


				Fire Emblem 3 Character Guide
					Written By
				          Dragoon T
					dragoont@yahoo.com


Contents:

	1: Introduction
	2: General Summary
	3: Tips and Hints
	4: FAQ
	5: Additional Information
	6: Book 1 characters
	7: Book 2 Characters

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				Introduction

	Hello and welcome back! This is the 2nd in a series of Fire Emblem 
guides I am writing, this time focusing on the characters of Fire Emblem 3. 
This guide will NOT be a comprehensive walkthrough(Like my Fire Emblem 4 
guide) but rather an in depth look at each of the characters you can use in 
your battle team. For those of you wanting a Fire Emblem 3 walkthrough I say: 
Wait. I'm working on it! This guide is complimented by RukesRiese's Fire 
Emblem 3 Data sheet, which can be gotten from her webpage:

	http://members.aol.com/rukesriese/fe

 I can be contacted at:
      dragoont@yahoo.com

  I'd like to thank the following People for their help:

    Rukes Riese: Once again, the Fire Emblem Goddess. I owe her so much for 
her help it isn't funny. If you ever get into Fire Emblem and meet her be sure 
to thank her for all she's done.

  Fox Astron:  You know what you did Fox...and I'm VERY Grateful for it^_~

 Everyone on the Fire Emblem Mailing list!: There are so many of you, and 
I(Unfortunetly) can't remember all of them, so I'm lumping you all here^_~.

 
			General Summary

	Fire Emblem 3, as opposed to Fire Emblem 4, gives you a large variety of 
characters to form your battle team from. Want a highly mobile strike force? 
No problem, load your battle party up with Knights, Pegasus and Dragon Riders. 
Want a roving Armor squad of death? You can do that too! In most cases you can 
bring up to 14 units with you into battle, meaning that you have a large pool 
of characters that won't be seeing battle. This guide's purpose is to give you 
information on each Character, their strengths, weaknesses, and general 
usefullness...That way you won't be stuck using Marchis on the last battle 
field!!

	The guide is divided into 2 parts: Book 1 and Book 2 characters. Book 
one covers the Fire Emblem 1 remake, and is the one I recomend you start with. 
Book 2 is the TRUE Fire Emblem 3 game, and has both new and old characters 
returning and making appearences. Some characters that rock in the first book 
suck in the 2nd, and vice versa...so be careful.

			Tips and Hints

	Some characters seem worthless at first, but gain VERY good levels and 
end up becoming very powerful! Est is the poster child of this phenominom^_~

	HOSHII ORB!! This thing can turn a So-So unit into a powerhouse. If you 
ever want to Power-Level at the Arena, make sure that this is in their 
inventory! This goes for the Hoshii orb fragments in the 2nd book as well.

	Power Leveling: The Arena is one of the best places to level up..If you 
know what your doing. Place a healer next to the Arena, and then send the 
character in. If it looks like you can win the battle then stick it out..if 
not don't be afraid to bail out with the B button. You'll lose cash if you 
bail..but it's better then losing the unit!

	Give your power up items to characters who need them! Boots should go to 
Armors, Power rings to Mages, Speed rings to Armors, Skill Rings to Thieves, 
Aoite's Sheild to a flying unit.

	Don't worry TOO much about Chiki's stats...they go HIGH up when she 
Dragon Morphs^_~.

					FAQ

	Q: Can I recruit those Horsemen from the 1st book in the 2nd book?
	A: NO! You can't..but don't kill 'em 'cause one of the Paladins can join 
you next chapter.

	Q: My God...Are Marus' stats SUPPOSED to be that low?
	A: Unfortunetly yes..Marus suffers from Sucky Leader Syndrome..a disease 
that plagues most of Fire Emblems main characters. Give him the Hoshii Orb or 
some Orb Fragments and you'll find he becomes MUCH better(I had his stats 
almost maxed out('cept for Defense and MDefense) in Book 2!)

