Beowolf (Japanese:ベオウルフBeowolf) was aJugdrali mercenary in a partnership with fellow mercenaryWaltz. He and Waltz were hired by LordMacbeth of Infini in theAgustrian war withGrannvale, but during the battle he was hired bySigurd's army to side with them in fighting KingChagall and beyond until theBattle of Belhalla. During his lifetime he had at least one child:Fergus; additionally, there isevidence to suggest that he also fatheredDiarmuid, the eldest child of LadyLachesis ofNordion.

Biography

Throughout his mercenary work, Beowolf came into contact withEldigan, and was personally asked to to look out for and trainLachesis^[1]. Beowolf eventually came to work under the mercenary unit led by Waltz. Following the fall of Heirhein toSigurd,Macbeth ordered Waltz's mercenary unit to deploy to fight Sigurd, but both Waltz and Beowolf held back until Sigurd's army drew close out of suspicion toward Macbeth.^[2] During the skirmish, Beowolf was approached by one of Sigurd's men and hired into Sigurd's service for 10,000 gold.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Role

Beowolf appears as anInfini affiliated enemy unit inChapter 2. He is deployed onceHeirhein has been seized. He can be recruited iftalked to by any unit, and the unit gives him 10,000gold. He is available up until the end ofChapter 5.

Starting stats and growth rates

Free Knight Level 9 Holy Blood -- Movement 8

Recruitment:Chapter 2, enemy, talk with any unit and pay him 10,000Gold. StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 38 Speed 11 Strength 14 Luck 3 Magic 0 Defense 10 Skill 11 Resistance 0 Max HP 80% Speed 30% Strength 40% Luck 20% Magic 0% Defense 30% Skill 40% Resistance 5% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Steel Sword 2,000Gold* Follow-Up Accost Weapon Levels B -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Beowolf is deployed along withWaltz and eleven generic Free Knights as an enemy unit following the seizure of HeirheinCastle.

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Skills	Weapon level
Ranger	+0	+1	+0	+9	+6	+0	+2	+3	+1	Adept	A

Love growths and events

Beowolf Free Knight Edain Initial: 100 Per turn: 2 Ayra Initial: 50 Per turn: 2 Lachesis Initial: 50 Per turn: 2 Silvia Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Erinys Initial: 50 Per turn: 2 Erinys Initial: 50 Per turn: 2 Brigid Initial: 50 Per turn: 4 Tailtiu Initial: 120 Per turn: 3 [[File:Ma fe04 {{{class8}}} playable.gif|link={{{class8}}}]] [[{{{option8}}}]] Initial: {{{initialpoints8}}} Per turn: + [[File:Ma fe04 {{{class9}}} playable.gif|link={{{class9}}}]] [[{{{option9}}}]] Initial: {{{initialpoints9}}} Per turn: + [[File:Ma fe04 {{{class10}}} playable.gif|link={{{class10}}}]] [[{{{option10}}}]] Initial: {{{initialpoints10}}} Per turn: + [[File:Ma fe04 {{{class11}}} playable.gif|link={{{class11}}}]] [[{{{option11}}}]] Initial: {{{initialpoints11}}} Per turn: + [[File:Ma fe04 {{{class12}}} playable.gif|link={{{class12}}}]] [[{{{option12}}}]] Initial: {{{initialpoints12}}} Per turn: + [[File:Ma fe04 {{{class13}}} playable.gif|link={{{class13}}}]] [[{{{option13}}}]] Initial: {{{initialpoints13}}} Per turn: +

• InChapter 2, Beowolf can talk toLachesis after Infini Castle has been seized, granting her +2Strength andSkill, +1Defense and 100 love points between the pair.
• InChapter 5, if they are lovers,Lachesis can talk to Beowolf, yielding no reward.

Analysis

As a unit

Beowolf joins around halfway through the first generation, in the later part of Chapter 2. His wealth at base, high strength, and good base stats aside from resistance and luck make him somewhat easy to train, and he has very good promotion bonuses, with a +6 in speed, a massive +9 in skill, and the skillAdept on promotion. He also has a mount, and both Follow-Up and Accost, which gives him good offense. However,Genealogy's latter half gives him some trouble due to the presence of mages and horse-penalizing terrain:Chapter 4 in particular is difficult for him because of the large number ofPegasus Knights withweapon triangle advantage over him, forests and mountains that are difficult to get past, and severalWind Mages that may easily kill him. Additionally, he cannot reliably one-round bulkier enemies without thePower Ring or aBrave Sword, and as his magic stat will always be 0 he is a poor user of themagic sword.

As a father

Beowolf is one ofLachesis's best potential husbands; they have an event in Chapter 2 that grants the twolove points and makes Lachesis stronger, and Lachesis's son,Diarmuid, can inherit Beowolf's swords and Follow-Up. Beowolf can provide Follow-Up to any children he sires, such asEdain's sonLester orTailtiu's childrenArthur andTine; however, most children have better fathers from whom they can inherit weapons,Holy Blood, or other useful skills.

