Solm, the Queendom of Freedom
A desert nation located in southeastern Elyos. Said to be an open-minded country, with good relations with Firene. It's an independent nation ruled by Queen Seforia. They possess the rings of Emblems Ike and Corrin. The region of Solm also contains the mysterious Pale Sands, a small and reclusive Japanese-themed nation with its own independent monarchy that stays out of the affairs of both the rest of Solm and Elyos as a whole.
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Queendom of Solm in General
- Ambiguously Brown: The royal family members are definitely not white, due to their dark skin. Various players have read them as Black, Latin American, or Middle Eastern, or some combination. The queendom officially draws inspiration from Brazilian and Middle Eastern cultures, so they’re most likely coded as those, although Afro-Latino is still a possibility, given their Black voice actors in the English version.
- "Arabian Nights" Days: The kingdom draws inspiration from Middle Eastern countries with its architecture and desert setting.
- Beware the Nice Ones:
- Solm may be known as an open-minded and friendly nation, but they're not above sending out scouts to spy on the other three countries, and generally refuse to involve themselves in those nation's matters unless the situation absolutely calls for it (i.e. Sombron's return). As they see it, helping or being helped by another nation is simply cause for debts they don't want to be bound by. Summed up by Timerra:
Timerra: You scratch your own back, we'll scratch ours, thank you very much.- They've also managed to keep the Elusian army, the Corrupted, and even the Four Hounds from getting their Emblem Rings by the time Alear's group arrive, constantly fortifying their defenses and preparing for almost every possibility ever since Sombron's revival. Alear is left bewildered at how well Solm has been doing on its own despite the current circumstances.
- Blond, Brunette, Redhead: Both of the royals and their retainers follow this pattern, with Timerra and Fogado being brunette, Panette and Pandreo being redheads, and Merrin and Bunet being blond.
- Culture Chop Suey: The desert setting and general architecture of Solm very clearly draw on Middle Eastern cultures, but the character designs actually take inspiration from Latin American cultures, and the Solmic characters are all named after Italian foods. Furthermore, Kagetsu hails from a closed-off region of Solm known as Pale Sands which, if Kagetsu's appearance is anything to go by, is very clearly inspired by Japan.
- Debt Detester: In a sense, as Timerra notes that they're reluctant to get involved with other nations, and so will not ask for others' help lest they be obligated to help in return.
- Edible Theme Naming: Many of them are named after different types of primarily Italian desserts:
- Seforia is named after sfoglia, a puff pastry.
- Timerra is named after tiramisu (though this is more notable with her Japanese name, Misutira).
- Fogado is named after affogato.
- Pandreo and Panette are respectively named after pandoro and panettone (two types of sweet breads/cakes usually eaten for Christmas).
- Seadall is named after seadas, a Sardinian dessert filled with pecorino cheese and coated in honey (in fact, his Japanese name is Seadas).
- Merrin's name could be derived from meringues.
- Bunet is named after bonèt.
- Everybody Knew Already: When Alear tells them news of Sombron's return, Timerra casually reveals that the queendom already knew about it, namely from the intel gathered from their spies.
- Exotic Eye Designs: The Solmic royals all have starburst-shaped pupils. A Bond Conversation between Timerra and Lucina (where she points out the Mark of the Exalt in Lucina's pupil) notes that this isn't simply an art choice; the odd pupils are very much real and visible to other people in-universe.
- Fantasy Counterpart Culture:
- According to character designer Mika Pikazo
, the designs for the Solmic characters draw a lot of inspiration from Latin American culturesnote . - While it's never actually visited in the game, Pale Sands (the closed-off region of Solm that Kagetsu hails from) is a very obvious Expy of feudal Japan.
- According to character designer Mika Pikazo
- The Ghost: Timerra's and Fogado's father is mentioned to still be alive, and that he simply likes to travel around Solm like they do, but he never appears ingame. This actually makes Timerra and Fogado the only royals without a dead dad by the end of the game.
- Gratuitous Italian: Downplayed, but there are minimal Italian influences. For starters, every character originating from Solm is named after an Italian dessert, and Italian cuisine is present in Solm's section of the menu in the cafe. Timerra and Fogado will occasionally greet Alear with a "ciao" in their respective wake up events, with the former even saying it as her select quote in battle.
- Heroic Neutral: Sort of. Despite being an ally to Firene, they will only get involved in conflicts between other nations if they absolutely have to due to a dislike of owing debts.
- Matriarchy: In their nation, it is customary that the throne passes to the first princess instead of the first prince (and the queen's husband has the title of "Queen's Consort"). Downplayed to some degree, as there's no sign that women are otherwise preferred for positions of power; instead, the nation is known mostly for being very open-minded.
- Shifting Sand Land: Solm is a desert nation, complete with pits of quicksand and oases.
Royal Family
Seforia (Sfoglia)
Voiced by: Mika Kanda (Japanese), Afi Ekulona (English)
The queen of Solm, and Timerra and Fogado's mother.
