiler:LongLostSibling: To Rebecca.]]
* {{Pirate}}: Type 2.
* SlapSlapKiss: With Farina.
** AdventureDuo ''and'' BattleCouple: If they reach A level supports.
* [[spoiler:ThatManIsDead: The amnesia certainly doesn't help, but even if Rebecca or Wil reveals that he is Dan, he still insists on going by Dart.]]
* [[spoiler:TraumaInducedAmnesia]]

!!Fiora
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The eldest of Florina's sisters, as well as Commander of Ilia's 5th Wing of Pegasus Knights. Her squad is decimated by the Black Fang near the Dread Island while performing recon for Pent. Her failure causes her to attempt a suicide attack just as Eliwood and company arrive at Dread Isle...

->'''Class:''' Pegasus Knight
----
* ActionGirl
* BigSisterInstinct: Is a borderline MyBelovedSmother to her baby sister Florina.
* BirdsOfAFeather: One of Kent's three love interests (the others being Farina and Lyn), and noted by fans and her sisters to be almost exactly like him in personality. The two of them seem to be contantly in agreement with one another's methods, thoughts, etc.
** Though to a lesser extent than with Kent, her Supports with Eliwood demonstrate likemindedness, though they also largely involve him telling her to ease off. It's worth noting how effectively he appeals to both her sense of reason ''and'' her sense of emotion.
** OppositesAttract: On the other hand, Fiora can also be one of the few women [[ChivalrousPervert Sain]] gets together with for real.
* BladeOnAStick
** HotChickWithASword: Upon promotion.
* BrokenBird: Due to her guilt upon losing her wingmates and her bad relationship with Farina. She gets better, fortunately.
* LadyOfWar
* FailureKnight: Lost all of her wingmates in a mission, then became a borderline DeathSeeker. Florina manges to talk her out, though she still feels guilty; Pent and Eliwood have to reassure her about it.
* NextThingTheyKnew: She and Kent really did only intend to meet up to plan how to curtail the more intimate relations within the ranks. It becomes all too clear what actually happened, however:
--->'''Kent:''' Fiora... I must ask you one more thing. When this battle ends, if we both still live...\\
'''Fiora:''' Please... say no more. I... already know what you will ask... Of course. I feel the same way.\\
'''Kent:''' Really? I am glad... But...about that policy I suggested... What should we do?\\
'''Fiora:''' Well... Perhaps... It can wait...
* PromotionToParent: Had to raise Farina and Florina.
* ZettaiRyouiki

!!Legault
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An enigmatic man who has just left the Black Fang for reasons known only to him, and is found looting the ruins of the Dragon's Gate. When confronted by the Lords, he decides to join their party, ''also'' for reasons known only to him.

->'''Class:''' Thief
----
* BiTheWay: Possibly, if his supports with Heath are any indication.
** Let's not forget what he says to [[spoiler:Morph!Lloyd]]:
-->'''Legault''': "Huh, even as a monster, you are a handsome one, [[spoiler:Lloyd]]"
* DeadpanSnarker: If he's not bisexual as noted above, then he's ''very'' sarcastic.
-->'''Legault:''' So now I’m your new hobby, is that it? You falling for me?\\
'''Matthew:''' I’m not in the mood for your jokes.
* [[spoiler:DefectorFromDecadence: Was a witness to the Black Fang's downfall ''and'' was very unhappy after being forced to [[ShootTheDog kill a close friend]], thus he decided to loot them and run away. That's when you find it and recruit him.]]
* EstrogenBrigadeBait
* GoodScarsEvilScars
* NiceGuy: Much nicer than you'd expect from an ex-Black Fang.
* [[spoiler:ShootTheDog: In his supports with Matthew, he tells him about having to kill a Black Fang ActionGirl named Aesha when she was injured and crippled. That crossed his MoralEventHorizon, and soon he [[EvenEvilHasStandards left the Fang]].]]
* StarCrossedLovers: If he supports up with Isadora, it's mentioned in their ending that their next meeting after the war was as enemies.
* TroubledButCute

!!Ninian
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Nils's beautiful and shy older sister, a talented dancer who shares his MysteriousPast.

->'''Class:''' Dancer
----
* [[spoiler:[[AnIcePerson An Ice Dragon]].]]
* TheAtoner: Joins the group as a dancer to atone for the role she had in [[spoiler:Elbert's death]].
* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead: After the last fight with Nergal and right before the fight against the fire dragon.]]
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: Briefly, but Nils snaps her out of it.]]
* BrokenBird: Comes off as this at times. Given her history, though, can you blame her?
* BreakTheCutie: Ooooooh, boy. Only Nils, Harken, Nino, and Lucius can compare.
* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight: Eliwood's.]]
* DistressedDamsel: Not her fault, [[spoiler:her dragon energy was all sapped away when she and Nils came to Elibe.]]
** SpoonyBard: When she becomes an active party member, her dances let a unit take an extra turn.
*** StatusBuff: She also gets to use some spiffy rings to enhance a unit's stats for a turn.
* {{Expy}}: Gameplay-wise, she and Nils are mutual Expies of each other; they share their stats and inventory, so they're identical when one leaves and the other takes over.
* FirstGirlWins: If you pair her with Eliwood. Though Lyn met him ''very'' soon after.
* FragileSpeedster: Her resistence to direct hits isn't exactly the best. On the other hand, she's got such high Speed and Luck that it's VERY hard to hit her. Of course, she shares Nils' stats.
* [[spoiler:HalfHumanHybrids: Her and Nils's mom was Aenir, a dragon woman. Their dad was a human shaman... Nergal. And she's a potential wife to Eliwood, so by extension Roy might be one of these as well, albeit three-quarters-human.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Telling Nergal to [[TakeMeInstead take her instead of Nils.]]]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Blames herself because of [[spoiler:Elbert's death]], and the fact that she's [[spoiler:half dragon ''and'' has a crush on Elbert's son]] only causes her to be that much harder on herself.
* [[spoiler:[[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Shaman's Beautiful Daughter]]]]
* MeaningfulName: "Ninian" is one of the most popular names given to the Lady of the Lake in Arthurian myths (Others being "Vivian" and "Nimue").
* MysteriousWaif
* OracularUrchin: What she used to be [[spoiler:as the Shrine Dragon.]]
* PromotionToParent: In regards to Nils, since [[spoiler:their dragon mom was kidnapped and never heard of again, and their human dad is... [[BigBad well]]...]]
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Florina, the only girl she can support with.
** Among other things, they spend a fair bit of time talking about both hailing from Ilia, which [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] [[spoiler:Ninian's true identity as an Ice Dragon due to Ilia's constantly frozen climate and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Ninian's reaction upon hearing that the Ilians still worship the Ice Dragons, even in the wake of the Scouring]].]]
* ShyBlueHairedGirl: She has cyan hair.
* SilkHidingSteel: Polite, ladylike, selfless, protective of others...
* WomanInWhite

!!Isadora
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Lady Eleanora's personal bodyguard, sent by her liege to aid Eliwood and his group. Very serious about her work, but seems to have crippling self-doubts.

->'''Class:''' Paladin
----
* ActionGirl: Of the LadyOfWar type.
* BrokenBird: Approaches this in some of her supports, especially with [[spoiler:Harken and Renault.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Midia from FireEmblemAkaneia. Her stats aren't the best, but she still has a much better luck at not getting captured than poor Midia.
* HelloNurse
* LadyOfWar: One who is very dedicated to ''fighting for her realm''.
* StarCrossedLovers: If you support her to Level A with [[spoiler:Renault or Legault.]]
** HappilyMarried: If you do the same with [[spoiler:Harken.]]
* WomanInWhite
* ZettaiRyouiki: Variation. Her boots aren't long enough, but she uses longer black stockings and her white tunic has long slits that are good enough to create the effect.

!!Heath
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A former member of Bern's Wyvern Riders, now one of Eubans's mercenaries. He doesn't share his boss's ethics, however, so he defects to Eliwood/Hector's army.

->'''Class:''' Wyvern Rider
----
* DragonRider
* DefectorFromDecadence: Will ''not'' kill innocents, so he leaves Eubans' Mercenaries when staying would inevitably lead to it.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Appears in a Hector-exclusive chapter early on, then leaves before returning much later.
* EstrogenBrigadeBait
* NiceGuy
* NumberTwo: Was this to [[spoiler:Vaida]], and if they A support he retakes said position.
* StarCrossedLovers: With [[spoiler:Priscilla.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He and [[spoiler:Vaida]] were supposed to be siblings.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Green and White.

!!Hawkeye
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The quiet and proud Guardian of the mystical Nabara desert, [[spoiler:and the father of Igrene from the ''Sword of Seals'' game.]]

->'''Class:''' Berserker
----
* AnAxeToGrind
* BadassBoast: "I will drive out the intruders. Guests need not fight."
* DarkSkinnedBlond
* {{Estrogen Brigade Bait}}[=/=]{{Even The Guys Want Him}}: Let's face it -- if bronze[=/=]brown-skinned men with enormous muscles and a burly build were your taste, you ''know'' you'd want Hawkeye, too.
* HotDad: Of [[spoiler:Igrene]].
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Ninian. [[spoiler:Though ''she'' is the older one, mind you.]]
* TheQuietOne
* TheStoic
* WalkingShirtlessScene

!!Geitz
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A warrior who's seeking his place in the world, and still hasn't found it by the time he runs into Eliwood/Hector's army. He previously traveled with Fargus's crew, and thus knows Dart, who can recruit him to the group.

->'''Class:''' Warrior
----
* AnAxeToGrind
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife
* [[spoiler:[[IHaveNoSon I Have No Family]]]]: [[spoiler:Was the eldest son of a wealthy merchant family, but once he found out they were pretty much slave-drivers, he left home and never looked back.]]
* IWasJustPassingThrough: Claims this more than once.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Specially in his interactions with Dart and Fiora.
* RealMenHateAffection[=/=]RealMenWearPink: In his Supports with Isadora, a bird settles on his head for a nest, much to his chagrin. Isadora cooes over it and names it 'Winston', but Geitz refuses to admit anything but aggravation, particularly when she gives it a name. When the bird ''does'' fly away, however, he becomes defensive and denies missing him even more strongly, suggesting that Winston had grown on him despite himself.
* WeakButSkilled: Odd Warrior example. Geitz has less strength and HP than other Warriors, but he joins with a lot of weapon skill in both bows and axes, giving him plenty of opportunities to chip in with advanced melee and ranged weaponry, including [[CriticalHit Killer weapons.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Hates, ''hates'' snow and cold.

!!Farina
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The middle Pegasus Knight sister, quick-tempered and obsessed with money but with a good heart. Can only be recruited if you follow Hector's path.

->'''Class:''' Pegasus Knight
----
* ActionGirl
* BladeOnAStick
** HotChickWithASword: Upon promotion.
* HotAmazon
* HotBlooded
* HiddenDepths: Once we learn WHY she wants so much money.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can act like a real JerkAss at times, but she's a nice person underneath it all.
** See her Supports with Dorcas, for instance.
* MoneyDearBoy: Her main interest is to obtain a lot of gold [[spoiler:to pay for the debt Fiora was saddled with because of her.]]
* OppositesAttract: While two of her endings put her with more HotBlooded guys, she can also end up with Kent... even though Kent is almost exactly like the big sister she just can't seem to get along with despite her best efforts. She even notes how she would normally never be around someone as serious as him, leading into a nice spot of LampshadeHanging:
-->'''''Farina:''' “This is probably someone else's doing... Like Marcus, or Oswin... You know, Merlinus might try something like this, too...”''
-->'''''Kent:''' “I don't think it is a conspiracy... [[RelationshipValues I mean, what would anyone have to gain from making us fight together?]]”''
* {{Tsundere}}: To Kent, Dart, and Hector.
* ZettaiRyouiki

!!Pent
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Otherwise known as Count Reglay, the wise and gentle Mage General of Etruria, as well as Erk's mentor. He is the father of Klein and Clarine from ''Sword Of Seals''.

