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| “ | Welcome! Today, another hero will be born. One who will help decide the world's fate... | ” | — Anna, introducing the player to the creation screen inNew Mystery of the Emblem. |
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Theavatar (Japanese:マイユニットMy Unit) system is customizable character system introduced inFire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem. Avatars were introduced to international markets withFire Emblem Awakening, asNew Mystery was not localized outside of Japan.
Anavatar is a character created by the player, with certain customizable attributes that vary by game. Generally, the customization options allow different appearances, class access and some customization ofgrowth rates. In every game in which an avatar is present, their defeat will result in aGame Over. This page is primarily for information on avatar mechanics, their customization and class, for detailed summaries of their plot roles see the main pages linked below.
The most recent game to specifically use the "avatar" terminology isFates. While recent games continue to use player stand-ins, they are stripped of most customization options outside of choosing name and gender.
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
- Main article:
Mark
While not officially considered an avatar unit in itself,The Blazing Blade's tactician character is the precursor to this mechanic. Known by the default nameMark (Japanese:マークMark). Distinctly, Mark is not a playable character, serving only a minor supporting story role. Creating a tactician inThe Blazing Blade is optional if the player skipsLyn's tale.
Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
- Main article:
Kris
The first in the series,New Mystery's incarnation of the avatar is known by the default nameKris (Japanese:クリスChris). Kris's backstory can be chosen by the player somewhat, regardless of that, Kris's goal is always to join theAltean knights and serveMarth.
Creation
Unlike other avatar characters, Kris does not have a personal class, with the player instead being given the option to choose Kris's startingclass from a list of standard classes. Kris may also bereclassed after character creation through the standard reclass system. A male Kris also benefits from the expanded reclass options for male characters unlocked after completing the game on hard mode or higher, although all of these classes are potentially available normally depending upon his starting class.
Kris's portrait outfit changes depending on their starting class. However, this outfit will remain fixed once a starting class is selected, and will not change if Kris is reclassed later.
When starting a new save file,Anna will guide the player through the creation process as followed:
- Name: The player can rename Kris, allowing up to five characters.
- Gender: Choose whether Kris is male or female. This will affect class options.
- Class: Both genders have access toCavalier,Archer, andMage. If Kris is female, theMyrmidon andPegasus Knight classes are also available. If Kris is male the additional options areMercenary,Knight, andFighter. A male Kris's starting class will also determine what reclass set he has access to if expanded class sets have not been unlocked.
- Appearance: Customize Kris' physical appearance by mixing and matching parts from three fields:
- Hair: Each gender has thirteen hairstyles to choose from. At the end of certain chapters, Kris will be offered a new hairstyle; if they accept it, they will be given the choice to revert to the previous style or maintain the current one at the end of the next chapter.
- Hair Color: There are ten colors to choose from.
- Face: Each gender has ten face types to choose from. Some include additional features like an eye-patch, scars, face paint, and a monocle.
- Fortune: Anna will then ask about Kris's past, present, and future. While this will affect some minor dialogue, it is primarily used to determined their initial stats andgrowth rates. The player cannot choose multiple bonuses affecting the same stat; for example, if Kris is a Merchant's child, they cannot pick Wisdom as their present or Wealthy as their future since it already providesluck andresistance. The options are as followed:
| Type | Name | Base stat bonus | Growth bonus |
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| Past | Merchant's Child | Lck +2, Res +2 | Lck +5% |
| Priest's Child | Def +2 | -- | |
| Orphan | Str +2, Mag +2 | Str +5%, Mag +5% | |
| Farmer's Child | HP +4 | HP +10% | |
| Noble's Child | Skl +2, Spd +2 | Skl +5%, Spd +5% | |
| Present | Beauty | Skl +1, Spd +1 | Skl +10%, Spd +10% |
| Wisdom | Lck +1, Res +1 | Lck +10%, Res +5% | |
| Diversity | Str +1, Mag +1 | Str +10%, Mag +10% | |
| Kindness | Def +1 | Def +5% | |
| Strength | HP +2 | HP +20% | |
| Future | Humane | -- | Def +10% |
| Honorable | -- | Skl +15%, Spd +15% | |
| Enlightened | -- | HP +30% | |
| Wealthy | -- | Lck +15%, Res +10% | |
| Recluse | -- | Str +15%, Mag +15% |
Fire Emblem Awakening
- Main article:
Robin
Awakening's incarnation of the avatar, known by the default nameRobin (Japanese:ルフレReflet). Robin seems to be particularly inspired byThe Blazing Blade's tactician character, being aTactician in bothclass and character role.
