Fire Emblem Elibe/The Lords

Eliwood of Pherae
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, Old Retainer 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.

"Class: Lord (FE7), Paladin (FE6)"


 * Badass Normal: He's never even been on the battlefield before, and yet can hold his own against enemies while still appearing graceful in combat.
 * Birds of a Feather: In his supports with Fiora.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Calling The Old Woman Out: Not his own, but in what is probably his greatest display of Badassery, he 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.
 * Disappeared Dad: His adventure is kickstarted when Elbert disappears...
 * Doomed by Canon: Whoever he is paired with is dead by 6.
 * Early-Bird Cameo: When he in Lyn's Tale.
 * Fragile Speedster
 * Lightning Bruiser: If raised properly and/or the RNG doesn't fuck you up.
 * Future Badass: Becomes ruler of Pherae and a well-respected voice in the Lycian League.
 * The Heart: In Hector's story especially, though here he's also...
 * The Lancer: Sharing a Co-Lancer position with Oswin (both are the Blue Oni to Hector's Red Oni), and also due to being the Deuteragonist of the arc.
 * The Hero
 * Heroes Prefer Swords
 * Royal Rapier
 * Heroic BSOD: Has two: one when, and another when . 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.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Hector.
 * Honour Before Reason
 * Incorruptible Pure Pureness: When you can, then you know you're at least on the way towards this trope.
 * Knight in Shining Armour: 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...
 * Knight in Sour Armour, instead. He doesn't go to the extreme, thankfully.
 * Nobles Who Actually Do Something
 * Nice Guy
 * Redheaded Hero
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue to Hector's Red, despite what their hair would make you think.
 * Reluctant Warrior: 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.
 * Rousseau Was Right: He seems to believe this, even after meeting many evil or unstable people on his journey..
 * Spoilers from Fuuin follow:
 * Say My Name
 * Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The sensitive guy to Hector's manly man.
 * Tier-Induced Scrappy: Metagamers tend to dislike him for his oh-so-very balanced growths.
 * Tender Tears
 * The Wise Prince: A textbook example.
 * The Wise Prince: A textbook example.

Hector of Ostia
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.

"Class: Lord (FE7), General (FE6)"

"Eliwood: We’ve been sparring once every two months since we were twelve, and of 30 matches, 14 I won, 12 I lost, and 4 were draws.
 * An Axe to Grind
 * Animal Motifs: Though implied rather lightly, his can be considered to be the Big Badass Wolf.
 * Badass
 * Badass Beard: In the Where Are They Now? Epilogue.
 * Prior to that, his B support with Eliwood clairvoyantly lampshades said future beard.
 * Big Brother Instinct: Develops one of these towards Nils.
 * Bruiser With a Soft Centre: He can seem careless and brusque at first, but he's quite a nice guy so long as you don't give him reason to dislike you. His friends tease him for it, to the point of it being a Running Gag - when he apologises to the Tactician (in his own route) for his hasty judgement of his/her abilities, the unheard response to it leads to him complaining: "Why does no one think I've got anything nice to say?!"
 * Doomed by Canon: His wife, just like Eliwood..
 * Early-Bird Cameo: He is in a house on the right side of the level where Nils first joins the team. Of course, if you have one of two certain characters move on to the space where that house is located, then the scene has different dialogue.
 * Everybody Hates Mathematics:

Hector: Erh? I think not! I recall 31 matches--an even 13-13 split, with 5 draws!

Eliwood: Yes, well, you recall wrong. I’m in the right.

Hector: Hmph. And what makes you so certain?

Eliwood: Whose snoring was it that shook the rafters in number class?

Hector: Ah, good point."