->'''Class:''' Sage
----
* BattleCouple ''and'' HappilyMarried: To Louise
* ModestRoyalty: Upon meeting the tactician, he'll immediately tell them to not concern themselves with his status as the Mage General of Etruria.
* OneManArmy: On "The Living Legend", Pent appears as an NPC and fights the enemies on the map. If left to his own devices, Pent will ''demolish'' everything in his way, including the bosses. He's still good when he joins you for real too, due to his high staves skill and that ''sweet'' Physic staff.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Erk.
* [[spoiler:PerfectlyArrangedMarriage:]] Sort-of. [[spoiler:Their marriage in itself wasn't arranged, but Louise ''was'' one of the girls that Pent's dad called to be presented to him as prospect wives. And then Pent chose her over all of them.]]
* [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy White-Silver Haired Handsome Man]]: No wonder he had a harem of women after him before he chose Louise.
* [[TheWisePrince The Wise]] [[TheWhitePrince White Count]]

!!Louise
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Pent's beautiful wife and partner, as well as a deadly archer. She is the mother of Klein and Clarine from ''Sword Of Seals''; [[spoiler:she's actually pregnant with Klein during the story.]]

->'''Class:''' Sniper
----
* ActionMom: Though she doesn't actually have any children. [[spoiler:Though she has one on the way.]]
** [[spoiler:PregnantBadass]]
* TheArcher: Such a fine one that [[spoiler:Pent chose her over ''many'' possible wives because of the heartfelt declaration she made to protect him.]]
* AdultChild: When off-duty.
--> '''Erk:''' "Oh, Lady Louise! Always so sweet and childlike..."
* BattleCouple ''and'' HappilyMarried: She and Pent.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Pent & Louise already have a maxed out support level. When she's within 3 spaces of Pent, she gets to take advantage of support bonuses that add up to plenty of critical hits. When she's ''not'' within 3 spaces, you're better off using the other Archers (usually).
* HelloNurse: Despite being married.
** EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Rebecca pretty much ''drools'' over her.
-->'''Rebecca:''' Please... Teach me how to be a proper lady!
* ParentalSubstitute: To Erk
* [[spoiler:PregnantBadass: Revealed in her A-level support conversation with Pent. Those who had played ''Fuuin no Tsurugi'' might have been able to figure this out beforehand, as Pent is mentioned by name in Dieck's C-level supports with both Klein and Clarine (and the Reglay family name as well in Clarine's) and Klein's age is given as 19; this game takes place ''20'' years before that one.]]
* [[spoiler:RagsToRiches: She was only a very minor noblewoman, compared to Pent being a Count from the highest Etrurian nobility.]]
* SilkHidingSteel:
** SpiritedYoungLady: The fact that Louise [[spoiler:told Pent that she would be his fighting partner]] in the past places her squarely as one of them. While she's now OlderAndWiser and much calmer, she hasn't fully stopped being one: Eliwood is amazed to see her ready to fight, then [[UnderstandingBoyfriend Pent]] says it's okay and that he trusts his wife's superb archery skills. (And Louise herself jokes that she's still a better fighter than dancer/singer.)

!!Karel
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The ''Sword Demon'', a troubled swordsman hailing from Sacae whose skill with his Wo Dao is only rivalled by his bloodlust.

->'''Class:''' Swordmaster
----
* AloofBigBrother: To Karla
* {{Badass}}: Is a powerful unit in this game, and [[TookALevelInBadass takes several levels in badass]] between Blazing Sword and Binding Blade.
* BadassLonghair
** [[spoiler:ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In Sword Of Seals, he's cut his hair short.]]
* BloodKnight
* {{Expy}}: His story is reminiscent of [[RurouniKenshin Kenshin Himura]], though how idealistic he started out is unknown.
* FragileSpeedster: With shades of LightningBruiser. He's not exactly the most durable of units, but his excellent evasive capability and high critical ratings (and trust us, the RNG will favour you quite frequently with that Wo Dao of his) more than make up for that.
* HeroicSociopath
* PetTheDog: If he gets too close to or simply too used to someone, he finds himself doing this. With Lucius, despite swearing to kill him he eventually decides not to because he's 'too weak'. With Guy, [[ShooTheDog he refuses to teach him any further]] once he realises that any further would make him a match for him, and he would have to kill him as a result. And of course, he mellows out plenty around Karla -- not only does he finally reign in his urge to slay her, but her words get through to him (to a degree, anyway) when pretty much nobody else's can.
* RedBaron: "The Sword Demon" [[spoiler:which he later abandons in favor of "Sword Saint".]]
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* WorthyOpponent: Is compelled to kill anyone strong enough to ''potentially'' become one of these.

!!Harken
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A ruthless, suicidal soldier in the Black Fang ranks, quickly revealed to be the lost leader of Lord Elbert's personal guard and the sole survivor of his expedition. Intending to destroy the Fang from within, he is instead recruited into Eliwood's party, though his suicidal tendencies remain.

->'''Class:''' Hero
----
* BigBrotherMentor: To Lowen.
** It is implied that Marcus was this to him.
* BreakTheCutie: His supports reveal the utter ''horrors'' he went through [[spoiler:as the SoleSurvivor of Elbert's crew.]]
* BrokenAce
* [[spoiler:DarkAndTroubledPast: Accoding to his supports with Marcus, Harken once was a vassal for another lord, who treated the poor guy badly and then threw him out of his household. Harken is very self-conscious about that fact, and fears that he'll be judged and looked down if his secret gets out.]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: He certainly thinks so.
* DeathSeeker: He intended to [[spoiler:go on a suicidal march against Nergal's forces, hoping to destroy him but simultaneously hoping for his own death]] before he's talked to his senses. And it still takes quite a bit of convincing to get him, considering how long his recruitment talks are.
* [[spoiler:EarnYourHappyEnding: His supports are mostly about him slowly regaining his self-worth and will to live. Double if it's with Isadora, since in their shared ending they get HappilyMarried.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Astram from FireEmblemAkaneia.
* FailureKnight: See "BreakTheCutie".
* [[spoiler:SoleSurvivor]]
** [[spoiler:SurvivorsGuilt and ShellShockedVeteran]]
* StarCrossedLovers: With [[spoiler:Vaida]], if they have an A support.
* TranquilFury: If you see his artwork or portrait, you would assume he is a calm, confident knight, especially compared to the violent looking Karel (in his artwork). Turns out he ''used'' to be like that, but after being utterly broken, he is one of the most suicidally insane characters in your army.
-->'''Harken:''' Are you our tactician, Mark? I am Harken. I beg your forbearance. Lord Eliwood has ordered me to follow your commands in combat. I care not where I meet death. Just guide me wisely.

!!Nino
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A compassionate, gentle membress of the Black Fang, and the much-neglected daughter of Sonia Reed.

->'''Class:''' Mage
----
* ActionGirl
* AwesomeButImpractical: Potentially one of the most powerful units when fully leveled. The problem? When you get her, she's about twenty levels below everyone else, three levels before the end of the game.
* BadassAdorable: Despite appearing very late in the game, she can turn out like this if you train her well.
* BreakTheCutie: Oh, poor Nino, what a fucked-up backstory she has.
** PluckyGirl: She manages to not give up, though more than a few tears are shed in the process.
* DarkMagicalGirl: At first, and [[IncorruptablePurePureness only by affiliation.]]
* DoomedByCanon: In FE 6, Lugh and Ray mention how their mom left them in the orphanage and never came back...
* MagikarpPower
* TheMessiah: So sweet and forgiving, indeed.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: [[spoiler:Jaffar]] all but [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this.
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler:To Jaffar.]]
* NeverLearnedToRead: Yeah, Sonia neglected her ''that'' badly. [[TeenGenius She still became a mage by imitating Sonia's chants.]]
* NiceGirl -> BewareTheNiceOnes: While generally a sweet girl, her wrath is quite visibly incited by [[spoiler:Sonia mocking her deceased family (who ''Sonia herself'' had murdered)]]. Heck, her pre-battle quote in the Final Chapter is a vow to make [[BigBad Nergal]] pay for all the pain he's caused her and those she cares about. Given her age and the ''amount'' of [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] she goes through, though, it's both understandable and for the best.
* NurseHello: In one of her earliest scenes with [[spoiler:Jaffar]], he is severely wounded and on the point of unconsciousness, and she nurses him back to health.
** FlorenceNightingaleEffect
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When ''[[TheMessiah Nino]]'' decides you need to die right now, there's really no hope for you in the morality department, is there?
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Rebecca and Florina.
* [[spoiler:SoleSurvivor: Of her clan. Her parents and brother were murdered by Nergal and Sonia when she was a baby.]]
* TeenGenius
* TragicKeepsake: A medallion [[spoiler:that belonged to her murdered MissingMom, Iris.]]
* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Gal]]: To Sonia, [[spoiler:until she's told the truth about her.]]

!![[spoiler:Jaffar]]
->''"[[CatchPhrase ...]][[VisibleSilence ...]]"''

Nino's partner, who is completely devoted to her.

->'''Class:''' Assassin
----
* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV]], without a doubt.
* TheAtoner: Even though it took some prodding to convince him it was at all possible, he eventually becomes a milder-than-most example of this.
* {{Badass}}
* [[spoiler:DarkSkinnedRedhead]]
* DarkIsEvil -> DarkIsNotEvil: His colour tones clearly invoke the appearance of a traditional Western villain until he turns along with Nino.
* DeathSeeker: "There's no need to save a life as unworthy as my own."
* EmptyShell: Regarded himself as such.
--> "I am a corpse. I have been dead ever since the day I was born."
* HeelFaceTurn
* HeroicSacrifice: Was not only willing to get himself killed to let Nino escape from the Black Fang, but [[spoiler:when Matthew (falsely) tells him that he's got Nino as a hostage, he decides to let him go take his {{Revenge}} for Leila if it meant Nino would be safe. Matt ultimately backs off, revealing that he was bluffing.]]
* IOweYouMyLife: After he was severely wounded on the job, Nino nursed him back to health.
* IWillProtectHer: For Nino, he will die and kill. Lampshaded by Legault and himself:
-->'''Legault:''' You’ve gotten soft, [[spoiler:Angel of Death]]. If someone held Nino hostage, you’d throw down your sword. You were the strongest assassin around. Now, you have a fatal chink in your armor. You’ve become human, but that makes you less perfect. Someday... you’ll die. No doubt trying to protect the girl.\\
'''[[spoiler:Jaffar]]:''' ...That’s fine. I will live with Nino. I’ve decided.
* LoveRedeems: His relationship with Nino is defined by this.
* RedemptionEarnsLife
* MustMakeAmends: [[spoiler:Having killed Matthew's girlfriend Leila earlier, his supports with Matthew lead to an uncomfortable but ultimately peaceful forgiveness, particularly when [[CrowningMoment Jaffar tells Matthew that]] [[TearJerker her last word was her lover's name]].]]
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: It happens only when Nino is involved, though.
* RedBaron: [[spoiler:The Angel of Death.]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Thanks to Nino.
* TokenEvilTeammate: The reason for all the spoilers.
* [[spoiler:{{Tykebomb}}: Implied by Sonia -- though he was already emotionally empty, Nergal's influence on him growing up ''can't'' have been any good for his humanity...]]
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove
* YouShouldKnowThisAlready: Can we stop hiding that [[spoiler:he's Jaffar, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Angel of Death]]?]]

!!Vaida
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A willful, cynical woman who once was one of Bern's four Wyvern Generals.