- Beware the Nice Ones: She's kind and laidback for the most part, but shows a more forceful and stern side when dealing with Hortensia, who'd threatened to kill her. She also readily and smoothly lies to the party about her knowledge of the war and Sombron's return, until Fogado and Timerra decide it's beneficial to reveal the truth.
- Body Double: She notes that she has a few of her people ready to assume her identity for a time should a situation ever become so dire that she has to abandon the palace and wander the land incognito.
- Deconstructed Character Archetype: Of the Modest Royalty and Bunny-Ears Lawyer types. Several Fire Emblem games have at least one royal who is rather helpful towards the player - sometimes they're quirky, sometimes they're not, but they're always rather trusting. Seforia however showcases just how this can be taken advantage of - since Hortensia is able to waltz right on in to Solm Castle and hold her ransom - and all Hortensia needed to do was say she was with the Divine Dragon.
- Good Parents: Seforia is quite loving and doting towards her children, and lets them have plenty of freedom.
- Hands-Off Parenting: Downplayed. Seforia is still quite loving towards her kids, and doesn't mind that they're usually away from the palace for several days, reminiscing how she did the same thing when she was their age.
- The High Queen: The kind and benevolent Queen of Solm, who treats all of her subordinates, including the palace guards, like family.
- Parental Title Characterization: On the receiving end of this, since the fact that her children call her "Mom" instead of "Mother" or "the queen" says a lot about the kind of parent Seforia is. In fact, Seforia even scolds her son for trying to act too formal with her.
- Shared Family Quirks: She's every bit as eccentric, upbeat, fun-loving, and friendly as her son and daughter.
Timerra (Misutira)
See Main Characters
Fogado (Fogato)
Birthday: 2/14
Class: Sentinel > Cupido
Voiced by: KENN (Japanese), Zeno Robinson (English)
Affable Prince
The second prince of the Kingdom of Solm, and Timerra's younger brother. Because the Queen inherits the throne, he grew up even more freely than his sister, and he's optimistic and easygoing. It seems he's traveling the country to protect his people.
His personal skill, Charmer, reduces an enemy unit's Critical chance by -10 if Fogado enters combat with his most recent opponent.
- Attack Reflector: Fogado's promoted class skill, "Back At You", makes his counter-attacks also deal true damage equal to the damage he took from his attacker's hit. This is similar to the "Counter" skill from previous Fire Emblem games, but it's weaker in that Fogado has to hit his attacker with the reflected damage (and also has to be able to counter-attack in the first place).
- Be Careful What You Wish For: In the Fell Xenologue, Fogado reveals that the idea of meeting an alternate counterpart of himself was one he was all for, but he ends up dropping that when the one he does meet is far more malicious than he expected.
- Big Brother Instinct: In his case, it's more Little Brother Instinct. It's especially poignant in his Support conversations with Céline, where he notes that in order to back up his older sister in every way he can, he's trained himself to be stronger, more capable, and more pragmatic than Timerra. Both he and Céline note with wry amusement that on that level they are not so different; and, in order to back up their older siblings, both of them learned to be a lot more ruthless than them and are utterly at ease with such actions.
- Big Little Brother: He's noticeably taller than Timerra despite being one year younger than her, standing at 5'10" to his sister's 5'3".
- Commonality Connection: With Céline. Despite how differently they carry themselves, they have very similar backgrounds, and as a result they both understand the stresses that the other goes through, to the point that they outright complete each other's sentences in their A Support.
- Deconstructed Character Archetype: In the Fell Xenologue, Alternate Fogado's personality is quite similar to his mainstream counterpart... but as an evil character, you see just how creepy he could really be.
- Fragile Speedster: Fogado has a fantastic Speed growth, but his Strength is below average. He actually has a decent magic growth of 30 in Cupido, though, giving him a niche as a Radiant Bow user.
- Guile Hero: He's more clever than his laidback personality would suggest. His first act is actually to deceive Alear; admittedly, he does this as a Secret Test, to make sure they're actually the Divine Dragon and not a spy posing as them.
- Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: Inverted. They share the base class of Sentinel, but Timerra fights with lances while Fogado fights with bows. Although it's somewhat downplayed since Fogado's unique promoted class, Cupido, gives him access to swords.
- Handsome Lech: Invoked. Fogado has a reputation for being a flirt, as shown in his supports with Hortensia, but there's frequently some ulterior motive involved. Céline sees right through his flirty demeanor in their supports and instantly deduces that he's trying to probe her for royal secrets.
- Implied Death Threat: A mutual and oddly friendly example in his A Support with Céline. They both make it clear that neither of them would hesitate to use violence against the other if it meant protecting their countries and loved ones... which is why they agree that it would be in their best interest to stay friends with each other.Fogado: Good. Each of us knows what a monster the other can be.
Céline: It’s for that reason that I see any path putting us in conflict with Solm as risky indeed.
Fogado: In that case, let’s stay friends.
Céline: May we find a path forward. Together. - King Incognito: He meets the party when they arrive to Solm under the guise of an everyday patrolman in order to confirm whether Alear is actually the Divine Dragon, not revealing his true identity until after they arrive at the palace. And similar to how Timerra met her retainers, Fogado became friends with Pandreo without the latter knowing of his identity as a prince.