	Q: Is Sheema's Armor really pink?
	A: Yup! She's a Girl!^_~ She also has the distinction of being the ONLY 
Female Armor in Fire Emblem HISTORY!!!

	Q: What is it with you and bashing Marchis?
	A: He's a pain in the ass to recruit in both books, His stats suck, he 
looks like a putz..is there any reason NOT to make fun of him? 

 	Q: Navvare or Oguma?
	A: Oguma...He always tends to max his stats before Navvare..but their 
both pretty much equal.

	Q: ACK!! Yurious keeps smearing me with Loputous!!
	A: HEY!!!! That's a Fire Emblem 4 Question!! Get over to it's Guide! : 
Has Chiki God-Dragon breath the question's ass over to the Fire Emblem 4 
Guide:

	Q: hEy d00d wArE cAn i gEt sOm rOmz?
	A: Go away before I have Chiki dragon morph and eat you.

	Q: Where is the Silver Harp?
	A: Who are you? Why do you keep asking me this question! WHY!?!?!


			Book 1 Characters

 	
    Marus: 
       Poster child of the 'Sucky' Leader syndrome. Amazingly Marus never 
seems to get any decent stats. Well..at least he can use the Rapier, which is 
QUITE a good weapon and his battle sprite with the Fire Emblem is cool. Not to 
mention he can open chests. Okay, Marus isn't that bad. He is the only unit 
who can use the Falchion, an essential weapon to defeating the last boss 
Medius. Unfortuently...that is all he gets special ability wise =p Marus has 
no class change and thus maxes at 20 levels.

  Kain:
 	Kains da man! Kains da man! I dunno why, But I love Kain in the first 
book. He gets high strength and speed plus his skill goes up fast too. He's 
great both dismounted(Using sword) or Mounted(Using Lances). Kain works 
wonders with a Kill sword or lance. He gets ALMOST Armor-Class defense(At 
level 20/20 he had a Def of 14!)

 Abel: 
	Able ain't da man! Abel ain't da man! That right is exclusive to Kain =p 
While Kain is strong and tough Abel is light and fast. He too makes a worthy 
addition to the party, although I usually rotate him off around the time I get 
the Pegasus sisters.

 Sheeda: 
	Sheeda rocks! For a Pegasus knight she gets a really high strength 
score. Once promoted to Dragon Knight she actually ends up maxing Strength 
most of the time. Watch out though, Sheeda is pretty frail..even with the 
Dragon Knight defense boost.

 Jeigan:
	A Term used through the Fire Emblem games is a 'Jeigan character' or a 
character that is promoted at the start of the game and vastly more powerful 
then your starting characters but ends up sucking completly. Jeigan is, as you 
may have guessed, the original 'Jeigan character'....except..He sucks from 
when you first get him. The best thing Jeigan can do is give his Silver spear 
to someone when they can use it.

Doga:
	Most of the Fire Emblem crew like Doga as their Armor Knight..and for 
the 1st book I agree with them. Doga is unaturaly fast for an Armor Knight(He 
almost always gets a second attack when he starts leveling up). He's the 
perfect candiate for the Gradius(Best spear weapon).

Gordan:
	YES! A Kawaii little archer!  Not only is Gordon Kawaii but he rocks 
too! He's easily the best Archer unit in the game(Although Kashim comes 
close). Gordan may not look like much but he will soon blossom with a high 
strength, skill and speed. Sadly, his lack of defense proves a handicap if he 
is isolated..but what kind of Nut would send an Archer into melee combat?

Oguma: 
	The perenial Swordfighter. Oguma is held in esteem by Fire Emblem fans 
for representing all that is good in the Swordfighter class. High Strength, 
Speed, Skill, Even defense, once powered up Oguma proves to be nigh 
unstopable. The only problem with Oguma comes with deciding to give him or 
Navvare the Miracle sword!