->'''Class:''' Wyvern Lord
----
* ActionGirl: If you choose not to recruit her, however, she'll remain a DarkActionGirl.
* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III]], as revealed in her Supports.
* {{Badass}}: Bern is said to have three mighty Wyvern Generals, famous for their prowess. She is said to be mightier.
* BladeOnAStick ''and'' HotChickWithASword
* BoobsOfSteel: Most combat-happy woman in the game, and the biggest chest on the playable side.
* BrokenBird
* DarkActionGirl: Until her HeelFaceTurn, although you can simply not recruit her and she'll keep fighting you to the death.
* DragonRider
* GoodIsNotNice: Overall an honourable and well-meaning person, but incredibly sour and brusque.
* GoodScarsEvilScars
* HeelFaceTurn
* TheLadette
* RedemptionDemotion: Without Nergal's magic empowering her (or arguably, her spear), she is nowhere near as powerful or as threatening as when you first meet her, and like most pre class-changed units, only really serves as a backup if Heath wasn't trained.
* UndyingLoyalty: The reason for her HeelFaceTurn was her love for Bern and fidelity to young Prince Zephiel.
-->'''Vaida:''' You saved Prince Zephiel, so I owe you(...). I told you, I serve Bern. Prince Zephiel is our future, our hope. you saved him when he needed saving, and now I will serve you.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[spoiler:She and Heath were originally intended to be siblings.]]

!!Karla
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The younger sister of Karel the Sword Demon, nicknamed the Princess of Swords.

->'''Class:''' Swordmaster
----
* ActionGirl
* BrokenBird
* DoomedByCanon: Dies of an illness sometime before ''Sword Of Seals''.
* LadyOfWar
* LoveAtFirstPunch: Curb-stomped Bartre painfully when he first challenged her. They duel once again during the story, and she decides to join the party after he manages to survive a blow from her sword.
* RedBaron: "Princess of Swords"
* TallDarkAndBishoujo
* WomanInWhite

!!Renault [[SpellMyNameWithAnS (Renaud)]]
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A wise, but very troubled bishop of the Saint Elimine order. He spends his time meditating in the Dread Isle.

->'''Class:''' Bishop
----
* TheAtoner
* BadassGrandpa
* [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave Grandpa What Massive Hotness You Have]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:The death of his partner and best friend pushed him over the edge.]]
* FridgeBrilliance: His stats aren't appropriately proportionate to his class as a mage, but they make a ''buttload'' of sense when you learn and consider that [[spoiler:he used to be a skilled mercenary, and so is specialised more in weapons than in magic. This also reflects how far he needs to go if he ever wants to truly atone for the kind of person he was, too.]] It also makes his Resistance stat look rather impressive. A fact that is perhaps responsible for his old nickname [[spoiler:Renault the Impervious]].
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Hates himself throughly for all of his terrible sins, like [[spoiler:having killed Lucius's dad and collaborating with Nergal's morph research.]]
* [[spoiler:ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Implied, though this contradicts the game's timeline.]]
** [[spoiler:OlderThanHeLooks: It's possible that Canas was merely mistaken about how long Nergal has been working on morphs, and that it's only been a few decades. Regardless, as he apparently looks the same as he did when Wallace, who is now in his forties, was just a kid, Renault has to be at least in his seventies, possibly even older if he had already been working with Nergal prior to meeting Wallace.]]
* [[spoiler:StarCrossedLovers: With Isadora, if they A support. Their paired ending says that she left knighthood and became an Elimine cleric in order to search for him.]]

!![[spoiler:Athos]]
[[quoteright:266:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Athos_8967.jpg]]

->'''Class:''' Archsage
----
* BadassBeard
* BadassGrandpa: Most powerful magic user in the game, and [[spoiler:more than 1000 years old as one of the two surviving heroes of the legends.]]
* [[spoiler:CainAndAbel]]: [[spoiler:With Nergal, though they aren't blood brothers.]]
* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight]]: [[spoiler:Hector's, though also assisted by Lyn, Eliwood, and Nils.]]
* EleventhHourRanger: As per the series tradition.
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With his student, Lord Pent, and his wife Lousie. Also with Hawkeye, and [[spoiler:possibly with Sophia from Arcadia, though in their case ''she'' may be the older one.]]
* OneHitKill: With the [[GameBreaker Luna tome]] and a boost from the Filla's Might ring, he can do exactly the amount of damage needed, with a crit, to OHKO the final boss.
* TheMentor: He carefully guides the three lordlings during the last third of the plot, particularly the closing chapters.
* [[spoiler:ReallySevenHundredYearsOld]]
* TheSixthRanger: In Eliwood and Hector's tales, where he's the final major character to appear.
* [[spoiler:WizardBeard: A truly impressive one.]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Black Fang]]

!!Nergal
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->''“I am who I am. The pain of others, I do not feel. The sorrow of others does not touch me. Death feeds me. Death pleases me. I am the essence I consume. You fools will become corpses here, because I wish it to be.”''
-->-- '''Nergal'''

This [[EvilSorcerer Dark Druid]] is the ''de facto'' head of the Black Fang, the [[TheManBehindTheMan puppetmaster behind the scenes]] keeping all the other villains in line. About as enigmatic as they come, Nergal has grand ambitions [[spoiler:to bind Dragons to his control]], but to realize them, he needs vast amounts of "[[LifeEnergy Quintessence]]," and to gain that, he intends to cause vast amounts of death and destruction. Striking up an alliance with the mad Lord Darin of Laus, and with the aid of his creations, the [[HumanoidAbomination Morphs]], he has set the stage for a war that will provide him with all the quintessence he needs.

Fairly generic BigBad fare, right? If the player is willing to go hunting for some things off the beaten path, however, [[spoiler:a new picture of the Dark Druid will come into focus, that of a tragic and deeply disturbed man who believes he is serving a greater purpose...]]

->'''Class:''' Dark Druid
----
* AnticlimaxBoss: {{YMMV}}, but by the time you've found a way around his StoryBreakerPower, you'll have a weapon capable of killing him in three hits. He ''is'' also killing ''you'' in three hits, though, so watch out!
* [[spoiler:ArchnemesisDad]]: ''Maaaaaaaay''be...
* BeardOfEvil
* BigBad
* CainAndAbel: With [[spoiler:Athos, in the "good friends" mode.]]
* DarkIsEvil
* [[spoiler:TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: He doesn't actually ''appear'', but is only just mentioned by a Black Fang agent in Chapter 7 (the Fang's first proper appearance), hinting at the larger story arc.
* EvilCounterpart: To [[spoiler:Athos]].
* EvilSorcerer
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]
* [[spoiler:GoodScarsEvilScars]]: Just ''look'' at [[spoiler:the one left by Athos (who ''was'', admittedly, trying to kill him to stop his plans).]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Literally, in fact.]]
* [[spoiler:LoveMakesYouEvil]]
* MadScientist: A magical variation.
* TheManBehindTheMan: He was this for Ephidel at first, with only passing references and hinting at first (see EarlyBirdCameo), before the story slowly unveiled his motives, culminating in his first actual appearance at the Dragon's Gate.
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Ninian And Nils I Am Your Father]]]]: Never outright said, but heavily implied.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Noted by Nils to be preventing the aging process with Quintessence, which hints at his abnormal lifespan fairly early. [[spoiler:He's older than The Scouring itself, in fact, proven by his fathering Nils and Ninian some ten years or so before the war broke out.]]
** Athos noted that he and Nergal learned about Quintessence from the dragons at Arcadia, which raises the question of [[spoiler:how Nergal prevented the aging process in the 500 years between the Scouring and his studies in Arcadia while still not being too evil to befriend Athos.]]
* SanitySlippage -> VillainousBreakdown: Thanks to his [[spoiler:being consumed by the magic he researched (and forgetting his past over the centuries)]], his sanity has long been deteriorating. Especially evident in the final battle when his comments suggest MotiveDecay, and his death quote (whichever you get) shows he's completely lost it in the end.
* StoryBreakerPower: Actually a plot point.
* [[spoiler:TragicVillain]]
* [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist: Started as this, with the desire to find his wife keeping him alive for years. By the time he met Athos, he seemed to have forgetten much of his purpose (or else Athos was keeping quiet), and the Dark Magic he researched without regard to the dangers drove him over the edge.]]

!!Brendan Reed

The founder of the Black Fang and its ''de jure'' leader, Brendan, though an assassin, is a noble man who until recently targeted only corrupt nobles, and was seen as a friend to the populace of the country of Bern at large. A widower with two adult sons, he has recently married a woman much younger than himself, Sonia, and with her arrival came a certain corrupting influence in his organization. [[spoiler:It is revealed in the hidden Gaiden chapter that Brendan too had his doubts about Sonia, but never acted on them, so he had some knowledge of what was going on, but he acted too late against her.]]

->'''Class:''' Warrior
----
* AnAxeToGrind: Signature weapon.
* AntiVillain
* BadassFamily: A patriarch thereof.
* BenevolentBoss
* BumblingDad: A very BadAss variation, but when it comes to his children, he can be quite the scatterbrain.
* DifferentAsNightAndDay: With Sonia.
** HugeGuyTinyGirl: He definitely ''seems'' much larger than her, though there's no direct comparison.
** MayDecemberRomance
** UglyGuyHotWife
*** Noteworthy in that ''he's'' the more moral individual of the two -- usually it's depicted the other way around (if at all).
* AFatherToHisMen: So it's implied, if Uhai's words to Lyn are anything to go by.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: He has good scars across his eye and neck.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceDoorSlam]]
* NobleDemon: Let's face it, the guy kills people for a living, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards only if they really,]] ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards really]]'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards deserve it.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: To Nino, so much that she called him 'Father' even though he only was through marriage to Sonia [[spoiler:and even then, he wasn't]].
* [[spoiler:TheUnfought: As a human, anyway ...]]
* UnwittingPawn
* WorthyOpponent
* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Sonia does this to him]].

!!Sonia Reed
[[quoteright:266:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sonia_1277.jpg]]
->''“Only the chosen few will live to see the new world. Perfect people! People like me!”''

Called "[[BadassNickname The Queen of the Four Fangs]]," Sonia is Brendan's second wife, [[MayDecemberRomance almost disturbingly younger than he]]. This is, in fact, among the ''least'' disturbing things about this woman, for she is actually one of Nergal's dark servants, and the go-between between the Dark Druid and the Fang proper. She is a skilled manipulator and an even better magician, and rumors say she holds more power over the Fang than even Brendan himself...

At the time she married Brendan, Sonia already had a daughter of her own, Nino, who idolizes her mother and [[WellDoneSonGuy ceaselessly tries to make her proud]].

->'''Class:''' Sage
----
* ActionMom: [[spoiler:Subverted; by the time she gets in on the action herself, she's done being maternal.]]
* AnIcePerson: Her signature spell, Fimbulvetr.
** PsychoElectro: Her ''other'' signature spell. [[DeathFromAbove GODDAMNED BOLTING!]]
* [[spoiler:ArtificialHuman: No matter how hard she denies it.]]
* [[spoiler:BreakTheHaughty: Her final scene.]]
* DarkActionGirl
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Ursula sorta-kinda seems to. It's a surprisingly popular pairing for steamy fanart.
* TheEvilGenius: Thanks to being Nergal's cunning envoy and the general mastermind behind the Reed-controlled Fang division.
* EvilMatriarch
* EyesOfGold
* [[spoiler:HoneyTrap]]
* [[spoiler:HumanoidAbomination]]
* MoralityPet: Nino. [[spoiler:Nope -- [[CompleteMonster turns out she was faking it all along]].]]
* MsFanservice: ''Look'' at her!
** BigBraToFill: Largest chest in the game; each one is roughly the size of her head.
** HotMom
** OfCorsetsSexy
** ShesGotLegs: They're twice as long as her torso, and her thighs are as thick as her waist.
** TallDarkAndBishoujo
** WomanInBlack
* [[spoiler:OffingTheOffspring: Tries to pull the below-mentioned Morality License as justification for this one. Jaffar (and presumably the player) don't buy it.]]
* OmniscientMoralityLicense: Well, she ''claims'' to have one...
* ParentalNeglect: [[spoiler:Even before it's revealed she's actually ''homicidal'' toward her daughter]], she doesn't come off as a particularly good parent, even denying Nino hugs because she thinks they're a sign of weakness.
* PsychoSupporter: Does all the horrible things she does to please Nergal.
* [[spoiler:[[TragicMonster Sad, Pathetic, and Generally Delusional Artificial Human]]]]: One way to interpret her, we suppose.
* SmugSnake: She ''is'' very manipulative and cool-headed, as well as a very powerful magic user... but her arrogance is such that, by metaphorically punting Nino around, she gains a powerful enemy in Nino's partner [[spoiler:Jaffar]], ''and'' her plans crumble systematically until [[spoiler:she's left to die by Limstella.]]
** Not to mention she continually insults Limstella herself, [[TooDumbToLive despite the fact that Limstella is much more powerful than she is.]]
* [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror: Sonia didn't know she was a Morph, and Limstella swiftly tells her that before abandoning her to her luck.]]
* {{Ubermensch}}: What she sees herself as. [[spoiler:She's about as wrong as you can get.]]
* [[spoiler:WhatHappenedToTheMouse[=/=]BolivianArmyEnding: Last seen badly wounded and abandoned by her associates, nothing is ever developed beyond this, oddly. Though it seems that Limstella is leaving her for dead.]]
** [[spoiler:Her fate is [[DeathByIrony very]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness clear]], however, if you skip the Gaiden mission you fight her in.]]
* [[spoiler:YouHaveFailedMe: If the player skips the Gaiden mission she's fought in, Nergal kills her himself for being weak enough to take a serious wound at Brendan's hand, along with allowing the entire situation in Bern to collapse. If the player does not skip the mission and fights her, Limstella arrives in time to take the Quintessence that the badly wounded Sonia had collected, and then simply leaves her where she is to die.]]