- Lost in Translation: One of Fogado's dislikes in the Japanese version is swimming, and is even stated to be incapable of it. All references to this are omitted in (at least) the English version, with his dislike being fishing instead. Despite this, he is still seen standing inside the pool in the Somniel during a refresh in that spot, which remains the only remnant of his initial dislike left over from the Japanese version.
- My Beloved Smother: Played for Laughs: When talking about Seforia, he refers to her as "the Queen". When he does so within earshot of her, however, she scolds him for not calling her mom, and compares him to a teenager trying to appear cool and detached.Fogado: I was just doing what any prince would do for his queen.
Seforia: That's "Mom" to you. My son—always tries to act so cool, so detached. - Not Distracted by the Sexy: Played for Laughs in his C support with Rosado.Fogado: All right. You are… How to put it? As lovely as a delicate blossom in a Solmic Oasis.
Rosado: That’s a little better. So, am I the cutest you’ve ever seen?
Fogado: Hm? Oh, no. Definitely not.
Rosado: What? - Oh, Crap!: When his alternate counterpart gleefully declares his intention to Kill and Replace him in the Fell Xenologues, this Fogado's expression instantly shifts from uncomfortable to shocked.
- Plot Armor: In Classic Mode, he won't initially die if his HP drops to 0, due to his story presence being necessary in certain cutscenes — namely, to escort Alear and co. to Solm Palace. However, after he's fulfilled this purpose, he is then fair game for permadeath should he fall in battle.
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner:"Time to party!"
"Let's have some fun!"
"Just how I like it!"
"No escape for you!" - Recurring Element: Fogado is the game's mounted Archer who can later get swords as a backup weapon, just like Rath from The Blazing Blade. He even hides his pedigree like Rath does, though not for very long.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: As a member of the Sentinels, he constantly patrols Solm in order to protect the people of his kingdom, and this attitude continues once he joins the main heroes on the Somniel. In fact, several of his Supports (particularly Hortensia's) show just how seriously he takes his role as a member of the Sentinels and his role as a protector of the people.
- Stepford Smiler: While Fogado puts on a happy-go-lucky act, he's constantly worried for the well-being of those around him. He mainly plays into the act so that others won't be disheartened at seeing their prince show vulnerability. Although a number of characters (Such as Céline or Pandreo) manage to see through it.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: He's tall, has dark skin and hair, and he's incredibly handsome to boot.
- Twinkle Smile: Flashes one at the end of his introductory cutscene to emphasize his charming personality.
Retainers and Others
Merrin
Birthday: 9/24
Class: Wolf Knight
Voiced by: Nanako Mori (Japanese), Cristina Valenzuela (English)
Suave Knight
Merrin is a royal knight from Solm, and Timerra's retainer. She's a knight with a fresh and extravagant vibe, who tries to look good every day. Loves all animals, especially rare beasts, and gets fully immersed when seeing them.
Her personal skill, Knightly Escort, gives +5 Accuracy and Avoid to Merrin and two female allies if they are within two spaces near her.
- Animal Lover: Merrin is stated to love all kinds of animals, with special mention going to rare beasts.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: As an Animal Lover, Merrin can sometimes get distracted if she finds a rare animal. For example, when she defeats an opponent, she'll sometimes say "Ooh! I just spotted a rare bug!"
- Badass Adorable: Merrin is a strong wolf-riding knight who strives to look cool at the same time. But underneath that, she's an endearing young woman who really loves animals.
- Bifauxnen: She's fairly androgynous looking with a low and Tomboyish voice, and refers to herself as "boku". She also flirts with some of the female characters in a distinctly gentlemanly fashion, and other characters admire her for her cool and knightly demeanor.
- Boyish Short Hair: Wears her hair extremely short.
- Casual Danger Dialogue: She likes to make up monologues and witty things to say during battle. Yunaka is not pleased, to say the least.
- Commonality Connection: With Chloe; they both became royal knights of their respective nations, sworn to the service of their nation's princess, by unknowingly saving the life of their princess (who was in disguise at the time). They both acknowledge and bond over this experience.
- Dork Knight: She looks intimidating riding around on a giant wolf, but her dialogue reveal a rather endearing desire with looking cool, and will sometimes praise herself after she gets a kill because she looked cool while doing it (or, alternatively, immediately become distracted by a rare bug)."That was cool, was it not?"
- Idiot Hair: She sports an ahoge on the top of her head.
- The Knights Who Say "Squee!": Not as exaggerated as, say, Framme, but Merrin is utterly delighted to find herself an ally of the Divine Dragon — albeit more so for the 'Dragon' part than the 'Divine'.
- Lady Looks Like a Dude: Thanks to her physique and short hair contributing to her rather androgynous look.
- Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: She's the Masculine Girl to Rosado's Feminine Boy. In their Supports, they compete with each other on deciding whether cool or cute is the better style.
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner:"Let's have some fun!"