Personality

Though dedicated to his mercenary work, Beowolf nonetheless was judgemental of his employers and was prepared to abandon their service should he disagree with their cause or motivations.^[3] He had a history of working withEldigan ofNordion and held a high respect for him, and by Eldigan's request took to looking out for and tutoring his younger sisterLachesis during the Agustrian war.^[1] Even though he and Waltz were close friends and partners, both accepted that one day the two may be enemies to each other in the employ of conflicting parties, which ultimately happened in Agustria.^[3]

Endings

Genealogy of the Holy War

Many heroes lost their lives on this path... /And the names of those heroes who fought alongside Sigurd to the bitter end at Belhalla, whose fates remain unknown...
...
Beowolf, a free-roaming knight...
...

These brave youths fought to change the world for the better, yet now their unfulfilled dreams lie dead with them on the battlefield...
Was their sacrifice in vain? What were they fighting for all along?
And what of the light...?

Quotes

Battle quotes

Death quote

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Trading Card Game

Beowolf was featured on four TCG cards.

Fire Emblem Trading Card Game data for Beowolf
	Class:Free Knight	Level 1 Cavalry	Direct Attack
	Energy: 5	Atk.: 2 / Counter: 1	WLv.: B
	Equip:Iron Sword	Skills:Canto •Accost •Follow-Up
	Card #036 •Rarity: ★★ •Artist: Mayumi Hirota
	Class:Free Knight	Level 10 Cavalry	Direct Attack
	Energy: 7	Atk.: 3 / Counter: 1	WLv.: B
	Equip:Steel Blade	Skills:Canto •Accost •Follow-Up
	Card #2-016 •Rarity: ★★ •Artist: Koya Katsuyoshi
	Class:Ranger	Level 20 Cavalry	Direct Attack
	Energy: 8	Atk.: 3 / Counter: 1	WLv.: A
	Equip:Steel Sword	Skills: Class Change •Canto • Training •Accost •Follow-Up
	Card #3-015 •Rarity: ★ •Artist: Koya Katsuyoshi
	Class:Free Knight	Level 15 Cavalry	Direct Attack
	Energy: 7	Atk.: 2 / Counter: 1	WLv.: B
	Equip:Wing Clipper Body Ring	Skills:Follow-Up •Accost •Rescue •Capture
	Card #AN-018 •Rarity: ★★ •Artist:Eiji Kaneda
Card scans and information translation provided byAquantis.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Beowolf is featured on three cards inFire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Beowolf
	Fearless Free Knight, Beowolf
		"Don't take this personally, yeah? We've all gotta make a living..."
		Attack: 50	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 2
		Class: Free Knight		Tier:Base	Class Change Cost: --
		"Do you want to hire me?":[Trigger] [] When you deploy this card, you may pay the cost, and if you do: This card gains 30 Attack until the end of that turn.
	Card #B06-037N • Artist:Clover.K
	Talented Mercenary Knight, Beowolf
		"See, war ain't fun and games, and someone as green as you's just gonna get in the way."
		Attack: 70	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: Ranger		Tier:Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		Swordfighting Adept:[Activate][Once per turn] [] Untap this unit. Until the end of the turn, this unit gains +10 attack. Merciless Follow-Up:[Activate][Once per turn] [] If this unit has used "Swordfighting Adept" in this turn, untap this unit. Slaying Accost:[Activate][Once per turn] [] If this unit has used "Merciless Follow-Up" in this turn, untap this unit.
	Card #B12-085R • Artist:Homakura
	Man Wandering on the Battlefield, Beowolf
		"Yeah, I ain't up for this at all. I'm this close to just walkin' off the job."
		Attack: 40	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Free Knight		Tier:Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Mercenary in High Demand:[Always] During your turn, if you have 6 or more cards in your hand, this unit gains +10 attack. Attack Emblem:[Support] Until the end of this battle, your attacking unit gains +20 attack.
	Card #B12-086N • Artist:Homakura
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, seetheir TCG wiki article on Beowulf .

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

577

Beowolf Genealogy of the Holy War

141

CYL 2 (2018)

612

Beowolf Genealogy of the Holy War

120 (−21)

CYL 3 (2019)

516 (−38)

Beowolf Genealogy of the Holy War

185 (+65)

CYL 4 (2020)

534 (−11)

Beowolf Genealogy of the Holy War

166 (−19)

CYL 5 (2021)

597 (+63)

Beowolf Genealogy of the Holy War

81 (−85)

CYL 6 (2022)

541 (−58)

Beowolf Genealogy of the Holy War

119 (+38)

CYL 7 (2023)

487 (−54)

Beowolf Genealogy of the Holy War

100 (−19)

CYL 8 (2024)

408 (−79)

Beowolf Genealogy of the Holy War

128 (+28)

CYL 9 (2025)

421 (+13)

Beowolf Genealogy of the Holy War

101 (−27)

CYL 10 (2026)

507 (+86)

Beowolf Genealogy of the Holy War

55 (−46)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	1,196

Trivia

• An earlier version of the character list onThracia 776's website listed Beowolf asNanna's andFergus's father.^[4] However, this has been removed from the modern version of the site.^[5]

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Free Knight Ranger Sword (Iron orSteel Sword) Sword (Iron orSteel Sword, orIron orSteel Blade)

Official artwork

• 
  Artwork of Beowolf fromGenealogy of the Holy War.
• 
  Artwork ofSilvia and Beowolf fromTreasure.
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  Artwork of Beowolf from theTrading Card Game.

Concept artwork

• 
  Concept artwork of Beowolf fromGenealogy of the Holy War.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Beowolf.
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  Artwork of Beowolf.
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  Artwork of Beowolf.

References

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