 Saji, Maji, and Bashi:
	All three are Axe fighters and all 3 suck. Rotate them out of use as 
soon as possible. The only reason for axes in this game is to sell. As if 
their innate suckiness isn't enough their best weapon is a devil axe with only 
a handful of uses and a good chance of backfiring on their user!

Kashim:
	Kashim comes in a close second with Gordan. Where Gordan promotes to the 
Horseman class Kashim will promote to Sniper. Gordan gets slightly higher 
stats but Kashim gets those stats faster then Gordon. It's your choice on who 
to use but I recomend both(One using the Partia, the other a Killer Bow).

Navvare:
	The debate on wether Navvare or Oguma is superior is an argument that 
has ravaged the Fire Emblem for as long as anyone can remember. Oguma maxes 
out first, but Navvare tends to be faster overall. It's all personal choice on 
who you use but I STRONGLY recomend both. As an Added Bonus Navvare comes with 
the Kill Sword...one of the best weapons in the game!!

Rena:
	Rena is your healer. Plain and simply. All the other healers pale in 
comparison to her. Bow down and worship Rena! WORSHIP HER NOW!! Okay..maybe 
not worship but at least use. Rena gets a high skill very quickly, allowing 
her to use the best staves. At promotion she gains the ability to use Magic as 
well. 

Julian:
	Don't let this little theif fool you..He's one of the most VICOUS 
Fighters in the game! Julian takes a bit of work to rev up but he quickly 
becomes on par with an Unpromoted Oguma or Navvare. It just takes a bit of 
work to get him there.

Hardain:
	A Rather good unit. High Strength and Defense for a Knight. He makes a 
good partner to Kain. Not much else to say except he looks like a Putz =p

All of the units that come out with Hardain(Zaggaro and Ulf: Horsemen, Roshe 
and Villuck: Social Knights:
	SUCK! Don't bother with 'em =p

Marchis:
	The Only unit more bashed then Lester(FE4) and Marty(FE5) proves once 
again that it is possible for a sucky unit to be a pain in the ass to recruit. 
In this case you have to use Rena, who is likely still weak at this point, to 
recruit him. I woulden't even bother if I was you, unless you wanted a perfect 
game or were desprite for a Javelin...

Maric:
	The Ancestor to the modern FE Wind mage, Maric makes his first 
triumphant apperaence with what is agurable the best spell in FE history(Sages 
still argue over wether Excalibir or Holsety is truly superior..I say I don't 
care I'm just glad their on my side!!) Maric gains insane boosts to his speed 
and the result is that he's almost impossible to tag. The damage he can wreck 
on flying units is immense! Maric is one of those MUST use characters..anyone 
arguing otherwise has never had the experience of Maric wiping an entire squad 
of DragonRiders off the map.

Riccardo:
	Sigh. Ricardo lives up to the expectation that most people have of 
'Thieves suck!' His stats are low and so are his gains. The only reason you'd 
use this guy in your battle party is if you managed to somehow kill Julian.

Wendel:
	The fact that he looks like a retard in battle should clue you into his 
usefullness.

Banetou:
	I was wrong..there's someone more universaly mocked then Lester, Marty, 
Marcheis, Beowulf, Delmund, Olayfaye, and every other crap character in Fire 
Emblem history: Banetou. This guy somehow manages to make turning into a 
dragon to fry your enemys suck. It's a real shame that everyone's first 
experience with a Mamcoot had to be this old fossil. The only redeeming 
virture of Banetou is the fact you need him to recruit Chiki.

Ceazer:
	I'll be honest...I've never used him. I heard he's crap though.

Raddy:
	Same here..Oguma and Navvare were all the mercenary I ever needed.

Maria:
	With Maria's stats and growth rate you'd think that she'd be a crap 
character as well, but managed to surprise me. While her stats don't go up 
very high she gains skill like it's going out of style. Add that to the fact 
she's the 2nd sister(and the next to last one^_~) you'll find and you have a 
character that's great for hanging far away from the battlefield and healing 
everyone with Libro staves^_~

Minerva:
	Alot of people disagree with me on this, But I think Minerva is a good 
character. Due to the way FE3's stat engine works already promoted characters 
are usualy at a disadvantage stat wise to a non promoted character. Despite 
this Minerva always manages to clock in a huge defense and strength. She's 
like a flying armor!

