History Characters / FireEmblemTheSacredStonesPlayableCharacters

* LightningBruiser: Starts as a FragileSpeedster like most first pegasus knights, but can grow out of it much quicker thanks to several factors that benefit her in the earlygame: an enemy lineup with less emphasis on [[TacticalRockPaperScissors axes]] than in other games, an entire chapter full of [[CannonFodder weak monsters]] that she can practically solo, and several statboosters that perfectly compliment her statline. While the other pegasus knights have better growths, Vanessa has raw EXP on her side and can easily snowball to the point where she might even end up stronger than ''[[DiscOneNuke Seth]]''.

* FragileSpeedster: So fast that she can feasibly double with Steel Lances even with her low Constitution, but a bit on the frail side. Accentuated in the international version, which lowered her Strength and Defense in exchange for more Skill and Speed. In any case, she turns into more of a LightningBruiser after promotion.

* LateCharacterSyndrome: A serviceable unit in her own right, but is greatly overshadowed by the other pegasus knights, and really most other units in the army. There's not much reason to use her unless you feel like doing a [[CombinationAttack Triangle Attack]] or are ''really'' strapped for able bodies.

* LightningBruiser: His defenses are subpar, as is the case with all Myrmidons, but his HP is surprisingly high to compensate and thus partly negates the typical Myrmidon's issue of being a {{glass cannon}}.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Is statistically inferior to Moulder (who joins earlier and at a higher level) in many ways and also competes with Artur ''and'' Lute for promotion: she can be perfectly useful healing alongside Moulder in the early game, but is unlikely to last beyond that.

* FragileSpeedster: Her usual growth tendency, though she can become a speed leaning JackOfAllStats. Ironically, she was going to be a pegasus knight in early development, which would have fit her much better than the classes she did get: [[JackOfAllStats Paladin]], [[MightyGlacier Great Knight, and General]].

* LightningBruiser: Has tremendous Strength and good enough Speed after a single Speedwing to kill most things he comes across, with high HP and [[DownplayedTrope acceptable]] Defense... [[WeakToMagic his Resistance is another story]].

* AIBreaker: One of his best traits when promoted to Summoner: enemies ''strongly'' prefer attacking phantoms over doing anything else, since phantoms always die in one hit, which means he can bait their attacks and manipulate their moves very easily.

* DifficultButAwesome: Whether he's promoted into Druid or Summoner, Knoll's staff level will always start at E, aka the lowest. If the player trains him up to level B at least, however, thanks to Knoll's high Magic growths, s/he will have an extremely powerful healer able to use the Physic Staff to heal injured units ''even at literally the other side of the screen'', and capable of healing near lethal wounds with just a basic Heal.

* HealingHands: When promoted to either Druid or Summoner, he gains the ability to use Staves. Due to his very high Magic, training him up in staff use is a ''very'' good idea.

* LethalJokeCharacter: His rather awful stats and worse growths tend to result in players deriding him as worthless--however, he happens to be ''the'' fastest and easiest way to access Summoner, which makes him one of the game's best utility characters due to his ability to bait enemy attacks.

* GlassCannon: Minor case. Saleh's HP is only average and his Defense is quite lackluster, but he has such high Skill that he'll be able to whip out ''many'' critical attacks. Even if he doesn't, he has plenty of Magic and can damage the enemy nicely.

** As Myrrh is a flying manakete, she is weak to bows like all fliers. Her Defense quickly snowballs to the point where basic bows will do practically nothing to her even ''without'' the Fili Shield, but higher-end bows can still pose a massive threat. She also would do well to steer clear of Druids carrying Luna.

* DemonSlaying: In ''TSS'' her Dragonstone turns her into a ''very'' effective monster killer; give her a few levels and only the toughest enemies in Darkling Woods will give her trouble. (Unless they have [[AchillesHeel bows]].)

** Outside of her (admittedly hefty) Dragonstone passive stats, her initial statline is ''crap'' (her highest non-HP stat is a whopping 7 RES, and most everything else is below 5); however, she possesses some of the most absurd growths in the entire franchise (including an absolutely absurd '''150%''' growth rate on DEF, meaning she has a coinflip chance of gaining 2 defense per level!) and unlike [[Characters/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade a certain Swordmaster]], she has actual levels in which to use them. You still need to be careful training her with her limited-use stone, but odds are she'll be able to dunk on fools in the endgame come level 10 or so.