!!Ephidel
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Nergal's faithful retainer, [[EvilChancellor disguised as Lord Darin's faithful retainer]]. Ephidel is the architect of Nergal's scheme to engulf the country of Lycia in war and gather all the resulting Quintessence for himself. In fact, Ephidel owes his very existence to the Quintessence, as he is a Morph, an ArtificialHuman created from Quintessence to do Nergal's dirty work. Ephidel largely keeps to the shadows, planting ideas in Darin's head and making sure all the pieces are set in place for the reckoning.

->'''Class:''' Sage
----
* AffablyEvil: The condescending, manipulative sort.
* ArtificialHuman
* TheCorrupter: Corrupted Lord Darin, managed to make some leeway with Lord Helman ...
* EvilChancellor
* EyesOfGold [[RedEyesTakeWarning Take Warning]]: Lampshaded by Leila.
* [[spoiler:HoistByHisOwnPetard: He led the Dragon invocation, so when it fails thanks to Nils de-brainwashing Ninian, the dragon crumbles and kills Ephidel.]]
* HumanoidAbomination
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath: Humans are so very fragile, aren't they Ephidel? They cry out for their masters and beg for survival when faced with their mortality and weakness, don't -- oh, wait! ... And it was a ''child'' who got you killed, wasn't it, you pathetic bastard? Yep -- [[CaptainObvious definitely a Karmic Death on our hands here]].]]
* KnightOfCerebus: Not that the plot wasn't serious already, but before he first appeared the original main plot was Lyn's succession dispute, and that ended rather happily. Then after the reasonably light first chapter(s) of the next story, Ephidel started causing the first major main-story character deaths and started to gradually introduce the MythArc that would cover not only the rest of ''this'' game, but also play a ''very'' important role in FE6 itself (in other words, the majority of the Elibe mythos). For a [[spoiler:mere MauveShirt villain who doesn't even get fought]], that's some pretty impressive Cerebus Agency.
* TheManBehindTheMan
* ManipulativeBastard
* [[spoiler:MauveShirt]]
* SmugSnake: At least Sonia is powerful and all, he doesn't even have that. [[spoiler:As far as we know, anyway, we just never got to see him in action.]]
* [[spoiler:TheUnfought: Much to the chagrin of players who wanted Matthew to gut him. He still gets his KarmicDeath, though.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Dishes these out in spades.

!!Limstella
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Nergal's most powerful Morph, Limstella is never far from her master. Her role in Nergal's scheme is to gather Quintessence, and she executes this mission faithfully and without questioning her orders. She also serves as the Fang's executioner of sorts, disposing of those whom Nergal has deemed useless.

->'''Class:''' Sage
----

* ArtificialHuman
* AmbiguousGender: It was intended that Limstella be more androgynous to the point that there'd be no discernable gender, but the name and the "female Sage" sprite -- among other things -- has players generally accepting the character as female.
** She's actually called "my lady" to her face, if that counts for anything.
* DarkActionGirl
* DarkMagicalGirl
* TheDragon
* EmotionlessGirl
* EyesOfGold
* KickTheDog: Poor [[spoiler:Ursula, Lloyd, and Linus.]]
** KickTheSonOfABitch: But in [[spoiler:Sonia]]'s case...
* UndyingLoyalty: To Nergal.

!!The Four Fangs

The brotherhood's four best killers and ranking officers below Brendan and Sonia. The roster rotates depending on the skill of the members, but has at one time or another included:

!!!Jaffar - the Angel of Death
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The Fang's "Angel of Death" and its single best assassin, as [[EnfantTerrible a child]] Jaffar was found AtopAMountainOfCorpses by Nergal, who [[{{Tykebomb}} raised him to know nothing else but killing]]. Throughout the story, he handles the Fang's dirtiest jobs and nastiest [[KickTheDog dog-puntings]], including [[spoiler:the murder of Leila]]. His presence also [[spoiler:helps ensure Eliwood's group does not escape with his father and Ninian from the Dragon Isle, which in part contributes to Elbert's death.]]

[[spoiler:[[HitmanWithAHeart But is he all bad?]] See "Main characters" for the answer!]]

->'''Class:''' Assassin
----
* '''{{Badass}}'''.
* TheDragon & TheBrute: To Nergal, being that he's the deadliest of the Four Fangs.
* EmptyShell: Comes across this way. [[spoiler:Largely a result of his training under Nergal though, and thankfully, Nino helps him learn how to express himself by showing him compassion for the first time.]]
* EnfantTerrible
* EvilRedhead
* [[spoiler:{{Heel Face Turn}}[=/=]{{Love Redeems}}: Thank you, Nino!]]
* HeroKiller: By the 3rd Act, the protagonists are very wary of him.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: His aforementioned murder of Leila.]]
** [[spoiler:MustMakeAmends: His supports with her boyfriend Matthew.]]
* [[spoiler:SugarAndIcePersonality}]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Angel of Death.
** Does GrandVizierJafar count as a Name To Run Away From Really Fast?
* {{Tykebomb}}
* UndyingLoyalty: Definitely has this towards Nergal, considering that when he's given an order at one point, his only response is "Thy will be done". [[spoiler:Loses it later, or possibly just redirects it -- as seen above, both Legault and Matthew note that he would do anything to protect Nino.]]
* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler: If he fights Lloyd in "Cog of Destiny", Lloyd will say that he has always wondered who would win if they fought, and concludes that it's time to answer such a question.]]

!!!Lloyd Reed - the White Wolf
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-> ''In the name of the Fang, I sentence you to death. Do not blame me for your fate; it is your own doing.''
-->-- '''Lloyd''', his normal battle quote in "Four Fanged Offence"

The elder of Brendan Reed's sons from his first marriage, Lloyd is a member of the Black Fang who carries the title "The White Wolf". He's renowned in the Fang for his tactical and strategic skill and for keeping a calm and level head, in contrast to Linus. He is absolutely loyal to the Fang and what it stands for, following his orders without question.

->'''Class:''' Swordmaster
----
* AffablyEvil
* AloofBigBrother
* AnimalMotifs: Wolves, as per his title. Also reflected in his tactical/strategic sense, fighting style, and personality.
* AntiVillain
* BadassBoast: His quote, as seen above.
* BadassLongcoat
* BadassNormal
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Linus, and even towards Nino. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, it's not enough for Nino to convince him to lay down arms in "Cog Of Destiny", and he even asks her to kill him. Unlike Linus, this conversation happens ''outside'' of battle.]]
* CoDragons: With Linus, to Brendan.
* [[spoiler:DeathSeeker: If fought in "Cog of Destiny" -- his aim is to first kill the people he believes killed Linus, and then join his brother in death]].
* [[spoiler:DragonTheirFeet: The brother not killed by Limstella survives the fall of the Black Fang and becomes essentially the FinalBoss of the game's [[ThreeActStructure second act]].]]
* {{Foil}}: To Eliwood, in a sense.
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile: If fought in "Cog of Destiny", he's perfectly willing to die since he didn't want to continue living without his brother]].
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceDoorSlam (if Limstella kills him.)]]
* KnightTemplarBigBrother
* NobleDemon: Will not allow innocents to be harmed even while hunting his targets.
* PermaStubble
* RedOniBlueOni, SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan, ''and'' SiblingYinYang: With Linus.
* TheStoic
* TranquilFury

!!!Linus Reed - the Mad Dog
[[quoteright:266:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Linus_6548.jpg]]
-> ''Pray. I'll give you that much time. All the evil that you've done up to now... Repent it, and sleep.''
-->-- '''Linus''', his normal battle quote in "Four Fanged Offence"

The younger of Brendan Reed's two sons from his first marriage, Linus is a member of the Black Fang who carries the title "The Mad Dog". He's renowned in the Fang for being brash and impulsive, not always following orders to the letter in contrast to Lloyd. Nonetheless, he remains loyal to what the Fang stands for and follows his orders without question.

->'''Class:''' Hero
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* AnimalMotifs: Hounds, as per his title. Also reflected in his tactical/strategic sense, fighting style, and personality.
* AntiVillain
* BadassBoast: His quote above.
* BadassLongcoat: Better seen in his complete character art.
* BadassNormal
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Nino. [[spoiler:Tragically subverted in "Cog Of Destiny", where he's willing to kill her simply by proxy of being in Eliwood's army. Unlike Lloyd, this conversation happens ''during'' battle, showing how unreasonable and desperate he's become.]]
* BloodKnight
* CoDragons: With Lloyd, to Brendan.
* [[spoiler: DespairEventHorizon: When Lloyd dies, he literally goes ''mad'' in pain and anger.]]
* [[spoiler:DragonTheirFeet: The brother not killed by Limstella survives the fall of the Black Fang and becomes essentially the FinalBoss of the game's [[ThreeActStructure second act]].]]
* {{Foil}}: To Hector, in a sense.
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile: If fought in "Cog of Destiny" - he wasn't seeking death, but was still just glad to join Lloyd]].
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceDoorSlam: if Limstella kills him.]]
* HotBlooded {{Determinator}}
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold (Genuinely cares for his family, save for Sonia)
* [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Knight Templar Little Brother]]
* NobleDemon: Will not allow innocents to be harmed even while hunting his targets.
* RedOniBlueOni, SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan, ''and'' SiblingYinYang: With Lloyd
* [[spoiler:RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In "Cog of Destiny"]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The game is inconsistent about his title - he's referred to as both the Mad Dog and the Rabid Hound during the game.

!!!Ursula - the Blue Crow
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This woman, nicnkamed "the Blue Crow", is the only female among the four Fangs. She is a coldly-efficient magic user who is under the direct orders of Sonia Reed, whom she's very loyal to.