George:
	George is a promoted character like Minerva, but unlike Minerva tends to 
suck =p. Don't bother sticking him on your battle team...Gordon and even 
Kashim are better.

Linda:
	Linda is awesome! First off she's a FEMALE mage which means she can use 
the Female only magic Riazzah right off the back. FYI Riazzah is a poweful 
spell that restores the casters HP by the damage done. Add that to the fact 
that she has Aura, probibly the most damaging spell in the game, as her 
exclusive spell AND that she tends to be abnormally fast and you have someone 
who could rival Maric. The only bad thing about her is her Low Power and the 
fact she dosen't get a Unique Battle/Map Icon like Maric does at promotion^_~

Medea:
	Medea is cool. First off she's one of the Few Female Social Knights in 
FE History(The other one shows up in Book 2^_~). Second off despite being 
promoted she still manages to clock in high stats. With Kain and maybe Abel as 
your only likely Social Knights/Paladins at this point she's a good addition 
to your battle squad.

Toms:
	The only reason you'd want him is to have a roving Armor squad of 
Death(TM).

Michelan:
	He's the Michelan man...Michelan man...Michealn MAAAAAAN! Urr..sorry. 
Coulden't help that. Same reason to use him as Toms: Roving Armor Squad of 
Death(TM).

Boa:
	Ugh. The ONLY Good Guy FE Character to use a Palette swap of another 
Good guy! The fact that not only is he unoriginal enough not to have his own 
portrait but uses a Palette swap of Wendel should clue you into his general 
usefullness as a character.

Thomas:
	I never used him =p

Katua:
	YES! One of the 3 Pegasus sisters...a LEGENDARY Set of Fire Emblem 
Sisters! Not only is Katua a great character but she's my Favorite Pegasus 
sister as well^_~. Anyone NOT using her is insane!

Paola:
	It only gets better! Paola is only slightly weaker then her older 
sister, but not by much. Also one of the Legendary sisters, Paola proves once 
again that a powerful flying unit is something to fear.

Astoria:
	Astoria is cool! He's not as fast as Oguma or Navvare but can hit just 
as hard. If you want another Swordsman on your battle squad he's a good 
choice.

Chainy:
	The fact that Chainy and his class only show up in Fire Emblem 3 should 
tell you something. Add that to the fact that his best move is turning into 
someone else =p. He's nice if you go and have him morph into someone powerful 
like Oguma...but other then that he sucks =p Really High Mdef though.

Samson:
	Well...you have to choose between Samson and Alan(Their villages are 
next to each other and you can only choose one to go into). Samson isn't all 
that great, even compared to Astoria, but still manages to clock in 
respectable stats.

Alan:
	He looks like a Putz, Fights like a putz...Must be a Putz!

Chiki:
	Whoo-ha! The Kawaiiest character in Fire Emblem, Chiki makes her 
triumphent appearence! As a Mamcoot her battle strength lies in turning into a 
variety of dragons, but she has an ace up her sleeve...her own Exclusive 
Dragon type! With her God Dragon stone Chiki can turn into a HUGE Dragon with 
immense stats capable of Flight(But NOT Vulnerable to arrows) with ANTI DRAGON 
DRAGON BREATH! You heard me right...ANTI DRAGON DRAGON BREATH. Keep in mind 
that near the end of the game you start encountering dragons, and the fact the 
last boss is a dragon, and it's obvious how much Ass she can kick^_~

Est:
	Somehow Est always manages to make a late game appearence with Crap 
stats. Don't be fooled: She has gotten some of the most insane level gains 
I've ever seen. Plus..she's the 3rd LEGENDARY PEGASUS 
SISTER!(Sister...sister...sister..)..Which means it's time to lay some 
Triangle smackdown on Units!! Don't just kill 'em...Smear them across the map 
Triangle style!

