Amid (Japanese:アミッドAmid) is a scion ofGrannvale's HouseFriege, and the son of its late LadyEthnia. He was raised inSilesse, left behind when his uncleBloom came to abduct his mother and his sisterLinda, eventually setting out to travel south upon hearing rumors of Linda's presence inUlster. Travelling withFee/Hermina, he joinedSeliph's liberation army inIsaach while en route to Ulster.

Amid isArthur'ssubstitute character, filling Arthur's role in the story and gameplay ifTailtiu died or failed to be married in the course of the first generation.

Biography

During their journey to Ulster, Amid andFee/Hermina made a stop to give her pegasus a rest nearIsaach Castle in the middle of the fight betweenSeliph's group andDanann's army. When Fee/Hermina told him her story of wanting to join Seliph's army, he volunteered to join it too.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Role

Amid is a playable character during the second generation. AsArthur'ssubstitute character, Amid only appears ifTailtiu wasn't married or was dead at the end ofChapter 5. InChapter 6, he, along withFee/Hermina, appear as player units onceGaneishire has been seized.

Starting stats and growth rates

Wind Mage Level 2 Holy Blood Movement 5

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Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Mage Fighter	+0	+5	+5	+4	+4	+0	+6	+3	+1	C B A B

Love growths and events

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• InChapter 6, Amid can talk toSeliph after he has joined his party. This conversation yields no reward.
• InChapter 7, Amid can talk toLinda when she appears as an enemy,recruiting her.
• InChapter 8, Amid can talk toFee/Hermina at any time, granting her +3 maximumHP and 100 love points between the pair.
• InChapter 8, if Amid waits on the northern tree in the map's central valley with the river, he will initiate an event where he meetsJake, granting him +3Resistance.
• Inthe Endgame, Amid can talk toLinda if neither has a lover, granting her +1Luck.

Analysis

Amid joins in Chapter 6 as a level 2Wind Mage. His base stats are on par withArthur's average stats. Amid also hasAdept, giving him a chance to attack twice in a row based on his attack speed. Since he wields aWind tome, the lightest basic tome inGenealogy, his attack speed will be solid, giving him a decent activation rate. However, Amid does not haveFollow-Up, so he cannot double enemies reliably. On the flip side, he is stuck with Wind orElwind until he promotes, and the latter is only obtained inChapter 9's armory, or unlessCed inherited it; consequently, he is stuck with the 8-MT Wind for a large chunk of the game; even with Adept, he will not have enough damage to one-round enemies.

Amid's growths are surprisingly workable with 40/50/40 in MAG/SKL/SPD, enough to average capping all three at Lv30. His 90% HP growth is also on the high side for spellcasters. However, like many other substitute units, he requires more resources to keep up and be good at combat. Unlike Arthur, he never becomes mounted, since he promotes toMage Fighter and notMage Knight. While Mage Fighter has better statistical bonuses, the movement disparity makes it inferior. His combat does become quite serviceable once promoted; promotion gives Amid the ability to use Thoron, which has enough damage to defeat most enemies with Adept, along with a +6 DEF boost that substantially improving Amid's survivability when facing multiple enemies; he may not one-round every enemy, but he will usually kill between a half and a third with Adept. However, his lower mobility limits his ability to reach the front line, and his dependency on Adept makes him unreliable when his damage is badly needed. He is also unable to inherit any skills or holy blood, while Arthur can either getForseti orFollow-Up from his father.

Without investment, Amid is a mediocre, foot-locked combat unit with no utility. Even among substitute units, he is below average. With investment, he can become competent at combat, but will never do amazing things.

Personality

Though others easily get the opposite impression as a result of his sarcastic tendencies, Amid is kind and helpful even to complete strangers, as evidence by his asssistance ofJake when he encountered him lost in theMunster District.^[1] He possesses a strong disdain for the Friege family as a whole for their abduction of Ethnia and Linda.^[2]

Endings

Genealogy of the Holy War

And in Grannvale itself,
Friege's new lord, Amid
and his wife,[Amid's wife, if married],
[...]
and others all returned to their lands.

Quotes

Battle quotes

Death quote

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Amid is featured on one card inFire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Amid
	Mage Fighter of Wind and Thunder, Amid
		"I've had nothing but hatred for the House of Friege ever since they took my sister and mother. All I've ever wanted is to crush them all for everything they've done..."
		Attack: 50	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Mage Fighter		Tier:Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
		Kin of Lightning:[Always] If this unit inflicts a critical hit, you may send 2 of your bond cards to your Retreat Area instead of 1 "Amid" from your hand. The Mage Knight's Sorcery:[Bond][Activate] [Flip this card face-down] Choose 1 ally. Until the end of the turn, that ally gains +20 attack. ([Bond] can only be used if this card is in your Bond Area.)
	Card #B12-091HN • Artist:Genki Kuno
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, seetheir TCG wiki article on Amid .

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

763

Amid Genealogy of the Holy War

36

CYL 2 (2018)

814

Amid Genealogy of the Holy War

13 (−23)

CYL 3 (2019)

681 (−15)

Amid Genealogy of the Holy War

26 (+13)

CYL 4 (2020)

749 (+5)

Amid Genealogy of the Holy War

22 (−4)

CYL 5 (2021)

680 (−69)

Amid Genealogy of the Holy War

51 (+29)

CYL 6 (2022)

664 (−18)

Amid Genealogy of the Holy War

58 (+7)

CYL 7 (2023)

621 (−43)

Amid Genealogy of the Holy War

56 (−2)

CYL 8 (2024)

818 (+197)

Amid Genealogy of the Holy War

17 (−39)

CYL 9 (2025)

703 (−115)

Amid Genealogy of the Holy War

34 (+17)

CYL 10 (2026)

742 (+39)

Amid Genealogy of the Holy War

19 (−15)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	332

Trivia

• Amid andLinda are the only substitute characters to possessHoly Blood, both bearing minorThrud.
• Amid is the only playable maleMage Fighter, and the only playableWind Mage.
• Amid andLinda are the only substitute characters that have a different class at base,Wind Mage andThunder Mage, from their original characters,Arthur andTine, who are bothMages.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Wind Mage Mage Fighter Wind (all tomes) Sword (Iron Sword) Anima (all tomes)

Official artwork

• 
  Artwork of Amid fromTreasure.
• 
  Artwork of Amid from theTrading Card Game.

References

This article is part ofProject Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in theFire Emblem series.