Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Characters
The Officers Academy roster of Fire Emblem: Three Houses: Byleth and the Church staff who run Garreg Mach, the three house leaders and their students, the Ashen Wolves of the Cindered Shadows side story, and the antagonists of the war that follows the timeskip. Every playable student is tied to one...
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| Name | Description | Role | Faction | Abilities | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byleth | The player character, a mercenary known as the Ashen Demon before Jeralt's company is hired by the Church. | Protagonist / Professor | Church of Seiros | Sword of the Creator and its Ruptured Heaven combat art Divine Pulse turn rewind Crest of Flames Unique Enlightened One class | Available from the start of every route |
| Sothis | The Progenitor God who sleeps inside Byleth after the events that open the game, appearing as a child in Byleth's dreams and in the monestary's throne room visions. | Supporting / Divine Entity | Church of Seiros | Divine Pulse Progenitor God authority over time | Story character, not deployable in battle |
| Edelgard von Hresvelg | Heir to the Adrestian Empire and house leader of the Black Eagles, polite and unyielding, and the architect of the war that splits Fodlan after the timeskip. | House Leader / Antagonist on other routes | Adrestian Empire (Black Eagles) | Aymr and Raging Storm combat art Crest of Flames Unique Emperor class Personal skill Imperial Lineage | Leader of the Black Eagles, playable on the Black Eagles routes |
| Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd | Crown prince of Faerghus and house leader of the Blue Lions, outwardly chivalrous and privately haunted by the massacre that killed his family. | House Leader | Holy Kingdom of Faerghus (Blue Lions) | Areadbhar and Atrocity combat art Crest of Blaiddyd Unique High Lord and Great Lord classes Personal skill Royal Lineage | Leader of the Blue Lions, playable on the Blue Lions route |
| Claude von Riegan | Heir to House Riegan and house leader of the Golden Deer, a schemer from Almyran blood who plays the relaxed heir while planning three moves ahead. | House Leader | Leicester Alliance (Golden Deer) | Failnaught and Fallen Star combat art Crest of Riegan Unique Wyvern Master and Barbarossa classes Personal skill Leicester Lineage | Leader of the Golden Deer, playable on the Golden Deer route |
| Rhea | Archbishop of the Church of Seiros and the ruler of Garreg Mach, serene in public and increasingly desperate about the Crest system and Byleth's origin. | Supporting / Archbishop | Church of Seiros | Church of Seiros authority Saint Seiros heritage Immense white magic | Non-playable story character |
| Seteth | Rhea's right hand and the academy's stern administrator, endlessly suspicious of Byleth and protective of his sister Flayn. | Supporting / Advisor | Church of Seiros | Wyvern Rider proficiency Lance and axe combat Cichol heritage | Recruitable on the Church and Golden Deer routes |
| Flayn | Seteth's sister, sheltered to the point of comedy and secretly one of the oldest beings in the monastery. | Supporting / Student | Church of Seiros | Crest of Cethleann Faith magic, Physic and Fortify Lance proficiency | Joins the player's roster after the story hands her to Byleth |
| Jeralt | Byleth's father and the former captain of the Knights of Seiros, a mercenary leader who left the Church years before the story opens. | Supporting / Father | Church of Seiros | Master lance and sword combat Knights of Seiros command experience Crest of Seiros | Non-playable story character |
| Hubert von Vestra | Edelgard's retainer and the Black Eagles' spymaster, cheerful about assassination and utterly loyal to his lady. | Student / Retainer | Adrestian Empire (Black Eagles) | Dark magic, Miasma and Death Poison Strike and Seal abilities Empire intelligence network | Black Eagles student, route-locked to Edelgard's side |
| Ferdinand von Aegir | The self-declared pride of House Aegir, a lance-wielding noble who treats every conversation as a competition with Edelgard. | Student | Adrestian Empire (Black Eagles) | Crest of Cichol Lance and riding proficiency Personal skill Confidence | Black Eagles student |