->'''Class:''' Valkyrie
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Shows up in a cutscene at the start of Chapter 7x (in Lyn's story), giving orders to Beyard. This and the previous chapter are the only ones in Lyn's story where the enemies are Black Fang.
* EnemyMine: A very minor case, but Ursula doesn't like Vaida and gives you an incredibly useful and rare staff ([[MrFixit Hammerne]]) on the promise you'll humiliate her. Which you do.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: If she isn't already beyond words from the heroes defeating her, Ursula calmly accepts her fate at Limstella's hands.
* FemmeFatale: Beautiful, well-endowed... and damn deadly.
* KickTheDog: She's rather sympathetic, but she's still pretty harsh to poor Nino. Though to her credit, she does say that [[MercyKill she'll at least make Nino's death as brief and painless as possible]] ("Stupid girl... I'll see that you don't suffer, at least.")
* LadyOfBlackMagic: ''Extremely'' dangerous magic user.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Ursula appears to be unaware of the divide between Nergal's faction and the Reeds' within the Fang, and is implied to have been with the Fang since before Sonia. She never questions it, however, since she worships Sonia, oblivious to the fact that Sonia doesn't give a damn about her.
* PlayingWithFire: Has an Elfire tome.
** PsychoElectro: And [[DeathFromAbove a GODDAMNED BOLTING!]]
** BlowYouAway: Replaces Elfire with Excalibur [[spoiler:as a Morph.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Sonia, arguably a SubordinateExcuse for some.
* WakeUpCallBoss: FUCKING BOOOOOOOOLTING!
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

!!!Jerme -- the Death Kite

The Fang's "Death Kite," he ''used'' to be the organization's single best assassin, before Jaffar's arrival cost him that lofty position and his Four Fangs title. Though still maintaining a high position in the Fang, his demotion has made him bitter, and he is eager to prove himself to the leadership by any means necessary. A bloodthirsty sociopath, he has an unhealthy obsession with cutting things, and his sword, the Light Brand, can deal death up close and from far away.

->'''Class:''' Assassin
----
* AxCrazy: ''Knife'' crazy.
* BloodKnight: With very little emphasis on 'knight' and plenty more emphasis on 'blood'. Lots and ''lots'' of blood.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Implied to have been darkly influenced by Nergal, as evidenced by the fact that he was the Black Fang's best assassin before Nergal started corrupting the Black Fang.
** Pretty much confirmed when [[spoiler:he appears as a morph in the Final Chapter, along with Kenneth. Consider that [[AristocratsAreEvil Pascal Gretzner]] did ''not'' appear because he was already evil ''without'' Nergal's influence, and you have a pretty strong case for this argument.]]
* KnifeNut
* OneSceneWonder: Despite only appearing in one chapter, he's very unsettling and unforgettable. [[spoiler:He ''does'' appear again in the final chapter, but as a silent morph. Unless you get Kenneth and manage to bypass him completely.]]
* RememberTheNewGuy: If you fought Kenneth in the Black Fang Fortress, the appearance of [[spoiler:Jerme's corpse]] in the final chapter will be this.

!!!Pascal Grentzer - the Crazed Beast
He was once part of the Four Fangs, known as the "Crazed Beast", but was imprisoned due to his ruthlessness. Sonia frees him and promises to restore him to his rank if he succeeds in killing the lords. He is known as the Crazed Beast because he once invited his entire city population into his castle, and proceeded to slaughter them all to ensure that one person was killed.

->'''Class:''' Paladin
----
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Practically the bread and butter of his philosophy -- he invited all his subjects to his castle one night, and slaughtered them all ''just'' to ensure that one person was killed. Incidentally, this might well have been his StartOfDarkness.
* AristocratsAreEvil
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Tries this on ''Sonia'', of all people. She shuts him up right quick, though.
* KarmicDeath: Presumably.
* PaletteSwap: Of Bauker... who happens to be an AntiVillain.
* RedBaron: Known as the "Crazed Beast".
* TheSociopath: He kills simply because he enjoys it, and slaughtered even innocents who got in his way (hence why Brendan imprisoned him). He does ''not'', however, enjoy it so much when it happens to him.
* StartOfDarkness: When you think about it, Brendan wouldn't have let him join the Fang in the first place if he was ''just'' a ruthless sociopath from day one, even ''with'' his skill. It's possible that he'd only killed everyone initially to ensure a criminal was disposed of, found that he enjoyed it later on, and was ''then'' imprisoned. Given his brief appearance, who really knows for sure?

!!Heintz
The first ranking member of the Black Fang encountered by Lyn's party, Heintz is a Shaman sent to retrieve the wayward Nils, who had escaped Nergal's clutches with his sister. He seems to hold a very low opinion of the concept of heroism, deriding as stupidly idealistic any attempt to hinder his designs. He and his men are aware of Nergal's influence in the Fang, and appear to hold loyalty to him rather than Brendan.

->'''Class:''' Shaman
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* DarkIsEvil
* GenreBlind: Is apparently quite unaware that he is in one of the more [[SlidingScaleofIdealismVersusCynicism idealistic]] Fire Emblem games.
* KilledMidSentence
* WakeUpCallBoss: While still rather simple (you're still on the tutorial, after all), he's noticeably more deadly than the mere bandits you've faced so far.

!!Beyard
The controller of the group sent to recapture Nils and Ninian following their first escape (and thus probably Heintz's supervisor), Beyard reports to Ursula of the Four Fangs. A deeply unhappy man, he lives in constant fear of [[YouHaveFailedMe failing the Fang]]. He confronts Lyn's group when they track Ninian's treasured ring to his fortress, and is given one last chance to kill them by Ursula.

->'''Class:''' Mercenary
----
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]
* TooDumbToLive: From a gameplay perspective. There is absolutely no reason he shouldn't move, but he doesn't.
* YouHaveFailedMe: His greatest fear. [[spoiler:He ends up doing this to ''himself''.]]

!!Wire
->''“You'll go missing, never to return. Your body will never be found. Tidy story, eh?”''
A member of the Black Fang in service to Nergal, he led a few troops in a failed attempt to assasinate Hector during his sneaking-out attempt at the start of Hector's story. Annoyed at his theatrics, Hector dispatched him fairly quickly.

->'''Class:''' Knight
----
* BeardOfEvil
* SmugSnake

!!Boies
The first member of the Black Fang Eliwood encounters on his quest, Boies is one of Ephidel's men and seems to enjoy his job a bit too much. His assignment is to stop Eliwood and company from reaching the city of Santaruz, a job he treats as a macabre game of cat and mouse. He is not above involving innocents in his conflicts, employing bandits to pillage the area surrounding Castle Santaruz.

->'''Class:''' Knight
----
* [[BaldOfEvil Bald]] ''and'' BeardOfEvil
* EvilLaugh
** AnnoyingLaugh: "Gya ha ha!"
* JerkAss
* MightyGlacier
* ViolentGlaswegian: Not literally, obviously, but he talks like one, at least.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Probably the first Eliwood's story boss that's killing you in two hits. He can be a source of nasty surprises for new players.

!!Damian
->''“You're about to die. Scream if you must.”''

The Fang member sent to intercept Eliwood's group at Badon to prevent them from getting a boat to the Dread Isle, where Nergal is located. Damian is cold and doesn't display much personality, which makes him seem perhaps the most "assassin-like" of the minor Fang members.

->'''Class:''' Paladin
----
* BeardOfEvil
* BonusBoss: Unless you're playing Hector's story, you don't actually have to fight him. The reward for beating him, however, is access to [[GameBreaker the Arena...]]
* PaletteSwap: Of Wire.
* WakeUpCallBoss: ...Are you ''sure'' you really need that Arena?
** Well, you need to fight him regardless if you're playing Hector's story (either mode), [[StopHavingFunGuys and Hector's Hard Mode is the only way]] ''[[StopHavingFunGuys real]]'' [[StopHavingFunGuys gamers play it]], so yeah, not a huge decision.

!!Zoldam
The Fang member sent to retrieve Ninian after she escapes from Nergal's clutches at the Dragon's Gate, Zoldam pursues Ninian's small boat with two ships full of Black Fang members, boarding the ''Davros'', with the party aboard, after they pick up Ninian. Like many other Fang members, Zoldam is icy in personality, and coldly orders the death of everyone on the ship apart from Ninian.

->'''Class:''' Paladin
----
* BeardOfEvil
* DarkIsEvil
* PaletteSwap: of Heintz.

!!Uhai
->''“Holding a woman hostage during battle is shameful. You, too, are of Sacae, and I've a mind to show you mercy. I will let you die with a sword in your hands. But rest assured... I will kill you all here. But be of good cheer! In dying, you shall all be spared the calamity that is to come!”''
-->-- '''Uhai'''

The Soaring Hawk of the Black Fang. An honorable, high-ranking member of the Fang, and one of the Fang members closest to Brendan Reed's ideology. He is one of the nomads of Sacae, and as such he is an honest person who only does evil when it is necessary. Upon attacking the party, he finds something of a kindred spirit in Lyn, whom he holds hostage to get Eliwood and Hector's attention, but then releases, as he finds threatening a woman to be against his code of honor. [[spoiler:Upon his defeat, he recognizes the party as [[WorthyOpponent worthy opponents]], and points them to the Dragon's Gate]].

->'''Class:''' Nomad Trooper
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* AntiVillain
* BadassBeard
* BowAndSwordInAccord
* EvenEvilHasStandards: See his quote.
* FaceDeathWithDignity
* TheFatalist: The reason why he joined Black Fang.
* HorseArcher: Speculated to be of the Djute tribe of Sacae, as he wears very similar clothes to the Djute bosses of ''Sword of Seals''.
* {{Nakama}}: He regarded the Black Fang as such before their corruption -- Legault's support conversations imply Uhai was friends with him, as well as with the Reeds and Jan. [[spoiler:This might also be why he was one of the Fangs resurrected as a morph, an honor mostly reserved for those who died after the heroes enter Bern.]]
* NobleDemon: The best example in the Black Fang.
* RedBaron: "Soaring Hawk"
* WakeUpCallBoss
* WorthyOpponent: Regarded the opposition as such when they killed him, motivating him to [[spoiler:give them directions to the Dragon's Gate]]. Eliwood and Lyn considered him as such due to his honourable nature, as did Hector (though somewhat grudgingly so).
* WouldntHitAGirl: He would, but only if fighting against her.

!!Aion
The Black Fang's "Owl", tasked with guarding the entrance to the Dragon's Gate. Aion fancies himself incredibly intelligent, and believes that he has everything planned out for his confrontation with Eliwood's group. He doesn't count on a certain random variable to make all of his plotting for nought.

->'''Class:''' Sage
----
* [[spoiler:BroughtDownToNormal]]
* TheChessmaster: Well, he tries to be this.
* FantasticRacism: Towards Sacaens, apparently. See PaletteSwap, below.
* PaletteSwap: Of Marquess Araphen. Many fans have theorised that he may in fact ''be'' the Marquess, considering their shared FantasticRacism - however, he has no battle conversations with Lyn, Kent, or Sain, so this is somewhat in doubt.
* SmugSnake
* ThisCannotBe: His reaction when [[spoiler:Kishuna]] shows up.

!!Teodor
The "Shadow Hawk" of the Fang, and boss of the very well hidden Chapter 19xx in Hector mode.

->'''Class:''' Druid
----
* DarkIsEvil: In fact, he's the only Druid-class boss in the game.
* DifficultySpike / ThatOneBoss: Teodor shows up as a level ''seventeen'' promoted boss at a point where the game is only just starting to fully phase out unpromoted bosses, and his map throws in fog of war and tons of enemies just to twist the knife. All justified though, considering that [[GuideDangit to unlock 19xx]], [[spoiler:you have to finish the story first to open up [[SecondQuest Hector mode]], play through Lyn's 10 chapters again so you can raise Nils to at least level 7, advance to Hector mode, fulfill the conditions to go to 19x, and in that chapter, KO Kishuna in the one turn that you get the chance to do so before he flees]]. Short answer: you mostly have know what you're doing at this game to earn the right to fight Teodor.
** TimeLimitBoss: He's packing a 5-use Eclipse tome for a long range attack from the throne; if you don't rush to him and kill him before he runs it out, he equips [[LifeDrain Nosferatu]] and, most likely, becomes nigh invincible.
* [[spoiler:TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget]]
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Quickly turns this way once he reveals himself as another one of Nergal's followers.


!!Cameron
->''“You'll never leave here alive.”''

A Black Fang member assigned to Lord Darin, he taunts the party after they arrive at the Dragon's Gate, and later engages them in battle while guarding the way to his master.