"Farewell to you!"
"Now I'm mad!"
"I will strike you down!" - Rebellious Princess: While not royalty, Merrin was next in line to take her mother's place as the matriarch of her village. Not wanting to lead that life, she ran away into the desert. By chance, she befriended a free-spirited young woman riding on a wolf. After spending some time together, Merrin told the young woman her life story and explained that her lifelong dream was to become a knight, but her background made that impossible. The young woman then asked Merrin if she really, truly wanted to become a knight. When Merrin said yes, the woman took out her sword and knighted Merrin right then and there. As it turns out, the young woman was in truth the crown princess Timerra, and Merrin has been in her service ever since.
- Undying Loyalty: To Timerra. Not only did Timerra's free-spirited nature win her over, but she turned Merrin's dream of becoming a knight into a reality.
- Weak, but Skilled: Merrin's growths favor Dexterity and Speed, amplified by her starting class of Wolf Knight boosting said growths, but her Strength is fairly low. However, her high Speed and Dexterity allow her to use skills consistently, and she's one of the fastest units in the game, so she can double enemies often to make up for her low Strength. Her low Build growth can make her choice in weapons difficult, but with her high Speed, she can potentially ignore it.
- What the Hell, Hero?: On the receiving end in her bond conversation with Dimitri. When she says she would gladly lay down her life for her princess, he snaps at her that death is not a virtue. In their A Bond Conversation, they both apologize and she agrees that as a knight she should strive to continue to live and serve instead.
Panette (Panettone)
Birthday: 10/23
Class: Berserker
Voiced by: Yukina Shutou (Japanese), Melissa Hutchison (English)
Classy Brawler
A royal knight from Solm, one of Timerra's retainers, and Pandreo's little sister. She's extremely polite with her words. Despite her refined manners, she has unique tastes, such as a fondness of ghosts and insects.
Her personal skill, Blood Fury, gives Panette an extra +10 Critical chance whenever she's not at full HP.
- Affectionate Nickname: Despite Panette's efforts to act the part of a proper lady, she rather informally refers to Timerra as "the boss."
- Badass Adorable: Though she presents herself as a refined proper lady, she can also tear apart her enemies with her axe skills all the same.
- Barbarian Hero: Panette's starting class is Berserker and, despite her best efforts, she has a lot of trouble fitting into high-class society.
- Beneath the Mask: If her personal skill being called Blood Fury didn't tip you off, Panette's polite, ladylike demeanor is entirely an act that she puts on because she believes that her real, punk-like personality would humiliate the royal family.
- Commonality Connection: With Amber. The two of them are both considered oddballs in their own right, so they find quite a bit to bond over.
- Critical Hit Class: Her personal skill, Blood Fury, boosts her critical rate by 10 when she's below full HP.
- Cynic–Idealist Duo: It's subtle, but Panette and her brother have different perspectives on faith. Panette is pretty jaded towards religion in general, taking issue with Pandreo working for the church in their C support. Pandreo on the other hand is a deeply devout, if very unconventional, priest whose faith kept him going after their parents disappeared.
- Declaration of Protection: Makes one to Pandreo in their A support.Pandreo: Panette, listen. I need you to survive this war. I... I can’t bear to lose any more of my family.
Panette: Duh. I’m not gonna go dying on you. In fact, I’ll do you one better. I’ll save your priestly hide too. - Dub Name Change: Her Japanese name is Panettone, the very dessert she is named after.
- Expy: Of Charlotte from Fire Emblem Fates, being an axe-wielding girl with a seemingly demure demeanor who has a much more crude and rowdy true personality. Bonus points for also being a retainer to the heir to their country.
- Family Theme Naming: She and her brother Pandreo are named after two Italian Christmas desserts: panettone and pandoro.
- Fed to the Beast: Panette met Timerra while the former was about to feed a group of tied-up bandits to wild wolves, although Panette insists she was just trying to give them a scare.
- Fiery Redhead: She's a redhead who's very aggressive in battle.
- Former Teen Rebel: Panette used to be a drifter with a lot of pent-up anger at the world, but decided to adopt a more high-class manner of language and behavior after befriending Timerra. It's actually subverted, as she's still just as Hot-Blooded as she used to be underneath.
- Girl with Psycho Weapon: Panette dresses and acts in a refined manner, but she starts out as an axe-wielding Berserker.
- Glasgow Grin: She has tattoos on either side of her mouth that seem to go in the same direction as her current expression.
- Glass Cannon: Panette has incredible Strength, and her HP grows quite quickly thanks to her Berserker class; however, her Dexterity and Speed growths are below average, and her Defense and Resistance are both quite low. Must run in the family, considering that her brother is in the same boat.
- Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Panette has the closest thing to an Atomic F-Bomb in Engage, when referring to the weather up north."It is so BARKING COLD! Oh, eh... please pardon my shouting."
- Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: Inverted; she's the close-range, axe-wielding Berserker to her older brother's long-range, spellcasting High Priest.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: The entire reason why Panette tries so hard to put on the act of a proper lady. Panette's a former punk who, after unknowingly befriending Timerra, was offered to become her retainer. Panette, wanting to repay Timerra's kindness and insecure if "someone like her" deserves such a position, began to make an active effort to look and act in a manner expected of a retainer.
- I Will Find You: Panette and her parents didn't exactly part ways on the best of terms, yet Panette expresses the desire in her A Supports with Alear and Pandreo to track down her parents and, if possible, repair their relationship. It's said in her solo ending that Panette went looking for them but never managed to find them.
- It Runs in the Family: In her S-Support with Alear, Panette is scared of this trope applying to her. Apparently her parents had an awful marriage and kept fighting with each other constantly, so she's afraid the same will happen if she starts a romantic relationship with Alear. However, Alear manages to convince her that she doesn't need to repeat the same patterns her parents did.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: According to Timerra, Panette used to be an incredibly wild and violent girl, yet was undeniably a good person underneath.
- Lethal Chef: Panette isn't exactly the best chef around, as seen in her supports with Goldmary.
- Lost in Translation: Panette tries to talk in a polite and high-class manner in both the Japanese and English versions of the game. However, she's actually very bad at this in the Japanese dialogue, frequently butchering words and messing up proper sentence structure. It's still somewhat present in the English dialoguenote , but it's far less apparent, owing to the linguistic differences between English and Japanese.
- Muscles Are Meaningless: She uses the default female model instead of the muscular one that characters like Etie use. Even if she did, her muscles still wouldn't compare to all the very muscular men in the army despite the fact she leaves them all in the dust with her Strength growth.
- Nightmare Fetishist: Panette has a strong fondness for things such as ghosts, scary stories, or ruins. For instance, in her support with Ivy, Panette's idea of a girls' night out is a trip to some supposedly haunted ruins.
- One Degree of Separation: Unbeknownst to either of them, Pandreo and Panette both befriended a member of Solm's royal family who ended up taking them both under their wind as their retainer. This is actually how the two of them reunited after Panette ran away.
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Panette tries her best to talk in a refined and high-class manner, but lets her old way of speaking slip out both in combat and in her supports with Yunaka and Etie. In her supports with Pandreo, she drops the high-class accent altogether.
- Parental Neglect: Her and Pandreo's parents never bothered with actually raising their kids, causing Panette to run away.
- Perky Goth: Her tastes are gothic (her dark attire, interest in ghosts and bugs, etc.) but she's genuinely polite and upbeat in general.
- Pet the Dog: Panette's parents were pretty bad people, based on how both Panette and Pandreo describe them. However, they did try to find Panette after she ran away, showing that they did care about their kids on at least some level (although Pandreo notes that they may have only done it for the sake of keeping up appearances).
- Pintsize Powerhouse: A small, petite girl who has one of the highest innate Strength growths in the game.note
- Prayer Is a Last Resort: Despite her general averseness towards religion, if both Pandreo and Merrin die in a chapter, Panette is so beside herself with grief that she prays for their souls to find peace.
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner:"Let's have some fun!"
"You looking down on me?!"
"I'll beat you to a pulp!"
"I don't play nice." - The Runaway: She ran away from her home after being fed up with her neglectful parents. While on her own, she learned to fight and eventually became Timerra's retainer.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Despite the two of them growing up in the same home, Panette and Pandreo led very different lives. Panette, fed up with their parents' neglect, ran away from home while Pandreo stayed behind and ended up taking charge of his mother's congregation after she disappeared. Panette tries her hardest to put on a formal and polite demeanor, but, at the same time, is very aggressive underneath. On the other hand, Pandreo is an excitable party animal, but, at the same time, is a very devout clergyman underneath. Panette is no stranger to violence at all, while Pandreo is uncomfortable fighting others. In spite of their differences, however, it's clear that they care deeply about each other, and both of them are proud of the life that the other has led.
- Sophisticated as Hell: She tries hard to come off as proper, well-mannered, and refined, but she cannot escape the rougher and more violently aggressive aspects of her personality. This is more apparent in the Japanese dialogue, with her butchered words and ruined sentence structures.
- Tattoo as Character Type: Reflecting her past life as a punk, Panette has facial tattoos.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: She tends to be an aggressive girl with unique tastes, such as a fondness of ghosts and insects, but keeps her hair long and wears a dress (in contrast to Merrin), and tries to speak in a refined manner.
- Turn the Other Cheek: At the end of her support with Pandreo, Panette says a prayer for their parents' safety. Despite everything that's happened, she tells Pandreo that she hopes they're doing well, wherever they are.
- Undying Loyalty: To Timerra, as Timerra took Panette in when she had nowhere else to go and gave her a purpose in life.
Pandreo (Pandoro)
Birthday: 1/6
Class: High Priest
Voiced by: Genki Okawa (Japanese), Ricco Fajardo (English)
Party Priest
A royal knight from Solm, one of Fogado's retainers, and Panette's big brother. Loves having the time of his life. Although he doesn't seem serious, he's actually a very devoted and sincere clergyman.
