History Characters / FireEmblemTheBlazingBladeLynsTale

* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed. Here, he's a powerful and speedy light magic user. In ''Heroes,'' he's released as a staff user and mostly a healer (as light magic wasn't a thing in the game yet until Micaiah's release in Book II), with relatively weaker offenses.

* ThreeAmigos: With [[spoiler:Lyn's parents]], in his backstory

* WellDoneSonGuy: The reason Erk pushes himself so hard in his studies, is because he's trying to live up to Pent's expectations of him. However, Pent finds it unnecessary since he and his wife, Louise, are already proud of him.

* AloofAlly: Has strikes of this when his quiet personality, and being absent for most of the scenes. Mostly shown at the end of Lyn's story where he [[spoiler:slips out, unknown what happened to him.]]

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: His support with Jaffar makes it clear that he's not happy about having to work with [[spoiler:his beloved girlfriend's murderer]].
* TheTrickster: Specially obvious in his supports with Hector.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: His support conversations with Jaffar. [[spoiler:After Matthew loses in a direct fight with Jaffar, Matthew claims to have captured [[MoralityPet Nino]] and will harm her if Jaffar doesn't let Matthew cut him down. Jaffar submits and lets Matthew kill him, but before Matthew strikes him down, he stops and can't bring himself to go through with it. [[TheLostLenore He claims that Leila stopped him from taking his revenge.]]]]

* GlassCannon: Likely to end up as this, since his Defense is almost nonexistent and his HP tends to be low ''even for a SquishyWizard'' while his Magic, Skill, and Speed stand out. High Skill also adds up to more critical hits, on top of Light magic getting lots of them already, train him and watch him two-shot or straight-up crit-to-death many enemies with just the basic Lightning tome! On top of it, when you promote him to Bishop he starts with a C rank in staff use. Meaning it'll take Lucius next to no time to use high-rank staves like the ''very'' useful Physic and Fortify ''and'', once he gets his hands on them, he'll cover a LARGE area thanks to his high Magic. He may not be able to take it in, but HOLY HELL he can dish it out as both a fighter and a healer.

* OracularUrchin: He and Ninian have a weak precognitive ability. He even takes over as your group's fortune teller when Hannah decides she's had enough of all the danger.

* {{Bishonen}}: He's so incredibly pretty that he is often mistaken for a woman.

* BladeOnAStick: It is, as we all know, the most heroic of ''all'' weapons.

* DoesNotLikeMen: Though not in a malevolent sense. She's just pretty darn intimidated by them, [[CharacterDevelopment at first]]. Even the choice of Mark's gender will influence her dialogue with him/her.

* RosehairedSweetie: Her in-game character portrait depicts her with pink hair, but in her official art, it's light purple. And she is a sweetie, deep down. (VERY deep down.)

* SenpaiKohai: Tries to develop this with Raven. It doesn't work.

* FeaturelessProtagonist: Occasionally, the back of Mark's head will be shown in the cutscene, but otherwise no details are given about Mark's appearance or background.

* AmbiguousGender: Their sprite obscures their appearance, making identifying their gender difficult, and we never see their face. The name is no help either since it's the same for both genders. Mark appears as a young boy in ''Heroes'', but no mention of Mark's gender is mentioned whatsoever.

** Later games have offered a few possibilities: firstly, [[spoiler:Morgan, Robin's child (the Avatar of ''Awakening'') has, in Japanese, the same default name, and that game features different-world travel, so there's a possibility Lyn's Mark is the same one; furthermore, the DLC Lyn says ''Robin'' reminds her sharply of Mark, and you can even say that you (as in, you the player) are the person she remembers]]. Secondly, [[spoiler:the Summoner of ''Heroes'' is presented in a ''very'' similar manner to the one here, [[InTheHood hood and all]], despite the different default name, and by the time Lyn gets her Brave version, she is ''absolutely'' convinced that the Summoner is the same Tactician she knew earlier, though the eventual arrival of a child version of Mark muddies the issue further]].

* TheFaceless: In ''The Blazing Blade'', Mark's face is never seen, as in CGs, they are always viewed from the back. Downplayed in ''Heroes'', where they have bangs that only obscure their eyes.

* TheFaceless: Mark's face is never seen.

** Later games have offered a few possibilities: firstly, [[spoiler:Morgan, Robin's child (the Avatar of ''Awakening'') has, in Japanese, the same default name, and that game features different-world travel, so there's a possibility Lyn's Mark is the same one; furthermore, the DLC Lyn says ''Robin'' reminds her sharply of Mark, and you can even say that you (as in, you the player) are the person she remembers]]. Secondly, [[spoiler:the Summoner of ''Heroes'' is presented in a ''very'' similar manner to the one here, [[InTheHood hood and all]], despite the different default name, and by the time Lyn gets her Brave version, she is ''absolutely'' convinced that the Summoner is the same Tactician she knew earlier]].

* AmbiguousGender: Their sprite obscures their appearance, making identifying their gender difficult, and we never see their face. The name is no help either since it's the same for both genders.

