Characters of Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a tactical role-playing video game developed by Intelligent Systems and Koei Tecmo's Kou Shibusawa and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It was released worldwide on July 26, 2019. It is the sixteenth entry in the Fire Emblem series and the first one for home consoles since Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, originally released in 2007.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses takes place on the continent of Fódlan, which is divided into three ruling powers. The game's main protagonist, Byleth, acts as a teacher at the Garreg Mach Monastery. They can teach for one of the three powers' classes: The Blue Lions, who are associated with the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus, the Golden Deer, associated with the Leicester Alliance, and the Black Eagles, associated with the Adrestian Empire. The game's main plot features multiple different story paths after a five-year timeskip, during which Byleth may either ally with one of the three powers or the Monastery.
Development
Chinatsu Kurahana served as the game's lead character designer. She was chosen due to his prior work on Uta no Prince-sama, with the style employed there being used to help reinforce the "glamorous, aristocratic society" the various noble characters lived in. She directly influenced many design aspects of the various characters. The youth of the students was also a focus, with the game being built around their growth. The calendar system was also implemented into the game to make it so players had to pick and choose what they wanted to do and which characters they wished to interact with. The concept art for the game was contractually done by Kazuma Koda, known for his previous concept art of Bayonetta 2 and Nier: Automata. The game was primarily developed by Koei Tecmo, whose Scenario Team constructed much of the story's plot. While the Adrestian Empire acts as a primarily antagonistic faction, their presence in Garreg Mach as one of the three houses was used to highlight the peace that existed prior to the war.Compared to previous games in the series, Three Houses was designed with the intention of getting to know every character equally, unlike past Fire Emblem games where characters are met one after another throughout the course of the plot. This new system allowed the player to explore each character's backstory with greater depth than in past installments. The time skip was based on the one featured in Genealogy of the Holy War, which was chosen to allow for greater focus on the characters being forced to turn and fight against each other.
Main characters
Byleth
Byleth is the player avatar and main protagonist. Unlike in past games in the series, Byleth's appearance cannot be customized, but Byleth can be either male or female. Byleth is a stoic, emotionally distant mercenary who works with their father, Jeralt. After saving the nobles Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude from an ambush, Byleth joins the Garreg Mach Monastery as a teacher alongside Jeralt. Byleth has a mysterious voice in their head, named Sothis, who is capable of rewinding time. Depending on who Byleth makes allegiances with during the game, they can have a variety of different endings. They can also engage in romantic relationships with other characters via the in-game support system.Byleth reappears in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, an alternate timeline of Three Houses. They act in an antagonistic role, nearly killing the game's protagonist Shez at the start of the game. Depending on the actions taken by Shez, Byleth can either stay an enemy or be recruited as an ally. Byleth, in both genders, appears in the mobile game Fire Emblem Heroes. Both genders have numerous alternate costumes in game. Byleth also appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a downloadable DLC fighter, and later received an amiibo.
Sothis
Sothis is a mysterious girl who appears inside of Byleth's head. She is initially amnesiac, but has the power to turn back time. It is eventually revealed that Sothis is actually the progenitor god, who was implanted inside of Byleth when they were born in an attempt to resurrect her. An attempt to revive Sothis is made during the events of the game, but is interrupted by the arrival of Edelgard. She eventually merges her soul with Byleth's, no longer appearing before them. Sothis's child-like appearance was chosen to represent the fact she was half-way to being brought back, with her being unable to fully restore herself.In Three Hopes, Sothis is capable of controlling Byleth's body, and does so on several occasions. Depending on the route, she either joins Shez alongside Byleth, or dies with them. Sothis appears in Fire Emblem Heroes, where she is a "Mythic Hero." She also appears in several alternative costumes. Sothis also appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where she appears in Byleth's Final Smash and as an unlockable Spirit, an in-game collectable. She also appears in Byleth's reveal trailer.
Golden Deer
Claude von Riegan
Claude, true name Khalid, is the house leader of the Golden Deer, hailing from the Leicester Alliance. He was born in the neighboring nation of Almyra, but moved to the Leicester Alliance during his childhood. He seeks to open up Fódlan to the wider world to encourage a more open environment. Despite appearing very laidback, he is a cunning strategist. He later reappears in Three Hopes and Heroes, and appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a collectable spirit in his designs from before and after the timeskip.Marianne von Edmund
Marianne is a member of the Golden Deer. She bears a Crest- a sigil passed down within a given family often enabling special powers- that allows her to communicate with animals. Throughout much of the game, she suffers from severe self-loathing and depression. Her ultimate fate has multiple different outcomes. She reappears in Fire Emblem Heroes.Other members
Other members of the Golden Deer include:Hilda Valentine Goneril
A lazy student who frequently manipulates other students into doing more strenuous tasks for her, and sister to Holst Sigiswald Goneril, a high-ranking commander in the alliance army who appears in Three Hopes. She acts as Claude's retainer in many situations.
Lysithea von Ordelia
A girl with two crests, which has drastically shortened her lifespan. She was added to Heroes alongside Bernadetta, Annette, and Ferdinand in the harmony amid chaos banner, she also won choose your legends 4 alongside Edelgard Dimitri and Claude and got a brave alt because of it.
Leonie Pinelli
A girl who idolizes Jeralt and trains to be as strong as him.
Lorenz Hellman Gloucester
A haughty and snobbish young man with an inflated ego.
Raphael Kirsten
A friendly optimistic student who loves to eat and train
Ignatz Victor
A polite and kind boy who is friends with Raphael ignatz is a skilled artist and wants to become a painter
Blue Lions
Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd
Dimitri is the crown prince of the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus and leader of the Blue Lions. In his youth, he met and befriended Edelgard, and was later the sole survivor of the Tragedy of Duscur. When his Kingdom retaliated against Duscur, he saved the life of Dedue Molinaro, who became his retainer. Dimitri is chivalrous and kind, but becomes filled with bloodlust during battle. Following the timeskip, Dimitri suffers a mental breakdown, becoming practically insane in his efforts to kill Edelgard, with whom he is at war. His ultimate fate depends on the actions of Byleth during the war. He later reappears in Three Hopes and Heroes, and appears as a collectable Spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.Other members
Other members of the Blue Lions include:Dedue Molinaro
Dimitri's retainer. A former resident of Duscur who was saved by Dimitri. Despite his gruff appearance, he enjoys cooking and tending to flowers. In the Azure Moon Route, after the timeskip, he is said to be dead, and will only cease to appear post-timeskip if the player did not complete his paralogue.
Felix Hugo Fraldarius
A sarcastic and cynical student who has a strong distaste in honor and chivalry. He enjoys fighting and sparring, along with spicy food. While he is shown to dislike sweets, support conversations with Lysithea say differently. He also is shown to dislike his father, for a statement said after his brother's death which caused him to become cynical and cold.
Sylvain Jose Gautier
A student who attempts to flirt with many other female students.
Ashe Ubert
An optimistic young boy.
Mercedes von Martritz
A positive and highly religious girl.
Annette Fantine Dominic
A cheerful and positive cook.
Ingrid Brandl Galatea
A girl who dreams of becoming a knight of Faerghus.