** What she eventually turns into, given her growths. Once she gets some real levels on her, the only things that can really ''threaten'' her are [[AntiAir Silver Bows]] and [[ArmorPiercingAttack Luna tomes]]. Monsters and dudes with melee weapons don't have much of a chance.

* TooAwesomeToUse: She is an extremely powerful character, but she requires her dragonstone to attack. It has fifty uses and counterattacks against enemies also count. There is no way to repair it (outside of a [[GoodBadBugs Good Bad Bug]]) and there is only one of them, so once it's used fifty times, she becomes completely useless. Thankfully, ''Heroes'' averts this.

* OptionalBoss: In ''both'' of his appearance as a boss, no less. ''All'' bosses in a HoldTheLine mission are optional, but since the computer is pouring in ''swarms'' of promoted units from where Riev is standing, he's particularly hard to reach. Defeating him in this mission rewards you with his spellbook, the very powerful Aura, before you normally get it. In Chapter 20, he is standing a few spaces away from the gate, meaning that you are never forced to fight him ''at all'' if you so choose.

* YouCantThwartStageOne: When he is killed, he tells the heroes that ther are too late to stop the Demon King from returning.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler:He was a mere {{Jerkass}} in the beginning, but once he got his hands on [[EvilWeapon Duessel's cursed lance]] to defend himself in battle after his weapon was broken, he became ten thousand times worse.]]

* {{Irony}}: Out of the Creature Campaign's unlockable characters... he's the ''only'' one who didn't die in the game.

* MsFanservice: A very good-looking ActionGirl with dark and mysterious features, [[SugarAndIcePersonality a hidden soft side]], and [[ShesGotLeg quite the leg]], to boot.

* FragileSpeedster: So fast that she can feasibly double with Steel Lances even with her low Constitution, but a bit on the frail side. She turns into more of a LightningBruiser after promotion.

* WouldntHitAGirl: In the localized version, he won't hit Natasha, so she can walk up to him without fear of him retaliating.

* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Played for laughs, in that his complaints within L'arachel's group are always ignored.

** In ''TSS'', as Myrrh is a ''flying'' manakete, she is weak to bows just like most other fliers. Avoid them like the black death, as the effective bonus (2x damage) and Myrrh's low speed is enough for her to be doubled and killed by most enemy archers. She also would do well to steer clear of Druids carrying Luna.

** What she can eventually turn into, given her growths. Once she gets some real levels on her, the only thing that can really ''threaten'' her are bows. Monsters and dudes with melee weapons don't have much of a chance.

* TooAwesomeToUse: She is an extremely powerful character, but she requires her dragonstone to attack. It has fifty uses and counterattacks against enemies also count. There is no way to repair it (outside of a [[GoodBadBugs Good Bad Bug]]) and there is only one of them, so once it's used fifty times, she becomes completely useless. Happily, as so often happens, ''Heroes'' averts this.

* LightningBruiser: She's naturally prone to ending up this way most of the time, a rarity among Pegasus Knights.

* EleventhHourRanger: A subversion from the usual in the series; she is the last unit in the main story you recruit, but with 4 chapters still to go.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: A decent unit in her own right, in-game Syrene is sadly overshadowed by two pegasus knights that have much more room to grow. Not helping things is that she joins near the climax. Unless Vanessa and Tana have been neglected, there is no real reason to use her.

* LightningBruiser: While Gerik is extremely balanced at the outset, he rapidly grows to be downright ''godly''.

* MsFanservice: Lets see; she's extremely good-looking, has dark and mysterious features, kicks tons of ass, is [[SugarAndIcePersonality cool and sexy yet has a soft side]], has pink hair, and apparently has amazing legs? Aw yeah!

* PlayingWithFire: Starts using a Fire tome. It should be noticed that he loses the ability to use Anima magic if he promotes into a Shaman... and ''gains it back'' if you promote him into a Druid.

