History Characters / FireEmblemThreeHousesDimitri

* RouteBoss: In ''Three Houses'', he’s fought in White Clouds (outside his own path), Crimson Flower, and Verdant Wind. In ''Three Hopes'', he’s fought in Chapter 9 of Scarlet Blaze.

* HurtingHero: From the outset, Dimitri's trauma stemming from witnessing his loved ones killed in the Tragedy of Duscur and his own hatred of killing causes him no end of psychological and emotional pain. After the timeskip, it gets worse.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Not during the present, but there was a bit of this when he was younger. During his C-support with Catherine, Dimitri mentions he never forgot her first words to him: "Look at that young maiden wielding a giant lance. How adorable!", and how furious he'd been at the time (but not anymore). Catherine says she didn't know he was the prince — which later earned her a reprimand from her father — and that his hairstyle at the time threw her off. As seen with an Azure Moon route flashback of Edelgard teaching him how to dance when they were kids, his hair ''was'' a bit long and dainty for a boy.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Of the main protagonists, he is the only one who never makes certain discoveries about the backstory, such as [[spoiler:the Children of the Goddess, the true origins of the Heroes' Relics, and the truth about those who slither in the dark]]. He only learns a small amount in his supports with Hapi, but even then, Dimitri is only told a small portion of the greater history. Meanwhile and outside of his own route, Dimitri never gets to uncover the truth behind the Tragedy of Duscur, meaning he [[spoiler:ultimately perishes fully believing Edelgard had a hand in said slaughter rather than his stepmother (and by proxy, Cornelia)]].

* AchievementsInIgnorance: In Azure Moon, [[spoiler:by killing Cornelia, Lord Arundel, and potentially [[SkippableBoss My]][[BossInMooksClothing son]], Dimitri and his friends in their missions to free Faerghus from Imperial regime and take down some of the Empire's generals also take down some of Those Who Slither in the Dark's highest ranking generals as well as the instigators of the Tragedy of Duscur without even knowing about their existence.]]

* BladeOnAStick: He wields lances in battle. His House even specializes in them.

* OneManArmy: After the timeskip, [[spoiler:he ventures into Imperial territory to slaughter entire battalions on his lonesome in his delirious rage. Each of his victims [[CruelAndUnusualDeath died such gruesome and painful deaths]] that people could scarcely believe it was done with human hands]].

* CrimeOfSelfDefense: Self-inflicted. On Azure Gleam, he describes his killing of [[spoiler:his uncle Rufus]] as a cold-blooded murder. The fact that the "victim" led an armed insurrection against him, tried to kill one of his closest retainers, and used his subjects as meat shields is immaterial.

* SecretAIMoves: He has the General/Commander and Counterattack skills when fought as an enemy, which he cannot obtain under your command.

* BadassBaritone: Speaks in a noticeably deeper and more [[GutturalGrowler growling]] voice post time-skip.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the prince of Faerghus and unsurprisingly its strongest fighter. He's a master of both the sword and lance and freakishly strong to the point that even the nearly invincible Catherine declares him her equal.

* LoveYouAndEverybody: Dimitri ends up saying a variant of this to Flayn in their A+ Support where after Flayn reveals her fears of [[spoiler:never waking up from a deep sleep]] Dimitri reassures her that he cares about her and could never forget her.....and neither could all of their friends.
--> '''Flayn:''' [[ObliviousToLove You really do not pick up on subtle cues, do you?]]

* RememberedTooLate: [[spoiler:A variation in that he remembers but doesn't vocalize it. On the Verdant Wind route, as his allies die in front of him, he slowly seems to take in how much he cares for his friends. By the time he really has it settle in, he's alone and inevitably going to die. On Crimson Flower, however, his care for his friends seems to be intact, and he responds to their deaths with sorrow(Mercedes) thanking or praising them(Sylvain and Dedue as a human) or bitterly lamenting their passing(Demonic Beast Dedue).]]

* RememberedTooLate: [[spoiler:A variation in that he remembers but doesn't vocalize it. On non-Azure Moon routes, as his allies die in front of him, he slowly seems to take in how much he cares for his friends. By the time he really has it settle in, he's alone and inevitably going to die.]]

* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''Three Houses'' [[spoiler:Dimitri is guaranteed to die in all routes but his own]]. In ''Three Hopes'', [[spoiler:Dimitri gets to live all the way to the end of the story in all routes, including ''Scarlet Blaze'' and ''Golden Wildfire''. Notably, he is also the only lord who is guaranteed to make it to the end without ending up either dead or mentally incapacitated.]]

* TheMentallyDisturbed: He generally hides it well at first, but Dimitri is not mentally well. Byleth even notices ''something'' is off about Dimitri despite his outwardly kind behavior. As part one progresses, events cause him to slip deeper and deeper into more violent impulses [[spoiler:until the final reveal of Edelgard being the Flame Emperor breaks him completely. Post timeskip, on all routes except for Crimson Flowers, he has become completely deranged. And unless Byleth is there to help reign in his worst excesses, it leads to his eventual pointless death.]]

* CosmicMotif: Dimitri is closely associated with the moon. Besides his tendencies towards madness and cycling through strikingly different personalities based on his mental state, almost all of Dimitri's major scenes of character development happen at night, and most of them prominently feature a full or crescent moon. Dimitri's outfits furthermore tend to strikingly mix or alternate between black and silver. ''Three Hopes'' also confirms that thanks to his workaholic tendencies, Dimitri is known to the other Lions as a night owl active at all hours.

* SparedByAdaptation: In ''Three Houses'' [[spoiler:Dimitri is guaranteed to die in all routes but his own]]. In ''Three Hopes'', [[spoiler:Dimitri gets to live all the way to the end of the story in all routes, including ''Scarlet Blaze'' and ''Golden Wildfire''.]]

* BlueIsHeroic: Wears predominantly blue, and he starts off as a heroic individual. It's subverted in all routes other than the Crimson Flower route, as the events of Part I and the timeskip turn him into an antisocial vengeful madman bent on killing the Flame Emperor as painfully as possible; notably, [[spoiler:threatening to torture Randolph in his route]] is the only act a Lord character commits in any ''Fire Emblem'' game to be motivated by genuine sadism. On the Azure Moon route, [[spoiler:he double subverts this after Rodrigue's final words as he dies protecting him, which causes him to see what his anger is costing him and he decides to get his shit back together]]. In Crimson Flower he remains more or less the same as he was in the [[spoiler:Academy phase, but even then, the cracks of his hatred still get to appear, specially if you push him enough]].

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaitoIshikawa (Japanese), Creator/ChrisHackney (English)\\
'''Young Dimitri Voiced by:''' Mai Nishikawa (Japanese)

* PreFinalBoss: In Crimson Flower, he's the boss of the route's penultimate chapter and the game transitions directly into the final level rather than taking the player back to Garreg Mach like it usually does.

* TimeShiftedActor: In Japanese, he is voiced by Creator/MaiNishikawa instead of his normal voice actor Creator/KaitoIshikawa for flashbacks to his youth on Azure Moon.

* WeaponOfChoice: He's skilled with lances and swords, and is generally depicted with a lance in promo material.

* TarotMotifs: Dimitri represents the upright Strength arcana and the reversed Strength at different points, represented by the crest of Blaiddyd.

* LightningBruiser: He starts with an excellent 12 base strength, and even has the highest maximum Strength in the game out of the playable characters at 87, along with strong growths in Strength, Defense, Speed, and Dexterity, making him a monster in close combat. He also has relatively easy access to the Soldier-Cavalier-Paladin class line, which only further bolsters his ability to come in hard and fast. His only shortcomings are his terrible Magic and Resistance stats and growths, which leaves him vulnerable to magical bombardment by spellcasters and fares poorly as one himself. His final class, Great Lord, also gives him a whopping +4 modifier to his Speed, the same as Swordmasters.

* MagicallyIneptFighter: His Magic and Resistance growths are an abysmal 20%, but conversely, his physical-oriented growths are great to excellent, making him a LightningBruiser.

** ''Three Hopes'' downplays it in a different way. Dimitri's Azure Lightning infuses lightning into his lance strikes. While Dimitri never has his FreakOut in this timeline, he's still a bundle of pent up, often bloodthirsty, rage beneath his kingly demeanor, and certain characters refer to him as savage and animalistic. However, he rarely lets that side of himself slip through and generally presents himself very calmly and straight-laced.