"Hannah: Hee hee hee... A world of trouble you've landed yourself in, yes?
 * Expy: Once you look into it, you'll realize he has a lot of similarities to Lex from Genealogy of the Holy War. Blue hair? Check. An Axe to Grind? Check. Hot-Blooded? Check. Leeroy Jenkins? Check. Vaguely rebellious noble? Check.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: Him and Eliwood.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Knight in Sour Armour: 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!
 * The Lancer: In Eliwood's story.
 * The Hero: In his own.
 * Leeroy Jenkins: 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..."
 * Mighty Glacier: If the RNG screws you up.
 * Lightning Bruiser: If it doesn't.
 * Nobles Who Actually Do Something
 * Overprotective Dad: Read his and Eli's B support and you'll know why.
 * Papa Wolf: Never ever slight one of his friends. And this doesn't only extend to Eliwood or Lyn, either. After all, he straight-up tells that he hasn't forgiven, and says he'll kill him with his own hands if he steps out of line.
 * Parental Abandonment: His parents died of tuberculosis when he was a child, so his brother became a surrogate parent to him..
 * Pet the Dog: 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.
 * Precision F-Strike: Never lets loose any major swear words, but he curses quite a lot in the story and is pretty creative with insults.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red Oni to Eliwood, Oswin, and Uther.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: Hector is hot blooded, his older brother Uther is stoic and snarky.
 * Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The manly man to Eliwood's sensitive guy.
 * Also played for laughs when they first meet Hannah.

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."


 * Spanner in the Works: Nergal himself admits that Hector choosing to aid Eliwood's search was the determining factor in his defeat.
 * Tranquil Fury: "You see, I'm about as angry as I've ever been."
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: 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.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Lyndis "Lyn" of Caelin (and the Lorca)
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 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"

"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."
 * Action Girl
 * Badass
 * Berserk Button: The Talliver Bandits, who slaughtered her people, are a major one, as are most bandits and pirates; she's initially pissed when Eliwood even considers asking pirates for help getting to the Dread Isle (later though, she acknowledges that Fargus' crew are genuinely "good people" despite their profession).
 * BFS: The Sol Katti, her ultimate weapon.
 * Bokukko
 * But Not Too Foreign: Half-Lycian, half-Sacaean.
 * Captain Obvious: Why yes, my dear girl, 1000 years is a very long time!
 * The Chosen One: At least when it comes to sacred swords…
 * Dead Guy, Junior: Named for her grandfather's late wife.
 * Doomed by Canon: Caelin doesn't exist in 6, so all her endings involve it being folded into Ostia. Lyn's ultimate fate is unstated, however.
 * Doomed Hometown: Her people were nomads, so the eradication of all but a few Lorca was essentially this for her.
 * Fragile Speedster: Can end up as this, depending on how good the Random Number God is to you.
 * Jiggle Physics: When wielding the Sol Katti; this animation didn't exist in the Japanese version, so you can thank the translators for that.
 * The Hero: In her quest.
 * The Smart Girl: In both Eliwood & Hector's stories.
 * Heroes Prefer Swords
 * Bow and Sword In Accord: Upon promotion.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Florina..
 * Hot Amazon
 * Hot Chick with a Sword
 * Iaijutsu Practitioner: 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.
 * Infinity-1 Sword: The Mani Katti may not be statistically as uber as some of the late game weapons, but it's damned close: Armor- and calvary-slaying abilities, high durability, is pretty much the reason Lyn is known for flinging critical hits, and for ranked runs, it costs nothing from the Funds rank. It even gets repaired for free in the interim between chapters 10 and 11.
 * Infinity+1 Sword: Sadly inverted; the Sol Katti is pretty disappointing.
 * Nice Girl: Lyn is constantly described as kind, and she does indeed go out of her way to help those in need without any request for compensation. The only people she's unkind to are lawless criminals (due to her Doomed Hometown, and even then she recognises there are good people among them), and people who hurt or oppress those in need.
 * Nobles Who Actually Do Something
 * Proud Warrior Race Girl: The moment Marquess Araphen began insulting her heritage, she decided his help wasn't worth the trouble.
 * Rebellious Princess: Somewhat. She does make an effort to please the Caelin court, but ultimately can't let go of her Sacaen instincts.
 * Rescue Romance: If you pair her with Rath.
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Wants to massacre the malicious Taliver bandits in retribution for the deaths of her family and fellow tribespeople..
 * Slap Slap Kiss: Her relationship with Hector, which can evolve into romance if she has an A Support with him.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The Tomboy to Florina and Ninian's Girly Girls.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: If she and Hector don't develop any romance, then they become these.
 * What Beautiful Eyes!: What Wallace says, word for word, upon seeing her.


 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Dark green hair.