* CountryMouse: He and Glen, in their backstory. They were from the countryside, working in their parents's fields and becoming very skilled in chasing animals away. They were taken in by the military after they threw stones at a bunch of stray dogs that were hounding Vigarde's crew.

* GlassCannon: His Speed and strength is tremendous, but his Resistance is very poor, and though he has a great base, he won't advance his defenses far, with a 25% growth.

* ConvenientReplacementCharacter: Between his very high ranking [[WalkingArmory across all melee weapons]], canto ability, and [[MightyGlacier all-around high base stats barring Speed]],[[note]]Which can be compensated with [[InfinityPlusOneSword Garm]]'s Speed bonus.[[/note]] Duessel could effectively replace any melee unit that's been [[{{Permadeath}} killed off]] or has [[CantCatchUp fallen behind]]. Especially convenient is this timing of when he joins: immediately before one of the toughest chapters in the game, on Ephiriam's route.

* FourStarBadass: He's a Great Knight, has high HP, can't be affected by bows, and is bold enough to speak his mind against Vigarde.

* ArcherArchetype: He joins Seth as one of Eirika's main advisers on strategy and tactics, and is kind-hearted but notably haughty and [[NoSocialSkills can't have a proper conversation to save his life]]. His artwork also shows him as being very slender, and Eirika tells him that he needs to stay behind her in a support conversation.

* NiceGuy: He has the largest support pool besides Ephraim and Eirika, composed of the most standoffish, prickly, or otherwise unapproachable people -- with [[IncrediblyLamePun Ice affinities]], to boot. [[EmotionlessGirl Marisa]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Innes]] are the most obvious, but [[ShrinkingViolet Artur and Natasha]] as well. It appears that he '''actively''' seeks out withdrawn people to talk to.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Rather, he was given a Silver Sword against [[spoiler:Valter's]] Killer Lance resulting in a blatantly one-sided battle that belies Glen's stats, which are worthy of a man his rank. In-universe this can be excused as [[spoiler:Valter intended to kill Glen and came prepared while Glen was caught completely off-guard.]]

%%* ShrinkingViolet: What he used to be.

%%* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Eirika.
%%* WellDoneSonGuy: To Vigarde.

* DefectorFromDecadence: She's clearly disgusted with Gheb's cruelty and clearly has doubts about the propaganda she was led to be; actually talking to Franz or either of the Renais twins is enough to get her to defect outright.

* UniqueEnemy: As an enemy unit, Rennac is the only enemy rogue in the entire game, appearing in one chapter of both routes and can be recruited. This is possibly because adding generic enemy ones would be unfair due to the class's innate ability.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: All of the trainees qualify to some degree or another in the series, but Amelia ''really'' deserves a mention due to [[DefectorFromDecadence the context she presents as]]. When you recruit her, she's meant to be nothing more than CannonFodder for Grado to send at its troops, with Amelia believing in the propaganda given the villainized accounts of Ephraim and Eirika's heroics. Upon realizing there's more to it than it seems, she defects, and can go from a weakling into an utter powerhouse who can, depending on your playthrough and route, not only slaughter most of Grado's generals by herself but ''[[KingSlayer kill their king]]'' and potentially be the one to ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu seal away Formortiis for good]]''. By this point, she had fully realized her desire to be a hero to protect the one's she loved, likely being freakishly strong at this point.

* BodyguardCrush: If she develops feelings for Forde or [[HeroesWantRedheads Seth]].

* HeroesWantRedheads: Seth if she gets a A-Support with him.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Joshua has red hair and L'Arachel, Natasha, and Marisa are all potential {{love interest}}s, though only the latter two get an ending with him.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Both of her love interests, Seth or Joshua, are redhead men.

* BellyDancer: Unlike the other dancers, she's the odd one out because of her belly dancing.

* HiddenBuxom: {{Downplayed|trope}}. Her original and ''Heroes'' artworks don't leave all that much room for doubt already, but her Hallowee outfit sports a form-fitting lab coat which shows off her assets much more definitively.

* HiddenBuxom: Her Halloween alt in Heroes sports a form-fitting lab coat which shows her to be rather well-endowed.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Instead of staying idly in her castle, she travels the lands in search of heroic deeds, and has a big role in solving the problems of ths story.