Creation and customization
In all cases, Robin will begin the game as aTactician, and can later be reclassed into any sex-appropriate class at will usingSecond Seals.
When starting a new save file, the player is prompted to create the save's avatar. The process comes in three stages:
- Gender: Choose whether to play as a male or female Robin.
- Appearance: Create the physical appearance of Robin from a set of five options:
- Build: Each gender has three physical builds to determine basic size. In both cases, build 01 is the average, default size, build 02 is a smaller size with a younger appearance, and build 03 is a larger and somewhat older size.
- Face: Each gender–build combination has five faces to choose from. For the most part these are subtle differences, although face 05 adds a scar or accessory not otherwise present.
- Hair: Each gender–build combination has five hair styles to choose from.
- Hair Color: There are a total of twenty hair colors which can be chosen.
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 - Voice: In the English release, each gender has three different voices to choose between. The Japanese version has 8 different voices, each with a somewhat different style marked by their pronoun usage, as well as the option to have the Avatar be completely mute; unlike the English version, these also make minor alterations to the game's written script. The mute option was removed in international versions. The option itself makes Robin speak in nothing other than ellipses with exclamation points and question marks, with substantial script revisions to accommodate the lack of input from the Avatar, marking the primary reason it does not appear in releases outside of Japan.
English voices Female 01 Michelle Ruff Male 01 Dave Vincent Female 02 Wendee Lee Male 02 Brandon Karrer Female 03 Michelle Ruff Male 03 Chris Smith Japanese voices Watashi 01 Miyuki Sawashiro Boku 01 Yoshimasa Hosoya Atashi 01 Miyuki Sawashiro Ore 01 Yoshimasa Hosoya Watashi 02 Miyuki Sawashiro Boku 02 Miyuki Sawashiro Atashi 02 Miyuki Sawashiro Ore 02 Tōru Ōkawa
- Profile: Personalization options for Robin connected to gameplay.
- Name: The player can, of course, rename Robin. The absolute character limit is 12 characters, achievable with thin characters like 'I'; realistically, the limit is around 8 characters due to variable-width font. There is a word filter in place to prevent potentially obscene names from being transmitted throughStreetPass.
- Birthday: Choose Robin's date and month of birth. This determines when they receive their birthday bonus at thebarracks.
- Asset and Flaw: Choose Robin's best and worst stats. This determines their initial stats, theirgrowth rates, and the modifiers to their maximum stats they receive; the stat chosen as their asset will be the highest in all three categories, while the chosen flaw will be the lowest.
Fire Emblem Fates
- Main article:
Corrin
Fates's incarnation of the avatar, known by the default nameCorrin (Japanese:カムイKamui). Corrin is a notable departure from previous avatars, as they are not a tactician or other aide to the main character; instead, they themselves are the main character. Corrin is also the child of adragon, making them the first avatar that is also not fully human.
Creation and customization
In all cases, Corrin will begin the game as aNohr Prince orNohr Princess, depending on their gender. A secondary class is also chosen, which Corrin may reclass to with aHeart Seal later on in the game.
As previously, when starting a new save file, the player is prompted to create the save's Avatar. The options are similar to those inAwakening, but the organization of the user interface was redone using a graph system, where features are plotted based on attributes, such as long hair being at one end and short at another. Customization features are:
- Build and Gender: Create the physical appearance and gender of Corrin from a set of four options: Short Male, Short Female, Tall Male, and Tall Female.
- Hairstyle: Each gender has twelve alternate styles to choose from. UnlikeAwakening, hairstyles are shared between builds. They are plotted between long, short, cute, and wild for females, and stylish, simple, wild, and slick for males.