* TheVoiceless: Unvoiced in ''Heroes'' to avoid troubles with their AmbiguousGender.

** Later games have offered a few possibilities: firstly, [[spoiler:the child of Robin(the Avatar of ''Awakening'') has, in Japanese, the same default name, and that game features different-world travel, so there's a possibility Lyn's Mark is the same one; furthermore, the DLC Lyn says ''Robin'' reminds her sharply of Mark, and you can even say that you (as in, you the player) are the person she remembers]]. Secondly, [[spoiler:the Summoner of ''Heroes'' is presented in a ''very'' similar manner to the one here, [[InTheHood hood and all]], despite the different default name, and by the time Lyn gets her Brave version, she is ''absolutely'' convinced that the Summoner is the same Tactician she knew earlier]].

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* AmbiguousGender: Their sprite obscures their appearance, making identifying their gender difficult.
* ButNowIMustGo: At the end of the game, the tactician vanishes without a trace. [[spoiler:If you do well enough, entire countries are willing to go to ''war'' just to find and recruit you.]]

* TheFaceless: The Tactician's face is never seen.
* FeaturelessProtagonist: Occasionally, the back of the Tactician's head will be shown in the cutscene, but otherwise no details are given about the Tactician's appearance or background.

* InexplicablyAwesome: It's never explained where the tactician earned their skills or how they ended up on the plains of Sacae, though a woman in Bern will mention how she once helped out a traveler who turned out to be a tactician who managed to win several battles without a single casualty, implying that the tactician worked for Bern's military in the past.

* NonActionGuy: The Tactician never participates in any battles but manages to steer the course of history by helping plan out the Lords' battle strategy.

* PromotedToPlayable: While Mark is the player stand-in in ''Blazing Blade'', they make their debut as a true playable unit in ''Heroes''.
* PurelyAestheticGender: In-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.

** Averted by default, but you have the choice of playing through Eliwood and Hector's stories without the Tactician, leaving their fate after Lyn's tale unknown. However, they're still unmentioned in ''Binding'' (as they didn't exist yet).
** Later games have offered a few possibilities: firstly, [[spoiler:the child of Robin(the Avatar of ''Awakening'') has, in Japanese, the same default name, and that game features different-world travel, so there's a possibility Lyn's Mark is the same one; furthermore, the DLC Lyn says ''Robin'' reminds her sharply of Mark, and you can even say that you (as in, you the player) are the person she remembers]]. Secondly, [[spoiler:the tactician of ''Heroes'' is presented in a ''very'' similar manner to the one here, [[InTheHood hood and all]], despite the different default name, and by the time Lyn gets her Brave version, she is ''absolutely'' convinced that the ''Heroes'' tactician is the same one she knew earlier]].

* 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.

* DoomedByCanon: Implied. [[spoiler:He starts an orphanage in Araphen in his ending. In ''Binding Blade'', 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.]]

* RecurringElement: The [[NonActionGuy non-combat unit]]; while Elffin from ''Binding Blade'' beat him out as the first non-dancer/male support unit, Nils still joins the story much, ''much'' earlier compared to both Elphin and any of the dancers that came before him.

* PromotedToPlayable: While Mark is the player stand-in in Blazing Blade, they make their debut as a true playable unit in ''Heroes''.

* PromotedToPlayable: They make their playable debut in ''Heroes''.

* TheMentor: After succeeding Pent as the Mage General of Etruria, he became this to ''his'' successor, Cecilia.

* FourStarBadass: His in-universe rank is general. And AuthorityEqualsAsskicking is in full effect on this one.

* TheTeam: Lyndis' Legion form one during Lyn's tale. Lyn is TheLeader, being the hero who quests to defeat Lord Lundgren. She has her [[ThoseTwoGuys two]] [[TheLancer deputies]] in Kent, an experienced foil to Lyn who knows more about her Lycian heritage, and Sain, the cocky reckless one and a horrible flirt. Florina is TheChick, being the most kindhearted and jittery of the lot. Wil is the plucky commoner who is mostly along for the ride. You get three [[TheBigGuy Big Guys]] in Dorcas, a fighter that temporarily turned to brigandry to help his wife, ProudWarriorRaceGuy Rath, who shares Lyn's heritage, and veteran knight [[EleventhHourRanger late comer Wallace.]] The others are more {{Honorary True Companion}}s who come and go for their own loosely aligned goals, without pledging loyalty to Lyn personally or House Caelin.

* TheChick: In Lyn's core five, though that doesn't stop her from being an efficient fighter.

* AmbiguouslyBi: It is not hard at all to read Florina as crushing on Lyn. They even have a paired ending, when the vast majority of other paired endings are romantic in nature. The dialogue has Lyn mention "as friends" [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday a bit unusually often.]]

* SempaiKouhai: Tries to develop this with Raven. It doesn't work.

* RecurringElement: Your first armored knight; in Wallace's case, he's the last to join in Lyn's story as opposed to being with you from the start, and unless you're playing on Hard mode, you're forced to promote him.

* AnIcePerson: [[spoiler:He is actually half Ice Dragon, just like his sister.]]