His personal skill, Party Animal, gives Pandreo a bonus to Accuracy and Avoid equal to three times the number of units within two spaces near him.
- Badass Preacher: He's a fervent church leader, in addition to being a skilled combat mage and retainer to prince Fogado; he'll occasionally remark post-battle about the irony of a man of the cloth becoming adept at taking lives.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Others frequently mistake him for being a priest in name only who simply uses his congregation as an excuse to party, but he genuinely is a devout follower of the Divine Dragon, and believes celebrating life is the best way to show his appreciation for his deity.
- Character Catchphrase: He shouts in excitement (Japanese) or howls like a wolf (English) whenever he feels very energetic at the time.
- Composite Character: He shares characteristics with both Saul and, from a gameplay standpoint, Pent. He's similar to Saul as they're both unconventional priests who are genuinely faithful underneath, although Pandreo clearly takes his job a lot more seriously than Saul does. His ingame similarities with Pent is because both are pre-promoted magic users that join on a desert map. Pandreo's starting equipment even includes an Elfire tome and a Physic staff, the same items Pent joins with.
- Crisis of Faith: If Fogado, Panette, and Bunet all die, Pandreo is at such a loss that he can only beg Alear to tell him if it's for a reason.
- Critic-Proof: In-universe example. Pandreo is far from a conventional priest, frequently holding raves with his congregation. This attracts quite a bit of criticism from church officials, but the general public loves it.
- Cynic–Idealist Duo: It's subtle, but Pandreo and his sister have different perspectives on faith. Panette is pretty jaded towards religion in general, taking issue with Pandreo working for the church in their C Support. Pandreo, on the other hand, is a deeply devout — if very unconventional — priest, whose faith kept him going after their parents disappeared.
- Deconstructed Character Archetype: Unusual members of organisations such as Clergy are nothing new in Fire Emblem. However, they rarely face any consequences for it - Pandreo actually receives quite a lot of criticism for using his congregations to have parties and only gets away with it due to the public liking it and presumably being Fogado's retainer.
- Divine Date: Despite the out there nature of a romance between a priest and a deity, Pandreo can be S-Supported by Alear. And unlike some of the other S-Supports, it's explicitly romantic even in the English localization.
- Dub Name Change: His Japanese name, Pandoro, is the very dessert he is named after.
- Family Theme Naming: He and his sister Panette are named after two Italian Christmas desserts: panettone and pandoro.
- Glass Cannon: If reclassed into a Sage or Mage Knight, Pandreo will become a very powerful spellcaster, being one of the few mages in Maddening able to double with Bolganone without needing any additional skills or engravings. With that being said, however, Pandreo is also very fragile, as his base defense is pretty low and his defense growth is tied with Yunaka's as the lowest in the game. This is a trait he shares with his sister, funnily enough.
- Good Shepherd: Pandreo is a devout man of the cloth and an all-around great guy. His kindness even goes far beyond what is expected of one in his station, as Pandreo holds zero animosity towards Mauvier despite the latter being a Fell Dragon worshipper. In their C Support, Pandreo outright offers to pray to their respective gods alongside each other. Even Mauvier is caught off-guard by Pandreo's complete tolerance. And despite Veyle being an actual Fell Dragon, Pandreo shows her nothing but kindness and friendship.
- Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: Inverted; he is the long-range spellcasting High Priest to his younger sister's close-range axe-wielding Berserker, although Pandreo is also capable of fighting with his fists with Body Arts.
- Heal Thyself: As a High Priest, Pandreo can use healing staves on himself. The convenience of not having to fill one of his five pockets with elixirs should not be understated.
- Hidden Depths: Despite his general happy-go-lucky attitude, Pandreo is actually rather insecure about his unconventional behavior as a priest. This is the main conflict of his support with Rosado, and it comes up in his A Support with Louis.
- Lethal Chef: In contrast to his fellow retainer Bunet, Pandreo is a terrible cook in the Café, being one of the most likely to prepare "Unutterably Alien" or "Not-Quite-Right" food.
- Life of the Party: Oh yes. Despite his occupation, Pandreo's greatest love in life is to party with others. It's even the basis for his personal skill, which buffs his ability to land and avoid hits relative to the number of adjacent allies.
- Living Emotional Crutch: In his B Support with Alear, Pandreo admits that what stopped him from falling into despair throughout his shitty childhood was his faith in the Divine Dragon.
- Martial Pacifist: Pandreo isn't afraid to "be a little ruthless" for Alear's cause, but he worries about becoming too good at killing, fearing it'll make him a bad priest. He also has the lowest Strength growth in the entire game, lower than characters who can't even use their Strength to attack in their default class line without using Emblem weapons.
- Mercy Kill: He tries this with Alternate Fogado, should you pit the two against each other.
- Nice Guy: Pandreo is a deeply compassionate guy and a good friend, and many of his supports focus on him helping other people with their issues.
- Odd Friendship: With Mauvier. Despite the fact that Mauvier is a worshipper of the Fell Dragon while Pandreo is a priest of the Divine Dragon, as well as the fact that the two of them just have very different personalities, they actually become pretty good friends in their support chain.