- Hair Decoration: This option is exclusive to female Avatars. There are six options:
- None
- Silver Clip
- Butterfly
- Black Ribbon
- White Ribbon
- White Rose.
- Hair Color: Thirty options, increased fromAwakening's twenty.
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
- Hair Decoration: This option is exclusive to female Avatars. There are six options:
- Face: Each gender–build combination has seven alternate face customization options. They are plotted between mature, girlish/boyish, caring, and stern.
- Detail: The player may add scars, tattoos, beauty marks, bandages, or eyepatches to Corrin's face.
- Voice: Various voice options exist. In the Japanese version, all voice options—five per gender[a]—are provided by the same two actors: Nobunaga Shimazaki and Satomi Sato. The English voices are as follows:
English voices Personality Female voice actor Male voice actor Mature Stephanie Lemelin Cam Clarke Neutral Marcella Lentz-Pope Yuri Lowenthal Youthful Danielle Judovits Cam Clarke - Profile: Personalization options for Corrin connected to gameplay.
- Name: As usual, the player may rename Corrin. In the Japanese version Corrin's name be up to five characters long. In international versions, the absolute character limit is 12 characters, achievable with thin characters like 'I'; realistically, the limit is around 8 characters due to variable-width font. There is a word filter in place to prevent potentially obscene names from being transmitted through StreetPass.
- Birthday: Choose Corrin's date and month of birth.
- Boon and Bane: Choose Corrin's best and worst stats. This determines their initial stats, theirgrowth rates and the modifiers to their maximum stats they receive; the stat chosen as their boon will be the highest in all three categories, while the chosen bane will be the lowest. This also affects the stat bonuses given by the statue created in Corrin's likeness inMy Castle. In the avatar creation menu, the options are not labeled as the stats they affect, and instead are given the following names:
Boon Bane Stat affected Robust Sickly HP Strong Weak Strength Clever Dull Magic Deft Clumsy Skill Quick Slow Speed Lucky Unlucky Luck Sturdy Fragile Defense Calm Excitable Resistance - Talent: Decides Corrin's reclass option, the class tree their supporting units can reclass into viaFriendship andPartner Seals, and the reclass option inherited by Corrin's children. As the majority of classes are not gender-locked inFates, male and female Corrin have nearly identical secondary class selection; the only exceptions are theMonk andShrine Maiden classes, available to male and female Corrin, respectively. Some labels do not match the name of the class they provide, such as "Lancer" providing theSpear Fighter class. Corrin's options for secondary class are:
- Cavalier
- Knight
- Fighter
- Mercenary
- Outlaw
- Samurai
- Oni Savage
- Spear Fighter ("Lancer")
- Diviner
- Monk orShrine Maiden ("Priestess")
- Sky Knight
- Archer
- Wyvern Rider ("Dragon")
- Ninja
- Dark Mage ("Mage")
- Troubadour
- Apothecary
Fire Emblem Heroes
- Main article:
Kiran
Fire Emblem Heroes's avatar, known by the default nameKiran (Japanese:エクラEclat), is a direct representation of the player summoned from the real world (call the "World of Steel" in-game). Unlike other avatar units, Kiran is not a playable unit in the main story chapters; they are only playable in certain event modes such asMjölnir's Strike andHeroes Journey. They wield the legendaryBreidablik, which allows them to summon heroes from other worlds.
When the game first launched, Kiran had a set appearance, and their gender could only be chosen in languages where grammatical gender is needed such as German. Starting from version 5.2.0, the player can customize Kiran's appearance.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Main article:
Byleth
While not officially referred to as an avatar,Three Houses's player stand-in is known by the default nameByleth (Japanese: male:ベレトBeleth, female:べレスBeleth). Byleth is a mercenary who is recently hired as an instructor at the Officers Academy. Byleth has only a few options for customization: form (gender), name (which has an eight-character limit), andbirthday. Additionally, the player is regularly presented with dialogue options for Byleth to respond with in story events. Unlike the previous Avatars, Byleth has fixed base stats and growths, a fixed physical appearance, and fixed voice options, withYūsuke Kobayashi and Zach Aguilar[b] voicing male Byleth andShizuka Itō and Jeannie Tirado voicing female Byleth in the Japanese and English versions, respectively.
