This page tracksthe availabilities ofthe various characters playable inFire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. Due toRadiant Dawn's multiple-army structure, the list of characters the player has access to can vary wildly across different chapters; in some instances, a character playable in one chapter can appear in another chapter as an NPC or enemy unit if said chapter is following a different army's perspective.

Jill andZihark are unusual cases amongst all the playable characters, as they can potentially desertMicaiah's party in Part III to joinIke's party instead. This optional defection affects their availability in Part III, as defecting from Micaiah's party will allow them to be used in several Part III chapters that follow Ike's perspective at the cost of barring them from being used in the Part III chapters following Micaiah. For ease of reading, both units have two separate rows, with one on remaining with Micaiah and the other on defecting to Ike's party.

Every single chapter in Part IV follows a different army, all of which the player can allocate a number of units towards; the first six chapters follow three armies that are each featured in two chapters. Each army has a maximum number of 20 initially usable units; however, all three armies also have a number of units that are forced to be included.

• The Silver Army is featured inPrologue andChapter 3.
  • Units in the army:Micaiah,Sothe,Leanne,Skrimir,Sigrun, and a maximum of 15 other units.
  • Sanaki,Naesala, andStefan join the army after unit allocation.

• The Greil Army is featured inChapter 1 andChapter 4.
  • Units in the army:Ike,Mist,Nailah,Rafiel,Titania,Soren, and a maximum of 14 other units.
  • Tormod,Muarim,Vika, andOliver join the army after unit allocation.

• The Hawk Army is featured inChapter 2 andChapter 5.
  • Units in the army:Tibarn,Reyson,Ranulf,Elincia,Lucia,Tauroneo, and a maximum of 14 other units.
  • Pelleas,Geoffrey,Bastian, andVolke join the army after unit allocation.

For the Endgame, the three armies combine, and the player must pick eleven units along with six predetermined units for a total of seventeen units to bring to theTower of Guidance.

• Ike,Micaiah,Sothe,Sanaki,Kurthnaga, andEna must be allocated to the party, and ten more units can be chosen freely by the player. After choosing the first sixteen units, the player is prompted to choose one ofRafiel,Reyson, orLeanne.
• Gareth,Nasir, andLehran join the party after unit allocation.

Note that this list assumes that units are recruited at the earliest point possible. Additionally,Pelleas andLehran are only available froma second playthrough onwards.