- One Degree of Separation: Unbeknownst to either of them, Pandreo and Panette both befriended a member of Solm's royal family. In fact, it was actually Timerra taking Panette in as her retainer that prompted Fogado to tell Pandreo of his true identity, as the latter had been trying desperately to find Panette after she ran away.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Pandreo is normally a very carefree party animal, but in his A Support with Panette he admits that he's scared of losing her like they lost their parents.
- Parental Abandonment: After Panette ran away at a young age, Pandreo's parents abandoned him, leaving him to take up his mother's congregation in her absence. It's somewhat implied that they left to find Panette, but he never saw them again after that either because they died or just didn't want to come back.
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner:"Time to party!"
"Beg for forgiveness!"
"Repent!"
"Atone for your sins!" - Sibling Yin-Yang: Despite the two of them growing up in the same home, Panette and Pandreo led very different lives. Panette, fed up with their parents' neglect, ran away from home while Pandreo stayed behind and ended up taking charge of his mother's congregation after she disappeared. Panette tries her hardest to put on a formal and polite demeanor but at the same time is very aggressive underneath. Pandreo, on the other hand, is an excitable party animal but at the same time is a very devout clergyman underneath. Panette is no stranger to violence at all while Pandreo is uncomfortable fighting others. In spite of their differences, however, it's clear that they care deeply about each other and both of them are proud of the life that the other has led.
- Squishy Wizard: Pandreo has great growths in Magic, Resistance, Speed, and Luck, but poor Strength and Defense.
- What If God Was One of Us?: The main conflict of his support with Alear, who turns down Pandreo's invitation to party with him, citing worries that the Divine Dragon might not live up to the image in people's heads if they met with their deity in person. Pandreo counters that it will make Alear seem more approachable, and it would put the attendees' minds at ease to see that the Divine Dragon isn't so different from them.
Bunet (Bonet)
Birthday: 5/30
Class: Great Knight
Voiced by: Tomohiro Ono (Japanese), Ian Sinclair (English)
Culinary Artist
A royal knight from Solm, and one of Fogado's retainers. He's a research fanatic who operates on his own wavelength. Has a keen sense of taste and smell, and is a young man who loves to taste everything and anything.
His personal skill, Seconds?, gives Bunet a percentage-based chance (equal to his Luck) of obtaining another packed lunch upon eating one.
- Best Friend: He has been best friends with Fogado since they were kids, and their supports focus on rekindling that, since after becoming his retainer he has been treating him much more formally to reflect his responsibility to him.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Bunet is a very talented chef, his numerous eccentricities aside.
- Caring Gardener: He runs a garden on the side. Both to collect ingredients and because he just genuinely enjoys it.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Bunet is a self-professed eccentric, and he very much lives up to that. Even among the general quirkiness of Engage's cast, Bunet stands out as the oddest of the bunch. This frequently leads to him being misunderstood by other characters, much to his dismay.
- Everyone Has Standards: He may be willing to taste various bizarre things, but there are some things that he is uncertain to try or cook, such as folk food, which Chloé tries to get him to do in their Supports.
- Extreme Omnivore: Bunet likes to taste many things, which include flowers, rocks, and even metal and marble. He's not above asking his allies if he can taste something they have that isn't exactly edible (e.g. Jade's armor and Alear's clothes), in which they firmly decline. He also wants to taste Celica's ring and Lucina's Falchion, to their horror and disgust, respectively. He even considered wanting to taste boiling hot lava, though he later remarks it might not be a good idea.
- Heart Is an Awesome Power: While Bunet's personal skill Seconds? sounds useless, it's potentially quite helpful if one combines it with Celica's Favorite Food, which fully restores the Engage meter after consuming a packed lunch.
- I'm a Humanitarian: Played for Laughs. Bunet frequently expresses his desire to taste other people, much to their (Completely reasonable) bewilderment. It should be noted, however, that he does it entirely to improve his own cooking.
- Insane Troll Logic: At the end of his support with Pandreo, Bunet tries to capture Pandreo's party-loving vibe in his cooking by licking him so that he can replicate the taste.
- Loon with a Heart of Gold: Bunet is certainly an odd duck, but he clearly isn't a bad sort by any means. He really does love to see his cooking bring others happiness.
- My Greatest Failure: He's still somewhat emotionally shaken over the fact that he didn't win the contest to become the royal family's personal chef.
- No Social Skills: Bunet is a polite and well-meaning guy, but he isn't exactly the most socially adept person out there, to say the least.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: Perhaps the character hit the hardest by it. Bunet is perfectly usable, but he's significantly overshadowed by the units who join around the same time as himnote . To make matters worse, this is a point in the game when you don't have many deployment slots and can't use or inherit any skills from the first 6 Emblem Rings.
- Picky Eater: Bunet is the character with the smallest list of liked foods out of anyone in the army. Must be due to having such high standards.
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner:"Time to party!"
"Let's savor this moment!"
"I will roast you!"