| Linhardt von Hevring | A sleep-obsessed scholar who cares about Crest research and nothing else, and the Black Eagles' dedicated healer. | Student | Adrestian Empire (Black Eagles) | Crest of Cethleann Faith and reason magic Personal skill Catnap | Black Eagles student |
| Caspar von Bergliez | A loud, fist-first noble who wants to earn his own rank rather than inherit it. | Student | Adrestian Empire (Black Eagles) | Gauntlets and brawling proficiency Axe proficiency Personal skill Born Fighter | Black Eagles student |
| Bernadetta von Varley | A shut-in archer who treats every knock on the door as an assassination attempt, and one of the game's strongest bow units once trained. | Student | Adrestian Empire (Black Eagles) | Crest of Indech Bow proficiency and Deadeye Personal skill Persecution Complex | Black Eagles student |
| Dorothea Arnault | A former opera singer who enrolled to find a future that does not depend on her voice, warm to her friends and merciless about the nobility. | Student | Adrestian Empire (Black Eagles) | Reason and faith magic Sword proficiency Personal skill Songstress | Black Eagles student |
| Petra Macneary | The granddaughter of Brigid's king, sent to Adrestia as a hostage and determined to learn Fodlan's language and customs well enough to free her people. | Student | Adrestian Empire (Black Eagles) | Sword and axe proficiency Flying proficiency Personal skill Hunter's Boon | Black Eagles student |
| Dedue Molinaro | Dimitri's retainer, a Duscur man whose family died in the tragedy that killed the royal family, and the Blue Lions' immovable wall. | Student / Retainer | Holy Kingdom of Faerghus (Blue Lions) | Armored Knight and Fortress Knight proficiency Axe and gauntlet combat Personal skill Staunch Shield | Blue Lions student, route-locked to Dimitri's side |
| Felix Hugo Fraldarius | A swordsman who calls Dimitri a boar to his face and means it, the son of Duke Fraldarius and the Blue Lions' fastest damage dealer. | Student | Holy Kingdom of Faerghus (Blue Lions) | Crest of Fraldarius Sword proficiency and Astra Personal skill Lone Wolf | Blue Lions student |
| Ashe Ubert | A commoner adopted by Lord Lonato after his parents were killed, cheerful and quietly obsessed with knightly stories. | Student | Holy Kingdom of Faerghus (Blue Lions) | Bow proficiency Locktouch for chests and doors Personal skill Lockpick | Blue Lions student |
| Sylvain Jose Gautier | A flirt who uses charm as armour and resents being valued only for his crest, the heir of House Gautier and one of the Blue Lions' cavalry options. | Student | Holy Kingdom of Faerghus (Blue Lions) | Crest of Gautier Lance and riding proficiency Luin and Burning Quake combat art | Blue Lions student |
| Mercedes von Martritz | A gentle healer raised in the Empire and later adopted into House Bartels, and the Blue Lions' primary white mage. | Student | Holy Kingdom of Faerghus (Blue Lions) | Crest of Lamine Faith magic, Physic and Fortify Personal skill Live to Serve | Blue Lions student |
| Annette Fantine Dominic | The cheerful daughter of Gilbert and a gifted reason mage, remembered for her study songs as much as her spells. | Student | Holy Kingdom of Faerghus (Blue Lions) | Crest of Dominic Reason magic, Wind and Excalibur Personal skill Perseverance | Blue Lions student |
| Ingrid Brandl Galatea | A knight in training from a poor house that cannot afford her dowry, practical and blunt about it. | Student | Holy Kingdom of Faerghus (Blue Lions) | Lance and flying proficiency Pegasus Knight and Falcon Knight lines Personal skill Lady Knight | Blue Lions student |
| Lorenz Hellman Gloucester | A noble who believes nobility is a duty and behaves as though everyone else has forgotten it, heir to House Gloucester. | Student | Leicester Alliance (Golden Deer) | Crest of Gloucester Thyrsus and its magic range boost Reason magic and riding proficiency | Golden Deer student |
| Raphael Kirsten | An orphaned brawler who lost his parents to a monster attack and trains to protect his sister, straightforward and permanently hungry. | Student | Leicester Alliance (Golden Deer) | Gauntlet and brawling proficiency Axe proficiency Personal skill Goody Basket | Golden Deer student |
| Ignatz Victor | A merchant's son who would rather paint than inherit the family business, quiet and observant. | Student | Leicester Alliance (Golden Deer) | Bow proficiency Personal skill Watchful Eye Sword proficiency | Golden Deer student |