Lawrence:
	Another late game character...the only reason you'd want to use Lawrence 
is to complete the: Roving Armor Squad of Death(TM)

Ellis:
	Don't bother...you get her so late it ain't worth using her. She DOES 
bring an Ohm staff to the group though(Revives a Single unit)


Book 2 Characters:

Marus:
	The Poster Child of Sucky Leader Sydrome makes his return! Except...he 
dosen't suck this time. Marus will actually gain high stats this time around 
and with the addition of a few orb fragments can very well Max on most stats! 
Marus end up being one of the most powerful people in the game for the second 
book. 

Cecil:
	The only other Female Social Knight, Cecil makes a very good character. 
Her stats don't get high but they rise fast. With the addtion of an Orb 
Fragment or 2 she ends up being a good choice for the 1st half of the game.

Roddy:
	Sigh...Roddy however just blows. Crap stats with a crap growth rate. 
Stick him in storage and leave him there!

Luke:
	Same as Roddy..well, at least out of the 3 Cecil turned out pretty good 
=p

Alan:
	He STILL Fights like a Putz and he STILL looks like a Putz so he must 
STILL be a Putz!

Doga:
	Doga returns! He's even faster this time too. A Good solid 
character..but not the best Armor^_~

Gordan:
	Gordan shows up for another round of Psychopatic Arrow Blasting! Same 
high stats, Same ridiculous level gains..Gordon would be the best archer if 
not for..

Ryan:
	The only person who beats out Gordon on all levels. Makes sense 
too...he's Gordons little brother! Between Gordon and Ryan you'll have the 
enemy trying out the punchusion look in no time!

Malissa:
	Malissia gets the title of best sister in the game for one reason: Her 
only competition is Yumina. Still..she ends up pulling respectable stats, 
especially power which is a Rarity in Magic using classes.

Yubello:
	Ugh =p This guy leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Ditch him at the first 
opurtunity

Yumina:
	I'm temtped to say the same thing I said about Yubello but Yumina is 
actuually a very importent character in book 2! Her exclusive use Rescue Staff 
is imperitive and nesscary for several chapters and to get several characters. 
Because of that she actually ends up being rather good. Don't use her Rescue 
staff fivrously...you need it in at least 3 specific spots.

Sirius:
	Dosen't this guy look familer? Oh well. Anyway...he's a good solid 
character that clocks in high stats..as well as being nessecary for a perfect 
game.

Oguma:
	The 'Enemy of all who live' Returns. No, Not Lina Inverse...It's Oguma! 
With the same ridicously high stats he's returned to wreck havoc on all who 
oppose him once more. Pity anyone who attacks him.

Katua:
	The Middle sister of the 3 Legendary 
sisters(sisters...sisters..sisters..) shows up at beginning of the 2nd 
chapter. And she's good too! She'll end up wrecking just as much Havoc as the 
1st book...maybe more since you can hyper-raise her stats by gaining a few 
levels with some Orb fragments in her inventory.

Paola:  The Eldest of the three sisters. The fact she starts out Light-years 
ahead of you in strength should be incentive enough to stick her in your 
group.

Warren:
	Yawn..another archer...Get in line with all the others, Gordon and Ryan 
won't be done anytime soon =p

Julian:
	The vicous little gutter fighter returns and he's just as psychotic as 
ever! Best part is he gains Skill faster in this incarnation. Believe me...You 
woulden't believe the things this guy can do with a Killer Sword!!

Marchis:
	Why did they stick THIS Guy in? I'd rather they exclude him and put in 
one of the axe guys instead! Once again he's a pain in the ass to recruit too! 
Ugh =p

Sheeda:
	Another returning character and this time she starts off with enough 
skill to use a Killer lance from the get go! She seems a bit more frail..but 
hey...Aside from Minerva and the 3 Pegasus 
Sisters(sisters...sisters...sisters..) she's your only flying unit!