"Dinner is served!" - Serious Business: Cooking. Bunet wholeheartedly seeks to improve his culinary skills, which can veer him into rather strange behavior at points.
- Stone Wall: Bunet's Speed growth is low on its own, not helped by the Great Knight not providing any either; but his Defense growth is extremely high, making it easy for him to tank physical hits. His Strength growth, while not bad, is below average as well, meaning he can often just tank enemies for allies but not do a lot of damage back.
- Supreme Chef: Bunet is the only character other than Anna capable of cooking an SS ranked dish, and he is incapable of cooking a dish ranked below B rank as long as one of his personal prefixes is chosen - sometimes he'll say "I experimented with a unique flavor profile" for a D-Rank "Ordinary" dish.
- Team Chef: Subverted. One might assume that Bunet fills this role, due to how he usually wears chef-like attire, and always talks about food and cooking. However, even after he’s recruited, anyone could potentially be the one to cook for Alear. With that said, Bunet is, unsurprisingly, the best chef in the game, as he's one of the only characters who can make an SS meal and rarely makes anything below a B (if he does, then it's intentional, due to wanting to experiment with new flavors). Bunet was actually supposed to be the Solmic royal chef, but he ended up losing the contest that determined that title.
- Weaksauce Weakness: As a Great Knight, Bunet is considered both Mounted and Armored, and thus has both of their weaknesses. Fortunately, these don't stack, so he's not extra-screwed when fighting one of the many Emblems with Rapiers.
Seadall (Seadas)
Birthday: 4/21
Class: Dancer
Voiced by: Shogo Sakamoto (Japanese), Griffin Puatu (English)
Mystic Dancer
A renowned dancer from Solm, who's good at reading fortunes. He has a glamorous charm and a mysterious air. Sometimes he says spiteful things, but he's especially kind to those he's fond of. He loves honey more than anyone in the army.
His personal skill, Curious Dance, restores the HP of all allies within two tiles near Seadall by 10% at the start of the player phase.
- Breaking Old Trends: As previous male "refresher" units in the series were bards, Seadall is first to be canonically a dancer.
- Cleavage Window: Rare Male Example. One of his alternate outfits forms a window that shows off his chest.
- Dance Battler: As a Dancer, his attack animations while using arts (fists) are far more flashy than the rigid movements of the Martial Monk classes.
- Dub Name Change: His Japanese name is Seadas, the dessert he is named after.
- Hard Work Hardly Works: Seadall's point of contention with Rosado in their support conversations is Rosado looking beautiful without seemingly putting any effort in it, while Seadall has put a lot of work into getting there himself and finds it unfair. To this end, he practically stalks Rosado's routine in order to find what he thinks is the secret to Rosado's effortless beauty.
- Fortune Teller: His ability other than being a dancer is to read and predict the future using tarot cards, although his predictions can be rather vague at times.
- Fragile Speedster: Seadall has good growths in Speed and Luck, but every other stat is mediocre. Given he's a Dancer, he's not exactly meant to engage in combat.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Seadall has very long hair and is a very pretty man.
- Lord British Postulate: You can reclass Seadall, but he is your only character who can allow another character to move again each turnnote , and he can only do that as his starting class.
- Martial Arts Headband: He dons a headband and can beat his foes senseless with his fists, though not as well as the dedicated combat units.
- Mr. Fanservice: Seadall is a Long-Haired Pretty Boy whose battle and casual outfit exposes his stomach and even his chest, revealing quite a muscular physique. Of course, being a dancer, he puts a lot of effort into looking beautiful.
- Mythology Gag: Seadall is the first user of Corrin and is a long-haired dancer, reminiscent of Azura from Fire Emblem Fates, who is not only the Deuteragonist of that game, but is a long-haired unit type that can grant other units an additional turn (albeit Azura was a singer rather than a dancer).
- Never My Fault: In his supports with Timerra, Seadall gets distracted by the smell of the meat she's cooking and according to him, she made a promise to not do it when he is nearby. In their B-support, while Timerra does admit that she made that promise, she also points out that it's always Seadall who comes to her when she is simply cooking and minding her own business and then pins the blame on the smell. Seadall does apologize to her for this after she points this out, though.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Played for Laughs. Seadall is usually a quiet, mysterious man, but the instant he smells his favorite foods he begins loudly and dramatically praying to the cards for wisdom.
- Parental Abandonment: His B-Support with Alcryst reveals that his father died when he was very young, with his mother following a few years later.
- The Perfectionist: He sets high standards for himself and is always working to better his dancing skills.
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner:"Death is in the cards."
"The stars have aligned."
"The danse macabre calls."
"Dance with me!" - Ship Tease: With Yunaka in their A Support. After being chosen for the lead role in Seadall's performance, Yunaka gets stage fright but calms down when Seadall holds her hand and tells her that he trusts her. Furthermore, if you beat the game with both Yunaka and Seadall alive you see a CG during the credits showing that they kept doing their performance duo after the events of the game.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Roast meat. Not helped by how he needs to abstain from eating roasts regularly to maintain his figure as a dancer.