->'''Class:''' Paladin
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* TheDragon: To Lord Darin.
* FlatCharacter: His lone personality trait is "guards the Dragon's Gate."

!!Oleg
A noble Fang member who nevertheless serves Nergal's faction of the organization, Oleg is sent, following the loss at the Dragon's Gate, to the city of Badon, where he is assigned to capture Nils and Ninian and take them back to Nergal while the party is weary.

->'''Class:''' Warrior
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* AnAxeToGrind '''and''' TheArcher: And he's ''damn'' good with both.
* EvilRedHead
* GracefulLoser: Accepts his death quite calmly.
* NobleDemon: Probably among the noblest Fang members encountered, and, to boot, seems to work for Nergal rather than Brendan, or at least be aware of Nergal's co-opting of the Fang from Brendan.
* PaletteSwap: Of Sealen.
* TheQuietOne

!!Kenneth
The Fang's "Shrike", a man who gave up his faith in the gods -- who he believes to be lies fabricated by mankind -- to worship Nergal, who he considers the closest thing to a God the world has. Trusted by Sonia, he possessed the rare and powerful Light tome, Aura.

->'''Class:''' Bishop
----
* AffablyEvil: Very courteous and polite. And an asshole.
* BaldOfEvil: Not fully bald, but he has a pretty big bald spot on his head.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: As with Jerme, it's implied (or at least believed by the party) that he was driven mad by Nergal's influence. [[spoiler:His appearance in the Final Chapter as a mindless morph who [[GoOutWithASmile smiles when you kill him before closing his eyes]] pretty much seals it.]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: Perceives ''himself'' as such.
* FatBastard
* FlatEarthAtheist
* LightIsNotGood
* RememberTheNewGuy: If you fought Jerme in the Black Fang Fortress, the appearance of [[spoiler:Kenneth's corpse]] in the final chapter will be this.
* SinisterMinister
* SmugSnake

!!Maxime
Ursula's lieutenant, who accompanies her to the Bern Palace to make sure that the assassins assigned to the job have successfully killed Prince Zephiel. When she finds out they haven't, she orders Maxime to douse the lights in the palace to put the enemy at a disadvantage. He later engages either [[spoiler:Jaffar]] (in Eliwood Mode) or the party (in Hector Mode) in combat in the resulting battle.

->'''Class:''' Paladin
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* TheDragon: To Ursula.
* FlatCharacter
* MiniBoss: In Hector Mode, he starts closer to you, so you'll be the one fighting him, not [[spoiler:Jaffar]].
* PaletteSwap: of Cameron.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: Tries to attack [[spoiler:Jaffar]] immediately, and is very likely to die just as fast.
* TheWorfEffect: Technically, we don't know whether or not he's actually all that badass, but he is a named, non-faceless Paladin (a fairly solid promoted class overall, more or less theJackOfAllStats among classes) who more or less serves the purpose of being ''destroyed'' by [[spoiler:Jaffar]], most likely to demonstrate that [[spoiler:Jaffar]] can handle himself as long as his Killing Edge lasts.
* YesMan: So his lone line of dialogue implies.

!!Denning
A Morph created by Nergal after [[spoiler:the fall of the Black Fang]], Denning is sent to Castle Ostia to deliver Nergal's ultimatum to the party, who are resting there. He seems to have been created specifically for this purpose, as the only thing he is able to say is "This is a message from Lord Nergal. 'I await you on the Dread Isle'."

->'''Class:''' Sniper
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* TheArcher
* BrokenRecord: "This is a message from Lord Nergal..."
* TheBrute: Being TheArcher aside, he's practically a ''classic'' example of this trope, what with being totally unintelligent and commanding the {{Mook}} hordes. Especially if Nergal and his Morphs are a FiveBadBand.
* WakeUpCallBoss: The map is designed so it is difficult to bumrush him, and gives him an easy opportunity to snipe at you with impunity.
** WeaksauceWeakness: On the other hand, if you ''do'' manage to bumrush him and surround him, with nobody next to the people surrounding him, the battle is already decided with his defeat, provided you don't move.

!!Kishuna
A mysterious man in a red cloak who appears periodically should certain paths be taken throughout the game. He has the mysterious ability to negate all magic in a rather large vicinity of himself. He is actually [[spoiler:the first Morph created with emotions, who was rejected by Nergal, his creator.]]

->'''Class:''' Magic Seal
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* AntiMagic: His mere presence shuts down all magic within 10 spaces of him...
** NonActionGuy: ...and he makes no other effort to attack, instead relying on bodyguard Morphs.
* AntiVillain: Given how helpless he is (at least individually), and how tragic his backstory is, it's borderline impossible not to pity rather than hate him.
* [[spoiler:ArtificialHuman]]
* BonusBoss: Only appears on side chapters.
* TheDarkChick
* TheGrostesque
* HiddenEyes: Which, though we never really see them, are [[spoiler:actually EyesOfGold, like those of every other Morph.]]
* LuckBasedMission: KOing him in "Prisoner of Magic", a necessary step to get to 19xx in Hector mode. His HP and evasion are sky high for that point of the game, so unless you've been doing a whole bunch of grinding, it'll take some critical hits to do the job. Also, he flees on the enemy turn after you attack him, or if you take too long getting to him, so all you get is one try. Good luck. (Taking Guy's Killing Edge and giving it to Marcus seems to help.)
* MalevolentMaskedMan [[spoiler:Or so it seems.]]
* PlayerPunch -> ShootTheDog: The impression many players get if they actually play out the chapter where you kill him -- hell, even the Chapter's ''objective'' says "Kill" rather than "Defeat".
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Kishuna's M.O. in his first two appearances. Once the player's party catch up to him or he is attacked, [[VillainTeleportation he bails.]]
** Could also be percieved as a tactical retreat, something very few bosses in the game grasp the concept of.
* [[spoiler:SpannerInTheWorks (trashes Aion's traps by merely being there)]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: Implied to be one for Nergal.
* TragicMonster

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Laus]]

!!Lord Darin of Laus
The Marquess of Laus. Entranced by Ephidel's promises of power, he attempts to incite a civil war against Ostia for the role of leader of the Lycian League. When it backfires on him, he flees for Valor and is placed in charge of the defense of the Dragon's Gate.

->'''Class:''' General
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* AGodAmI
* BladeOnAStick: Has a spear [[spoiler: and the Rex Hasta (in the Final Chapter)]]
* ClimaxBoss
* DirtyOldMan: Poor Priscilla...
* DrivenToMadness: He ''was'' [[JerkAss arrogant and unpleasant]], but loyal to Lycia prior to his involvement with the Fang. Erik confirms this when captured and interrogated.
* {{Expy}}: Of Prince Shagaal from ''[[FireEmblemJugdral Geneaology of the Holy War]]''.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Abandoning his son and heir Erik to his own luck, upon Ephidel's pressure. To his credit, Darin himself doesn't like it either, but he still does so.]]
* LargeHam: Steadily becomes one.
** DrunkWithPower: The reason why.
* MightyGlacier: Even more so [[spoiler: as a Morph.]]
* SmugSnake
* VillainousBreakdown

!!Erik of Laus
The son of Lord Darin, and a former classmate of Eliwood and Hector. Both jealous of their abilities and dismissive of them, he volunteers to lead the defence of Laus to try to lull them into a false sense of security.

->'''Class:''' Cavalier
----
* BladeOnAStick: His Silver Lance.
* DrivenByEnvy: And HOW.
* {{Jerkass}}
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Not much better than his dad.
** [[spoiler:GenerationXerox: And in ''Fuuin'', he also opposes the heroes.]]
* SmugSnake: Tries to act all buddy-buddy with Eliwood to lead him into a trap, but he sees right through it. Nor did Erik count on Hector dropping in at that moment to inquire about all those Laus soldiers that happen to be hiding out nearby.

!!Bauker
The commander of Laus's Imperial Guard, tasked with the exterior defence of the seized Castle Caelin.

->'''Class:''' Knight
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* AntiVillain
* BadassMoustache
* TheEvilGenius: To Darin, most likely.
* GracefulLoser
* NobleDemon
* WakeUpCallBoss: Has suprisingly high defenses, to the point where it's difficult to take him out with anybody except the Lords.
* WorthyOpponent

!!Bernard
The Knight Commander of Laus, tasked with the occupation of Castle Caelin.

->'''Class:''' General
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* BadassBeard
* TheBrute
* TheDragon: As Knight Commander, this was presumably his role toward Lord Darin. Subverted in that Darin's abandoned him by the time we meet him, and it's implied the Black Fang replaced him with Cameron.
* EvilRedhead: Though he's not really ''evil''...
* GracefulLoser: "This is a just reward... for Laus's brutality..."
* PunchClockVillain: Strongly implied to have wanted no part in his lord's conquest, but MyCountryRightOrWrong...

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Caelin]]

!!Lord Hausen of Caelin
The Marquess of Caelin, father of Lady Madelyn, and grandfather of Lyn. Initially highly displeased by Madelyn eloping with Hassar, he came to regret it upon hearing of their happy life in Sacae and the existence of his granddaughter, Lyndis, and wished to see his granddaughter. His brother Lundgren attempted to kill both him and Lyn, and nearly succeeded in killing him by poison, with Lyn saving him at the last minute.
----
* BlueOni: To his younger brother Lundgren's red. Evident in his cool-headed manner which he mostly retains throughout his scenes. [[spoiler:Look at how he tries to negotiate with Lord Darin - given the circumstances, he had every right to be even angrier than he seemed.]]
* CoolOldGuy
* [[spoiler:[[DeathByDespair Death Via Crossing The]] DespairEventHorizon: Narrowly averted; Lyn finds him just in time to pull him out of the deadly depression that he was in after his years of loneliness and failing health.]]
* [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice Lord]]: He hardened his heart against his daughter Madelyn's wishes, and [[IHaveNoSon renounced their relationship when she eloped]]. When he hears of her family in Sacae, years later, he's determined to make ammends and [[spoiler:finally does when he meets Lyn, swallowing all his pride and admitting to his prior fault; hearing that Madelyn's life in Sacae was happy overjoys him and gives him peace.]]
* DistressedDude: To be fair, the poor guy had a really crappy health due to his extremely old age [[spoiler:and because Lundgren had been secretly poisoning him. He's still not fully recovered a year later, when [[ButtMonkey he gets stabbed by Ephidel]] and barely survives.]]
* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Daughter]]: See "Defrosting Ice Lord" above.
* MajorMinorCharacter
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!!Lundgren
The younger brother of Hausen, who strongly desired to rule Caelin himself. Not at all pleased to hear that Lyn existed and thus there was a potential obstacle to his ascension to the Caelin throne, he sought to kill both her and Hausen to prevent anything stopping his ambitions.

->'''Class:''' General
----
* CainAndAbel: Only narrowly averted, with Hausen being saved at the last second; a slight variation in that here it's the younger sibling who's the traitorous one.
* ClimaxBoss: And an impressive one at that. He's stronger, tougher, and, believe it or not, ''faster'' than anyone you're likely to have at this point bar CrutchCharacter Wallace, is wielding a rank A weapon ''and'' a ranged weapon, and he's on a gate, meaning free healing and a boost to defense. Good luck...
* DiscOneFinalBoss: While it's pretty obvious the story isn't over yet, Lundgren's defeat nonetheless signifies the end of Lyn's story and the beginning of the ''true'' plot.
* EvilOldFolks
* [[EvilUncle Evil Grand Uncle]]
* FantasticRacism
* ManipulativeBastard: Poor Hausen and [[spoiler: Eagler]]
* MightyGlacier
* RedOni: To his elder brother's blue.
* SmugSnake

!!General Eagler
The Knight Commander of Caelin. Widely considered to be a just man by his people and his fellow knights, he was nonetheless tasked by Lundgren with stopping Lyn from progressing any further despite being fully aware of the extent of Lundgren's depravity.