| Lysithea von Ordelia | A prodigy who treats being treated as a child as a personal insult, and the survivor of the Crest experiments that gave her two crests and a shortened lifespan. | Student | Leicester Alliance (Golden Deer) | Crest of Gloucester and Minor Crest of Charon Reason magic, Dark Spikes and Luna Personal skill Mastermind | Golden Deer student |
| Marianne von Edmund | A devout, withdrawn girl who believes her crest is a curse and who can speak to animals. | Student | Leicester Alliance (Golden Deer) | Crest of the Beast Faith magic and Physic Personal skill Animal Friend | Golden Deer student |
| Hilda Valentine Goneril | A noble who pretends to be useless so nobody asks her for anything, and who is in fact one of the Golden Deer's best front-line units. | Student | Leicester Alliance (Golden Deer) | Crest of Goneril Axe and lance proficiency Personal skill Advocate | Golden Deer student |
| Leonie Pinelli | A commoner from Sauin village who trained under Jeralt and wants to repay the debt she believes she owes him. | Student | Leicester Alliance (Golden Deer) | Lance and bow proficiency Riding proficiency Personal skill Rivalry | Golden Deer student |
| Hanneman von Essar | The academy's crest scholar, endlessly lecturing about crest inheritance and quietly estranged from his own noble house. | Supporting / Professor | Church of Seiros | Reason magic and Meteor Crest research Personal skill Crest Scholar | Recruitable faculty member |
| Manuela Casagranda | The monastery's physician and a former opera star, blunt, unlucky in love, and the best healer on the faculty. | Supporting / Physician | Church of Seiros | Faith magic and Warp Sword proficiency Personal skill Infirmary Master | Recruitable faculty member |
| Jeritza von Hrym | A masked instructor who turns out to be the Death Knight, the armoured killer who appears on several maps and is tied to the Flame Emperor's operations. | Antagonist / Optional Recruit | Adrestian Empire (Black Eagles) | Death Knight armour and scythe Crest of Lamine Unique Death Knight class | Boss on multiple routes, recruitable on the Edelgard route |
| Thales | The leader of the Agarthans, the underground civilisation that survived the war against Sothis and now manipulates Fodlan from Shambhala. | Antagonist | Those Who Slither in the Dark | Agarthan technology and javelins of light Political control of the Empire's court Mysterious masked identity | Antagonist across the routes, fought in the endgame |
| Kronya | An Agarthan infiltrator who murders Jeralt while disguised, the act that turns Byleth's grief into the game's first real break from the academy structure. | Antagonist | Those Who Slither in the Dark | Agarthan blades and disguise Assassination | Story boss in the academy chapters |
| Nemesis | The King of Liberation of Church legend, revealed as a bandit who slaughtered the Nabateans and wielded the Sword of the Creator until Seiros killed him. | Antagonist / Final Boss | Ten Elites | Sword of the Creator Crest of Flames Ten Elites reinforcements | Final boss of the Verdant Wind and Silver Snow routes |
| Yuri Leclerc | The leader of the Abyss's Ashen Wolves and a fixer with contacts across Fodlan, introduced in the Cindered Shadows side story. | Ashen Wolves Leader | Ashen Wolves | Crest of the Sky Fetters of Dromi and Foul Play Trickster class | Cindered Shadows DLC, recruitable in the main campaign after completion |
| Balthus von Albrecht | A brawling noble in hiding from his debts, introduced with the Cindered Shadows side story. | Ashen Wolves Student | Ashen Wolves | Crest of Chevalier Vajra-Mushti gauntlets Gauntlet and axe proficiency | Cindered Shadows DLC, recruitable in the main campaign after completion |
| Constance von Nuvelle | The last heir of House Nuvelle, brilliant indoors and cheerfully obnoxious in sunlight, from the Cindered Shadows side story. | Ashen Wolves Student | Ashen Wolves | Crest of Noa Reason magic and Bolting Personal skill Circadian Beat | Cindered Shadows DLC, recruitable in the main campaign after completion |
| Hapi | A laconic mage whose sighs can summon monsters, which is why the Church keeps her in the Abyss. | Ashen Wolves Student | Ashen Wolves | Crest of Timotheos Dark magic and monster summoning Personal skill Monstrous Appeal | Cindered Shadows DLC, recruitable in the main campaign after completion |
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