Linda:
	Starting with Aura and Rizzah Linda is ready, willing, and able to kick 
anyone's ass once again.

Ricardo:
	After chasing him halfway across the map with Julian you find that 
Ricardo is as crappy as ever. At least he has the member card =p

Samuto:
	He looks like Navvare, he talks like Navvare but he sure as hell AIN'T 
Navvare! This guy sucks so much that he has to use Navvare's idenity to get 
hired!!

Wendel:
	Proof that you can't teach an old dog new tricks =p

Navvare:
	Accept no Substitutes! 

Fina:
	The very first dancer and a good one at that. I normally don't like 
Dancers that much but Fina's ability to equip the Rapier and her rather high 
stats make her a favorite character.

Banetou:
	I'm not even going to touch this one...

George:
	The best thing about George is he brings the Parita into your party. 

Kain:
	Making a Return appearence 'Da Man kicks as much ass as ever.

Minerva:
	The flying armor strikes again!!!

Maric:
	UhweheehehehhehehehehahahAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA:Pauses to catch 
breath: MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I think that says it all. This guy rocks so 
much they gave him his own unqiue Map icon and Battle sprite at his class 
change!

Elren:
	Maric's Rival and the only mage I'll use beside's Maric and Linda Elren 
is a living power plant. His spell, Torron, can and will Fry anything that 
comes close to him. Elren gains, for a mage, Ridiculousy high power but he's 
speed and luck tend to be low. Not to mention he's one of Fire Emblem's cooler 
looking characters. The only BAD point about Elren is after he promotes he's 
stuck with the Stupid Map/Battle icon Wendel uses.

Chainy:
	Ick. 

Chiki:
	Say it with me: ANTI DRAGON DRAGON BREATH!!!!

Est:
	The poster girl for 'Don't hate me because of my low level' Est gains 
even more insane stats this time around. Seriously, SERIOUSLY, expect her to 
Max Speed/Skill/Luck.
		Fox Pipes up: Last time I played she maxed her stats  *gets shoved 
back 
				under a rock*

Sheema:
	One of my all time favorite Fire Emblem characters and the ONLY Female 
Armor in all 5 games Sheema makes a triumphent appearence and takes Doga's 
best Armor award! Sheema is completly insane stat wise, especially since she 
starts promoted! She gets PEGASUS Level Speed!!!

Samson:
	Samson didn't get much credit in book 1 but starting with a Near Maxed 
strength this time around he proves that he can kick ass just as well as 
anyone else. 

Abel:
	Poor, Poor, Abel. He comes in so late that it just ain't worth using 
him. At least he has the 3 Pegasus Sisters(Sisters...sisters..sisters..) 
drooling over him.

Astoria:
	He chases you for 3 chapters and in each you can't kill him, forcing you 
to rush your units away from his ever increasing army. THEN after finaly 
losing him he shows up again in Aritea castle where you can recruit him. Him 
and Samson porformed a flip flop for book 2, this time around Samson is the 
better unit. At least Astoria brings the Miracle Sword to your cause.

Zagarro, Ulf, Villuck:
	Kill 'em...Kill 'em...Kill 'em! Seriously!! Your supposed to be able to 
convert them to your side but you can't. Slaughter them with extreme 
pleasure!!

Roshe:
	The only one of Hardains croonies to see the light, Roshe sucks just as 
much as he did in the 1st book.

Medea:
	Sigh =p  Medea shows up practicaly at the end of the game so she just 
dosen't have what it takes to make the cut.

Maria, Rena, Nina, and Elis:
	All show up on the Very last map to aid the last boss. Use Sirius, 
Maric, Minerva, and Julian to get them back on your side and then slaughter 
the big bad ugly boss. I can't really rate these girls...They show up LITERALY 
at the end of the game so you don't really get to use 'em =p
	