->'''Class:''' Paladin
----
* AnAxeToGrind / BladeOnAStick
* AntiVillain: If Sain and Kent are to be believed.
* BadassMoustache
* JerkassFacade: Apparently.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Subverted: it's strongly hinted that he was forced to do Lundgren's dirty work.
* WakeUpCallBoss: The first promoted boss in the game, at a point where the player can only have one promoted character.

!!Yogi
A knight in service to House Caelin, Yogi is sent by Lundgren to stop Lyn, Kent, and Sain, whom he now claims to be an impostor and traitors respectively, from entering the territory. Lundgren provides Yogi with a siege engine called a ballista, which he intends to use to end Lyn once and for all.

->'''Class:''' Knight
----
* MightyGlacier
* TheQuisling: Possibly. We aren't informed if he follows Lundgren's orders because he wants to or simply because [[MyMasterRightOrWrong Lundgren's the one in charge at the moment]], nor if he knows of the reason Hausen is incapacitated.
* SmugSnake
* SuicidalOverconfidence / WeHaveReserves:
--> ''"What are you curs waiting for? She's just a child! Call up for reinforcements, and rush 'em!"''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bandits]]
!!Batta "the Beast"
->''“Who do you think you are? You think you can stand up to Batta the Beast?”''
-->-- '''Batta''' when fighting '''Lyn'''

The first boss. He is one of the two bandits that attack Lyn and the tactician in the prologue.

->'''Class:''' Brigand
----
* AnAxeToGrind
* BadassBoast: See above.
* BlondeGuysAreEvil
* GoodScarsEvilScars
* SuicidalOverconfidence
* WarmUpBoss

!!Zugu
->''“Such a waste. An absolute waste. The things I'll do for gold. Ah, well. Time to die, darlin'! C'mon out, boys!”''
-->-- '''Zugu''' to '''Lyn'''

The boss of Chapter 1. He is a bandit sent by Lord Lundgren to kill Lyndis. Him calling Lyndis by her full name is what clues her in, in regards to Lundgren.

->'''Class:''' Brigand
----
* AnAxeToGrind
* BountyHunter
* StarterVillain
* WakeUpCallBoss

!!Glass
->''“I am Glass! The gods fear my name! My swordplay is peerless!”''
-->-- '''Glass'''

The boss of Chapter 2. He and his group of bandits try to steal the Mani Katti from its scabbard, but is stopped by Lyn and her companions.

->'''Class:''' Mercenary
----
* BadassBoast: See above.
* BFS
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In regards to his sacriligeous actions.
* TedBaxter: The gods fear your swordplay, huh? ''Pfffft''.

!!Migal
The boss of Chapter 3, a member of the Ganelon Bandits who accosts Florina after she accidentally lands her Pegasus on him.

->'''Class:''' Brigand
----
* AnAxeToGrind
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's pretty offended when Lyn mistakes him and his gang for members of the [[CompleteMonster Talliver Bandits]].
* APlagueOnBothYourHouses
* PragmaticVillainy: Disgusting as it is, his statement that there's more to be gained from selling captives than just killing them isn't without merit.
* WouldntHitAGirl: GameplayAndStorySegregation aside, yeah.

!!Carjiga
The boss of Chapter 4, a member of the Ganelon Bandits who tracks down Lyn's party after they kill Migal. He's Dorcas's employer.

->'''Class:''' Brigand
----
* AnAxeToGrind
* BenevolentBoss: To an extent -- he ''does'' promise to increase Dorcas' share of the pay if he fulfills a certain task during their mission.
* CombatPragmatist
* EvenEvilHasStandards
* {{Revenge}}
* WouldntHitAGirl: He actually ''chides'' an underling for a suggestion of PragmaticVillainy (waiting until darkness falls) because of this trope. Arguably ties in with...
** TooDumbToLive

!!Bug

The boss of Chapter 5, and the last Ganelon Bandit leader encountered in the story.

->'''Class:''' Brigand
----
* AnAxeToGrind
* {{Gonk}}
* APlagueOnBothYourHouses
* WouldHitAGirl: Unlike his colleagues, he has no issue with this.

!!Bool
The boss of Chapter 6, an assassin sent after Lyn by Lundgren.

->'''Class:''' Knight
----
* BladeOnAStick

!!Groznyi
An opportunistic bandit who thought the disappearance of the Pheraean knights would be a good time to try to claim a village for himself. It doesn't end well for him.

->'''Class:''' Brigand
----
* AnAxeToGrind
* BeardOfEvil
* ThisCannotBe[=/=]OhCrap: When he realises his opposition are Pheraen Knights, who he'd thought were all gone.

!!Zagan
The boss of Chapter 12, a bandit leader hired by the Black Fang to eliminate Eliwood.

->'''Class:''' Fighter
----
* AnAxeToGrind
* BloodKnight: His portrait description says he fights for pleasure, not money.
* BlondeGuysAreEvil
* TheBrute
* FatBastard
* {{Gonk}}
* ObviouslyEvil: Lampshaded by Marcus.

!!Puzon
The boss of Chapter 13x, fought optionally. In this chapter, he and his men accost Merlinus, only to be driven back by Eliwood and Hector.

->'''Class:''' Mercenary
----
* FillerVillain
* PaletteSwap: With... a nameless {{Mook}} back in Chapter 6, who was unceremoniously slaughtered by Rath.

!!Jasmine and Paul
A pair of identical bandits roaming the Nabata desert. They decide that harassing Pent is a good idea. [[CurbStompBattle It kind of isn't]].

->'''Class:''' Warrior
----
* AnAxeToGrind
* {{Expy}}[=/=]RecurringBoss: These two are very common bosses, used in other Fire Emblem games. In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Radiant Dawn]]'', they are a pair of Tiger Laguz named Agony and Pain.
* FillerVillain: Really just there to provide a battle.
* LaughablyEvil
** NotSoHarmless: They DO pack quite the punch. And have an A support.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Neutral parties]]

!Ostia

!!Lord Uther of Ostia
The Marquess of Ostia and head of the Lycian League, and Hector's elder brother. Despite being tied up in the business of maintaining Lycia in the face of potential trouble from Bern, compounded by his ailing health brought on by sheer stress, he assists Hector and Eliwood where he can.

->'''Class:''' General
----
* AloofBigBrother: To Hector, to a degree.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: {{Lampshaded}} by Hector several times - Uther needs to make a good impression in order to avoid conflict with opportunistic foreigners, hence why Uther is only able to aid the army discreetly.
* DeadpanSnarker
* GoodScarsEvilScars
* [[spoiler:IncurableCoughOfDeath]]
* PromotionToParent
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* RedOniBlueOni: The [[BlueOni blue]] to Hector's [[RedOni red]].
* SiblingYinYang: He's [[TheStoic stoic]] and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] to Hector's more [[HotBlooded hot-blooded]] nature.
* TheStoic
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Runs in the family after all.

!!Leila
[[quoteright:266:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Leila_3053.jpg]]
An Ostian spy tasked with infiltrating and observing the Black Fang.

->'''Class:''' Thief
----
* FauxActionGirl: Used for drama.
* [[spoiler:TheGwenStacy]]
* HeroesWantRedHeads: Matthew sure does.
* HotAmazon
* PeekABangs
* RedEyesTakeWarning & EvilRedhead: Both implied, and then brilliantly subverted. After seizing the gates of Castle Caelin, Ephidel [[spoiler:stabs Lord Hausen]] and calls Leila in to [[spoiler:finish him and dispose of his body so that the group will waste time searching for him]], after which he commends her for being skilled despite her novelty to the group (all of which she seems to take in stride). When the next chapter is finished by seizing the Caelin throne, Leila appears before the group to reveal [[spoiler:she's taken measures to save Lord Hausen]] and is recognised by Hector as a loyal Ostian spy and an ally.
* [[spoiler:{{Retirony}}: Her last mission was ''fatal''.]]
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion: Her death comes only three/four chapters after her introduction, shakes the party deeply, and is a prelude to Lord Elbert's SacrificialLion fate not long after.]]
* ZettaiRyouiki

!Pherae

!!Lord Elbert of Pherae
Eliwood's father, the current Marquess of Pherae. His strange disappearance prompts Eliwood's expedition, and his actions throw Nergal's plans off-balance.

->'''Class:''' Peer (dummy cutscene data) / Paladin (map narration appearance)
----
* {{Badass}}: [[spoiler:Even when he was dying, he managed to almost fatally strike Nergal down. At least the injuries he gave him slowed the old man down quite a bit, and Nergal is forced to acknowledge it.]]
** BadassMoustache
* BlueEyes
* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight (Eliwood's)]]
* DisappearedDad
* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: As noted above under {{Badass}}.]]
* NiceGuy: Like father, like son.
* [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Nobles Who Actually Do Something]]
* RedHeadedHero
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion]]
* [[spoiler:SpannerInTheWorks: If not for him, Ninian and Nils would've never reached for Eliwood's group...]]

!!Lady Eleanora of Pherae
Eliwood's mother and Elbert's wife.

->'''Class:''' Bishop
----
* TheHighQueen
* HotMom: Looks barely older than her ''son''.
* TallDarkAndBishoujo
* WomanInWhite

!Santaruz

!!Lord Helman of Santaruz
The Marquess of Santaruz. Initially entranced by Ephidel and Darin's plans, he comes to realise the horror of what he's doing and attempts to back out.
----
* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight: Eliwood's.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of [[spoiler:King Batou]] from ''[[FireEmblemJugdral Fire Emblem 4]]''. How so? [[spoiler:They're both manipulated by a magic user who serves the BigBad, have a similar appearance, and both even die right after revealing information to the heroes.]]
* LikeASonToMe: What Eliwood was to him. [[spoiler:He refuses to keep aiding Ephidel because of this, and gets struck down for his "service".]]
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLamb: The first named sympathetic character to die in-story (besides [[AntiVillain General Eagler]]), his death at the hands of KnightOfCerebus Ephidel heralds the coming darker tone.]]
* UnwittingPawn

!Bern

!!Prince Zephiel of Bern
->'''Class:''' Prince
----
* TheAce
** [[spoiler:BrokenAce (in ''Fuuin'')]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* HairOfGold
* LateArrivalSpoiler: [[spoiler:He's the BigBad of ''Fuuin No Tsurugi''.]]
* NiceGuy: [[spoiler:Initially...]]
* [[spoiler:SlasherSmile: Seen [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v139/VincentASM/Site/FE7/55.png in the epilogue]].]]
* TheUnfavorite: To Desmond, since he's born from his ''extremely'' unhappy marriage to Hellene.
* [[spoiler:UsedToBeASweetKid]]: Would you believe that this gentle, kind-hearted young prince who dotes on his little half-sister -- her illegitimacy aside -- and on the eve of his coming-of-age ceremony day only wishes for his entire family to live together in happiness (not only his parents and sister, but Guinevere's mother as well) would eventually [[spoiler:become the [[OmnicidalManiac cruel]], [[NietzscheWannabe nihilistic]], [[HumansAreBastards human-hating]] BigBad of ''Fuuin'']]?
* WellDoneSonGuy: Too bad his dad was an asshole.
* WideEyedIdealist
* TheWhitePrince: Too bad that [[spoiler:unlike Eliwood, he ''isn't'' TheWisePrince to go with it.]]

!!Princess Guinevere of Bern
----
* ChildrenAreInnocent
* HairOfGold
* HeirClubForMen
* HeroicBastard: Daughter of Desmond and his mistress.
* TheUnfavorite: To her stepmother Hellene.