Fire Emblem Engage
- Main article:
Alear
While not officially referred to as an avatar,Engage's player stand-in is known by the default nameAlear (Japanese:リュールLueur). Alear is adivine dragon who woke up after 1,000 years of slumber and is tasked to collecting the twelveEmblem Rings acrossElyos. Similar to Byleth, Alear has only a few options for customization: form (gender), name (which has an eight-character limit), andbirthday. Alear has fixed base stats and growths, a fixed physical appearance, and fixed voice options, withHiro Shimono andBrandon McInnis voicing male Alear andAya Endo and Laura Stahl voicing female Alear in the Japanese and English versions, respectively.
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
- Main article:
Shez
Three Hopes's player stand-in is known by the default nameShez (Japanese:シェズShez). Shez is a wandering mercenary who comes into contact withEdelgard,Dimitri, andClaude, then later joins up with one of their choosing before the war breaks out. Shez can only be customized by form (gender) and name (which has an eight-character limit). Similar to Byleth inThree Houses, Shez has fixed stats, a fixed physical appearance, and fixed voice options, withTasuku Hatanaka and Damien Haas voicing male Shez andMiyu Tomita andDawn M. Bennett voicing female Shez in the Japanese and English versions, respectively. Unlike Byleth, Shez is fully voiced but selectable dialogue options still exist.
Byleth themselves also appears within the game. Just like inThree Houses, their form and name can be chosen by the player. Should the player haveThree Houses save data on theirNintendo Switch, the latest name used for Byleth will be the default suggestion when starting aThree Hopes save file (unless that name was already given to Shez).
Trivia
- According to developer commentary in theFire Emblem Official Staff Book, the avatar concept, and its earlier incarnation in theFire Emblem: The Blazing Blade tactician, were inspired by the introduction ofCommanding Officer characters inAdvance Wars, another strategy game forGame Boy Advance which was developed byIntelligent Systems.[1]
- There is unused data inFire Emblem: Shadow Dragon suggesting the feature may have been, at one time, planned to debut in that game.[2]
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English | Avatar | Derived from the Hindu concept of an earthly manifestation of a god, in modern computing parlance it has come to widely refer to a graphical representation of the user of a service. Similarly, in gaming it refers to a playable character intended to represent the player, usually in the context of the character being able to be named and customized as the player chooses. |
| English (unofficial) | MU | Initials of "My Unit", the Japanese name; occasionally used in fandom parlance despite the official localization of "Avatar". |
| Japanese | マイユニット | My Unit |
| French | Avatar | -- |
| German | Avatar | -- |
Gallery
Creating an avatar unit inFire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem.
Creating an avatar unit inFire Emblem Awakening.
Creating an avatar unit inFire Emblem Fates.
Notes
- ↑Male options:
- Watashi ~ desu
- Boku ~ da yo 1
- Boku ~ da yo 2
- Ore ~ da 1
- Ore ~ da 2
Female options:- Watashi ~ desu 1
- Watashi ~ desu 2
- Atashi ~ yo
- Atashi ~ da yo 1
- Atashi ~ da yo 2
- ↑Chris Niosi voiced Byleth in the original release, but was replaced by Zach Aguilar in the update to v1.0.2 (released September 10, 2019).
References
- ↑"Another staff member explains the origins of the Avatar character. I'm not familiar with the Wars series, but from what I can tell, the first Wars games didn't have COs (commanding officers) and they were only introduced later. After Wars added COs, the FE team decided to add FE7's Mark as a sort of "CO character". This, of course, evolved further into FE12/13/14's Avatar." — VincentASM,Want me to buy/ship you the FE merchandise from Comiket? Inquire within!, Serenesforest.net,Published: April 20th, 2015,Retrieved: April 27th, 2015
- ↑"The My Unit feature, which allows players to create their own character, may have been planned to debut in Shadow Dragon. In the game, there is an unused heading for a "My Unit Registration" and "My Unit" is spelled in exactly the same way as the custom character in New Mystery of the Emblem and Awakening." — VincentASM,Unused Content, Serenesforest.net,Published: ?,Retrieved: September 2nd, 2015
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