!!King Desmond of Bern
----
* BeardOfEvil
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* FreudianExcuse: He has an [[TheAce ace]] son and ideal heir from an unwanted, legitimate marriage who he envies, and the woman he ''does'' love can not only be a mere mistress, but bore him a daughter. [[SincerityMode Yes, it's just as weak and pathetic an excuse as it sounds]]. No wonder fans despise him.
* GreenEyedMonster: His envy of the prodigal son is indicated to be a big motivator for his odious behavior. See the rest under StarCrossedLovers.
* KickTheDog: His first villain act is ordering to have the baby fox that Zephiel got as a gift for Guinevere killed.
* [[spoiler:OffingTheOffspring]]
* ParentalFavoritism: Loves Guinevere, hates Zephiel [[spoiler:to the point of wanting to have him killed by the Black Fang so Guinevere's husband will be the King of Bern.]]
** [[spoiler:Ironically, Guinevere ''does'' become Queen of Bern in ''Fuuin''. Desmond would have been happy about that...]]
* StarCrossedLovers: ''Fuuin'' explains that the rest of his bitterness comes from how he and the girl he loved were never allowed to marry. Then came a certain ArrangedMarriage with Hellene, and how [[spoiler:both she and his beloved mistress bore him children but ''Hellene'' was the one able to give him one who'd qualify as heir]]... and well, ItGotWorse.

!!Queen Hellene of Bern
----
* AmbitionIsEvil
* BlondesAreEvil: Or more like, ambitious and very unhappy.
* [[spoiler:BrokenBird and JerkAssWoobie: According to her cousin and old friend Louise and Louise's huband Pent, she used to be a sweet {{Ojou}} who just wanted to be happy in her married life. Then she married Desmond, and it went downhill for her.]]
-->'''Pent''': [[spoiler:She and the king are ill matched.]] She has suffered much. [[spoiler:And now, she is obsessed with the succession.]] Such a sad life…
* HotConsort
* HotMom: Of Zephiel.
* RichBitch
** [[spoiler:ImpoverishedPatrician and RagsToRiches: Implied by Louise.]]
* PetTheDog: Truly loves her son Zephiel, [[spoiler:so she repents of trying to use him as her pawn against Desmond, and then gives a MacGuffin to the group as thanks for them saving him.]]

!Others

!!Hannah
->'''Class:''' Shaman
----
* FortuneTeller
* TheLoad
* [[spoiler:PutOnABus]]
* {{Seers}} and ISenseADisturbanceInTheForce
* [[spoiler:WhatHappenedToTheMouse]] not mentioned in the epilogue

!!Fargus
->'''Class:''' Berserker
----
* AFatherToHisMen
* AnAxeToGrind
* BadassGrandpa
* BoisterousBruiser
* CoolOldGuy
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Most likely in play during his Bonus Chapter - why would he offer free passage, and the young lordlings accept it, otherwise?
* HiddenHeartOfGold: When Eliwood asks for passage to Valor, he first asks for 100,000 gold to test him and Hector. Then, as a test of virtue and determination, he arranges for them to fight through all his men ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation most likely without any real fatalities or hostility]]) before offering them passage for free. As Dart says, he's "a tad off-kilter".
* NonStandardGameOver: If you defy all advice to the contrary and attack him in his gaiden chapter. He can also be killed, but he's so powerful (level 18 promoted) that you'd have to go to a whole lot of trouble to pull it off.
* {{Pirate}}: Type 2

!!Eubans
->'''Class:''' Paladin
----
* AntiVillain
* BadassBeard
* FaceDeathWithDignity: "I have no regrets... my life and death... are my own!"

!!Sealen
->'''Class:''' Nomad
----
* HorseArcher
* PaletteSwap: Of Oleg.

!!Georg
The lingering spirit of a soldier once in the service of Roland of the Eight Legends, who was tasked with guarding Durandal.

->'''Class:''' Berserker
----
* AnAxeToGrind
* PaletteSwap: Of Kaim.
* PunchClockVillain: He's not evil at all; he's just the Guardian who keeps watch for Durandal.
* UnfinishedBusiness: Guarding Durandal.

!!Kaim
The lingering spirit of a soldier once in the service of Durban of the Eight Legends, who was tasked with guarding Armads.

->'''Class:''' Hero
----
* AnAxeToGrind: Kind of unusual - while axes are available to the Hero class and pretty much every Hero boss uses them in addition to swords, it's rare for them to be the preferred weapon of Hero bosses, never mind their only one.
* PaletteSwap: Of Georg.
* PunchClockVillain: Switch "Durandal" with "Armads" and it's the same.
* UnfinishedBusiness: Guarding Armads.

!!Lady Madelyn of Caelin
Lyndis's mother, and the daughter of Lord Hausen.
----
* [[spoiler:DeceasedParentsAreTheBest]]
* [[spoiler:DeathByOriginStory]]
* FishOutOfWater: At first, [[spoiler:within the Lorcas.]]
* TheOjou
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Her, Hassar, and Hassar's best friend [[spoiler:Wallace.]]

!!Hassar, Chieftain of the Lorca
Lyndis's father.
----
* [[spoiler:DeceasedParentsAreTheBest]]
* [[spoiler:DeathByOriginStory]]
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Him, Madelyn, and his best friend [[spoiler:Wallace.]]
* WarriorPrince

!!Natalie
Dorcas's wife.

->'''Class:''' Civilian
----
* DamselInDistress: Well, if you're an untrained and ill civilian woman, ''what'' do you expect to happen?
* HappilyMarried - HugeGuyTinyGirl - VictoriousChildhoodFriend: With her husband Dorcas.
* IllGirl: Her leg has been giving her trouble ever since she was a little girl, hence why Dorcas desperately needs money for her medical treatment.
* PluckyGirl: The woman left her home with a bad leg and all to try disuading her hubby from his apparent FaceHeelTurn. That takes guts.
** SilkHidingSteel: ''steel'' guts.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Eight Legends]]
980 years ago, there was a huge war between humans and dragons known as the Scouring. Mankind won this battle, but mainly thanks to the efforts of eight warriors wielding powerful weapons forged to effectively combat dragons. These eight warriors became known as the "Eight Legends" (or "Eight Divine Generals" in the Japanese version) and their weapons became known as the "Divine General Weapons" (sometimes referred to as just "Divine Weapons").

* FiveManBand: A likely interpretation of their dynamics.
** TheHero: Hartmut.
** TheLancer: Roland.
** TheBigGuy: Durban and Barigan.
** TheSmartGuy: Brammimond and Athos.
** TheChick: Saint Elimine (MagicalGirlWarrior), and Hanon (ActionGirl)
* PosthumousCharacter: Naturally. [[spoiler:Not so with Athos and Brammimond (at first), until they succumb during and after the game's events and become this in ''Sword Of Seals''.]]

!!Roland the Little Hero
The founder of Lycia and owner of the Blazing Sword, Durandal. [[spoiler:His spirit appears before Eliwood and Athos when they comes to claim the Durandal to use against Nergal; with Eliwood claiming the sword, his spirit finally disappears.]]

->'''Probable class:''' Hero
----
* {{BFS}}: Durandal, the Blazing Sword.
* TheLancer
* RedBaron: "The Little Hero"[[hottip:*:mistranslated as "Little Knight" in the English versions]]
* PlayingWithFire: Durandal.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

!!Hartmut the Champion
The leader of the Eight Legends, and the founder and first King of Bern. He was the bearer of two divine swords: Eckesachs and the Sword of Seals. [[@/TheHeroHartmut Not to be confused with the troper.]]

->'''Probable class:''' King
----
* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman: He defeated the leaderess of the dragons, but sealed her away instead of killing her since she was an AntiVillain. Said leaderess? None other than [[DarkMagicalGirl Idoun]].]]
** [[spoiler:To say nothing of his role in ''Champion's Sword''...]
* TheHero: Said to be the leader of the group. It's also speculated that he may have belonged to the Hero class.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Had both his own blade, Eckesachs, and the Sword of Seals.
* KnightInShiningArmor
* RedBaron: "The Champion"

!!Barigan the Knight of Knights
The founder of Ilia and owner of the Spear of Ice, Maltet.

->'''Probable class:''' Paladin
----
* AnIcePerson: Maltet.
* TheBigGuy
* BladeOnAStick: Maltet, the Lance of Ice And Snow.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Likely
* RedBaron: "Knight of Knights" or "Holy Knight".

!!Bramimond the Enigma
One of the three magic users in the group, who wields Dark Magic. His tome is the Silencing Darkness, Apocalypse. [[spoiler:He's still [[EmptyShell sort of]] alive in the modern era, maintaining the seal upon the Divine Weapons and unlocking them at the behest of Athos, Eliwood, Hector and Lyn.]]

->'''Probable class:''' Druid (his dummy cutscene class has a unique sprite and is labeled "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Bramimond]]")
----
* BlackMagic: His signature tome, Apocalypse.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Still a heroic force even after being consumed by the darkness.
* [[spoiler:TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: To the point that Athos no longer sees fit to call Bramimond a "he", saying that it has no personality of its own and is merely a mirror that reflects the person addressing it.]]
* [[spoiler:EmptyShell]]: As stated above.
* HiddenEyes
* [[spoiler:ReallySevenHundredYearsOld]]
* RedBaron: "The Enigma"
* TheSmartGuy
* [[spoiler:SoleSurvivor: Along with Athos at the start of the game; then Athos dies, meaning he really ''is'' the SoleSurvivor. He outright states he won't last much longer, though, and he too is dead by the time ''Sword of Seals'' comes round.]]

!!Saint Elimine
The second magic user, and the founder of Etruria as well as the St. Elimine Order. She wielded Light magic and her tome was the Supreme Light, Aureola; she also bore the Holy Maiden staff.

->'''Probable class:''' Bishop
----
* [[spoiler:AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: It's believed that she never died, just ascended to Heaven from a tower located in Aquleia, the capital of Etruria.]]
* CanonForeigner: In ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''... sorta. You have to link up the bonus disk to your ''Blazing Sword'' copy to get her to give you items.
* TheChick
* HairOfGold
* LightEmUp: Her signature tome, Aureola.
* MagicalGirlWarrior
* TheMessiah: Being referred to as the gentlest of the group and founding her own religious order makes her more than quialified for this.
* RedBaron: "Blessed Saint Elimine"
* ReligionIsMagic: She's why.
* WomanInWhite

!!Athos the Archsage
The third magic user of the band, and the Anima Magic user [[spoiler:(originally)]]. After the war, he left to live in solitude in the Nabata Desert. [[spoiler:Actually, not ''that'' alone, since he also found the village of Arcadia where dragons and humans lived in seclusion and peace. 1000 years after The Scouring, he and Brammimond are the only ones left.]] His tome is the Scorching Reason, Forblaze.

->'''Class:''' Archsage
----
* [[spoiler:CainAndAbel: With his companion during the Nabata travels... Nergal.]]
* PlayingWithFire: His signature tome, Forblaze.
* RedBaron: "The Archsage"
* TheSmartGuy
* [[spoiler:SoleSurvivor: Along with Brammimond, though to be fair, both of them are ReallySevenHundredYearsOld...]]
* WizardBeard

!!Hanon the Divine Trooper
The ActionGirl of the group, and founder of Sacae. Her weapon is the Gale Bow, Murgleis.

->'''Probable class:''' Nomadic Trooper
----
* ActionGirl
* BlowYouAway: Murgleis.
* TheChick
* HorseArcher: Likely, considering several of her descendants. Her weapon is Murgleis, the Gale Bow.
* RedBaron: "Divine Trooper"
* ShesAManInJapan: ''Blazing Sword'' refers to her as a male by mistake.

!!Durban the Berserker
The fearsome axefighter of the team, who retired to the Western Isles. His sacred axe is named Armads. [[spoiler:His spirit appears before Hector when he comes to claim Armads to use against Nergal; with Hector claiming the axe, his spirit finally disappears.]]

->'''Probable class:''' Berserker
----
* AnAxeToGrind: Armads.
* TheBerserker: Also his RedBaron nickname.
* TheBigGuy
* BloodKnight: Benevolent version.
* [[spoiler:ICallItVera: Something of an inversion - he has taken to associating himself with his axe Armads to the point of calling ''himself'' "Armads".]]
* ShockAndAwe: Armads.
* WalkingShirtlessScene
[[/folder]]